AMD demo suggests Hammer in full swing
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AMD, which will introduce the processor early next year, demonstrated on Monday a four-way server built around a quartet of Opterons and announced a host of supporting software and components such as chipsets from Nvidia. The demo and news came at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.
The four-way server and the new Opteron-friendly products are the latest milestones along AMD's road to introducing its Hammer family of processors.
More than just another line of server and desktop chips, the Hammer family is the main focus of AMD's future ambitions. The Opteron will give AMD greater performance and will reduce manufacturing costs, the company said. These two features will help AMD continue to compete with bitter rival Intel.
Cox spokeswoman Amy Cohn said the company has discovered some instances in which high-speed Internet customers are stealing cable TV channels, but she couldn't specify a number. As a preventive measure, she said, the company installs traps on cable modem lines to prevent Internet customers from accessing video signals through cable TV. "We're currently auditing our networks to identify situations where traps may be needed and are installing the appropriate equipment to prevent this theft from occurring," Cohn said.
AT&T Broadband on the other hand try to stop piracy by going from neighborhood to neighborhood and performing a tap audit, which allows it to detect all manner of cable theft. The tap audit lets the operator evaluate services piped into the home to see if any are not being paid for. They also say that cable theft typically degrades signals to both the computer and the television, not to mention neighboring connections.
"The drops are not designed to be split," said Tracy Baumgartner, an AT&T Broadband spokeswoman. "The Internet product needs a dedicated feed so that it runs as efficiently as it's supposed to."
But cable subscriber Noah said his TV reception and Net connection come up without a hitch, even with splitting the signal that goes to his cable modem!