The Post Amidst

Hmmm....there is this need to get a new post on my blog in response to some excellent posts on Pranesh's and a new blog I got to read...some one calling herself 'Dark Angel'

This post has a time constraint and needs to be written within 30 mins so there wont be any great material to be read.

This is the last post before I return to Kharagpur.

As I said,this is a post in response to my reading activity if I can put it that way.

So...here's a observation...awesome templates are enough for a blog to get readers returning for quite a few times but old posts do need an explanation.I'm talkin abt Dark Angel's blog....the blog template is brilliant.Awesome...I'll definitely check it out again but the last post is dated 31st October.

Well,the time constraint acts and here's the end of this post written only with the only desire to have a 'not-so-old' post on my blog.

Bye and may bloggers prosper in the new year....Happy new year to all readers and I intend to end this in geek humour taken from Google itself...

"The new version of Blogger in beta is dead!
Long live the new version of Blogger! "
(P.S. The old version of Blogger is not dead, but it would like to retire for a little while... maybe go to Hawaii or play World of Warcraft all day? It begs you to let it play World of Warcraft all day.)

Back from NCC....and back to Hyd'bad

It has been a long time since a post and this is just a used opportunity to insert one in till the next post which will be made on 4th January(watch out).

Thsi post is beinbg written in so much frust and dissappointment caused by the response to the last post which, so carefully and passionately written produced better feedback from automated softbots than from conscious human creatures.

The response I'm talkin abt is taht my post has been noted and cantent taken for use in a page with address http://blog.canadianjobforum.com/blogs/engine-jo-bsearch/ .The page does not exist as of now but atleast it got some credit........

It is so difficult to get a blog to get going and earn some reputation...thats what Ive learnt in thsi 3 month experience....well this blog will continue for a real long time so basically this -in response to frust' post will end here for this is the optimal length for frust posts(;-) intelligently found out by solving partial differential eqns of 7th order involving 4.75E45 variables...stupidity all over).

The Big G and Semantic search: Commercial success vs QoS

As years passed, it grew and the world took notice: the PhD. project by Larry page and Sergey Bin that eventually became the fastest growing project ,so fast that the Goliath at play,Microsoft ,had to take notice even though its market capitalisation was much much more than Google's.

Not very long ago i read an article on Google effort on semantic search and the effort it is putting in.But in practice I dont find anything...really.In fact I am feeling that the percentage relavance of the search terms to the the search results is sometimes alarmingly low.

Example:
Do a search for Microsoft and lo! the third result is about Internet Explorer 5.5 and the change in its URL.

And something more annoying (for me atleast).A search for India would give the first result as http://indiaimage.nic.in with the Wikipedia entry coming in second and the link we all hope should come first- the National Portal of India-http://india.gov.in coming in a very distant 7th.

And Google needs to get rich ,may be, but that does not mean Google ads give extraordinarily STUPID results.The search for 'the most searched word on The Net' (I could easily mention it if not for the fear of Mighty G listing my page in 'blog search' results for The Word) would get you a Google Ad for Children's furniture.That was a month ago...now that its a month let me check it out for you and ......Ahem! The results:
1.Girls Speak Out( Nothing explicit about this)
2.Hypersexuality -supposedly a research.
3.Something banned on EBay (Google does a good job here.Call the police please.Help the country ;-) ,and yourself)
4.Racing , Action and Cricket gaming titles.
5.Web Photo Album software.

Well,if Google calls this 'effort' and 'semantic search' ,then I guess it would get a little unhappy for those celebrating GOOG hitting $400 on NASDAQ.

As Google gets bigger and expectations grow for compulsive Googlers like me(One line explanations later,even for that QoS),it needs to work harder and smarter.

GoogleBot better watch out as Excavator is workin real hard to get close and might succeed.

Note:This article is essentially over except for the tech-uninitiated.Bah!I meant if you have understood each and everyword, please continue by clicking here.

The Explanations :
QoS- Quality of Service.
compulsive Googler-A person who has to use Google even for Google-bashing.
GoogleBot-Google's search engine(prefer calling it Google's spidey)
Excavator-Microsoft's spidey ;-)

As I have already said, all study made using Google.So commenters might help me providing an alternative.

Ultimate Naruto Fan Flash 4

The Fourth Ultimate Naruto FanFlash made by snowdragon. Got it from Google video.Need not mention that I am a fan of Naruto.

No time for blogging exams on my neck(?)

Hi readers(the few people who read this are close enough to b eaddressed very informally), there have been no posts for a long time and this is getting me into frust (KGP lingo for 'frustration').

What can I do, absolutely helpless.Four class tests and three vivas in 9 days dont help. Infact the heavy schedule has caused my ill health.I have recovered now only to face the end-sems beginning 20th Nov.

So it is a no-brainer that a post beginning like this would only imply no further posts till I finish my end-sems.

Some news about a website which I'm enrolled:
Indianwebmaster.org a forum site had a 'hack-attempt' the site is up for a database update .Here is the mail I received.
"
As you may be knowing that We'd a hack attempt on our forum, and coz of that we lost most of the data....

So I need to do a database backup...and I hope i'll get most of the things back...but all the new users who registered after that date will need to register again.

Regards.
~root://
"

So, I'll have to see if I need to register again.

And for guys/gals having blogs, go check out Autopinger.com. It says it has tied up with ZingFast.com to their services so that your blog will get more exposure. Well, as far I'm concerned, "Unlucky - no time to blog" ;-(

Ganguly hitz a ton-I'm loving it

06/11/06-Today

I finished my electrical viva-not exactly screwed up nor a hit but satisfactory.

The only news cheering me up today is that my hero- Sourav Ganguly hit a century and showed that it's still not over.

He hit an unbeaten 118 against North Zone in the Duleep Trophy match today. Along with Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and Deep Dasgupta , he shared valuable partnerships to frustrate the North's bowlers who earned only to wickets for all their efforts today.

The match apart ,it is a hope for me that he'll return for the World Cup.With the more-than-disappointing performance in the Champions Trophy , it is definitely a chance.Atleast , I think so.So hope for the best and leave the rest.

Hmm, good point made.

The Ga(y)le that swept the South Africans away

The Last Crusade

He returned, yes he did
The consecrate knight
of burnish armour
His mighty steed
galloped, with him
on a thousand thoughts
of his maiden so fair

Left behind were blood and gore
wounded pride, crusades,
promised lands of death and wrath
the shining sword ...had served

It kept him alive, the purple flower
that spoke
of thimbleberries, by the brook that was
of the puerile love, that had been
of innocence, trust and unabashed faith
of her it spoke with tears of joy.

