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ARM Shares Updated Cortex A53/A57 Performance Expectationsby Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/6/2014 8:00 AM EST
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[-Stash-] - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkI want a revamped Nokia 808 with an 808 in it :) Reply
Taneli - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkWhat's wrong with arm11? Reply
[-Stash-] - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkThen I wouldn't be able to get the trifecta and video a Roland TR-808 with it… Reply
SydneyBlue120d - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkI'd like to see a performance (and watt/performance) comparison between Qualcomm Krait 450 CPU Architecture in the 805 and the "Vanilla" A53 CPU Architecture in Snapdragon 610/615... I think clock difference and better architecture will be enough to keep the lead in Krait realm... or not? Reply
Krysto - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkCortex A53 is most definitely better perft/Watt wise than Krait. Whether Krait will be better than Cortex A57 in perf/Watt that remains to be seen, but it will definitely be weaker in performance. Qualcomm has milked Krait for far too long. Not to mention you get a lot of other more specific performance advantages from the ARMv8 architecture. Qualcomm has nothing to show but repacked chips with repackaged names this year, and they won't for a while (mid-2015). Reply
beginner99 - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkYeah but if only the core/CPU mattered and not the whole SOC (especially included LTE modem) Intel should have the lead and we all know that isn't the case. Reply
mczak - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkI wouldn't quite say they milked Krait for far too long but yes the 450 is one iteration too many (Qualcomm missed the armv8 boat badly). I suspect running 32bit code it would still have better perf/w than A57 but it is indeed possible the A57 gets competitive there (something the A15 was not) due to be able to run armv8 code. Reply
Morawka - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - link"(Qualcomm missed the armv8 boat badly)"
haha man they did so bad. its gonna cost them the company i think. Reply
Morawka - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkif not the company then a lot of frackin money Reply
drexnx - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkor none at all, because they're an ARM licensee. If Krait isn't competitive vs. vanilla ARM for the next year, QC can roll vanilla ARM products until Krait's successor comes on stream.
QC is in EVERY flagship android phone right now - those kind of OEM relationships don't go away because their core isn't the best of the best for 12 months. I.E. when scorpion (snap S3) was blatantly inferior to A9, HTC, samsung, etc. all still rolled Snapdragon S3 dualcores anyway. Reply
michael2k - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkQC is in every flagship android phone right now because no one else has a workable replacement (ie, everyone is in the same boat) so they might as well leverage QC's radio integration. That however isn't a static relationship as both Intel and NVIDIA have their own integrated radios and their own higher performance SoC as well as competitive GPUs coming out this year. Reply
bigstrudel - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkThey're using stock designs to make up for it. I'd say they absolutely missed the boat that Apple launched and left without them. Reply
drexnx - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkand yet they're still capturing design wins to boot, so no skin off their back. They're still selling chips.
They can't expect to be ahead for 2+ years on one uarch anyway.
look at it this way:
Scorpion was better than A8 for about 18 months, then inferior to full A9 (A9 with NEON. Tegra 2 doesn't count since it traded blows evenly with higher clocked snap S2s, and until the OMAP4430 and Exynos 4210 came out, the snap S3 then killed the Tegra 2) for a year before Krait came along. Krait is better than A9 and A15, and has been since launch in 1-2012... so A57 will beat Krait for 9-12 months... big deal, Krait's successor will be out soon enough anyway.
basically, QC's custom core designs have been better than vanilla ARM for something like 66-75% of the time since scorpion came out way back in 2008 - that's pretty damn good.
Seriously, are there any viable flagship non-proprietary SoC competitors left anyway? TI is gone, Nvidia is a joke, ST-Ericsson dissolved Reply
drexnx - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkI guess that's why QC has 64% marketshare in SoCs and the next closest competitor has 12%.
they're really doomed. Reply
tuxRoller - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkClock for clock, krait is pretty inferior to a15. Reply
CharlieSD11 - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkHow is it missing the boat when there isn't a 64-bit OS released yet to pair with a 64-bit CPU? If Android or Windows Phone was 64-bit today then I would think you could say they missed the boat and should have seen this coming. Reply
bigstrudel - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkBy miss the boat I mean MediaTek beat them to 64bit. Reply
tuxRoller - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkDo we have any idea about how different A7 cores are from a57? Reply
bigstrudel - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkKrait is ancient. It's hardly changed from its first iteration in the Snapdragon S4 Dual SoC. Just more cores and clock speed. Better software and browsers also bloat gains between Krait generations.
Any SoC using Armv8 instructions will be more efficient than Krait. Reply
da_asmodai - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkI'm curious how the "LITTLE" from the 64bit generation (A53) compares to the "big" from the current 32bit one (A15) on the same process technology node and with 32bit workloads. Are the architecture improvements enough to close that gap significantly? Reply
Wilco1 - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkAccording to the Geekbench graph above, A53 in 64-bit mode has 75% of the IPC of A15. Of course it runs at lower frequencies, so you'd probably get about half of the performance of today's high-end A15. Reply
extide - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkLook at the pictures in the article, this exact scenario is displayed. Reply
darkich - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkAs far as I know, A57 can be clocked over 3GHz.
So chips with, say, quad 3GHz A57 CPU and Maxwell Tegra GPU configuration could be one helluva prospect for tablets and serious chromebooks Reply
bigstrudel - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkStock Arm cores for all new models for Qualcomm? Lazy. Custom cores are much more interesting. Reply
TheJian - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkNvidia has already announced IN HOUSE Denver cores which 810 is NOT. I don't understand your Qcom qualifier here as if it's special or in a great position (their move to 64bit is a mistake they have to fix, not a well executed plan). It's the exact opposite as they missed the 64bit boat and had to choose off the shelf IP for the cpu's until 6-12 months later than usual when they can get their own cores out he door. I can't see off the shelf IP beating NV's custom cores in battery and we already know the gpu is top notch with kepler which will further add to the quality of their games (tegrazone has a huge lead in optimized games that look better than other hardware). In a tablet it will be tough to argue for Qcom this year at xmas and a good portion of next year probably too. If google really is re-tooling their 10in tablet as a gaming tablet with T4/K1 NV will start to catch on at just the right time for gpus to take over modems in the food chain. Now that they i500 certified NV's follow ups to T4i should be impressive on all fronts. Modems are becoming moot points (2GB caps make faster speeds pointless, that isn't even a single 720p movie) and Qcom isn't in house like krait/swift now for their next chips so their battery life won't look like krait/swift as before. There is a reason Krait/Swift have great battery/perf combo.
Qcom's two main advantages are gone with 810 and will take another gen to catch back up. A software modem may actually end up being better than hardware based also, but we'll have to wait and see how that plays out. More importantly NV's gpu's will be hard to beat from here out as every desktop chip gets plopped into a soc a year later with all game devs knowing full well how to use them inside & out. What qcom did to the mobile industry with modems NV is about to do to it with gpus. Soul Craft, Heroes Call, Blood Sword: Sword of Ruin, Raven Sword, Bounty Arms, King's Bounty Legions, etc etc show you where mobile is heading (straight into console's worlds, they are way deeper/better than angry birds these days). They already are moving over games like Mount & Blade Warband (a 2010 PC game), GTA San Andreas (the whole 70hr game) etc showing many won't have a need for console this year or next as their mobile device is capable of playing a few hundred gamepad games already (330+ as of april, surely will head on up with shield rev2 coming next month or july). Cut down or not effects wise these will be drawing lots of users and the experience is best on NV hands down and I can't wait to see what K1 games bring. It doesn't have to be new content to win gamers who have never seen the old stuff on xbox360/ps3/pc.
The coming crop of games will make an xbox360/ps3 not necessary for most and the die shrink after 20nm will make consoles moot for a majority of the rest especially the ones with pc's already. I don't see all these lost console gamers moving to qcom mobile chips without some major work on Qcom's part (where are qcom optimized games?). You can already see the quality starting to come from Tegrazone games. Next gen sales will be ruled by the best gpu's/games. With 70% of our time on mobile being spent on gaming it's easy to see why devs massively went mobile (sheer units force you to pay attention, 1.2B per year already) and why the GPU will rule vs. modem going forward.
People see Tegra as a failure but don't understand the first 4 were just about making noise and getting noticed until the real war began with K1/desktop gpus and a modem that is good enough to get into phones (leveling the playing field, time to compete in NV's wheelhouse: GAMING). AMD needs to hurry up, as there is plenty of room for both NV/AMD in eating Qcom's $6B+ profit pie for a while, not to mention the share mobile will steal from notebooks/desktops soon in x86 world (already getting 21% of notebooks, so Intel pie can be had to some extent also as shown by chromebooks). AMD makes nearly nothing and NV is only pocketing ~$600mil/year right now. Merely getting 10% of Qcom's market gets tegra to double NV's income (never mind how much this would help AMD). It only takes a few good design wins to garner a good chunk of sales. NV can bleed Intel's lawsuit payments until this happens (which is what they've been doing, Intel's payments cover tegra losses/R&D) as their top gpus move into socs. I don't see anyone else even on the gaming map yet, even apple doesn't seem to get it so far. If gaming isn't your #1 priority on mobile you're going to lose the next war as gaming moves from consoles to mobile and the rest back to PC (as GDC 2013/2014 shows). PC is now #1 with devs with mobile just a decimal behind (console FAR behind both)! The 808/810 are nothing special. I have no need for faster modems these days (well at home maybe, but that is unlimited, pointless on phones however) but I can always use better gaming. NV's software modem might be upgradable to 300 anyway (already did once to 150). You've already said the modem IP isn't the winner in that 808/810 article already so not sure how you think they win a gpu game with NV way out in front no matter how you slice it. Qcom is now behind with no custom A57's until 2h2015. That means someone else will be the top choice for at least tablets and maybe phones if NV can get a modem into a K1 chip soon enough to take real advantage of Qcom's 64bit mess up. The tablets should start to be a no-brainer soon.
I hope you guys are planning on covering NV's quarterly report like you did AMD's (still waiting for the NV portal to show up...LOL). Leaks show NV had a great quarter yet again (166mil income) and this is still with them eating tegra losses that should stop as soon as K1 kicks in. Net profit nearly double last year's quarter and margins up again. Reply
wintermute000 - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linktoo bad all the T2/T3 misses burnt all their bridges with all the OEMs. None of the big players trust Nvidia now. Thats a bigger problem than anything technical. Reply
darkich - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkAwesome post.
A bit away from the point about gaming imo - mobile games aren't going to be replaced with pc ports, and we are not going to start using smartphones and tablets as consoles. The fact is mobile games are a new, strongly established entity and will only continue to grow and develop in the taken direction instead of trying to copy other platforms - but again, awesome post. Reply
phoenix_rizzen - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkWe'll see.
Fool me once (T1), shame on me.
Fool me twice (T2), shame on you.
Fool me thrice (T3), why are we still talking?
Fool me a fourth time (T4), is anyone even paying attention?
Fool me a fifth time (K1) ... oh, wait, we all gave up a long time ago; there won't be a fifth time.
nVidia may have the greatest SoC since sliced bread, but who is going to go to bat for them a fifth time? Reply
tuxRoller - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkI guess we all have our dreams. Reply
sonicmerlin - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkSo how does the A57 compare to a Core 2 Duo? Reply
Wilco1 - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkMore interestingly, how does it compare to a low clocked Haswell, say the ones used in Chromebooks? Benchmarks showed those were ~2x faster than the original Samsung Chromebook (1.7GHz dual A15). The slides above say A57 will be twice as fast as the latest 28nm A15s, so should be able to match or beat those. And that is very interesting as it shows ARM is getting the level of performance of a typical cheap laptop/PC. Reply
darkich - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - link..even if it doesn't match a low power Haswell in performance, it will absolutely trump it in perf./watt.
But I am more interested in seeing the A8 from Apple.
That one should beat the most frugal Haswell variants even performance wise Reply
errorr - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkQualcomm will be fine even if they just have vanilla cores and the customer comes later. Premier tablet chips are a tiny niche market and the money is made in smartphones. They might lose some market share outside the US but there won't be a premium US phone that moves away from QC because of their modem and IP integration. Nobody can beat QC in price/performance in the US because of CDMA and 2g legacy IP which it luckily doesn't have to pay itself for.
If VoLTE was fully deployed then maybe an LTE only flagship may debut but that is at least a year from being viable on Verizon and even longer on other networks. QC has to be the choice for US markets and unless you are Samsung it isn't worth building 2 phones to market to non US customers. Also QC pays the freight for network tests and certification required by the big US telcos which is just another reason QC dominates on price.
We won't have tried SOC competition until the bog networks start shutting down their 2g bands and migrate fully to LTE. VoLTE will be the real game changer as the licensing costs for the IP is cheaper and easier to implement with a lot of competing modem techs available. Reply
CiccioB - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - link1. High level tablets use SoCs that have more profit margins than those used in phones
2. Phones SoC are very low cost and very low margins, and Qualcomm position on low market (the one with bigger selling numbers) has already been taken by Chinese and Tawainese SoC producers. If SoC producers like Chinese and Taiwanese ones can offer a SoC + separate modem at a lower price then Qualcomm integrated SoC then Qualcomm advantage is gone.
2. Modem integration is still what gives advantages to Qualcomm in mid/top market. But take into account that USA is not the only market on the planet, as Europe and Asia greatly out numbers it by selling numbers and Qualcomm USA only modems are not required there. Reply
darkich - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - link"High level tablets use SoCs that have more profit margins than those used in phones"
On what planet??
Ever since the very introduction of low voltage ARM soc's, the highest end ones are going to Smartphones first.
It is by far the most dominant platform and tablets don't come even close Reply
CiccioB - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkOn what planet what?
In tablets SoCs can be bigger or of less "quality" than those used for phones, as in tablets power contraints are a less critical. If you speak for numbers, yes, tablets have a smaller market, but it is not sure that they have such a smaller profit. Reply
darkich - Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - linkYour quoted statement is wrong unless you are referring to Haswell chips.
I repeat - high end phones get the best and most powerful ARM chips. Reply


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"I think that, in a club made of volunteers as well, you can't rely on everyone else to step up.
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Friends of the Earth strongly welcomed the IMO's formal adoption of revisions to MARPOL Annex VI last Thursday, which will bring about a substantial reduction in air pollution from ships. Currently, the average sulfur content of ship fuel is 2.4 percent, with a maximum allowable limit of 4.5 percent. Under the revisions approved last week, ocean-going ships will be required to use marine distillate fuel with no more than 0.5 percent sulfur content (5,000 parts per million) starting in 2020 or 2025 – depending on the results of a fuel availability study. This fuel requirement signifies the phase-out of extremely polluting bunker fuel, which literally comes from the bottom of the oil barrel and is more than 1,500 times dirtier than the diesel fuel used in trucks and buses.
Even more promising is the possibility of a North American emission control area that would mean stricter control of ship air emissions. Presently only two ECAs exist in the world, one in the Baltic Sea and one in the North Sea. Within these geographical areas ships must use fuel with a sulfur content at or below 1.5 percent. However, the new revisions to Annex VI will permit even further restrictions in ECAs: 1.0 percent in 2010 and 0.1 percent in 2015. Fully implemented ECAs will be able to achieve massive air emissions reductions from ships on the order of 80 percent, 85 percent, and 95 percent for nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and sulfur oxides, respectively. A North American ECA would considerably improve air quality in portside and coastal communities in the U.S., where thousands die prematurely each year from ship air pollution. Friends of the Earth will be advocating for the U.S. and Canada to submit the most environmentally protective North American ECA proposal possible to IMO by spring 2009.
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OK, I'm ready to do my part to help the nation avoid the fiscal cliff.
And here's part of doing my part: I hereby accept my duty to die.
Ever heard of a guy named Dick Lamm? Once upon a time, Lamm was governor of Colorado. He earned the nickname of Gov. Gloom with blunt pronouncements like this:
"We've got a duty to die and get out of the way with all of our machines and artificial hearts and everything else like that and let the other society, our kids, build a reasonable life."
Lamm said that in 1984. He was right then, and he's still right now.
The most out-of-control engine of federal spending is Medicare.
You may hear more about Social Security as a rampaging entitlement. But Social Security needs only tweaking. It's Medicare whose costs are running ever faster away from its revenues.
And 30 percent of Medicare's costs come from people in the last year of life. A goodly portion of that care is futile: long-shot procedures, pointless tests, people hooked up to tubes in hospitals when they should be in hospice.
I just read an article that was skeptical about the scope of the end-of-life cost problem. But even its authors concluded this: Proper use of hospice, advanced directives and do-not-resuscitate orders for the terminally ill might save $69 billion a year. Such savings would get us more than halfway to avoiding the feared "fiscal cliff."
We Americans are really bad at accepting that we're gonna die. Yet most of us, when polled, say we don't want medical skill, machines and expense lavished on us in the last ditch. We'd rather die at home. We'd rather see the money better-spent on younger generations.
Yet we can't seem to make the needed adjustments in culture, practice and law.
That's why I'm saying it out loud: I accept my duty to die.
For me, this isn't a matter of far-off theory. I've got my AARP card and the men in my family tree tend to sign off early. And it's not as if I think about my demise with anything approaching saintly equanimity.
But when my time comes, I hope to have the guts not to try to stave it off by stealing from my kids, their kids and my community.
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Best High End Z77 Motherboards, April 2013by Ian Cutress on 4/11/2013 10:00 AM EST
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marc1000 - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkwhoa, this article is a little different from previous "best X", because here we have several options. I think that if the focus of this series is to narrow down the products to one or two, then that guideline should be folowed in all kinds of products. Reply
crimson117 - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkWell, they only picked four, and considering how many motherboards are out there and how well these four performed, I'd say it's a fine "Best X" article. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkHey now -- I listed at least three laptops in the last Best Budget Laptop guide. Maybe we need to make it plural, considering we are planning on at least offering some alternatives each time. Reply
marc1000 - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkoh, that's fine then. when the series started I tought it was gonna be 1 or 2 products each time. Actually this article already is in plural, but by now things are clearer. Reply
Galford007 - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkIan,
Thanks for the overview; it was very helpful. Based on reviews from this site, I just purchased an ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe as part of a new build. I was considering the Maximus V Formula but I only have room for a standard ATX motherboard (Antec Nine Hundred Case). With the P8Z77-V Deluxe, I haven't had any issues with it so far. Reply
madwolfa - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkHow about mATX and ASUS Maximus V Gene? I've built a new desktop recently and I absolutely love that motherboard. Reply
RonanH - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkNice review, any idea when you'll be publishing the one on the mid mITX boards? Reply
grantdesrosiers - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkI'm sad to see the Asus Z77 Sabertooth got snubbed. It loses the dual ethernet and WiFi, but beter thermals and a better warranty make it worth of inclusion. In my opinion.
Can't wait to see the Mini ITX boards! Reply
jtd871 - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - link@madwolfa I don't think AT published any full reviews of mATX Z77 boards. If there were any, they were certainly few and far between. For a while, I was keeping my eyes open for a review of the P8Z77-M, or one of the AsRock mATX, which I was considering for a new build. (I caved and bought a gaming laptop instead.) Original reviews of mATX Z77 boards were awfully hard to find back while I was looking. If I am not mistaken, Tom's Hardware hasn't done (m)any reviews of Z77 mATX, either. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkAT mostly reviews what vendors send in response to "we'd like to review on of your mobos"; so the better question might be why the oems aren't interested in having their mATX boards reviewed. Reply
jtd871 - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkCorrection: AT reviewed one mATX Z77 mobo - Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - linkI currently have two mATX on standby for review which I want to do by the end of the month: Maximus V Gene and G1.Sniper M3. I think mATX will be more of a focus on Haswell for sure.
As for the comment about the Sabertooth, we tend not to get those unless we ask for it specifically. We tend to review the Pro and Deluxe first; I'll keep a note aside for Haswell. Reply
madwolfa - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkThanks, I think you're gonna love the V Gene. :) Reply
marc1000 - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkgreat! I have real interest in mATX boards - the full ATX ones are "purely academical". mITX is cheaper and fits in smaller cases. If you get overclock out of the equation then this is a perfectly reasonable tradeoff. Reply
Klug4Pres - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkLook, I love this site, but I don't really buy the idea that there is no demand from readers for Piledriver or FM2 reviews. I always hear bs justifications for focusing on the high-end, like "oh, that is what they sent us", or "this is an enthusiast site", but the fact is many people, including a significant proportion of enthusiasts, enjoy "bang-for-buck".
Many times, you can justify a higher price if you need some feature; other times, you can be much better off going with a value board. The point is, it is helpful to know what the trade-offs are, and for that people need reviews. A site like Anandtech could do this, but I guess it would offend its advertisers. Let's call a spade a spade. Reply
jtd871 - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkKlug4Pres- Review sites, and AT is no exception, are dependent on the manufacturers to send review samples. They don't always get what they ask for, either. AT takes (justifiable, I think) pride in not letting advertisers influence review content.
Kudos to Ian - if you are a regular reader of his mobo reviews, you will know that he regularly criticizes the inclusion or omission of certain features (hw and sw) based on his judgment of the target audience for a particular board vis-a-vis the asking price.
The fact that Ian is involved with competitive overclocking no doubt influences his perspective, and may even influence which boards vendors send him for review - although the latter may be a more difficult issue to verify/disprove (and if necessary, correct). Reply
Klug4Pres - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkNo, Anandtech is not dependent on manufacturers - it could just buy some stuff to review. It prides itself on being an independent site, so they need to think about what that means. Reply
anonymous_user - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkYes Anandtech could buy hardware to review but that costs money. Imagine if they had to buy every piece of hardware that users requested. Reply
Klug4Pres - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkYes, but imagine if they became even more respected as an independent and reliable review site (they are already among the best). They would get more traffic, which would pay for the hardware, and the lost revenue from the occasional disgruntled manufacturer.
Anyway, they don't have to buy _all_ the hardware, still less "every piece of hardware that users requested". There is a middle ground, where they occasionally could buy hardware. Reply
Hrel - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkCan you make a nice chart? Major chipset, price, notable features. Things like number of PCIE slots, number of PCIE times anything 4x or over as I have no use for the slow PCI at all anymore.
I think we all like charts here. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkI think your comments about Asus fan controls need to be clear that the 4-pin fan slots on Asus motherboards--other than the one for the CPU--are not "really" 4 pin fan slots because they won't handle splitters at all. They treat even a single splitter into two slots (4 pin one end, 3 pin on one, 4 on the other to avoid sending double info to the motherboard) as full speed only and refuse to adjust them.
Only the CPU 4 pin is capable of actually functioning properly. It's a shame because it means PWM can't just carry your whole system to awesome silence. If only Asus would stop cheaping out on their motherboard fan subsystem. Of course, to compel them to stop, we'd have to have reviewers who actually checked it.
But we don't. Do we, Anandtech? Reply
Razorbak86 - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkMy personal experience appears to be different than yours.
I have an ASUS Maximus V Formula motherboard in a Corsair Obsidian 650D chassis, with a 280mm rad on top (2 fans, pull configuration), and a 200mm rad in front (2 fans, push/pull). The top two fans are connected via Y-splitter to the CHA_FAN2 header at the top of the motherboard, and the front two fans are connected via a Y-splitter to the CHA_FAN1 header at the bottom of the motherboard.
All of my radiator fans connected via Y-splitters control beautifully, with speeds ramping up and down two well defined curves that I created and named "Top Rad Fans" and "Front Rad Fans" using the FAN Xpert 2 software in AI Suite II. At system idle, the fans operate at minimum speed (virtually silent), but ramp up smoothly to full speed at load, with a healthy 4.8GHz OC.
I'm very happy with the fan controls on ASUS boards. That was one of the primary reasons for buying the ASUS Maximus V Formula. It was also a significant factor when purchasing my son the ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe a couple of weeks ago. Reply
madwolfa - Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - linkYou don't really need PWM on Asus boards anyway. Just use Asus FanXpert and it will control all your fans with voltage. Reply
geniusloci - Sunday, April 14, 2013 - linkMy Gigabyte Z77 TH board has two thunderbolt ports, something all of these boards lack. I'll take mine any day, thanks. Reply
ggathagan - Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - linkYou're welcome.
That begs the question:
Are you actually using the TB ports or are they just for bragging rights? Reply
Razorbak86 - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkLOL. Rhetorical question FTW! Reply
ashok.vijay - Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - linkAnandTech Silver Award: ASUS Maximus V Formula ($290 with AC3)
Is "Silver" a typo? Shouldn't that be Gold? Reply
carage - Monday, April 29, 2013 - linkCan AnandTech please do a X79 guide as well ?
Considering Haswell will be out soon, it probably doesn't make a lot of sense investing in a Z77 platform now. Reply
ioconnor - Monday, May 20, 2013 - linkAny high end motherboard should have the capability to add 48GBs of RAM or more. None of these four did. Reply


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This article was published 15/7/2009 (2961 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A look at the exchange between Bomber head coach and the media in his daily press conference on Wednesday, just after Director of Football Operations Ross Hodgkinson answered questions about their scout being ejected from Ticat practice:
Kelly (just after walking in with a grin on his face): "So, a whole pile of people decided to get paid today, huh? Lazy asses. Something happens and then you show up, right? OK.
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Media: It's an issue. The CFL has sent a directive out, so...
Kelly: It's a non-issue to me... a non-issue to me.
Media: The Tiger-Cats are accusing you of cheating. That's not an issue, coach?
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Media: You constantly tell us you're the head of the football operations and responsible for everything.
Kelly: Right. Non-issue. Handled internally. I'm not talking about it. Now, what don't we understand about that, OK?
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Kelly: Non-issue, handled internally. Not talking about it. There we go, we're done. Next question.
Media: You mean handled internally with meetings...
Kelly: Do you understand what 'internally' means? It's been handled internally. I'm not talking about it. It's over with. Move on. Next question.
Media: What's the normal procedure for pre-scouting, the relationship with your scouts, the normal operating procedure kinda thing for scouting a game?
Kelly: Sure, you tell me what 'normal operating procedure' is and then we'll go from there. Next question?
Media: On a normal week would you have scouts at a practice...
Kelly: Did you not listen to anything I said. I'm not talking about this. It's a non issue. It's over with. It's done. Now, unless you have something else to say I'm not talking about it. So you can take that and leave the building. It's that easy. Do we all understand each other now? Good. Next question. Got nothing to say? Enjoy your day fellas, we'll see you at Ivor Wynne Stadium.


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"We're basically going to be talking about dressing for the season, and the etiquette of what to wear," said Rosie.
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The charity's chief executive Pam Healy was there to talk about plans for their new Hampshire centre, for which a large property has just been bought in Titchfield.
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The acquisition of a minority stake in Liverpool football club by US basketball star LeBron James looks high on (self-)publicity and low on detail to me. Here's the FT:
James's LRMR Marketing & Branding group will take a "minority interest" in the club as part of a sponsorship deal agreed with Fenway Sports Management, a subsidiary of FSG [Liverpool's owner]. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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(SportsNetwork.com) - Outstanding Novembers have the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues right in the thick of things in a crowded Central Division.
The new division rivals meet for the first time this season as the Wild conclude their road trip looking to deal the Blues a rare loss at home.
St. Louis plays its second straight home game tonight and routed the Dallas Stars 6-1 on Saturday. The victory improved the Blues to 10-1-2 on home ice this season.
Brian Elliott had 34 saves in just his fifth start of the season, while Derek Roy, Chris Stewart and T.J. Oshie capped a balanced scoring attack with third- period goals.
"What was impressive for me is that we got better as the game went on. In other games, we started off strong and then let up a little, but this time we were playing better at the end than we were at the beginning," said Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock, who passed Bryan Murray for eighth on the all-time wins list with his 621st victory.
Vladimir Sobotka, Vladimir Tarasenko and David Backes also scored, while Alex Pietrangelo picked up a pair of assists in St. Louis' third straight win.
The Blues did lose forward Ryan Reaves to a broken right hand following a first-period fight and he is expected to miss four weeks of action.
Elliott is 4-0-1 with a 1.79 GAA in seven games this season, while Jaroslav Halak is 12-3-2 with a 2.34 GAA in 17 starts. Halak could get the start tonight, though he is just 1-2-3 with a 2.46 GAA in seven lifetime meetings with the Wild.
The Wild lost all three of their matchups with the Blues last season and have dropped five in a row in this series overall. Two of those setbacks have come beyond regulation.
Minnesota has also dropped three straight and seven of its past nine trips to St. Louis.
Minnesota, formally of the Northwest Division, joined St. Louis in the new- look Central Division following realignment and both clubs are showing signs of being major contenders this season. The Blues are second in the division with 35 points, one back of the first-place Chicago Blackhawks, while the Colorado Avalanche and Wild are just a single point back of St. Louis.
The Blues have gone 8-1-1 over their last 10 games, while the Wild have gone 9-1-1 in November and overcame the loss of goaltender Josh Harding on Saturday in a 3-2 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets.
Harding, who is second in the NHL with 1.48 goals against average and tied for second in the league with 13 wins, suffered a lower-body injury during warmups and was replaced by Niklas Backstrom.
Backstrom himself had just been activated from injured reserve prior to the game and made 37 saves before stopping three of four in the shootout. It was his first game action since getting hit in the head by Toronto's Nazem Kadri during a collision on Nov. 13.
"(Backstrom) was the difference in the game for us. I mean obviously I give our players a great deal of credit for dealing with the adversity with what happened at the beginning of the game," said Wild head coach Mike Yeo. "It's a little bit easier to deal with it when you see your goalie go out and play the way that he was."
Nino Niederreiter and Zach Parise scored for the Wild in regulation, while Charlie Coyle's fourth-round shootout tally was the winner.
Minnesota improved to 4-1-2 in its last seven games on the road and its 34 points (15-5-4) on the season marks the club's best start in franchise history, surpassing the 31 points posted in 2008-09 and 2011-12.
The Wild were also without forward Mikael Granlund on Saturday due to an upper-body injury. His status is unknown for tonight, while Harding's availability is also in the air despite an MRI coming back negative.
Regardless, Backstrom should get the start tonight after improving to 2-1-2 with a 3.03 GAA and .892 save percentage in eight games (7 starts) this season. He is 6-8-1 with a 2.86 GAA in 15 career matchups with the Blues.


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Summer hasn't even started yet, but we've already got our eye on Fall after previewing The Land of Nod's upcoming collection of delectable room furnishings. The Fall 2013 collection, which will be in stores (and online) in July, is filled with new furniture pieces — many of which take a sharp and exciting turn from the retailer's usually eclectic fare.
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Nyers signs letter of intent
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The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College cross-country assistant coach Aaron Ballenger announced the signing of Nicole Nyers (Granger, Ind.) from Marian High School.
Nyers was a regional qualifier in her freshman year at Marian, lettered for four years and recognized as the Kiwanis Athlete of the Month during her senior year.
"I selected Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College because I was so impressed with the community, opportunities and art programs that are offered," Nyers said. "It felt like the best fit for me spiritually, academically and athletically. I feel very blessed and I am thankful!"
Nyers also brings many of the service and leadership qualities that are highly sought at The Woods. She is the recipient of the coveted Saint Mother Theodore Guerin scholarship, which recognizes students who have used their unique experiences, aptitudes and abilities to make a difference in their local communities and beyond.
Nyers, the daughter of Tony and Lisa Nyers, plans to study art and design.
"Nicole is a very talented athlete who has improved every year," Ballenger added. "Her drive and passion in running and academics make her a great addition to our program."
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Two million plastic bottles are used in the world every five minutes. One million plastic cups are handed out on U.S. airline flights every six hours. Plastic is the number one consumer product, but it could also be killing us.
"When I stepped out of bed, I hit the floor and I, hum, couldn't move," said Tonya Montgomery.
"I was completely paralyzed," she said. "It was awful and I was in a lot of pain."
Montgomery was ready to die.
"I just laid there," she said.
She was helpless, alone on the floor for two days, until her child's nanny found her.
"I was really scared," Montgomery stated.
Over the next two months, she was diagnosed with Lupus, Lymphoma, Leukemia, and Scleroderma, but she had none of them. After searching online, she found the answer and a doctor who confirmed it: Montgomery was suffering from plastic poisoning.
Professor Tracy Woodruff is an expert on environmental toxins. She says, from the shampoo you use, to the food you eat, dangerous toxins can get into your body.
"People are exposed to BPA constantly," said Tracey Woodruff, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director of Reproductive Health and the Environment at the University of California in San Francisco.
Bisphenol-A or BPA is a chemical used in plastics. It prevents rusting and is found in the lining of canned foods, plastic bottles, plastic bags, Styrofoam, and coffee cups. It's in the fish we eat, the soup we sip, and even our baby's bottles.
"They can actually leach out into the product that is containing the can metal," said Roy Gerona, Ph.D. Clinical Chemist at the University of California in San Francisco.
High levels of it are linked to prostate cancer, breast cancer, early puberty, allergies, asthma, insulin resistance, smaller penis', lower sperm count, reproductive problems, thyroid issues, miscarriages, ADHD, autism, and obesity.
"It can alter the hormones in your body," said Woodruff.
Of the more than 200 government studies, 92 percent show BPA is harmful. About 20 studies funded by chemical corporations found BPA does no harm, but just how much BPA does it take to affect your health? A Harvard study gave one group of volunteers canned soup for lunch, and another group fresh soup, after just five days, the group eating canned soup had more than a one thousand percent increase in BPA.
Film makers Judy Kohin and Suzan Beraza created the documentary 'Bag It,' to help raise awareness of what BPA and phthalates, another chemical found in plastics, are doing to our world and our bodies. To prove their point, they put their friend Jeb to the test. After just two days of eating, drinking, and living like most of us do, Jeb's phthalate level increased eleven times.
"His BPA went up like a hundred and ten times," said Beraza.
Experts say, to avoid anything made with plastic number three, six, or seven.
Montgomery changed her spa –getting rid of anything and everything plastic!
"Nothing's a toxic to the body," she said.
Montgomery cleaned out her home, and watches everything she eats. No plastic bags, bottles, or cups!
"We don't use the microwave. We don't do anything with preservatives. It took me about ninety days to get completely better," she explained.
Last year, French lawmakers banned BPA in all food packaging. Canada banned it in baby food products. The entire Japanese canning industry has gotten rid of BPA resin can liners. And after a lot of pressure, the FDA has recently banned the use of BPA in baby bottles and Sippy cups. However, it stopped short of banning the chemical in metal can liners and other plastics.
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TIPS TO AVOID PLASTIC POISONING: Although it may be difficult for some people to cut plastic out of their lives entirely, there are some steps that can be taken to lower the risk of being poisoned by plastic. One way to avoid plastic poisoning is to use BPA-free products, but be careful because not all products say they have BPA even if they do. In general, steel bottles and cans are BPA-free while aluminum cans traditionally do contain the chemical. Another tip: avoid heating up anything in plastic because higher temperatures cause BPA to leach even more into whatever it contains. So don't put plastic containers in the microwave, don't drink out of water bottles left in a hot car, and don't wash plastic containers and utensils in the dishwasher. (Source: www.mayoclinic.com)
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MOUNTAIN GREEN, Utah -- Paul Thompson admired the writhing native trout cradled in his big hands, pointing out a fin on its topside between the dorsal and caudal fins.
"He has the adipose fin so we haven't seen this fish before. When I clip the fin that tells us it's been tagged," said the biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
With a snip of scissors, the speckled fin fell to the snow, and Thompson inserted a syringe into the fish's belly to deliver a tiny tube-shaped chip. Now embedded in the Bonneville cutthroat trout is a unique 15-digit number that can be read by handheld scanners and flat-plate antennae installed in the beds of tributaries.
"No blood, no pain. He's just carrying a tag carrying information for us," said Thompson, DWR's northern region aquatics manager, releasing the fish into the Weber River's turbid waters.
The 12-inch cutthroat may not appreciate this strange handling, but it will help Utah biologists better understand the movement of native trout between the Weber and several tributaries near Mountain Green.
Various cutthroat subspecies have been pushed to the upper reaches of the river systems they inhabit around the West. But this alluvial population of Bonneville, first documented only a few years ago, still occupies a 10-mile stretch of the mother river. They are survivors that have persisted in a noisy canyon cluttered with an oil pipeline, irrigation diversions, a rail line and an interstate freeway.
These cutthroat, once written off on the Weber, migrate up some tributaries to spawn, but culverts and diversion walls pose formidable barriers, said Paul Burnett, a project coordinator with Trout Unlimited. Recently, the Weber Basin Anglers chapter recruited nearly two dozen members to help biologists by fishing this stretch of the Weber.
As the anglers landed cutthroat, Thompson and other DWR personnel recorded the length, weight and precise location of each, then injected tags in those that had not been previously caught.
Angler Scott Pickett, of Clinton, was pleased to help discover where these fish roam and further the conservation of a rare fish that officials hope to keep off the list of protected species.
"You can catch (non-native) brown trout all day long. It's fun, but when you lay into a 20-inch cutthroat, in this river that's a trophy," said Pickett. Two hours into the project, however, Pickett and his wife, Christie, were catching only mountain whitefish, prompting them to switch nymphs.
In the past two years, more than 1,000 Weber cutthroat have been fitted with PIT tags -- an acronym for passive integrated transponder -- which are similar to the microchips inserted in pets. This represents one-fourth to one-half of the resident population.
"We are getting amazing data," Thompson said. This spring, the team will monitor the tagged fish with a network of flat-plate antennae installed at the mouths of Strawberry, Jacobs, Gordon, Cottonwood and Peterson creeks. Biologists place the plates just below and above major obstacles. This arrangement allows biologists to determine which fish attempt to ascend the creek and which successfully get past the barrier.
DWR will use the data to guide where to invest limited resources for improved cutthroat habitat. Retrofitting culverts and irrigation diversions with fish-friendly features isn't cheap.
Burnett pointed to the 370-foot box culvert through which Strawberry Creek flows under Interstate 84. Its five-degree grade is designed to flush water and sediment, but it's a virtual wall for fish trying to swim up the creek to spawn. Trout Unlimited is sharing the cost with the Department of Transportation to reconstruct the 50-year-old culvert so fish can ascend one side over a series of steps and pools.


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$1 billion: enterprise resource planning
Since 2005, the US Air Force had spent $1 billion to build an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) was supposed to merge base-level and wholesale logistics systems.
The project was cancelled in December 2012 with "no identifiable benefit to the military or to the taxpayer," said Coburn in his report. It would have required an additional $1.1 billion and would not have been completed until 2020. (Read Lessons From A Failed Federal IT Project.)
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alex Mendez has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Mount Sinai Medical Center. Mendez, who joined Mount Sinai's executive team in late 2001, previously served as the hospital's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, Mendez will have the expanded responsibilities of both operations and finance.
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"Through a series of management initiatives and cost-saving measures, Alex has demonstrated the kind of leadership that clearly distinguishes him as a rising star in healthcare administration," said Steven D. Sonenreich, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mount Sinai.
As Senior Vice President and CFO, Mendez was responsible for the overall financial operation of the medical center and the oversight of information technology. Most notably, he rebuilt Mount Sinai's financial management team and went on to anchor its successful financial turnaround efforts. Mendez's efforts were recognized in 2010 when he won "Turnaround Company of the Year," presented by the South Florida Business Journal during its annual CFO Awards. In 2007, Mendez was nationally recognized by Modern Healthcare as an Up & Comer.
Key initiatives that Mendez has implemented during his tenure at Mount Sinai include:
A Certified Public Accountant, Mendez is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he earned his BBA, MBA, and a Certificate in Health Administration. He entered the healthcare field in 1992 at Kendall Regional Medical Center, HCA, and quickly moved up the ranks to become the Chief Financial Officer in 1995, and adding the Chief Operating Officer duties in 1998. Mendez later joined Cedars Medical Center, HCA, before coming to Mount Sinai in November 2001.
"Alex's commitment to Mount Sinai's mission, keen financial judgment and operations experience, have been instrumental in affirming the medical center's strong financial position and future success," Sonenreich said.
About Mount Sinai Medical Center Founded in 1949, Mount Sinai Medical Center is the largest independent, private, not-for-profit teaching hospital in South Florida. Mount Sinai's mission is to provide quality healthcare to a diverse community enhanced through teaching, research, charity care and financial responsibility. Our Centers of Excellence combine technology, research and academics to provide innovative and comprehensive care in cardiology, neuroscience, urology, oncology and orthopaedics. One of a select few statutory teaching hospitals in the state, Mount Sinai is the hospital of choice for those who seek the level of expertise and care that only a teaching hospital can offer. The medical center's commitment to quality has garnered prestigious recognition, including various designations in U.S. News & World Report as one of America's Top Hospitals.
Contact: Joanna PalmerPublic Relations Manager 305-674-2589
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The two stages of the 2013 Tour de France that are contested in the Pyrenees are both tough but for different reasons. Stage eight had the highest climb of the 100th edition followed shortly after by the tough ascent to Ax-3-Domaines and that provided the launch pad for Froome to demonstrate that he's the best climber in the race. And that his team-mate, room-mate and good mate, Richie Porte is the second best. This pair was first and second on day one in the high mountains and they are the dominant duo of the peloton but it need not translate to a repeat scenario in stage nine.
The profile for the second Pyrenean stage is up, down, up, down... over and over and over again. There are five cols and, according to some who have ridden them, they get nastier the closer the peloton gets to Bagnère-de-Bigorre.
The Hourquette d'Ancizan returns and this is the final challenge for the peloton at the end of what is a relatively short stage in the mountains. Never is there a moment of reprieve and although it's the climbs that will split the peloton, the descents will also test the nerve of everyone: the racers as well as the viewers who are likely to be on the edge of their seats while the watching what is bound to be a rollercoaster ride through the beautiful southern mountain range.
The blue line of the Sky team will be ahead of another team captain in yellow; the lessons learned from leading Sir Bradley Wiggins to victory a year ago will come in handy and so will the super-domestiques who will defend Froome's lead from start to finish. Who dare challenge them? We'll soon find out.


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- This article is about the Solaris system. For the boxed set for duelling on Solaris VII or for the Solaris Games as such, see Solaris VII: The Game World and Solaris Games.
