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GMOD News
News that is relevant to the GMOD user and developer communities. This page only shows recent news; to see all news items since autumn 2007, go to the GMOD News Archives. See also the GMOD Calendar and Events List.
GMOD News is also available as an RSS feed.
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Adding a News Item
Note: If you don't want to do this yourself, please send the item to the GMOD Help Desk and we will post it for you.
GMOD news items are wiki pages with the prefix "News/". Creating a news item will automatically add it to the RSS feed, which appears on the GMOD News and GMOD News Archives pages, and in the news tracker on the home page.
Short Instructions
Please follow these guidelines when adding a news item.
- Create a new page named "News/News Item Title".
- Please make News Item Title be as short as possible, and no more 35 characters at most.
- Enter the text of your news item.
- The first link in the news item should point to the page/URL you want the RSS feed to link to.
- Preview / save your changes. Edit and save the page until the news item looks like you want.
- Once you are happy with how the item looks, insert this line at the end of it:
Longer Instructions
Please follow these guidelines when adding a news item.
- Create a new page named "News/News Item Title".
- Please make News Item Title be as short as possible, and no more 35 characters at most.
- The page must start with News/, otherwise it won't be picked by the RSS news feed.
- Enter the text of your news item.
- Make the news item succinct.
- Do not start the item with a MediaWiki header ("== Header ==").
- It won't render very well. You should be able to avoid headers altogether.
- The first link in the news item should point to the page/URL you want the RSS feed to link to.
- You can include images in your news item. See preexisting news items for what markup to use to do this.
- Preview / save your changes. Edit and save the page until the news item looks like you want.
- Once you are happy with how the item looks, insert this line at the end of it:
- Where yyyy/mm/dd is the current date. This line will cause it to be added to the GMOD News RSS feed. The item will show up in the feed within an hour.
- Once you have added the NewsItem template and saved the page, try to avoid editing the page after that.
- Every edit results in the news item being reposted to the RSS feed. If you do need to update an item later on, you may do so, but please also update the NewsItem line:
{{NewsItem|yyyy/mm/dd, updated yyyy/mm/dd}}
Recent News
Canto, a GMOD tool for functional annotation
We are pleased to announce that Canto, the PomBase community curation tool, is now a GMOD component.
Canto is an online tool that supports functional gene annotation by community researchers as well as by professional curators. It provides a simple interface to gather genetic and molecular data from publications for inclusion in public biological databases.
Curation in Canto uses OBO ontologies, and the specific set of ontologies is configurable upon setup. The PomBase Canto instance currently uses GO, PSI-MOD and FYPO.
Genetic and physical interaction annotation is also supported. Canto captures all necessary information about each interaction for submission to BioGRID.
Canto currently supports annotation export in JSON format, either by individual paper or in bulk (see some example data from PomBase Chado loading tests).
The JSON data from Canto can be loaded into a relational database using the Chado schema (as at PomBase) or alternative schemas.
Basic gene association file (GAF) export is also supported for GO annotations.
More information about Canto:
- GMOD wiki page on Canto -- includes downloads and mailing list
- Canto website at PomBase
- Canto source code on GitHub
New WebApollo Release (2013/11/22)
There is a new release of WebApollo available from the WebApollo release website. The updated server setup instructions are available on the WebApollo Installation page, and the WebApollo user guide has been updated accordingly.
If you currently have WebApollo instances up, please make sure to read the updated server setup instructions as some of the configuration files have changed. Since we now support multiple annotation types, you might want to upgrade your existing data stores to change transcripts to mRNAs (the only supported transcript type in previous versions). See the instructions on upgrading your data store.
You can try the public demo at http://genomearchitect.org/WebApolloDemo.
