CNETAnalysis: Nvidia today revealed the next evolutions of the Tegra 4 processor currently powering mobile devices like the Nexus 7 (though maybe for not much longer ). Not to be mistaken for the Tegra 4i , a variant capable of improved performance and 4G LTE compatibility, the two new processors shown during Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference are true successors for the Tegra brand. Though they don’t have official designations yet, the Logan chip is on track for a 2014 debut, while the Parker chip is currently slated for devices in 2015. Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang told the crowd the chips would be based on the latest manufacturing technology, and were being developed to push graphic and app performance in smartphones and tablets even further. What’s in a name? Both of the new processors follow Nvidia’s strange love affair with super hero codenames. Logan is based on the “X-Men” character Wolverine’s real name, and Parker is inspired by Spider-Man’s civilian alter-ego, Peter. Logan will feature the company’s Kepler GPU, which should bolster graphic performance in mobile devices quite a bit. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using chips with the Kepler architecture in its Titan supercomputer, a machine capable of 20 petaflops of processing power. Both Logan and Parker will make use of Nvidia’s CUDA technology, which will allow both processors to use the power of the CPU and GPU combined. When Parker arrives in 2015, it will be Nvidia’s first 64-bit Tegra processor, and is being built around ARM’s 64-bit ARMv8 architecture, otherwise known as Project Denver . More importantly, Parker will feature the Maxwell GPU, which combines the GPU and CPU memory, allowing both to read and access the other’s memory. The new 3D architecture (stacked transistors rather than side-by-side) of the Parker processors should also make! the mobile devices using it more power efficient and faster. Nvidia also debuted its Volta GPU, which can access 1TB per second of bandwidth, but didn’t designate a home for it.
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi