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This invention relates to digital signal processing ("DSP") circuitry, and more particularly to DSP circuitry that is capable of performing a wide range of DSP functions.
Programmable logic devices ("PLDs") are well known for their ability to perform any of a wide range of functions, depending on how they are programmed. Programming may be done by storing data in control bits on the PLD, by custom-configuring one or more layers of the materials used to fabricate the PLD, or by any other suitable means. Depending on the technology employed, the programming may be volatile or non-volatile, one-time-only or reprogrammable, etc.
In addition to the general-purpose circuitry typically included in the architecture of a PLD, it is also known to include various types of special-purpose circuitry in such devices. Examples of such special-purpose circuitry are blocks of memory, microprocessor circuitry, DSP circuitry, etc. Because PLDs are typically designed to satisfy any of a wide range of needs, it may also be desirable for any special-purpose circuitry that is included to also have some flexibility with regard to the functions it can perform. DSP circuitry with multi-functional capability is known (e.g., for inclusion on PLDs). But improvements are always being sought in terms, for example, of being able to support more DSP functions with less DSP circuitry.
In accordance with the present invention, a block of DSP circuitry advantageously includes several (preferably only three) multiplier circuits, each of which can perform either one relatively long multiplication (e.g., one 18×18 multiplication) or plural, separate, relatively short multiplications (e.g., two 9×9 multiplications). Input adder circuitry is preferably included for selectively adding inputs to produce sums for use by the multipliers, but certain inputs to the adders can also preferably be nulled if desired and/or certain inputs can bypass the adders if desired. (As used herein, terms like "adder" will be understood to also include subtraction. In other words, references to addition are generic to addition and subtraction, unless the context is inconsistent with that interpretation. This applies to any addition used anywhere throughout the circuitry.) Output adder circuitry is also preferably provided for selectively combining outputs of the multipliers. Various adders are preferably operable to perform either one relatively long addition (e.g., one 18-plus-18 addition) or plural, separate, relatively short additions (e.g., two 9-plus-9 additions).
The DSP circuitry also preferably includes registers for optionally storing data on which the other DSP circuitry can operate. (These registers are preferably bypassable in situations that do not require their use.) Connections are preferably provided between the registers to allow successive data samples to be successively shifted through chains of the registers. The registers are preferably chained together and also connected to the other DSP circuitry to allow the circuitry to be used to perform a variety of different digital filtering operations (e.g., to operate as finite impulse response filters of even or odd order).
Other operations that the DSP circuitry can perform include (1) simple multiplications of various lengths, (2) simple multiplications with summations, both of various lengths, and (3) complex multiplications of various lengths.
The DSP circuitry may be part of the circuitry of a programmable logic device ("PLD"). The other circuitry of the PLD may include programmable logic circuitry and general routing circuitry. The general routing circuitry may be used to provide signals to and/or to receive signals from the DSP circuitry and the programmable logic circuitry. The general routing circuitry may also provide connections between various parts of the programmable logic circuitry, as well as connections between the programmable logic circuitry and the DSP circuitry.
Further features of the invention, its nature and various advantages, will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description.
An illustrative programmable logic device ("PLD") integrated circuit 10 including digital signal processing ("DSP") blocks 20 in accordance with the invention is shown in
Typical of everything that is shown and described herein,
As shown across the tops of
As mentioned above, registers A-L are shown again in
As another example of what is shown in
The output signals of each of multiplexers 112A-L are identified by the reference S followed by the letter of the associated register output or unregistered input. For example, SJ identifies the nine data output signals of register J or the nine inputs J′ (if register J has been bypassed). In
Turning now to
Also shown with multiplier 210A in
Still further shown in
Multiplier circuitry 210A includes two multiplication subcircuits 160A1 and 160A2 and summation circuitry 170A. Each of multiplication subcircuits 160 is capable of multiplying up to nine bits of data on one of its sets of input leads (from adder circuitry 130A) by up to 18 bits of data on the other of its sets of input leads (from the associated multiplexer 150). For example, multiplication subcircuit 160A1 can multiply nine bits of data from adder 130 by nine bits of data from multiplexer 150A1 to produce an 18-bit product on the 18 left-most output leads of multiplier 210A. As another example, multiplication subcircuit 160A1 can multiply nine bits of data from adder 130A by 18 bits of data from multiplexer 150A1 to produce a 27-bit product applied to summation circuitry 170A. It will be appreciated that the nine or 18 bits from multiplexer 150A1 mentioned in the two preceding sentences can come either from C1 (i.e., general routing circuitry 40 in
Multiplication subcircuit 160A2 has similar functional capabilities with respect to the signals it can receive from its various data sources. In other words, multiplication subcircuit 160A2 can multiply nine bits of data from adder 130A by (1) nine bits of data from C2, (2) 18 bits of data from C2, (3) nine bits of data from SD, (4) nine bits of data from SJ, (5) 18 bits of data from SC and SD, or (6) 18 bits of data from SI and SJ.
In addition to being kept separate for the products of two separate 9×9 multiplications, the outputs of multiplication subcircuits 160A1 and 160A2 are arithmetically combined by summation circuitry 170A in such a way that multiplier circuitry 210A is capable of performing one 18-by-18 multiplication. In particular, summation circuitry 170A adds the outputs of multiplication subcircuit 160A1 (a first 9×18 product) to the outputs of multiplication subcircuit 160A2 (a second 9×18 product), with the former outputs (from 160A1) shifted to the left nine places relative to the latter outputs. Thus, if the 18 bits output by adder 130 represent one 18-bit number to be multiplied, and if the other inputs to both of multiplication subcircuits 160A1 and 160A2 represent another 18-bit number to be multiplied, the outputs of summation circuitry 170A will be the 36-bit product of that multiplication. The second of the above-mentioned numbers to be multiplied can be the same for both of subcircuits 160A by making C1 and C2 the same, if that is the source of the second number. Or the source of the second number can be SC and SD or SI and SJ. Multipliers even bigger than 18×18 can be realized in the circuitry shown herein, as will be discussed later in this specification.
Continuing with the discussion of
The circuitry shown in
Adder circuitry 130B receives SE and SF. Adder 130B also receives the outputs of logic gates 120B1 and 120B2. Logic gates 120B1 logically combine mode control signal MA with SG. Logic gates 120B2 similarly logically combine mode control signal MA with SH. In cooperation with logic gates 120B, adder 130B can either pass SE and SF, or it can add those signals to SG and SH. This addition can be either two separate nine-bit additions (SE+SG and SF+SH) or one 18-bit addition (SE,SF+SG,SH).
Multiplexer 140B can output either SG and SH or SK and SL, depending on the state of mode control signal MB.
Multiplexers 150B1 and 150B2 can output either signals from multiplexer 140B or signals C3 and C4 (from general routing circuitry 40 (FIG. 1)), depending on the state of mode control signal MA.
Multiplier circuitry 210B includes multiplication subcircuits 160B1 and 160B2. Each of subcircuits 160B is capable of performing, for example, either a 9×9 multiplication or a 9×18 multiplication on the signals applied to it. Summation circuitry 170B combines the outputs of subcircuits 160B1 and 160B2 to effect an 18×18 multiplication, assuming that the signals applied to subcircuits 160B are appropriate for such a multiplication.
Multiplexer 180B, controlled by mode control MC, selects for outputting either the separate outputs of subcircuits 160B1 and 160B2 or the outputs of summation circuitry 170B. The outputs of multiplexer 180B are the RB outputs of
From the foregoing, it will be seen that the circuitry shown in
The circuitry shown in
As shown in
The circuitry shown in
The next elements in
The outputs of multiplexer 150C1 are one set of inputs to multiplication subcircuit 160C1 in multiplier circuit 210C. The outputs of multiplexer 150C3 are the other set of inputs to that subcircuit. The outputs of multiplexer 150C2 are one set of inputs to multiplication subcircuit 160C2. The outputs of multiplexer 150C4 are the other set of inputs to that subcircuit. Each of subcircuits 160C1 and 160C2 multiplies its two sets of inputs. For example, each subcircuit 160C can perform a 9-by-9 multiplication to produce an 18-bit product, or a 9-by-18 multiplication to produce a 27-bit product.
Summation circuitry 170C adds the 27-bit products output by subcircuits 160C1 and 160C2. As in the case of other similar circuitries 170A and 170B, this is done in such a way that multiplier 210C can perform up to an 18-by-18 multiplication (assuming that the inputs to subcircuits 160C1 and 160C2 are appropriate for such a multiplication).
Multiplexer 180C can output either the separate outputs of subcircuits 160C1 and 160C2, or the outputs of summation circuitry 170C, depending on the state of mode control signal MC.
The outputs of multiplexer 180C are applied to add/subtract circuitry 190C. The other inputs to add/subtract circuitry 190C have come from adder 190B in
A small amount of additional circuitry would permit another mode of operation very similar to
SA-SH are used for the eight variables in these two multiplications as follows:
Signal Source
It will thus be readily seen how DSP block 20, configured as shown in
The DSP block circuit elements required to perform each part of these operations are identified in
The 27×27 multiplication to be performed may be expressed in the following form:
where a1 and a2 are respectively the nine more-significant bits of the two numbers to be multiplied, and b1 and b2 are the 18 less-significant bits of those numbers. The operator <<36 means that the product in the immediately preceding parentheses is shifted left 36 places prior to addition to the other products. The operator <<18 means that the product in the immediately preceding parentheses is shift left 18 places prior to addition to the other products.
In order to use DSP block 20 to carry out part of the above multiplication, the starting values come from signal sources as follows:
Signal Source(s)
Referring now to
Additional circuitry in programmable logic 30 (
Continuing with
Multiplier 210A is used to multiply the outputs of adder 130A by a first filter coefficient (C1,C2) supplied from general routing circuitry 40 (
Adder 190B is used to add the outputs of multipliers 210A and 210B. Adder 190C is used to add the outputs of adder 190B and multiplier 210C. Outputs RC are the FIR filter outputs.
It may be helpful to have in one place the following table of the values of mode control signals MA, MAA, and MAAA in various modes of operation of the circuitry:
The connections between DSP blocks 20 shown, for example, in
System 502 can be used in any of a wide variety of applications, such as computer networking, data networking, instrumentation, video processing, digital signal processing, or any other application where the advantage of using programmable or reprogrammable logic is desirable. Programmable logic device 10 can be used to perform a variety of different logic functions. For example, programmable logic device 10 can be configured as a processor or controller that works in cooperation with processor 504. Programmable logic device 10 may also be used as an arbiter for arbitrating access to a shared resource in system 502. In yet another example, programmable logic device 10 can be configured as an interface between processor 504 and one of the other components in system 502. It should be noted that system 502 is only exemplary, and that the true scope and spirit of the invention should be indicated by the following claims.
Various technologies can be used to implement programmable logic devices 10 in accordance with this invention, as well as the various components of those devices (e.g., the logic connectors (such as the depicted multiplexers) used to make connections throughout PLD 10, and the elements that control those logic connectors (the logic connectors being sometimes called "PLCS" and the control elements being called "FCEs")). For example, each PLC can be a relatively simple programmable connector such as a switch or a plurality of switches for connecting any one of several inputs to an output. Alternatively, each PLC can be a somewhat more complex element that is capable of performing logic (e.g., by logically combining several of its inputs) as well as making a connection. In the latter case, for example, each PLC can be product term logic, implementing functions such as AND, NAND, OR, or NOR. Examples of components suitable for implementing PLCs are EPROMs, EEPROMs, pass transistors, transmission gates, antifuses, laser fuses, metal optional links, etc. As has been mentioned, the various components of PLCs can be controlled by various, programmable, function control elements ("FCEs"). (With certain PLC implementations (e.g., fuses and metal optional links) separate FCE devices are not required.) FCEs can also be implemented in any of several different ways. For example, FCEs can be SRAMs, DRAMs, first-in first-out ("FIFO") memories, EPROMs, EEPROMs, function control registers (e.g., as in Wahlstrom U.S. Pat. No. 3,473,160), ferro-electric memories, fuses, antifuses, or the like. From the various examples mentioned above it will be seen that this invention is applicable to both one-time-only programmable and reprogrammable devices.
It will be understood that the foregoing is only illustrative of the principles of the invention, and that various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. For example, any number of DSP blocks 20 can be included in PLD 10. As another example, the various bus widths shown and described herein (e.g., 9, 18, 27, 36) are only illustrative, and any other suitable bus widths (e.g., 8, 16, 24, 32) can be used instead if desired. The same is true for the widths of the various arithmetic elements employed (e.g., the widths of the multipliers, adders, etc.). The particular operating modes shown and described herein are only illustrative, and many other operating modes are also possible.
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Several months late and supposedly only a couple of weeks ahead of Nvidia's own dual-GPU flagship launch, AMD's Radeon HD 6990 has no trouble establishing performance superiority. But does speed at any cost sacrifice too much of the user experience?
In drag racing, they say 'a chase is a race.' In other words, if you floor it and the guy next to you follows suit, that's a race, and you'd better be prepared to pay up at the finish if it's a money contest.
Both AMD have ridiculous dual-GPU hot rods they've been tweaking and tuning for months. Understandably, they want to stay secretive about their respective power plants. But neither one seems willing to mash the pedal and risk an embarrassing second-place finish. It's a good thing that these two companies don't live their lives a quarter-mile at a time. I can just see Vin, shaking his head in disappointment.
But come on already, guys! The AMD Radeon HD 6990 was supposed to be a 2010 model, and here we are in March wondering if AMD overpromised during its press briefing last October. We even heard rumours that the 6990 was cancelled.
Au contraire, Pierre. It looks like AMD is making the first move with its blown Charger, daring Nvidia to throw-down with a twin sequential turbo-charged Supra...you probably know it as the rumoured GeForce GTX 590. We received a single Radeon HD 6990 4 GB one week ago, beta drivers a couple of days later, and updated Catalyst Application Profiles a couple of days after that. Needless to say, the benchmarking marathon that went on in our Bakersfield, CA lab made the 24 Hours of Le Mans look like kart racing at an amusement park.
Meet Radeon HD 6990 4 GB
It just sounds majestic, doesn't it? 6990. 4 GB. Unlike anything we've ever seen from AMD on the desktop. But don't let naming trickery disarm you like the beautiful rosso corsa of Ferrari's racecars.
The Radeon HD 6990 follows in the pedigree of Radeon HD 4870 X2 and Radeon HD 5970. It's a dual-GPU card with graphics processors running, by default, at slightly reduced clock speeds compared to the company's fastest single-chip board. Its 4 GB of memory are divided between both ASICs. So, you're essentially looking at two 2 GB configurations on a single PCB, running in CrossFire.
Although it was previously referred to by the code name Antilles, Radeon HD 6990 centres on two of the Cayman-based GPUs found in Radeon HD 6970 and 6950 graphics cards. If you remember from Radeon HD 6970 And 6950 Review: Is Cayman A Gator Or A Crock?, Cayman employs a slightly modified architecture, designed to extract more performance per square millimetre of die space. There are situations where this VLIW4 architecture could underperform AMD's older VLIW5 design, but the company says those situations are rare.
Bottom line: the highest-end Cayman configuration offers fewer ALUs than the most complex Cypress processor (found in the Radeon HD 5800-series cards). However, Cayman's ALUs are more capable. For a deeper background on Cayman's architecture, check the second page of our launch coverage.
Each Cayman GPU serves up 1536 ALUs spread across 24 SIMDs. SIMDs are tied to four texture units, totalling 96. Radeon HD 6990 utilizes Cayman in its uncut form, so you get 3072 ALUs and 192 texture units between the pair of GPUs. As mentioned, the 4 GB frame buffer is divided up, 2 GB of GDDR5 per processor, connected via a 256-bit bus.
AMD unifies the two Cayman GPUs using the exact same 48-lane PCI Express 2.0 switch from PLX found on the Radeon HD 5970. Sixteen of those lanes serve the slot interface, 16 go to GPU 1, and 16 go to GPU 2.
|Radeon HD 6990
|Radeon HD 6970
|Radeon HD 6950
|GeForce GTX 580
|Manufacturing Process
|40 nm TSMC
|40 nm TSMC
|40 nm TSMC
|40 nm TSMC
|Die Size
|2 x 389 mm²
|389 mm²
|389 mm²
|520 mm²
|2 x 2.64 billion
|2.64 billion
|2.64 billion
|3 billion
|Engine Clock
|830 MHz
|880 MHz
|800 MHz
|772 MHz
|Stream Processors / CUDA Cores
|Compute Performance
|Texture Units
|Texture Fillrate
|159.4 Gtex/s
|84.5 Gtex/s
|70.4 Gtex/s
|49.4 Gtex/s
|Pixel Fillrate
|53.1 Gpix/s
|28.2 Gpix/s
|25.6 Gpix/s
|37.1 Gpix/s
|Frame Buffer
|Memory Clock
|1250 MHz
|1375 MHz
|1250 MHz
|1002 MHz
|Memory Bandwidth
|2 x 160 GB/s (256-bit)
|176 GB/s (256-bit)
|160 GB/s (256-bit)
|192 GB/s (384-bit)
|Maximum Board Power
Of course, we're ecstatic that AMD is using fully functional 40 nm Cayman GPUs—the kind you'd find on a Radeon HD 6970. But that product is already rated for up to 250 W maximum board power. Keeping the 6990's thermal output manageable meant turning down the clocks from 880 MHz (Radeon HD 6970) to 830 MHz (Radeon HD 6990). AMD also uses a lower memory clock (1250 MHz rather than 1375 MHz). The resulting compute power adds up to 5.1 TFLOPS of single-precision math or 1.27 TFLOPS double-precision.
But AMD also arms this card with a couple of surprises that "break the rules" in the name of more muscle.
- AMD's Dual-Cayman Board Mashes The Gas
- Radeon HD 6990: Power, Cooling, And Size--All Extreme
- Display Outputs And AMD's Tessellation Coup
- Test Setup And Benchmarks
- Benchmark Results: 3DMark 11 (DX11)
- Benchmark Results: Metro 2033 (DX11)
- Benchmark Results: Lost Planet 2 (DX11)
- Benchmark Results: Aliens Vs. Predator (DX11)
- Benchmark Results: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (DX11)
- Benchmark Results: F1 2010 (DX11)
- Benchmark Results: Just Cause 2 (DX11)
- Benchmark Results: World Of Warcraft (DX9)
- Benchmark Results: Dual-GPU Performance (CrossFire And SLI)
- Benchmark Results: Quad-CrossFire!
- The Big Reveal: Power And Noise
- Conclusion
-1doive1231 , 8 March 2011 15:31What about 10 display outputs from a Crossfire setup. Yeah!
1prightiam , 8 March 2011 18:59So this thing is actually louder than the dustbuster?!
2Anonymous , 8 March 2011 19:48I'm a bit puzzled by the lack of 580GTX SLi comparison? Once again an incomplete review. Sorry!
-1Sabiancym , 8 March 2011 20:28A lot of the people who would get these, including me, would water cool them. So the sound issue is gone.
These things are beasts.
2blubbey , 8 March 2011 20:55Crysis has finally been conquered. It only took a few years and an absurd amount of power, however =]
0fruees , 9 March 2011 01:23This is why I'd never buy a super-high end card, the ppl that bought the 5990s dropped about £450 4 months ago and now their card isn't even mentioned in the high performance benchmarks!
0evilgenius134 , 9 March 2011 02:09frueesThis is why I'd never buy a super-high end card, the ppl that bought the 5990s dropped about £450 4 months ago and now their card isn't even mentioned in the high performance benchmarks!
The previous card to this is the 5970, and it is mentioned.
0damian86 , 9 March 2011 06:27Yes, but still, you can't compare this to nvidias balance between image quality and speed. Radeons balance is unfortunately awful and I cannot see the driver issues getting better,it still need a touch of 'gamer' in software. A few years ago a comparision has been done with both of them and Radeons had a high percentage in causing BSODs.I can still hear people complaining about the drivers...
0asteldian , 9 March 2011 22:00I hate 2 cards in one set ups. This just strengthens my distaste for them. I considered the GTX 480 a monster that should never have hit the shelves, now this beast has turned up, at least it can try and justify itself by being a double carder.
AMD tend to be a bit sloppy with driver support for games at the best of times, I can only imagine the nightmare these will be
0Anonymous , 10 March 2011 00:01asteldianAMD tend to be a bit sloppy with driver support for games at the best of times
People say that, but I've never *ever* had a driver issue with ATI/AMD cards in the 10+ years I've been using them.
0Griffolion , 10 March 2011 22:32Impressive stuff but let's wait to see what Nvidia comes out with in the 590. Considering that AMD has broken through the 300W ceiling very considerably, i'd like to see what Nvidia can pull off with a power budget of what the 6990 had.
I have a 5970, and until games start to slow down that plus my I5 at 4GHz, I won't be buying anything new.
0Solitaire , 11 March 2011 01:25Not just this card but everything based on the same PCB is little better than an engineering sample - its too impractical and I expect most board partners will be cooking up slightly shorter cards and vastly superior cooling solutions. Anyone buying a stock card is either mad or preparing to rip that horrid fan clean off and stick a hugeass waterblock on that card...


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Strumica is located in the east of Macedonia. The town dates back to the 2nd century BC, when it was called Astraion, meaning City of Stars. Strumica is guarded by the Carevi Kuli (Czar's Towers) from the Strumica Fortress, which dates back to the 10th century, when Samoil ruled Macedonia and the surrounding region.
You will need more than one day to visit all the sights in Strumica and surroundings, and the Monastery of the 15 Martyrs of Tiberiopolis offers great accomodation.
You can do an easy walk to the Monastery of St Ilija and the Czar's Towers, or a more demanding hike to the Ograzhden Peak.
Interesting sights outside of Strumica include the Roman Baths at Bansko and the Smolari and Koleshino waterfalls.
Samoil and his four brothers first rebelled against the Bulgarian authorities, who ruled over Macedonia. At the same time, the Bulgarians where fighting Byzantium (the Roman empire). After the Bulgarians lost, Macedonia became under Byzantium rule in 971. When the Byzantine Emperor died in 976, the brothers took back Bulgaria and Macedonia.
Later, two of the brothers died in battle, and the third was killed by Samoil himself. This left Samoil as the ruler of a big empire, including most of Bulgaria, Macedonia minus Thessaloniki, large parts of Greece, Albania, Dalmatia, Bosnia and Serbia.
Samoil was crowned king by the Roman Catholic Pope on the island Golem Grad in
Lake Prespa. He later moved to Ohrid, where the built Tsar Samoil's fortress that still overlooks Lake Ohrid.
In 1014, the Byzantine Emperor sent troops to take back the Macedonian empire. This battle took place near Strumica, where now the settlement Vodoca is. Samoil's men were defeated by the Byzantine army. The Byzantine Emperor ordered that the 15,000 men of Samoil had to be blinded, leaving only one soldier with one eye per 100 men, to be able to guide the rest of the men back to Samoil, who had escaped. The name of the settlement Vodoca means "plucked eye".
When Samoil saw his blinded troops return at Prilep, he had a heart attack and died shortly afterwards.
There is no monument for this gruesome event, but a monastery was built at nowadays Vodoca. This is now the Monastery of St Leonthius.
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I admire your dedication in writing up all these tips, not just Strumica, but a significant portion of Macedonia. Your pictures and descriptions have intrigued me into considering a vacation in these parts.
Great tips. Another thing we like from Strumica is their 'mastika'. Never got bored of it!
Particularly gruesome stories, but the photos and tips are excellent again :-)
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Vampire Hunter D (GN 1)
Title: Vampire Hunter D
Volume: GN 1
Pages: 200
Distributor: Digital Manga Publishing
Release date: 2007-11-20
Suggested retail price: $12.95
Age rating: 16+
The year is 12,090 A.D., and what little is left of humanity has finally crawled out from the ashes of war and destruction. From the darkness of fallout, mutants and a race of vampires known as the Nobility have spawned. They rule the weak with no remorse. Once bitten by a Nobility, one is cursed to become a member of the undead. Villagers cower in fear, hoping and praying for a savior to rid them of their undying nightmare. All they have to battle this danger is a different kind danger: a Vampire Hunter.
Originally written by Hideyuki Kikuchi, adapted by Saiko Takaki.
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Metro UI : Origin by Brebenel-SilviuWatch
©2012-2016 Brebenel-Silviu
Origin brings an entire universe of gaming into a single, convenient application. Downloads are streamlined for quick and easy installation, and you can securely purchase and play your favorite games any time and any place you want. You can even chat with your friends right from the Origin application while you play. New features recently added to Origin include live streaming demos, free-to-play games, and a beta cloud storage feature.
I think it would be pretty cool to have this app in the final build of Windows "8".
I think it would be pretty cool to have this app in the final build of Windows "8".
When evil meet sucky...
Good concept.
Nice, except Origin sucks compared to Steam
Great work !!!!
Steam kicks so much more ass. EA clearly copied Valve. But Valve is a better company anyway - they don't have customer support that insults you.
Awesome design, though!
Awesome design, though!


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Angle would cut unemployment benefits to motivate jobless
Tea party favorite Sharron Angle, the Nevada GOP's candidate for Senate, is arguing that the government should cut unemployment benefits to get the jobless back to work. Angle, whose outsider conservative candidacy has been compared to Weld County D.A. Ken Buck's in Colorado, has a reputation for taking this hard line. In the past she has said the unemployed are "spoiled" by jobless benefits — which come from a federal insurance system, not a federal welfare program.
Speaking with local journalist Jon Ralston, Angle said:
What has happened is the system of entitlement has caused us to have a spoilage with our ability to go out and get a job. … There are some jobs out there that are available. Because they have to enter at a lower grade and they cannot keep their unemployment, they have to make a choice now.
We're making them make a choice between unemployment benefits and going back to work and working up through the ranks of that job and actually building up a good wage again. …
What we need to do is make that unemployment benefit go down, not just completely remove the safety net from them while they go out and go to work.
As any unemployed person will tell you, jobless benefits generally aren't enough to live on — the average unemployment check is just $293 a week. Unemployed persons often cut back drastically, drawing down savings, selling their car or home and tapping into retirement accounts. The underlying issue here is that there aren't enough jobs for people who need them: There are 15 million unemployed persons in the United States, around five for each available position. Given those metrics, cutting benefits would just take away subsistence-level funds from the already financially stressed.
Angle's opponent, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), is today pushing for an extension of federal unemployment insurance benefits. More than 1.2 million Americans have lost jobless benefits since the end of May as Congress has failed to re-up the extension.
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- - Iryna Kuryanovich - Brémond (http://www.tennisforum.com/217-french-connection/431586-iryna-kuryanovich-br%E9mond.html)
Iryna Kuryanovich - Brémond
She has had some excellent results recently as she already won 2 $25k this year and reached the final of another, so she just can't be ignored anymore. She hadn't her own thread in the Belarusian players forum so I create hers here as she plays for France now.
Entering the top 100 does not seem to be an unreachable goal, especially as she will benefit from the help of the French federation now (a WC for Roland Garros is pretty safe to my mind considering the lack of contenders :rolleyes:)
GL to her for the future :yeah:
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Another great week for her :yeah:
She has the stuff to reach Top 100 at least :)
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and now she's in final in China, a 50 k :eek::bounce:
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and the winner is ... Iryna, obviously.
She is now ranked around 137.
3 titles and a final in one month :fiery:
23 w vs 3 def in 2011 :eek:
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Playing in Osprey now as 3rd seed and versus a Qualifier RD1.
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Short interwiev with her.:p
ITF Pro Circuit meets... Iryna Bremond
26-year old Iryna Bremond, an 11-time singles champion on the ITF Pro Circuit moved to a new career high WTA singles ranking of 139 with the release of the April 4th 2011 rankings list. Recently we were able to catch up with Iryna.
ITF Pro Circuit : Can you tell us where were you born and maybe describe the area where you grew up?
Iryna Bremond : I was born in Minsk, Belarus in 1984. I lived in Minsk for 20 years and then moved out to France, where I have been living now for 6 years.
ITF Pro Circuit : Do any other members of your family play sport?
Iryna Bremond : No
ITF Pro Circuit : So how did you get started in tennis?
Iryna Bremond : I started playing tennis when I was 7 years old. My best friend was a player in Minsk, I just wanted to try with her.
ITF Pro Circuit : What can you tell us about your current coach?
Iryna Bremond : My coach is Norbert Palmier. He is very passionate about everything he does on the tennis court. He has a great deal of expertise (he coached Dick Norman, Karlovic, Gilles Muller, Olivia Sanchez and Mandy Minella as well). He is a great motivator and has been able to give me more confidence and poise.