Summary of changes:
- using JBrowse 1.10.9 release
- new hybrid store (memory/disk) should use much less memory than the pure memory store (with a small degrade in performance) - useful for genomes with many annotations (you can configure which one to use as best fits your needs)
- viewing of annotation info editor for users without write privilege (cannot modify the data)
- FASTA data adapter
- different annotation info editor configurations for different annotation types
- database/history merger tool (command line)
- data adapters now use iterators when exporting data (improves memory footprint)
- add a configurable option for dumping owner and other meta-data to the GFF3 adapter
- undoing an "add_feature/add_transcript" operation will now warn the user that proceed will delete the feature
- data adapter grouping (see FASTA adapter)
- adding/updating PubMed ID will now show the publication title for confirmation
- improved add_transcripts_from_gff3_to_annotations.pl
- adding of different annotation types (gene, pseudogene, tRNA, snRNA, snoRNA, ncRNA, rRNA, miRNA, repeat_region, transposable_element)
- adding GO terms now supports searching/autocompletion
- annotation info editor now requests data from the server in batch mode (should improve speed)
- Chado featureprop writeback for generic attributes
- add_transcripts_from_gff3_to_annotations.pl now properly loads status attributes
- attributes being lost after undo/redo
- redo of a merge_transcript operation after deleting one of the transcripts *should* work now
- properly handle dragged transcripts that contain UTR elements
- compressed data sent to the client no longer causes the client to hang when there are too many annotations
- rewrote much of the split_transcript operation to better handle gene splitting
(via Ed Lee on the WebApollo mailing list)
GMOD Paper Cuts, Nov 22nd, 2013
GMOD Paper Cuts is a periodic selection of choice cuts from the scientific literature featuring interesting, exciting, or otherwise eye-catching GMOD-related work.
If you would like a paper to appear in GMOD Paper Cuts, please email the details to the GMOD helpdesk. Ideally the paper should be in an open-access publication so that anyone can read it.
For more GMOD and GMOD-related papers, and to contribute your own GMOD-related publications, join our Mendeley group.
The Genome Database for Rosaceae (GDR): year 10 update [1]
The Genome Database for Rosaceae (GDR), the long-standing central repository and data mining resource for Rosaceae research, has been enhanced with new genomic, genetic and breeding data, and improved functionality.
Lots of GMOD goodness in the Genome Database for Rosaceae, which is built using Tripal, includes Pathway Tools data, and has integrated GBrowse and GBrowse syn instances for sequence and synteny viewing respectively.
FlyBase 102—advanced approaches to interrogating FlyBase [2]
FlyBase is the leading website and database of Drosophila genes and genomes. Whether you are using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as an experimental system or wish to understand Drosophila biological knowledge in relation to human disease or to other model systems, FlyBase can help you successfully find the information you are looking for.
A followup to the FlyBase 101 paper [3] with updates on new features and functionality at FlyBase. FlyBase use the Chado database schema and users can query the database directly.
PATRIC, the bacterial bioinformatics database and analysis resource [4]
The Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is the all-bacterial Bioinformatics Resource Center (BRC). [...] PATRIC provides researchers with an online resource that stores and integrates a variety of data types [e.g. genomics, transcriptomics, protein–protein interactions (PPIs), three-dimensional protein structures and sequence typing data] and associated metadata.
PATRIC provides an immense data bank on bacteria: over 10,000 bacterial genomes as of Sept. 2013, projections of 15,000 by 2014. This paper details the resources provided, including their JBrowse-based genome browser, and Disease View, which integrates data on pathogens, genes, diseases, and geolocation of disease reports. Very cool!
Identical sets of methylated and nonmethylated genes in Ciona intestinalis sperm and muscle cells [5]
The discovery of gene body methylation, which refers to DNA methylation within gene coding region, suggests an as yet unknown role of DNA methylation at actively transcribed genes. In invertebrates, gene bodies are the primary targets of DNA methylation, and only a subset of expressed genes is modified.
Some interesting results from studies of gene body methylation in the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis during development.
Large-Scale Collection and Analysis of Full-Length cDNAs from Brachypodium distachyon and Integration with Pooideae Sequence Resources [6]
A comprehensive collection of full-length cDNAs is essential for correct structural gene annotation and functional analyses of genes. [...] The [RIKEN Brachypodium FL cDNA] database represents a "one-stop" information resource for all genomic information in the Pooideae, facilitating functional analysis of genes in this model grass plant and seamless knowledge transfer to the Triticeae crops.
TriFLDB, or the Triticeae full-length CDS database, is a new resource of Brachypodium full length cDNA clones and other resources; it includes GBrowse for exploring the B. distachyon genome and its annotations further.
Happy reading!