Return he did from the righteous crusades
The sands of time had turned vicious
tears of blood, of betrayal, of her
had washed it all
the dream was gone
love vanquished, hopes swallowed
by the agony of destine dismay

The cold that was
in her eyes, distant,
spoke of love gone awry
rage or despair?
unknown the feeling was

And he rode into nothingness
his mighty steed
galloped quick
He tried to his end, but in vain
to elude the shadow that was.

Copyright:Unknown. But taken from Perdition ,posted by SATAN.

The Kentsfield arrives- Ready to ravage the High-end

2 November,2006 will remain a day to remember in history as Intel takes us into the multi core era with the release of the much anticipated quad-core processor:The Kentsfield.

Codenamed Kentsfield, this will be known as the Core 2 Quadro and wiil be numbered QCxxxx.

For all those who were thinkin if this would really boost performance...perish the thought.This beast flays competition.The performance boost is awesome.Work time is cutdown to half.An encoding from MPEG2 to WMV9 that would take 5:08 mins on a Core 2 Duo E6700 now takes only 2:55 mins.Now thats performance.

The other end: applications not written to take advantage of the new multi core architecture will NOT show any performance boost- however this is not the case with most demanding applications like renderers and encoders or even games.

So, all in all , Intel's on a rampage ,literally , with its back to back releases ,it is trying to push AMD onto the wall.

All will be decided two weeks down the lane when AMD is all set to release its quadcore version.

Till then , Intel can hold on to its much-fought-and-won "King of the processors" crown.

IBM Launches Software Development Centers In China And India

Source:
By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek.

The build-out of IBM's global operations continued Tuesday as the company announced the opening of new software development centers in Pune, India, and Beijing, China.

The centers will each be staffed by 500 developers focused on creating so-called service-oriented architectures for customers around the world, including those located in the United States. SOAs feature standards-based software components that allow customers to easily connect and re-use various business applications and services. IBM says it expects the market for SOA-based services to reach $160 billion by 2008. The company did not disclose the level of financial investment it's making in the Pune and Beijing facilities.

The Pune center will focus on building SOA systems for the insurance and healthcare industries. The Beijing facility will create systems for the banking and state and local government markets. Software architectures that will power the child welfare systems for four U.S. states will be created from Beijing, says Jeby Cherian, head of IBM's global solutions delivery for India. Cherian declined to identify the states.

The announcement marks the latest step in IBM's plan to centralize business software development activities in low-cost regions that are stocked with an abundance of IT talent. Earlier this year, the company opened a major new facility in the Indian tech hub of Bangalore, from which IBM employees are designing business technology architectures and related software for customers worldwide.

Cherian says the Pune and Beijing facilities will act as satellites of the Bangalore center. "They will be fully integrated," Cherian says. He adds that the Beijing center also will allow IBM to more easily serve its large customer base in Japan.

IBM's operations in China are small compared to its vast and rapidly growing Indian presence. It currently maintains a services staff of 7,000 in the People's Republic. By contrast, the company employs more than 40,000 workers on the sub-continent. But IBM has big plans for China that could result in a dramatic increase in the size of its Chinese workforce. "Our strategy is about both India and China and we'll continue to make strategic investments in both countries" Cherian says. "The scale of the operations in each will be determined by customer demand."

On Monday, IBM said it would partner with U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers to launch a $180 million fund that will invest in midstage and mature Chinese businesses.

Further updates and author's comments will follow soon ;-)

IBM Launches Software Development Centers In China And India

Source:
By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek.

The build-out of IBM's global operations continued Tuesday as the company announced the opening of new software development centers in Pune, India, and Beijing, China.

The centers will each be staffed by 500 developers focused on creating so-called service-oriented architectures for customers around the world, including those located in the United States. SOAs feature standards-based software components that allow customers to easily connect and re-use various business applications and services. IBM says it expects the market for SOA-based services to reach $160 billion by 2008. The company did not disclose the level of financial investment it's making in the Pune and Beijing facilities.

The Pune center will focus on building SOA systems for the insurance and healthcare industries. The Beijing facility will create systems for the banking and state and local government markets. Software architectures that will power the child welfare systems for four U.S. states will be created from Beijing, says Jeby Cherian, head of IBM's global solutions delivery for India. Cherian declined to identify the states.

The announcement marks the latest step in IBM's plan to centralize business software development activities in low-cost regions that are stocked with an abundance of IT talent. Earlier this year, the company opened a major new facility in the Indian tech hub of Bangalore, from which IBM employees are designing business technology architectures and related software for customers worldwide.

Cherian says the Pune and Beijing facilities will act as satellites of the Bangalore center. "They will be fully integrated," Cherian says. He adds that the Beijing center also will allow IBM to more easily serve its large customer base in Japan.

IBM's operations in China are small compared to its vast and rapidly growing Indian presence. It currently maintains a services staff of 7,000 in the People's Republic. By contrast, the company employs more than 40,000 workers on the sub-continent. But IBM has big plans for China that could result in a dramatic increase in the size of its Chinese workforce. "Our strategy is about both India and China and we'll continue to make strategic investments in both countries" Cherian says. "The scale of the operations in each will be determined by customer demand."

On Monday, IBM said it would partner with U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers to launch a $180 million fund that will invest in midstage and mature Chinese businesses.

Further updates and author's comments will follow soon ;-)

Mmm......finally the question arises-What is a blog

This is a pretty long postand is an "edited rip-off" from an another blog.

It is very informative and might pretty well get you into blogging.

So what is a Blog anyway? This is a question asked every day by millions. If you’re reading this you may well be asking the same question.

There are a number of ways that one could answer this question ranging from the broad to the highly technical.

Here are a few definitions from other much wiser people to get us started:

‘A weblog is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser.’

‘A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.’

‘From “Web log.” A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.”‘

‘A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from, each develops an audience, and there’s also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs, they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc.’

‘A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.” Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.’

‘A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. A blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”. Some blogs discuss personal experiences.

So What is a Blog???

Confused yet? Don’t be - its really quite simple. To put it as simply as possible - a blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent ‘post’ (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom.

Blogs are usually (but not always) written by one person and are updated pretty regularly. Blogs are often (but not always) written on a particular topic - there are blogs on virtually any topic you can think of. From photography, to spirituality, to recipes, to personal diaries to hobbies - blogging has as many applications and varieties as you can imagine. Whole blog communities have sprung up around some of these topics putting people into contact with each other in relationships where they can learn, share ideas, make friends with and even do business with people with similar interests from around the world.

Blogs usually have a few features that are useful to know about if you want to get the most out of them as a reader. Lets examine a couple briefly.

You might look at the front page of a blog and think that there is not much to them. A few recent entries, some links to other sites and not much else. However its worth knowing that there is a lot more going on under the surface that might initially meet the eye.

When I write a post like this one it goes to the top of the front page. As it gets older and as I add more current posts it begins its journey down the page until it disappears from it. This is not the end of its life however, because it goes into the ‘Archives’ of my blog. It sounds like a dusty dark place but its really just like a filing cabinet that is easily accessible in a couple of ways. You can read my ‘archives’ simply by looking on the ’sidebar’ (over on the right of this blog) at the ‘archives’ or ‘categories’ section. There you will see links to all my old posts which you can access either by month or by category. Click on a month and you’ll see what I wrote during that period.

Not all blogs use comments - but most do. This blog is not a monologue but a conversation. You can give me feedback on almost everything I write simply by clicking the ‘comments’ link at the bottom of each one of my posts. This will take you to a little form where you leave your name, email and a link to your own blog if you have one as well as your feedback, comment, critique, question, essay on why you love my blog, promise of money…. etc). Try it now. Scroll to the bottom of this page, click ‘comments’ and fill in the blanks with a little introduction to yourself.

A great way to learn about blogs is to read a few. Leave some comments, ask questions and bookmark your favourites. An even better way to learn about blogs is to start your own. Ok - you might be laughing at me now - you think you are not web savy enough to have your own site? You wouldn’t know where to start? You don’t know how?

Are you still confused? Would you like more information? Below are a few helpful articles on the topic - there are many more on the web - just do a search on your favourite search engine. Otherwise shoot me an email using my ‘contact’ button with your question and I’ll do my best to get back to you.

• Rebecca Blood has written a helpful history of blogging for those who are interested in learning more about the blogging evolution over the past few years.
• Harvard Law has a helpful article titled What makes a Weblog a Weblog
• Trudy Schuett writes a good article title What is a blog and why do we need one?
• WordPress: Introduction to Blogging

So, go gab ('get a blog',I dunno if it's common though, an alteration of 'gal', now I'm not going to explain what that means!!!...you ought to know it.That, is common)

More joy for the Intel camper!!!

The review of the latest server side processors :Xenon (the new Woodcrest core based 5100 series) and Opteron ("Italy") provides every reason for the intel camper to rejoice.

Alas! What more reason do I need to celebrate than that Intel has "regained the throne for the best procesor(s)"

The Core 2 duo architecture is doing wonders for Intel...no hyperbole this.Lower power consumption ,more instructions per cycle . everything that one would want from a processor upgrade. The new Xenon's based on this are named Woodcrest as opposed to the previous version of the Xenon codenamed Dempsey. These will use Socket 771 (also called Socket J).

Technical specs apart ,the new Xenon's continue Intel's legacy of number crunching superiority in Video and Audio processing applications and infact gains from the single cycle SSE. The only downside about this continuing legacy being that the memory throughput cannot match that of AMD 's architecture.

But come to power consumption and behold the magic. The Xenon shows its main advantage under load and races ahead of all competition leaving the Opteron fuming (literally...and AMD along with it,probably!!!) behind.It consumes only about half of what the Opteron does!!!

The only thing strange with this release is that it only one month since Intel has released the "Dempsey" processors. the explanation might be that the Woodcrest might have been ready ahead of schedule and Intel thought it would be a safe bet to release it ahead of the schedule release of the newer Opteron X4 which is supposed to have an L3 cache.

As with the Core 2 Duo , the only thing that can be said about the new Xenon's is that Intel has come up with a winner again and AMD has a real challenge especially that there are the Quad core Xenon's(the mighty Clovertown) yet to be released.

All that I'll be doing though is keep my fingers crossed waiting for the Clovertown(I'm already drooling over the thought of the quad-cores ,including the for-the-desktop Kentsfield) and also keep this blog updated...

Till the Clovertown walks the ramp...

When I'll have no time but to re-read the specs and the performance...

To trust my eyes and trust the guys...

Who have reviewed...

The Beauty of Randomness

Er, that was just what I was feelin.And also an idea of what is coming up. Hmmm...I'll take some time for the next post anyway...

I'm not having much time.Have to complete all the lab work(lazy guy that I am...there is so much pending work).And to make matters worse, Diwali .

Thats it for now and also coming up is an update of my profile thanks to some serious pressure from a great friend.

@The Great Friend:Sure.

Ahaan! My nerd score

Ahem! All readers ,Naveen Kumar M proudly presents his nerd score!!!



And nerdtest.com said "All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD!!!
2% scored higher (more nerdy), and 98% scored lower (less nerdy). "

That was awesome!!!

The Quiz

Do see the end even if you dont read through the post

The day started at 11:45 am. I overslept and missed out the NCC class.That was nothin to say of the things to come.

Realized that there was a quiz at 2:30pm and immediately set out to prepare. Finished the regulars and went to the mess.

It was 1:30 pm already. Set out to Amit's(The Gen Sec for Technology for our Hall) room expecting to find the team members ready. Damn! The guys who were supposed to be there by 1:00 pm didnt turn up even by then(That I was no different is another issue). Countless calls couldnt reach Neeraj(another participant). It was 2:00 and we decided to go to his room. The breakthrough ! Shameless to call it that anyway.

Found all the guys and we set off.

Enroute the auditorium (where the quiz was held), the expectations!!!

Our Gen Sec.(who you could call as our manager) was not expecting much though he said that not finishing last would be the qualification for earning our refreshments(read: treat)!!!

Hmm....not a tough task...I thought.

The quiz began on time and we were scoring briskly and by the time 40 of the 80 questions were over, we were third.Smiling.

Then the stagnation started...the score just wouldnt move forward.We dropped to 8th...there were eleven teams,one from each hall.

An objection to our answer to the question "What was codenamed `Xenon`?" by two teams didnt help either.The questions kept coming and we continued leaving them unanswered.We couldnt help it. The team before us was so strong...they came third finally...the infinte bounds rule was hurting us pretty well by now.A reversal in direction didnt help either.We were sandwichec between two strong teams.The other team came second!!!

We finished off with 50 and a seventh place.Pretty good for the freshers, we comforted ourselves and left the place. Our refreshments were ready and we were more than happy to have them(geeeeeeeee)

Pretty good day to finish off. The result was not to my expectations but not everything goes yourself always ,right???

I think in the previous post I think I spoke of the need for a boost to self confidence and it did happen,I did get selected.This must be obvious by the fact that I went to the quiz but there is always something for the first-timers.

And what better way to end this post than by quizzing you...and no cheating...answer the question without searching on the net.

"What is codenamed Xenon?"

Post your answers in the comments section.

Happy quizzing ;-)

Revamping the Template

Whoa........

This is getting boring for me.The same old template and the look of the blog.Seems like I'll add some spice,more content in the side bar and whatever it takes.

There is so much to write about today but so lil time.It's almost 12 and time to leave this place(The Comp Centre)....May be I'll put it up later.

And this is exclusively for the guy from Sind,Pakistan who seems to be a regular visitor to the site.Excuse me for putting this message on a post but couldn't find any other way of contacting you.
Could you give me your mail id or any other way I can contact you?And,thankz for visiting.