Solaris' neighbouring systems
|System information
|X:Y Coordinates
|-122.31 : -7.02[e]
|Spectral class
|Recharge time
|185 hours[1]
|Recharge station(s)
- 1 Overview
- 2 The Gaming World
- 3 Geography
- 4 History
- 5 Military Deployment
- 6 Industrial Centers
- 7 Political Affiliation
- 8 Nearby Planets
- 9 References
- 10 Bibliography
Solaris is a system on the Lyran border to the Free Worlds League. Its planet, Solaris VII, is famous throughout the whole Inner Sphere for its BattleMech fights, which are operated there as a sport in the Solaris Games.
On the fourth planet is a large mining colony.
The Gaming World[edit]
- see also: Solaris Games
Solaris VII is known across the galaxy for its 'Mech fights. Gamblers place exorbitant amounts of money on longshot bets, and fortunes are won and lost daily. Solaris City, in particular, hosts six major arenas and numerous MechWarrior stables. Every year there is a Grand Tournament, which culminates with the naming of the year's champion (notable champions include Gray Noton and Kai Allard-Liao). However, the games were all but suspended following the breakout of inter-House hostilities within Solaris City in 3063, resulting in numerous casualties and precipitating the FedCom Civil War.
|Solaris VII
Solaris VII Orbital View
|System position
| Jump point
|1 (Solaris VII Able)[1]
|Surface gravity
|Atmospheric pressure
|Standard (Breathable)[1]
|Equatorial temperature
|25°C (Cool-temperate)[1]
|Surface water
|Highest native life
|Solaris City[1]
|451,100,000 (3079)[1]
|Socio-Industrial Levels
|HPG (Representative)
Solaris City[edit]
The capital and beating heart of the Game World, Solaris City is the home of the movers and shakers of Solaris VII. The city, which is home to some five million people, is divided into six districts and, with the exception of the International Zone, each of those is considered property of one of the five Great Houses. They are the Black Hills (Davion), Cathay (Liao), Silesia (Steiner), Montenegro (Marik), and Kobe (Kurita). Each of the districts hosts a Class Six arena, where the top twenty MechWarriors battle each year to determine the championship. Residents of the sectors are actually still considered citizens of their respective nations, so Solaris City finds itself the home of many individuals who are persona non grata in their home nations, but still wish to remain citizens. Because of this phenomenon, the residents of Solaris City are often unrepresentative of the people from their parent nation.
Solaris City is ringed by a suburb known as Xolara, which itself is surrounded by Burgton. To the northeast is Roland Fields, while Bracken Swamp is to the southwest. Many native Solarans live in these suburbs, while Rasalhagians tend to live in Xolara. Periphery natives often call the outer suburbs home.
There are Class One through Class Five arenas scattered throughout Solaris VII, but the five Open Class (or Class Six) arenas, where the most important duels on Solaris are fought, are in Solaris City.
Boreal Reach[edit]
The Davion arena uses holographic technology, coupled with advanced environmental controls, to produce virtually any setting a person can conceive of. It takes its name from one of the more popular such settings, a polar glacier. The arctic environment provides challenging footing, while enabling MechWarriors to push their 'Mechs to the limit, thanks to the extreme cold.
The Factory[edit]
The Marik battlefield began its life as a shuttle manufacturing plant large enough to accommodate IndustrialMechs. The decrepit facility features multiple levels with elevators and ramps to move between them.
The Kurita area is actually a series of tunnels dug into a man-made mountain. Stone Mountain provides a hide-and-seek style engagement. There is also electromagnetic interference from the materials that the mountain is made of, making any fight here unpredictable. The "mountain" was built in 3007 in Kobe District.[2]
The Jungle[edit]
This parcel of land was originally planned as a Buddhist monastery, but the Liao government decided to designate it as their official "arena." The battle area in this open tract is demarcated by a series of beacons. Extra beacons located inside the battlefield can be activated to shrink the area of the field down to a quarter of its full size.
Steiner Coliseum[edit]
The arena in Silesia was designed with a Roman-esque facade. The battlefield of the arena is largely featureless, utilizing walls that can be raised or lowered to provide variety.
Solaris Stables[edit]
Organizations that sponsor fighters are known as Stables and Co-Operatives. Stables are run by Stable Masters, who are responsible for these organizations. They have strong controlling interests in the games themselves, and dictate control over them. Co-Operatives are similar, but do not have Stable Masters. They instead are volunteer organizations of teams of fighters working together.
Solaris VII is the largest planet in the system and is a rainy, water-rich world consisting only of two continents.
Greyland, which is heavily populated, owns large lakes and wide rivers. It features a vast taiga in the north and open grassland in the south, seperated by large coniferous forests in the middle. The climate in the center of the continent, the location of Solaris City, is wet and cool. The rainy season there lasts almost all year in contrast to the temperate climate of the south coast.
Equatus, the second continent, is dry and mountainous.
Local Fauna[edit]
Early Time[edit]
Solaris VII has always been a highly industrialized world and, as such, was a natural choice for BattleMech factories and testing areas. At the time of the Star League, competing BattleMech manufacturers began to let their new models fight each other in front of highly-placed Star League representatives to encourage the purchase of the 'Mechs; the first fight took place between a Phoenix Hawk and a Sentinel in 2695. It was not long until the Events were broadcast on the planet and bets were placed on the outputs of the fightings in a serious way. Mercenaries used Solaris as a training ground and the Gunslingers and Ronin used the world as a neutral place for their bitter fighting during the First Hidden War. The popularity of the fighting grew steadily and, at the time of the Amaris Coup, Solaris was already famous for its duels, some of them shown around the Inner Sphere.
The Succession Wars[edit]
Originally a world of the Free Worlds League, the planet suffered in the early throes of the Succession Wars. At the outbreak of fighting, Solaris turned to the Lyran Commonwealth during the First Succession War. However, a Marik fleet in retaliation bombed the planet with nuclear weapons.[4] In the subsequent Succession Wars Solaris also suffered severe devastation, including the near-destruction of Blue Shot Weapons in 2928.
In 3002 the LCAF struck down a major Marik offensive on Solaris. [5]
The duels on Solaris suffered from this only in the beginning because of the lack of idle MechWarriors due to the wars. Until 2800 the world had recovered from the stagnation again, mainly because the concept to build five BattleMech arenas in Solaris City, each of them representing one of the Great Houses, in which the Warriors of the Successor States should fight for the honor of their nation. Leading to the first real Solaris Championship in 2812. Since then, the championship is held every year.
Fourth Succession War[edit]
In October 3028 the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces repositioned a number of frontline units as the Free Worlds League Military launched Operation DAGGER. One of the units repositioned were the Thirty-second Lyran Guards, who were relocated to Zaniah, leaving Solaris guarded by the Tenth Skye Rangers. The LCAF strategic intent wasn't to prevent a League invasion, but rather to make invading forces pay more dearly for any gains and slow the progress of any breakthrough.[6]
Solaris Riots[edit]
Just prior to the outbreak of the FedCom Civil War in 15 August 3062, friction between Davion- & Lyran-Loyalists heated into city wide riot in streets of Solaris City. ComStar garrison forces had been transferred off the planet at command of the LAAF Archon.