- ↑ The Genome Database for Rosaceae (GDR): year 10 update Nucleic Acids Research 2013
et al. - ↑ FlyBase 102--advanced approaches to interrogating FlyBase Nucleic Acids Research 2013
, , , and . - ↑ FlyBase 101 - the basics of navigating FlyBase Nucleic Acids Research 2012 40(D1) D706-D714
- ↑ PATRIC, the bacterial bioinformatics database and analysis resource Nucleic Acids Research 2013
et al. - ↑ Identical sets of methylated and nonmethylated genes in Ciona intestinalis sperm and muscle cells Epigenetics & Chromatin 2013 6(1) 38
et al. - ↑ Large-Scale Collection and Analysis of Full-Length cDNAs from Brachypodium distachyon and Integration with Pooideae Sequence Resources PLoS ONE 2013 8(10) e75265
et al.
GMOD Paper Cuts, Nov 15th, 2013
GMOD Paper Cuts is a periodic selection of choice cuts from the scientific literature featuring interesting, exciting, or otherwise eye-catching GMOD-related work.
If you would like a paper to appear in GMOD Paper Cuts, please email the details to the GMOD helpdesk. Ideally the paper should be in an open-access publication so that anyone can read it.
For more GMOD and GMOD-related papers, and to contribute your own GMOD-related publications, join our Mendeley group.
The Aspergillus genome database: multispecies curation and incorporation of RNA-Seq data to improve structural gene annotations [1]
The Aspergillus Genome Database (AspGD) is a freely available web-based resource that was designed for Aspergillus researchers and is also a valuable source of information for the entire fungal research community.
A redesigned website and expanded resources for AspGD, which is now using JBrowse as primary genome browser.
CottonGen: a genomics, genetics and breeding database for cotton research [2]
CottonGen is a curated and integrated web-based relational database providing access to publicly available genomic, genetic and breeding data for cotton.
An update on the CottonGen database, which uses the Tripal framework to make available data from a Chado database, and to integrate the GMOD tools GBrowse and CMap.
WormBase 2014: new views of curated biology [3]
WormBase is a highly curated resource dedicated to supporting research using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
Updates and expansions on the WormBase website, which is notable not only for developing and using a number of GMOD tools, including GBrowse and Textpresso, but also for being hosted entirely in the cloud.
Gleaning evolutionary insights from the genome sequence of a probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii. [4]
The yeast Saccharomyces boulardii is used worldwide as a probiotic to alleviate the effects of several gastrointestinal diseases and control antibiotics-associated diarrhea. While many studies report the probiotic effects of S. boulardii, no genome information for this yeast is currently available in the public domain. We report the 11.4 Mbp draft genome of this probiotic yeast.
The newly-sequenced Saccharomyces boulardii genome, which was annotated with using MAKER.
DOOR 2.0: presenting operons and their functions through dynamic and integrated views [5]
We have recently developed a new version of the DOOR operon database, DOOR 2.0, which is available online at http://csbl.bmb.uga.edu/DOOR/ and will be updated on a regular basis. DOOR 2.0 contains genome-scale operons for 2072 prokaryotes with complete genomes, three times the number of genomes covered in the previous version published in 2009.
A bright, lively update to the Database of prokaryotic operons, which uses JBrowse for sequence visualization.
And finally, if you have access to the Wiley Online Library through your institution, you may like to check out [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/0471250953.bi0915s43/abstract Cloud Computing with iPlant Atmosphere], from Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, which details the resources available on the [www.iplantcollaborative.org/ iPlant website] and how to get started with tools such as GBrowse.
Happy reading!
- ↑ The Aspergillus genome database: multispecies curation and incorporation of RNA-Seq data to improve structural gene annotations Nucleic Acids Research 2013
et al. - ↑ CottonGen: a genomics, genetics and breeding database for cotton research Nucleic Acids Research 2013
et al. - ↑ WormBase 2014: new views of curated biology Nucleic Acids Research 2013
et al. - ↑ Gleaning evolutionary insights from the genome sequence of a probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii Gut Pathog 2013 5(1) 30
et al. - ↑ DOOR 2.0: presenting operons and their functions through dynamic and integrated views Nucleic Acids Research 2013
et al.
GMOD Job At QMUL
There is a position as a sysadmin/computing officer open at the School of Biological & Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), with duties including setting up Galaxy and GMOD servers. The closing date for applications is 21st November 2013; for more details, see the job description.