ITF Pro Circuit : Who were/are your tennis idols?
Iryna Bremond : It has always been David Nalbandian. I love to watch him play. Without so many injuries he would have been one of the greatest!
ITF Pro Circuit : What is your greatest tennis memory either as a player or as a fan?
Iryna Bremond : I will always remember the last match Pete Sampras played; his victory at the 2002 US Open against Agassi. It was his last game and the emotion he brought on the court that day was intense.
ITF Pro Circuit : Away from the tennis court do you have any other interests?
Iryna Bremond : I love reading books (Patrica Cornwell's detective novels for instance). I also love enjoying the French gastronomy in Paris. There are so many good places in Paris and it is such a pleasure to discover the city through its restaurants
ITF Pro Circuit : Do you have a favourite holiday destination?
Iryna Bremond : Dominican Republic (I went to Punta Cana with my husband last year). My next wish is to visit Thailand
ITF Pro Circuit : If you had not become a tennis player what career path would you have liked to have followed?
Iryna Bremond : I would have tried to work in the fashion industry, as a designer for example. This is something I still have in mind when I'm done playing on the tour.
ITF Pro Circuit : In your opinion, what would you say are the best and worst aspects of being a professional tennis player?
Iryna Bremond : The best thing is that being a professional tennis player allows me to travel and to discover the world. Every week is different and it gives me the opportunity to see diverse cultures and meet new people. The worst thing about it is obviously the fact that I don't have as much free time as I'd like to spend with my family.
ITF Pro Circuit : So far in your career, what has been the nicest venue that you played at?
Iryna Bremond : Without a doubt the French Open, not only because it's, in my opinion, the most important tournament in the world, but also because in Paris I can have my friends and family on the court with me.
ITF Pro Circuit : What has been the most bizarre venue that you played at?
Iryna Bremond : It was when I played a $25k in Nigeria in 2007. I never thought tennis could give me the opportunity to be there.
ITF Pro Circuit : What is the best experience that you had on the ITF Pro Circuit?
Iryna Bremond : My first title in Nantes in 2006.
ITF Pro Circuit : Which player(s) are you friends with?
Iryna Bremond :All the French players and especially Claire De Gubernatis, my practice partner. I also have a good relationship with many Russian players.
ITF Pro Circuit : How do players relationships with each other compare on the ITF Pro Circuit to other tournaments you have played?
Iryna Bremond : Despite the intense competition on the ITF Pro Circuit I think there still is a good atmosphere in the tournaments. All the players want to win, it is definitely a very competitive environment, but players see each other all the time, all year long, which helps being more friendly.
ITF Pro Circuit : How has playing on the ITF Pro Circuit helped you as a player?
Iryna Bremond : Once again, the ITF pro Circuit is very competitive. I have to push myself to become better. It has helped me to be more professional.
ITF Pro Circuit : Would you recommend that top juniors play the ITF Pro Circuit?
Iryna Bremond : Of course, it is a wonderful life experience. Top junior players can play in an environment that will prepare them for the rest of their career.
ITF Pro Circuit : What aspect of another players game do you envy?
Iryna Bremond : I envy doubles players because they can do whatever they want with the ball at the net, which is something I am working on.
ITF Pro Circuit : If you could only have one Grand Slam title, which would you choose?
Iryna Bremond : Roland Garros!
ITF Pro Circuit : What has been the best piece of advice you have been given?
Iryna Bremond : NEVER GIVE UP!
ITF Pro Circuit : Finally, have you set yourself any goals for 2011?
Iryna Bremond : I want to get into the WTA Top 100 before the end of the year.
ITF Pro Circuit : Thanks for your time and all the best for 2011.
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Looks like she really loves France.
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So Iryna won her 1st round match against Rodina in a nearly 3h match: 6-3 4-6 8-6. Both players fought great. It was very intense, and in the last games, both players were suffering from cramps. I'm really happy for Iryna, she honoured her WC with great heart, and received a lot of support from the crowd. It was her 1st main draw appearance and victory in Roland Garros. Bravo Iryna! :hearts: :worship: :bounce:
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I partly saw the match, it seemed really intense, Iryna put up a really good fight (as rodina), it was nice to discover her.
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Finally, Iryna finish 2011 in top 100.
What a great year for her :worship:
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This is some photos I have taken Yesterday at Gonesse semi-final:
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Iryna à Roland Garros,elle a passé le premier tour des qualifs :yeah:
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It's a pretty disheartening time to be champion of YouTube objectivity. Last week, it emerged that prominent Battlefield 4 YouTubers were accepting a pay cheque from EA in return for saying lovely things about what turned out to be one of the most broken games of 2013.
EA insists that the rules of their 'Ronku promotional partnerships' specify that participants must disclose that videos are being sponsored by the publisher. Only the full contractual details (which I don't have access to) could confirm that, but what is clear is that multiple popular YouTube channels did not follow Federal Trade Commission guidelines and EA apparently did nothing to police its own promotion. Almost as if they had something to gain from scores of Battlefield 4 videos that were financially obliged "not to focus on glitches" being seen by unsuspecting millions.
FTC guidelines are just that; guidelines. They provide a guide on how to avoid falling foul of US advertising laws, but aren't actually enforceable in and of themselves. The FTC explained to Polygon how this works, but basically if you're screwing up the guidelines you may trigger an FTC warning and investigation, which in turn could result in a charge of violating advertising law. It's doubtful whether the FTC would bother going after individual YouTube users, and there's unlikely to be enough of a legal trail to implicate EA, Microsoft or any of the other major companies engaging in these shenanigans.
Another case of the financially powerful exploiting weak regulation, right? That's a depressing enough thought in itself, but what's worse is how few people seem to care about the issue at all.
If you're one of the people who doesn't much care, this article may well struggle to change your mind. But I think many more people should care about this, and I'm going to do my best to explain why the EA scheme, and all others like it, are so damaging.