A Breath of Fresh Air

Three days into the second half of this semester and it is feeling good.Real cool.Like a new beginning to the IIT life.

I'm managing it (my life) well.Seems like I've found a balance, Though it might be a little too early to say this.

No bunking classes, no long bhaats, no pending works.Completing my lab works on time. And labs are getting more interesting.And even classes....with new topics that have begun,I'm feeling more comfortable and confident.Lucky I have been a few times already.

With a tech quiz just around the corner, it is time to pull up my socks and prove to myself that I have not lost my calibre.

Diwali is also fast approaching and preparations for Illu- the annual interhall competition for lighting up the halls beautifully are in full flow with work going late into the night...even as I keep typing this my friends would be busy winding wires for some purpose.

Not even three complete months since admission into the IIT and I can feel the exciting time ahead.

As I live on, there is only one thing to remember, rejoice in the spirit of IIT and being an IITian.

To hell with Beta Blogger

Damn...I'm hating this.The first post after holidays being a complaint.

Let me say it again. To hell with Beta Blogger.

Editing the template took so 2hrs of time.I was trying to edit the template( this was the first time though), and it took me about an hour and a half to figure out that this bloody Beta Blogger needs all the code compliant to W3C standards and uses strict DHTML 1.0 coding."All the code has to be rewritten", I thought.But then I looked for some help online.On Google.The searches proved futile.One site after another. Still no solution.

Then, looked back into Blogger's other tabs and began experimenting.

A hour and a half well spent(?), there it was .It required that I type in the code as a HTML/Javascript snippet in the Template>Page Elements.

The previous Blogger supported the code( the same code) right on the template page itself.Then why doesn't Beta Blogger do?And more important is the fact that there is no mention of such differences between the previous version and this.

And ,providing something to cheer about is the fact that now the posting is really faster than the previous version.

No posts for 13 days...

I'll be off to Hyderabad for my holidays from 29th Sept to 8th October.

So there will be no posting till the 10th of October.( one day rest ;-) )

IDF Fall 2006 Day 1....It rocked.

IDF rocks.I'm tellin u .Ill take a visit as soon as I can.It is one place where u can get a peek into the new technologies developed by Intel and some other companies.

Letz begin.

IDF Fall 2006,California.

As usual ,Paul Otellini kicked off the event.It began with the announcement of Apple's transition to Intel's processors.

Intel announced its 65nm acheivements.It had shipped 40 million CPUs fabricated using the 65nm technology while its competitors.....Zero!!!!!!!And of those only 5 million were Core 2 showing that most of the processors shipped are mostly Netburst or Yonah based.The Xeon based on 65nm is codenamed Woodcrest.

Alas with 65nm in, Intel's wasting no time on developing 45nm fabrication plants.One already up and producing test wafers while two more are nearing completion.Probably coming up in 2008, this successor to the Core architecture is called Nehalem. And looking in deeper ,the Gesher microarchitecture will be out by 2010.

Quadro (code name: Kentsfield)will be realesed in November 2006.Initially Intel will offer Core 2 Extreme QX6700 at 2.66GHz and later a Core 2 Quad Q6600 at 2.40GHz. However these will be two dies on a single package.We will have to wait for the 45nm technology for a single die-quad core processor( which will be codenamed Peryn ).

On the server side, Intel is offering the quad core Xeon 5300 in November alongside Kentsfield. Expect a low voltage version of this in Jan'07 ,the quadcore Clovertown which will consume a measly 50W.

Then Markus Maki, Founder and Chairman of Remedy came on stage to display their latest game Alan Wake on an over-clocked quadcore running at 3.73GHz. The game ran smoothly but consumed an entire core demonstrating the amount of processing power that will be needed by games in the future.

And then, a long wait came to an end: What was Intel's answer to The Cell.
The Answer: The Teraflop chip.With 80 FPUs(basically cores with a very simple Instruction set) ,this beast will be able to churn out one teraflop of number crunching power.Intel says this would debut with a clock speed of 3.1 GHz and consume 1W per core or 100W overall.

And then came Toshiba's 2nd generation HD-DVD players and another short update on Intel's Viiv which was almost nothing.

Some updates on UMPC(Ultra Mobile PC) followed showing that Intel is still committed on developing these.The interesting part was the UI which was developed by a company called Streetdeck and seemed to be far easier to navigate than the default Win XP that many of the UMPCs come out with.

Volkswagen came onstage with a demonstration of its in-car entertainment system that could easily link up with the UMPC using WiMAX.

That was Day 1....exhilarating. The new technologies left me breathless and Otelinni's face expression while displaying the wafer of The Teraflop summed up everything.

Intel seems to have enough power to once again rule over the market ...absolutely. Already, with the release of the Conroe based Core 2 Duos Intel has regained the title of manufacturing the most powerful desktop processors.Unless AMD comes out with new technologies to counter Intel, the domination will continue. Is AMD listening?

I told you to care about the blog

Something interesting.A very short but interesting article available on Extremetech.com. The article: Past,Present and Future. Please visit. I mean it is insightful. Ask urself if ur using all the technology you have at ur disposal to its best.

My Comments/Views (may be completely out of sync with the article,....may be, don't mind):
A common question:How many of us use atleast 15% of the features available in MS Word.Do you use the notepad feature in Y!mail (or in any other).Do you use the "filter" service provided?Do you customize ur login page in Google?(Dont tell me you never used this).All this is available and we dont use it.How many tweak ur systems instead of going in for upgrades,or study the user manuals?How many use the advanced options for better searches?Bookmark ur pages properly?

In todays world,time matters and these have taken hundreds of hours of coding, re-checks, optimizations,etc. .............so that you save your time.And you don't use them and simply say "It needs to get more user-friendly".

As the quest for a better world continues, we must make sure we make optimal use of everything available....in the context of this post, the technology available.

The End.

The Day has Come :The 24th of September

Alas.Here it is ,the 24th of September.The last day of our holidays...and they leave us now...back to our classes....exposed to the might of the "ill see how u'll get a 9 CGPA" profs.

In another 20-odd minutes, cometh the 25th.I think I don't should worry so much about tomorrow as I must of the day after.Tuesday is hell .And when I say it, I mean it.

Engineering drawing.To follow it, is the dreaded subject: Chemistry.And to make matters worse there will be viva on Conductometric titration, a topic which I left even for the JEE-2006.

No use worrying, my mind says.Poor mind, what does it know about the feelings of my heart.It is beating fast now.Pounding , probably.

Well, this short post will be cut short here.(Nonsense. "Short post"?"Cut short"? Superfluousness at its best.That's me.)

Need to sleep now so that I'll get up early, at least for the first post-midsem class. Bye.