The FedSuns-aligned Solaris citizens and MechWarriors formed alliances to fend off with the Archon-Princess Katrina Steiner-Davion loyal Stables. These group formed after the two factions' quasi-champions Michael Searcy & Victor Vandergriff fought their championship match in the Steiner Stadium, which spilled over into the streets. The factions made an alliance between stables and cooperatives forming makeshift battalions fighting through the city. LAAF Peacekeepers, 32nd Lyran Guards,[7][8] failed to contain the fighting (with their commanding officer dead) and were consolidated with Steiner Loyalist forces. It was not until champions Searny and Vandgriff fought yet again in the darkened ruins of the Steiner Stadium did the initial fighting end in their mutual annihilation of each other.
Fighting between the two factions briefly ended, however the fighting would continue occasionally for several more years.[9] LAAF High Command later dispatched the 17th Arcturan Guards to reinforce the peace and also to keep the fighting from flaring up.[10]
The Word of Blake invaded Solaris suddenly on the 16th of June 3068, taking advantage of both the chaos caused by the war between the Free Worlds League and the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the Lyran Alliance, as well as the absence of the Com Guards detachment previously assigned to Solaris but which had been recalled to take part in the disastrous Case White operation.[11][12] The Blakists referred to the invasion as Operation SHOWTIME,[13] and while the Word of Blake forces initially managed to escape being identified, the sheer number of free agents and stables on Solaris quickly led to an underground resistance movement[11] which came to be known as the "Solaris Home Defense League".[14]
Following the occupation of Solaris the Solaris Home Defense League engaged in months of low-level resistance.[15] Initially, the resistance suffered from a lack of resources - particularly ammunition, weaponry and the transport capabilities to move either ammunition or weapons. In June 3070 the resistance used a number of Savior Repair Vehicles as transport vehicles to move several platoons of infantry and Dispossessed MechWarriors into position to launch raids on a number of Blakist supply caches located throughout the International Zone. Having captured important quantities of ammunition, parts and BattleMechs, the resistance then used the Saviors to move the supplies out of Blakist territory. Although two Saviors were hit badly enough by Blakist infantry to trigger internal ammunition explosions, the CASE systems aboard the vessels protected both the embarked resistance fighters and much of the supplies.[13] The local yakuza families came to an agreement with the SHDL to provide equipment and ammunition.[16][17]
The level of resistance activity changed dramatically on the 3rd of May 3071, when Home Defense League forces launched a daring assault on Solaris City itself, securing the International Zone. This was just the beginning of a campaign to recapture the entire city, and the Home Defense League managed to push the defending Blakist forces out of Solaris City by the 11th of June, although not before the planetary HPG had been destroyed by the retreating Blakists.[15][18]
In August 3071, the Word of Blake forces launched a blitzkrieg-style assault on the International Zone, reclaiming control of the zone on the 17th. It took until the 15th of October for the Solaris Home Defense League to push the Word of Blake forces back out of the city and into the Reaches.[19][20][21][18] The Word of Blake forces would finally concede control of Solaris and leave the world on the 11th of December 3071.[21][22][23]
Post-Jihad Era[edit]
In 3079 only one company on Solaris was capable of continuing to design and build anything other than RetroTech 'Mechs; the Vining Engineering and Salvage Team. Based out of the city of Xolara on Greyland, Vining were busily recruiting experienced and skilled personnel from other firms as the Jihad drew to a close.[1]
While the bulk of the Lyran Alliance's Skye Province joined the Republic of the Sphere shortly after the signing of the Republic Formation Treaty, the Lyran government insisted on retaining Solaris within the Alliance. Despite the nearly total devastation of Solaris' military industrial base, the Lyran government was loathe to interfere with the fact that the industry rebuilding on Solaris in the wake of the Jihad focussed on supplying the arenas; the arenas were enough of a financial boon to render them the pre-eminent Lyran interest, even ahead of the military production.[24]
Military Deployment[edit]
- Thirty-second Lyran Guards[29]
- Thirty-second Lyran Guards RCT[30]
- Fifty-sixth Division of the ComGuard[31]
- Thirty-second Lyran Guards RCT[32]
- Fifty-sixth Division[33]
- Fifty-sixth Division[34]
- - At this point in time the Third Lyran Guards were deployed across Solaris and Rahne. The 3rd was at 75% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology. The 3rd Lyran Guards preferred to avoid Solaris City and the chaos that surrounded it, instead camping and patroling on the more sparsely-populated Equatus continent.
- Planetary Militia[1]
- - The Planetary Militia was still rebuilding at this point, and was formed from a mix of surviving members of the pre-Jihad Solaran security forces and elements of the Solaris Home Defense League which formed the bulk of the resistance to the Word of Blake. The Planetary Militia had the unenviable task of patrolling and securing the badly damaged Solaris City and surrounding areas as reconstruction efforts continued.[1]
Industrial Centers[edit]
- Doctor Géné Lyndon
- Blue Shot Weapons
- Innovative Design Concepts
- Norse-Storm Technologies Incorporated
- O'Neil BattleMechs
- Omnitech Industries
- Silver Wyrm, Ltd.
- Solaris Arms
- Vining Engineering and Salvage Team[1]
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2271 - Inhabited world [38]
- 2341 - Inhabited world [39]
- 2571 - Free Worlds League [40]
- 2596 - Free Worlds League [41]
- 2750 - Free Worlds League [42]
- 2765 - Free Worlds League [43]
- 2786 - Free Worlds League [44]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth [45]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth [citation needed]
- 3002 - Free Worlds League [46]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth [citation needed]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth [citation needed]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth [47]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth [citation needed]
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance [citation needed]
- 3062 - Lyran Alliance [citation needed]
- 3067 - Lyran Alliance [citation needed]
- 3079 - Lyran Alliance [48]
- 3130 - Lyran Commonwealth [49]
- 3135 - Lyran Commonwealth [50]
- 3145 - Wolf Empire [51]
Nearby Planets[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 29, "Solaris VII"
- ↑ Warrior: En Garde, p. 287 - The host of Pregame Palaver, Kevin Johnson, gives background information on Ishiyama for the Xiang/Capet fight on May 20th, 3027
- ↑ A Time of War Companion, p. 130, "Advanced Creatures - Vodnik"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 90, "Solaris VII"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 18, "Timeline Of The Antons Revolt"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 63, "Overview"
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (Sourcebook), p. 183, "Deployment tables" - Unit status between 3062 & 3064
- ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 83, "32nd Lyran Guards" - Information about the unit failure to keep riots from getting out of control.
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 21, "Brief information on fighting in Solaris in 3062".
- ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 57, "17th Arcturan Guards" - Unit arrival it taking over lead of the garrison on Solaris.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Total Chaos, pp. 59, 100
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 24, "Savior Repair Vehicle"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 100
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 16, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Blood Price
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 71
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Total Chaos, p. 101
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 17, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 49, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 50, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 20, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 102
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 85, "Bolan Province"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 117, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p.45, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p.44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137, "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 27, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 85, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 19, "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 126, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 98, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 12, "Lyran Guards Regimental Status"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 107, "Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 171, "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13,
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised p.146
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - August 3079"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
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