What do readers and viewers of videogame media want from their critics? I consider myself part of both circles, because as well as writing for IncGamers, I read and view plenty of stuff created by other people. Like most, I don't want to waste my time, so I want those things to have meaning and critical value. By that, I mean works expressing views that are the critics' own. Creations that are honest. If they're funny and interesting, that all helps too.
Anybody who has accepted money to express a particular opinion about a game on behalf of the game's publisher is no longer giving their own views. If that person does not disclose, in full, to their reader or viewership that a post or video is sponsored by an external source with a vested interest, they are being dishonest.
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I'm pretty confident that "opinions restricted by a contractual obligation to be positive" and "dishonesty by omission" aren't facets that many people look for in a critic of any media. We're on safe ground there, right?
So when somebody on YouTube appears to be offering their own view on Battlefield 4, but in actual fact is accepting money from EA to say (or avoid saying) very specific things about the game, we can agree that's a bad thing. It's doing the exact opposite of the thing the video is purporting to do. Instead of one guy's opinion on Battlefield 4, you're getting EA's "please, for the love of god, buy Battlefield 4" message instead.
I realise it's difficult for online games journalism to criticise these practices without coming off as hypocritical. Between us, we've burned through a whole lot of credibility and trust. I can't really blame a reader for rolling their eyes when a gaming site expresses shock at supposedly independent critics getting into bed with publishers. You don't say! Now, how's that exclusive day one review coming along?
Just as online sites all-but destroyed the mass market for printed games writing (and also destroyed people's willingness to pay for any of it; a major factor in the low overall quality of online coverage,) YouTube personalities are chipping away at traditional sites. So it's easy to paint this as pure revenge too. The online sites delighting in YouTube finally getting a splash from the "all games journalism is corrupt" brush.
There may be some truth in that. It's always baffled me that YouTube has been regarded as a magical bastion of objectivity for so long, when all evidence suggested it was as fallible (more so in many respects) than any other system of criticism. But while it does please me that some people will now be revising that view, I don't take any joy in the revelation that YouTubers took money to shill for videogames. That's just depressing.
This isn't about us being mad at YouTube. YouTube hosts some fantastic critics, and will continue to do so. They'll be the ones making videos right now about how outrageous this whole thing is. Because they get it. They care.
The popularity of YouTube is precisely why this stuff matters. YouTube channels give their opinions to millions of people. Actual millions. You know who definitely thinks this is a big fucking deal? EA does. I've only got a passing familiarity with advertising rates, but I do know that the Ronku money of $10.00 USD per 1,000 views is an amount not to be sniffed at. These are companies who can afford to advertise videogames during major US sporting events. They have a lot of money to influence people with and they take a lot to time to consider where to spend it. From their perspective, buying YouTubers is money well spent.
So, if you've found a YouTube channel that you enjoy and that you feel has demonstrated their integrity, please keep watching them. A critic like that can be as rare as a unicorn with a legitimate Half-Life 3 release date painted on their flank.
Obviously if you're an IncGamers reader, we hope you feel we provide you with that too (the integrity, not the unicorn.) If you're swinging by for the first time, hello. We're not the best-known PC site out there, but we try very hard to earn enough to survive while keeping marketing at arms-length. Here's our Battlefield 4 review. We found it was pretty broken. So we said so.
It didn't help that Microsoft and the Xbox One were the first to be implicated in this mess, because it unwittingly fed into the newly dug trenches of the latest console wars. Too many interpreted it as just another bomb to lob at Microsoft, rather than a widespread issue that affects everybody. "Sony probably do it too!" came the cry. Yeah, maybe. That would be just as shameful. Show me some evidence and let's expose those guys too.
When people just stop caring, it makes me sad. I want people to be up in arms about "bought" criticism in any sphere, but especially videogames because that's the area in which I work. Call us out. Hold us to account. Support the people you like, but don't cling to them when they're exposed as industry shills. With FTC and advertising law so weak, it's the only way things can improve.
In the recording industry payola scandal of the 1950s it was the cash-pocketing DJs who took the biggest hit to their credibility, while the major record promoters continued on pretty much unscathed. Since the majority of wrongdoing in this affair seems to be ethical rather than legal, the same outcome is likely. A whole lot of YouTubers just threw away a whole lot of trust for EA's 30 pieces of silver, and trust is something critics cannot easily re-establish. The games writing industry learned that lesson. If their audience cares enough, YouTube will learn it too.
you do realise EA was only paying for people to show coverage of the game and wasnt buying them out and telling them to say good things multiple youtubers who were part of this programme have came out and said that they werent being paid to say nice things etc the only part was not to focus on game bugs and glitches they were aloud to show them and talk about them but not focus entire videos on them. they were aloud to say if they didnt like it thought it was bad etc unlike the programme microsoft had in place with machinima and its partners
If I agreed to take any form of cash compensation for talking about Battlefield 4 over my YouTube channel, that would mean I would have been brought out, as is any form of paid endorsement/sponsorship.
Whilst they might not be paid and told directly to say that they have to say good and only good things about the game. They also stopped purely negative but constructive feedback types of videos, so you're still subject to them reviewing your video for negative comments and claiming it for copyright infringement (sweeping it under the carpet). Some PR companies have done this, it's been covered on here before. Not saying you're wrong, but it's quite a grey area despite the rules.
I guess it's disappointing, but I'm one who doesn't care. I don't go to youtube for trusted reviews. If they were paying a site I do visit for reviews than that would be a store that would catch my interest.
As it is I hope the law is enforced and EA is punished if found guilty, but I care little about the coverage (good to know it occurred though) because I find it difficult to imagine many people go to youtube for reliable product review coverage. I use it more to see what the games/products look like or if I'm stuck in an area and want to see how someone actually got past it.
Great article Peter cheers,
If your boss pays you to write a report on him, he may well say..