PS:Actually , I personally feel, I'm losing the story by writing something unrelated to what I promised earlier.If u feel so,then comment.

And, one more point.Can anyone guess why I put up this.This is the second time I'm asking a question like this. Try.

Another day beginning 3 PM

Just another day starting at 3 PM.

Wake up at three, brush , have a bath,and run to CIC. But only to find it closed!!!
Go to the library , read some books.Again , each time I go to the library , I find something or the other interesting.If it weren't for the CIC , I would've spent my whole first year in the library....good for me....I think.

This, probably is the most boring mood I'm writing in.Nothing special...add a dumb movie prior to this writing session and ull know how it will feel.

The only reason I'm writing this is to try out the new Blogger Beta ...well it is not that good right now. I would not recommend anyone to shift to it as of yet.Unoptimized code, thats the main problem.And not a very well co-ordinated team , I must say.The Blogger Buzz and the Blogger Home Page contradict each other.Its slow .As I already said , the culprit is the unoptimized code.Doesnt look crisp and good either.The previous version was much better.However , I hope thse issues will be solved out soon.Time is of utmost importance, here.

The movie I mentioned earlier was "Killer" starring Emraan Hashmi , Irfan Khan, Zakeer Hussain, and Nisha Kothari .

Thats it for today.

Ya...Holidays dont mean regular posting.

Days starting at 3pm,
Ending at 7am (next day),
Missing breakfast and lunch,
Having extra food at midnight to make up for the crunch,
Adventurous our souls in the rain,
Nothin but satisfaction is our gain.
On the Net for 7 hrs,
Orkuttin, chattin, and surfin,
There is no end to the fun we have,
Once the classes start we won't have,
All this we put aside ,
Studies we take up,
And at 6 we have to wake up.

Thats life at KGP my friendz.
Exams are over...ya i already told you.Regular posting is being made impossible by the ever increasing friends on my chat list. So ,the next post might be made only on Sunday...at 11:30 pm, most probably.

And moving on to other matters...err..like...
Ah! The movie my friends and I watched yesterday night "Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind". Awesome yaar, guys who came in mid-way were at sea. Two other guys and I were the only ones who understood it properly ....we were in peals of laughter when the other guys posed their questions.
Some info about the film:
Title: Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
Director:Michael Gondry
Story : Michael Gondry and Charlie Kaufman
Starring : Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.
Rating : 8.6/10 (on IMDb.com)
Ranked #38 all time.
Click here for more on IMDb.com

Then a trip to the common room (at 4:30 in the morning!!!) for the TV proved fruitful as I watched my beloved Swat Kats on Cartoon Network after 5 years....nostlagic it was.

Then ,shifted to B4U Music...bah nothin very interesting...went back to the room ....read something called "Operating System Concepts" .Nice book...pretty easy.
It was already 6 am.And it was raining heavily outside.So decided to cancel the pre-planned jogging and wait for the breakfast at the mess at 6:30 am.

7 am.Breakfast done and Time to Sleep.Went to bed.

Alarm goes off at 12:30 pm.Time for lunch.

Then some problems for the Hall President(No yaar ....not me)...some brawl in the hostel the previous night results in serious injuries for one of them.Hall council is summoned immediately and Gen Sec for Maintenance is screwed up by the Warden. Inquiry Committee formed and statements were collected from students...I had to write too. Investigation still continuing at a superb speed ....the case might well be resolved by tommorow evening. But dont expect any updates about that on this blog. I just dont think I'll get the required info from the President.

And a successful visit to the hospital for a medical certificate to bunk tomorrow's NCC class makes the day more cheerful amidst all the rain and headaches(read investigations) .Dinner and the entry into the CIC make sure everything else is regular stuff for today.I seem to be spending too much time at the CIC relative to others.Each time I put on my backpack and get ready to go out a guy pops out and says "CIC ka?"(Translation: "To the CIC?").And all others laugh.Very funny.

And, a loss to Australia in a well fought encounter takes the fizz off Sania's entry into the semis of the Sunfeast Open.Damned...how can the Aussies keep winning like this?Awesome yaar...too good.

Someone's online now and I think its time I think its meet that i finish this post here.

Exams R Over ...........All set to rock KGP

Ah , the dreaded exams are over and ...the hidden energy is leakin out ,so unquantifiable that it required the combined efforts of rain and wind to prevent the sudden outflow of students from the campus!

There was a storm and what a storm it was! Uprooting trees ,submerging roads,....etc.Leave the topic. "What!" ,you might say because I started this just now and already changing. Ya...eccentric guy I am ;-)

Let us talk about the Maths paper today.Easy at the first look , solvable at the second, tricky at the third. Somehow ,I finished the paper 15 mins ahead of time and made it out of the hall.

Expectations were high ....I was expecting 28.5/30 and in that happy mood went to the hostel. The inescapable was taking place : Paper discussion. I was confident after my performance. But the truth always hurts - I did some mistakes ...geee...that word ...."silly"....Silly mistakes....they were classified as and each guy took turns to cut down my marks - 1.5 per head and 5 guys succeded. It was decided that I would get 21.Now that sucks...Maths is one subject I dont like losing marks. What could I do. It was all over...Screwed up my Mid-sems successfully.

I decided that this "haunting" past should not ruin my holidays...which in the first place are rare.

Had my lunch at 12:30 pm and took rest.

The time was 2:30 pm - the time for the computer centre, from where i am typing away this stuff - opens. Ting-ting, the alert was given and i started off braving the rain and the storm.After some great fortune...of not being hit by an Ambassador ...I managed to reach this place.After this,everything was pretty uneventful. Time flew by and it was very soon 7pm...and I realized that I missed out snacks and more importantly it was time for dinner. Today is Wednesday and if I didnt go early ,there would be long queues for the special item....Ice cream.

By the time I raced to the mess ,it was still 7:10 pm and thank god no queues.The dinner went on smoothly without any boos and I was back at the CIC...oh this place is called CIC (Computers and Informatics Centre).

Had 8 friends online the Yahoo messenger and I just kept chattin till each of them dropped....right now......just a sec....only one guy is online. I stopped that just to update this blog...see...I am soooo dedicated. Of course Orkuttin is simultaneous.

And there is nothing else to write about today, except for the flopped plan of "A trip to Kolkata".Bloody rain, ruined it.

Its 11:45 pm and very soon the security will be here shouting "Arey ,baraah ho gaya." It is time that I publish this as a post posted on 20th of September...Ok..ok no more stretching of this post...ala Ekta ka serials.

Bye.

NOTE:A title doesnt always give an idea of what is to follow.Why I put this up, you decide!

How to screw up ur Mid-sems (Special Focus:Organic Chemistry) in IIT

As I promised earlier, here is the article.