"Don't worry mate write whatever you like"
You would be very foolish to write..
"He is a incompatant, venal, sexually defucional asrshole with a massive belly and bad breath, but on the upside, has a very tidy desk",
I suspect the youtube channels are hiding their involvement with EA because they know it makes them look like money grabbing, morally vacuous, knobheads.
This goes further than youtube IMHO, I don't major game review sites anymore either, too many times I have played a game that got rave reviews on the major sites, only find its a pile of crap, I have long suspected something dodgy is going on, which is way I use this site, Im off to get some more tin foil.
And the bottom line is that " Money Talks " even if your a tuber or not.
most of the big tubers do it for a living and if your offered money to promote a game/product or whatever is the bottom line their income. i was hoping that FTC would have followed true with their guidelines and take the necessary steps to keep the "Guidelines " in place and punish those who don`t. but overall " Money Talks "
Nice read, Mr. Parrish.
It reminds how developers/publishers censor reviews in the new user-review section on Steam, or how they block and erase posts with opinions they don't agree in forums. But that's for another article.
"It reminds how developers/publishers censor reviews in the new user-review section on Steam" hmm I didnt know that do you have any source (I am not doubting you) for that info?.
I remember seeing some reviews in the recently released game called Rekoil. In fact, I think the highest rated review was hidden, due to complaints from the developers/publishers.
Being paid to look the other way isn't something new and I'm not surprised to see it turn up with YTers and streamers either.
We can be thankful that the EA manger in charge is not in any business concerning our environment. Another good thing is that you can easily avoid these games by just not buying EA games.
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Staff Writer | July 12,2013The Board of Aldermen will discuss how much they want to spend on the corner of Wales, West and Church streets Monday.
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Pros: Sad because I loved the features!! Just the features were good but if the quality is bad then the features mean nothing!!! Poor Quality, Very Poor Quality!!
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Other Thoughts: Don't waste your time. I shoot DSLRs and wanted a point n shoot but this one had to be returned!
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Low image quality
This review is from: FUJIFILM FINEPIX F70 EXR Gunmetal 10.0 MP 10X Optical Zoom 27mm Wide Angle Digital Camera
Pros: The camera is beautiful
Cons: Everything about this camera is perfect except what matters most: image quality. I have take pictures on almost every setting, and in both good and poor lighting conditions. Even under the best conditions (sunlight), and with the camera set to the highest quality settings, the image quality is low compared to our old 8 megapixel PowerShot A680 (the resulting jpegs are 1 to 3 megabytes, while the Canon's are 4 or 5). This seems to be because of the super-aggressive jpeg compression, but I don't know. Even daytime landscapes are blurry, when set on full auto EXR mode, and when you view them full size you can see the compression artifacts. I might think this was a good camera if I didn't have the old Canon to compare to. There is no setting to increase the quality of the jpeg compression. I experimented with the Canon under exactly the same conditions so that I could give this camera a fair review.
Other Thoughts: From the reviews I've read, it seems that low image quality is common: even as the number of megapixels has gone up, actual image quality has gone down. I don't know why this is, but beware.
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Pros: I turned to Fujifilm cameras after Canon starting from the famous F10. Have owned F50, and now F200EXR. F series bests other P-S cameras in many respects: excellent lens and resolution; fastest cameras on the market; excellent low-light performance, and excellent color reproduction. F200EXR adds expanded dynamic range - to 400%. In addition, in the EXR mode, it automatically adjusts the settings to get the best picture (and does a CCD binning if necessary!) True, this is a wonder. I have taken 2,000 pictures during a cruise, in various light conditions, and 98% turned out to be excellent (I am a pixel-peeper!). Worth every penny. Thank you, Fujifilm!
Cons: Low battery life - less than 150 pictures. Have a spare.
Other Thoughts: Fujifilm show a good example of money invested first of all in research (not in marketing). They beat competitors with quality, not advertisement (I do not speak about cheap Fuji models though).
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Excellent Little Camera
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Pros: This little gem produces outstanding images. The low-light and natural light capabilities are particularly good. Very compact and easy to handle. The menus are quite intuitive once you get familiar with all of the modes and sub-modes. Surprising flexibility for an inexpensive "point-and-shoot"; includes aperture-priority and totally manual exposure modes, though the range of selectable apertures is somewhat limited. I've used the "Pro-Focus" mode quite a bit for flower closeups, and it is awesome.
Cons: None I can think of.
Other Thoughts: Haven't tried the included software, as I'm a Linux user at home, and I'm reluctant to install the Mac version on the MacBook Pro I use at work.
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Pros: compact size - fits in shirt pocket, very quick zoom to 10X, excellent natural light, low light capability, very nice to have the wide angle for taking group photos at gatherings. Interface is very easy to understand. Good battery life, depending on how much you zoom and review photos/ videos and how frequently you use the flash.
Cons: a bit heavy, though it fits in the shirt pocket, you will know it is there! The zoom reaches 10X very quickly, trying to get somewhere less than 10X takes some finesse on the toggle.
Other Thoughts: Gun metal is way cool. It's a handsome camera. Lanyard is a little difficult to insert, but very secure when it's attached. I'm very happy with this purchase. Thanks newegg!
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The gamepad i buy it from germany for about 65 euro but now u see it also in sweden for 699 Kr. The keyboard i have it from sweden...about 499 Kr i think or a little bit more. The mouse i take it yesterday for 279 Kr but the big deal yesterday it ...
Hi,for everyone who don't know how to watch online flash video...is 2 ways for dolphin browser.. 1. to delete 1 file in tinybrowser something like that and will unlock flash in settings 2. just change user agent to iphone :) Sent from my GT-N7100...
Huuh i'm so close that i'm not expected...i know i need a wifi dongle who support monitor mode and driver for him...but wait a second...who need external wifi when we have it? Yes the wifi chipset from phones don't have support for monitor mode......