Read carefully "How to screw up ur Mid-sems(Special Focus: Organic Chemistry)"

As u get into the first semister of a fresh year ( or for that matter,a new semester), be with great confidence that u will cross 90% without even studying for 1 hr a day and that studying for huge periods of time(read: 1 hr) would damage ur eyes and cause a heart-break to ur professors who are hell-bent on giving u the least possible marks possible.

Next, never mind the fact that u arent understanding the classes because u havent attended the previous class....oops.....there was another important point :Wake up late so that u can tell urself "Cmon yaar, better be absent than late".

Even as the exams approaching at the rate a Ferrari accelarates( I know ...I know...a stupid comparision....the second subject of the comparision is something desirable), just keep chillin out at the comp. centre and drinkin cold coffee at the canteen.

Ok, I said special focus on Organic Chemistry so here it is.
Lovers of Org Chem. are requested not to read this.

Organic Chemistry is a back-stabbing subject.Ya after 2 great experiences Ive decided to brand my ex-love....alas it was once uponb a time a subject that i read
with great passion and spent sleepless nights solving problems in Org. Chem.
Then the first experience: IIT-JEE 2006. Simply flopped in Chemistry...No more words.

The second experience is of more interest here for it is "The Mid-Sems of the Autumn Semester 2006-2007"...the exam that got over today morning.
How to screw up basically depends on two factors : what you are expecting and how you perform.So, aim high and perform bad is the ideal thing to do....however being the kinda people we are we cant perform bad...na?We give the best we can.
So pump up one factor to compensate for the other i.e. aim for such marks that next time u sleep in ur class the Prof would be awed at ur genius.

And I think i forgot to tell something ....dont study before the exam...Just trust your memory that u will remember what u studied exactly 9 months, 3 days ,11 hrs 24 mins and 4.87 seconds earlier (Geeeee.....I like precision yaar).

Never mind if u didnt understand anything or atleast felt confused...after screwing up(arghhh.........I cant find an alternative word) my chemistry exam what did you expect ? An article clearly explaining something(eh? what was the theme of the article ...theme?subject?title? whatever).

There was a promise fulfilled...
;-)
I always keep up promises.

Chemistry Exam on Monday.......

See I told ya. Holidays would only mean eveynight I'll be hooked on the Net and keep blogging.

Today was boring at the least, the only respite being the cricket match between India and Australia at Kuala Lumpur. I expected India to win this after a "OK" bowling performance but the much-hyped Indian team put up a pathetic show crashing to 35/5 . I dunno what happened next and i dont bother.Just a sec, my friends here say the match got cancelled due to rain...how ironic would it have been if India lost due to rain - the second time Rain played traunt.It wasn't to be. Thank.........rain. Ya,thank rain , obviously, for cancelling the match.

Moving on to other issues....once again a visit to the library proved fruitful quenching my thirst for some sort of interesting reading (dont say books relating to syllabi are interesting...i wouldnt ,in a lifetime ,agree).

Oh! Did i title this post as "Chemistry Exam ........" .Never mind .

Talk not of things, my friend , that which were screwed up, or that which will be screwed up.

;-)

Next post will be on Monday night 11:00 PM. Watch out for the description of "How to screw up ur Mid-sems (Special Focus:Organic Chemistry) in IIT "

And now a short course on "How to comment on a blog page" .
1.Read the blog carefully
2.Search for the end of the blog and specially for "posted by *#$#@"
3.Next to it will be "# comments" . This is a link .
4.Click on it and comment.
5.There it is ...the page where u can praise me (hopefully??? Cmon yaar I've given u a course) or screw me up for whatever reasons u have.

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Find Out: Future of RAM is here ???

Here is something i promised in my very first blog.....some technical stuff.Not everything is my original work (obviously).

Everything in quotes taken from Wikipedia
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Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) is a non-volatile computer memory NVRAM technology, which has been in development since the 1990s. Continued increases in density of existing memory technologies, notably Flash RAM and DRAM kept MRAM in a niche role in the market, but its proponents believe that the advantages are so overwhelming that MRAM will eventually become dominant.

Description

Unlike conventional RAM chip technologies, data is not stored as electric charge or current flows,but by magnetic storage elements. The elements are formed from two ferromagnetic plates, each of which can hold a magnetic field, separated by a thin insulating layer. One of the two plates is a permanent magnet set to a particular polarity, the other's field will change to match that of an external field. A memory device is built from a grid of such "cells".

Reading is accomplished by measuring the electrical resistance of the cell. A particular cell is (typically) selected by powering an associated transistor, which switches current from a supply line through the cell to ground. Due to the magnetic tunnel effect, the electrical resistance of the cell changes due to the orientation of the fields in the two plates. By measuring the resulting current, the resistance inside any particular cell can be determined, and from this the polarity of the writable plate. Typically if the two plates have the same polarity this is considered to mean "0", while if the two plates are of opposite polarity the resistance will be higher and this means "1".

Data is written to the cells using a variety of means. In the simplest, each cell lies between a pair of write lines arranged at right angles to each other, above and below the cell. When current is passed through them, an induced magnetic field is created at the junction, which the writable plate picks up. This pattern of operation is similar to core memory, a system commonly used in the 1960s. This approach requires a fairly substantial current to generate the field, however, which makes it less interesting for low-power uses, one of MRAM's primary disadvantages. Additionally, as the device is scaled down in size, there comes a time when the induced field overlaps adjacent cells over a small area, leading to potential false writes. This problem, the half-select (or write disturb) problem, appears to set a fairly large size for this type of cell. One experimental solution to this problem was to use circular domains written and read using the giant magnetoresistive effect, but it appears this line of research is no longer active.

Another approach, the toggle mode, uses a multi-step write with a modified multi-layer cell. The cell is modified to contain an "artificial antiferromagnet" where the magnetic orientation alternates back and forth across the surface, with both the pinned and free layers consisting of multi-layer stacks isolated by a thin "coupling layer". The resulting layers have only two stable states, which can be toggled from one to the other by timing the write current in the two lines so one is slightly delayed, thereby "rotating" the field. Any voltage less than the full write level actually increases its resistance to flipping. That means that other cells located along one of the write lines will not suffer from the half-select problem, allowing for smaller cell sizes.

A newer technique, spin-torque-transfer or Spin Transfer Switching, uses spin-aligned ("polarized") electrons to directly torque the domains. Specifically, if the electrons flowing into a layer have to change their spin, this will develop a torque that will be transferred to the nearby layer. This lowers the amount of current needed to write the cells, making it about the same as the read process. There are concerns that the "classic" type of MRAM cell will have difficulty at high densities due to the amount of current needed during writes, a problem STT avoids. For this reason, the STT proponents expect the technique to be used for devices of 65 nm and smaller. The downside is that, at present, STT needs to switch more current through the control transistor than conventional MRAM, requiring a larger transistor, and the need to maintain the spin coherence. Overall, however, the STT requires much less write current than conventional or toggle MRAM.

Comparison with other systems

Density

The main determinant of a memory system's cost is the density of the components used to make it up. Smaller components, and less of them, means that more "cells" can be packed onto a single chip, which in turn means more can be produced at once from a single silicon wafer. This improves yield, which is directly related to cost.

DRAM uses small capacitors as a memory element, wires to carry current to and from it, and a transistor to control it – referred to as a "1T1C" cell. Capacitors basically consist of two small metal plates separated by a thin insulator, a single element that can be built as small as the current fabrication technology allows. This makes DRAM the highest density RAM currently available, and thus the least expensive, which is why it is used for the majority of RAM found in a computer.

MRAM is physically similar to DRAM in makeup, although often does not require a transistor for the write operation. However, as mentioned above, the most basic MRAM cell suffers from the half-select problem, which limits cell sizes to around 180 nm or more. Toggle-mode MRAM offers a much smaller size before this becomes a problem, apparently around 90 nm, the same size as most current DRAM products. To be worth putting into wide production, however, it is generally believed that MRAM will have to move to the 65 nm size of the most advanced memory devices, which will require the use of STT.

Power consumption

Since the capacitors used in DRAM lose their charge over time, memory assemblies using them must periodically refresh all the cells in their chips, reading each one and re-writing its contents. This demands a constant power supply, which is why DRAM loses its memory when power is turned off on the computer. As DRAM cells decrease in size, the refresh cycles become shorter, and the power draw more continuous.

In contrast, MRAM requires no refresh at any time. Not only does this mean it retains its memory with the power turned off, but also that there is no constant power draw. While the read process theoretically requires more power than the same process in a DRAM, in practice the difference appears to be very close to zero. However, the write process requires more power in order to overcome the existing field stored in the junction, varying from three to eight times the power required during reading. Although the exact amount of power savings depends on the nature of the work – more frequent writing will require more power – in general MRAM proponents expect much lower power consumption (up to 99% less) compared to DRAM. STT-based MRAMs eliminate the difference between reading and writing, further reducing power requirements.

It is also worth comparing MRAM with another common memory system, Flash RAM. Like MRAM, Flash does not lose its memory when power is removed, which makes it very common as a "hard disk replacement" in small devices such as the iPod or digital cameras. When used for reading, Flash and MRAM are very similar in power requirements. However, Flash is re-written using a large pulse of voltage (about 10 V) that is stored up over time in a , which is both power-hungry and time consuming. Additionally the current pulse physically degrades the Flash cells, which means Flash can only be written to some fixed number of times before it must be replaced.

In contrast, MRAM requires only slightly more power to write than read, and no change in the voltage, eliminating the need for a charge pump. This leads to much faster operation, lower power consumption, and no effective "lifetime". These advantages are so overwhelming that it is expected Flash will be the first memory type to eventually be replaced by MRAM.

Speed

DRAM speed is limited by the speed at which the current stored in the cells can be drained (for reading) or stored (for writing). MRAM operation is based on measuring voltages rather than currents, so there is less "settling time" needed. IBM researchers have demonstrated MRAM devices with access times on the order of 2 ns, somewhat better than even the most advanced DRAMs built on much newer processes. The differences compared to Flash are far more significant, with similar performance for reads, but as much as thousands of times faster for writes.

The only current memory technology that easily competes with MRAM in terms of speed is Static RAM, or SRAM. SRAM consists of a series of transistors arranged in a , which will hold one of two states as long as power is applied. Since the transistors have a very low power requirement, their switching time is very low. However, since an SRAM cell consists of several transistors, typically four or six, its density is much lower than DRAM. This makes it expensive, which is why it is used only for small amounts of high-speed memory, notably the CPU cache in most modern CPU designs.

Although MRAM is not quite as fast as SRAM, it is close enough to be interesting even in this role. Given its much higher density, a CPU designer may be inclined to use MRAM to offer a much larger but somewhat slower cache, rather than a smaller but faster one. It remains to be seen how this trade off will play out in the future.

Overall

MRAM has similar speeds to SRAM, similar density but much lower power consumption than DRAM, and is much faster and suffers no degradation over time in comparison to Flash memory. It is this combination of features that some suggest make it the "universal memory", able to replace SRAM, DRAM and EEPROM and Flash. This also explains the huge amount of research being carried out into developing it.

However, market forces have to date kept MRAM out of widespread use. Intense pressure in the Flash market has driven vendors to aggressively introduce newer versions on the very latest fabs, producing 1 Gbit parts on the (currently) highest density 65 nm processes. DRAM offers considerably less return on investment due to overproduction, so most DDR2 DRAM is produced on a one-generation-old 90 nm process.

In comparison, MRAM is still largely "in development", and being produced on older non-critical fabs. The only commercial product widely available at this point is Freescale Semiconductor's 4 Mbit part, produced on a several-generations-old 180 nm process. As demand for Flash continues to outstrip supply, it appears it will be some time before a company can afford to "give up" one of their latest fabs for MRAM production. Even then, MRAM designs currently do not come close to Flash in terms of cell size, even using the same fab.
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Why is MRAM in the news now:
MRAM was and is being researched seriously by IBM and Freescale Semiconductors. Now , Freescale Semiconductors has taken MRAM to the market and selling it at $25.00 per chip .The chips have a density of 4 Mbits/sq.mm. Freescale believes that it will have an edge over IBM by starting early because it gain experience on how consumers react and the marketing experience that goes with it.

Find more in the coming few days....I'll be bringin forth more tech news.
Oh, Ive also decided on the next technical article "Reverse Hyperthreading by AMD. Is it already implemented in the released AM2 processors?"

There...................a break till monday

There ..........today's Electrical Exam screwed me up......or the other way round : does it matter?

And, 2 days holidays only mean that ill be hooked up on the net every night!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chemistry's on Monday..........all set to screw it up big time.

Some good news too.......After a serious visit to the library, found out that there were books that im seriously interested in: Cryptography.And that beginners into journals (like me.....that mustve been obvious since i ma speakin of it nut just the itch to put somethin up here.....) must start off with "Resonance" rather than pounce on "Science" just because it is available.

And visitors interested in IIT Kharagpur can visit http://www.scholarsavenue.org

It is like a in-house magazine.I dunno if Non-KGPians can "do" anything but I'm just puttin it up. Try out.

And visit My Album, I put up some pics from Project Gotham Racing 3 (PGR3) . They are real cool, I promise.

And the usual request, this is a pretty new blog , so I need ur comments.
Ya ,in both the blogs.

See ya.

PS:The next post is about.........Just watch out for the post!!!!!!!

A quote to be commented upon

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
- Frank Tibolt

Is it?

Cool pics from Quake 4: Check out my Album

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The link is in the side bar .Check them out.

Did I say I would not be updating this page.........due to my mid-sem exams???Never mind . This page will be updated ,forgive me if I dont , there might be exceptions.

Have Exams here ...........so no updates till 20th September

Ah!!!!
Exams .Something ive escaped for 5 months now are back again.
These will be tough ,no doubt.

So friends,this page wont be updated till the 20th os this mnth ,the day when our exams will be over.

Bye! And wish me all the best for my exams.

Kuch to karna hai na ;-)

Reflections???????

Today was a fine day to wake up early and goto college.Mathematics is a class to relax. Then English.This sucks anyway.Not that i dont like the class or the subject .I hate the teacher. She is so boring.Lemme leave it here .This is not what I want to talk about.

The time is 1:30 PM.The time for Electrical Technology Lab. I did not complete my record work. A little of the discussion Q&A were remaining. Fine.Completed them in half an hour and submitted them. "The Great Escape?" I thought.

Completed the lab work and started chit chattin about the state of affairs in IIT KGP. We were thankin ourselves( I was, basically) for being in some good departments without needing to force ourselves to "Department Change" ( Ya there is something like this in all IITs. Very good students are offered a seat of their choice in a any department). Then ,I was thinkin, ain't we lucky to be here in the first place.now again all this competetion here!!! What did we dream to do ....and what are we doing.

Everywhere in India it is the same . What do we plan ,and what do we do. Note the "we". It is ,infact significant.Here in this passage it refers to all my co-citizens,earlier my IIT mates only.

The answer we (again ,a change in reference, me and my IIT mates) gave ourselves " Wait for the second year. Goto hell with this Engg. Drawing ,etc. All we want is excellence in department subjects.In real (Def. - (here)That which can be seen) terms ,it would mean an 'X' grade, i.e 10 credits in/for the subject.

Here,at IIT i think I'm facing life.No one to be blamed except myself. All responsibility is Mine. I am loving it. This is life .....( Actually the title of the post was supposed to be 'Facing Life Here At IIT')

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don't blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the President. You realize that you control your own destiny.

Let us see. Until the future unfurls, I keep myself.

Intel's Core 2 Quadro

Intel's new Core 2 Quadro codenamed Kentsfield) features four cores(yes 4!!!)on the processor.It is however not 4 cores on a single die but two Core 2 processors in a single package.However this is enough for this beast to win over all the other competitors hands down.

The fabrication techniques presently available however limit the maximum no. of cores that can be fit in to four.

With the 45nm fabrication processes to be ready by mid-2007,and the envisioned plan of 32nm fabrication thanks to EUV lithography ,Intel might be all set to extend its technological edge over its competitors.

The benchmarks were no less then expected ,creating records in benchmark tests: PCMark05 , 3D Mark 06.

As usual ,Intel processors kick-ass in grapics tests as did this. And again it proved its mettle in the Application and Multitasking tests.

Other processors queued up in shame as the SiSoft Sandra test was conducted. This literally beat the pants off the others.

Here are the technical specifications (taken from Toms Hardware).




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Goodness me ...........Schumacher is retiring

Michael Schumacher announces retirement at Italian Grand Prix,Monaza.

Michael Schumacher set the scene perfectly with a trademark victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza before announcing the end of his record-breaking career.

Formula One’s most successful driver will hang up his helmet for good in Brazil next month after admitting he could not be sure of maintaining his high standards next season.

He had no problems living up to expectations today though and delivered exactly what Ferrari’s home crowd wanted before revealing his retirement.

“You have to find the right moment and we feel this is the right moment,” the 37-year-old said. “This is going to be my last Monza race.

“At the end of this season I have decided with the team I am going to retire from racing.”

Schumacher’s chances of retiring as an eight-time world champion look better than ever after his commanding win from Ferrari successor Kimi Raikkonen today.

He moved to within two points of championship leader Fernando Alonso after the Renault driver retired from third with engine failure.

Ferrari were just digesting that stroke of luck when Schumacher revealed his decision over the radio as he lapped up the adulation of an 80,000 crowd following his 90th win.

After a decade at Ferrari, Monza proved to be an emotional venue to announce his 16th season will be his last.

He said: “It was obviously pretty emotional to take the lap back after the race.

“I was talking to my team and informed everybody of my decision and probably this was the most emotional moment. To finish so well, with such a crowd, just overwhelmed me.”

Schumacher confessed doubts over his ability to continue fighting at the front next year and beyond prompted him to call time on his career.

He added: “It has naturally been difficult in a way but at one moment I simply knew.

“All the effort, all the energy, all the motivation you need in order to be competitive – and that is the only reason I want to be here – I can’t say I’m going to have that for future years. It has been such a good time and there is no point just hanging on.”

However, Schumacher is adamant he is leaving Formula One at the top of his game and does not expect retirement to blunt his competitive edge in the remaining three grands prix.


Schumacher celebrates at Monaza.

What I feel:
He could've continued until he was forty.

Never again will such a great come.
Never again will someone have a chance to win 100 career titles
Never again will someone have a chance to win 100 career races and 10 seasons.

09/09/06 at IIT Kharaghpur

It was a great day to wake up as for the first time I slept early(1:30AM!!!!!!!!) in the past 5 days.

Woke up at 6:30 am and immediately dashed to the mess. Dissapointed I returned, for it was a saturday and I was told that it would open only at 7:30.Fine, I thought .

After the breakfast,went straight to the NCC class.It was fun. Our Platoon Commander didnt know how to command me for I didnt know Hindi! They taught us about fire extinguishers and regular stuff.Then came back to room and couldn't help having a nap. Then had lunch - the best since I ever came to Kharagpur............it had lots of South Indian items today.Coooool!

It was 1:30 pm. Studied Electrical engineering for some time and then went to "the only source of salvation" for me in the first year :The CIC- Computing and Informatics Centre .Ah got myself a computer and surfing the net.Forfeited snacks for this pleasure and before I realized it was 7:00 pm already. "We have a movie at 8:00 ", a friend shouted on Yahoo Messenger .God! Rushed to a canteen to have dinner.....the guy there took 45 min to prepare it.The food was good , though.Then the movie.Went in 15 mins late. The movie "Corporate" was so good.
The second best i ve seen of bollywood after "Sarkar".

Now,presently back at the CIC, typing away in fury only my second post on this blog waiting for more comments and thinkin of the new developmants to be made .

What about a section saying "Whats hot and whats not at IIT KGP" Make your views known in the comments section.

My First Blog

This is my first blog and i expect my friends and visitors to plz help develop it by comments.....

The stuff that will be put up will deal with news-political and science,computers,and computer games.

I wud like visitors to have discussions with me on scientific projects.....i will definitely like it.

And friends make "Friend demands" so that i get more active and update this with whatever u demand............whatever .

Also see my album.

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