GMOD Paper Cuts, Nov 8th, 2013
GMOD Paper Cuts is a periodic selection of choice cuts from the scientific literature featuring interesting, exciting, or otherwise eye-catching GMOD-related work.
If you would like a paper to appear in GMOD Paper Cuts, please email the details to the GMOD helpdesk. Ideally the paper should be in an open-access publication so that anyone can read it.
For more GMOD and GMOD-related papers, and to contribute your own GMOD-related publications, join our Mendeley group.
- mRNA-Seq and microarray development for the Grooved carpet shell clam, Ruditapes decussatus: a functional approach to unravel host-parasite interaction [1]
- The first characterization of the Ruditapes decussatus transcriptome; the team responsible have also set up Rdecusdb, the Ruditapes decussatus database, built with Tripal
- The database of genomic variants: a curated collection of structural variation in the human genome [2]
- An update on the Database of Genomic Variants (DGV), which provides a publicly accessible, comprehensive curated catalogue of structural variation (SV) found in the genomes of control individuals from worldwide populations. The core visualization tool, GBrowse, has been upgraded with additional functions to facilitate data analysis and comparison.
- Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease [3]
- A genome-wide association study on humans of European ancestry that identifies new loci associated with Alzheimer's disease.
- Crossover Heterogeneity in the Absence of Hotspots in Caenorhabditis elegans [4]
- Computational framework to support integration of biomolecular and clinical data within a translational approach [5]
- This article was published earlier this year, and is a good example of extending the Chado schema to fit the needs of the project.
- ↑ mRNA-Seq and microarray development for the Grooved carpet shell clam, Ruditapes decussatus: a functional approach to unravel host -parasite interaction BMC Genomics 2013 14(1) 741
et al. - ↑ The database of genomic variants: a curated collection of structural variation in the human genome Nucleic Acids Research 2013
, , , and . - ↑ Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease Nat Genet 2013 45(12) 1452-1458
et al. - ↑ Crossover Heterogeneity in the Absence of Hotspots in Caenorhabditis elegans Genetics 2013
and . - ↑ Computational framework to support integration of biomolecular and clinical data within a translational approach BMC Bioinformatics 2013 14(1) 180
Open Position At dictyBase
dictyBase is hiring.
We have an open position for a Bioinformatics Software Engineer at dictyBase.
See the official posting for full details.
Tripal 1.1 Publication
The Tripal team have put out a publication on the 1.1 version of the software. Tripal v1.1: a standards-based toolkit for construction of online genetic and genomic databases. can be read for free at PubMedCentral or at the Database journal.
Here is the abstract:
Tripal is an open-source freely available toolkit for construction of online genomic and genetic databases. It aims to facilitate development of community-driven biological websites by integrating the GMOD Chado database schema with Drupal, a popular website creation and content management software. Tripal provides a suite of tools for interaction with a Chado database and display of content therein. The tools are designed to be generic to support the various ways in which data may be stored in Chado. Previous releases of Tripal have supported organisms, genomic libraries, biological stocks, stock collections and genomic features, their alignments and annotations. Also, Tripal and its extension modules provided loaders for commonly used file formats such as FASTA, GFF, OBO, GAF, BLAST XML, KEGG heir files and InterProScan XML. Default generic templates were provided for common views of biological data, which could be customized using an open Application Programming Interface to change the way data are displayed. Here, we report additional tools and functionality that are part of release v1.1 of Tripal. These include
- a new bulk loader that allows a site curator to import data stored in a custom tab delimited format;
- full support of every Chado table for Drupal Views (a powerful tool allowing site developers to construct novel displays and search pages);
- new modules including 'Feature Map', 'Genetic', 'Publication', 'Project', 'Contact' and the 'Natural Diversity' modules.
Tutorials, mailing lists, download and set-up instructions, extension modules and other documentation can be found at the Tripal website located at http://tripal.info.
San Diego 2014 Registration Open
Registration is now open for the upcoming GMOD community meeting, to be held at the Best Western Seven Seas, San Diego, CA, on January 16th and 17th 2014.
Register online at Eventbrite now!
Early birds can catch the $50 registration worm, which is available until mid-December; after this, the registration fee will rise to $70.
If you would like to give a presentation at the meeting, please submit your abstract with your meeting registration form.
A block of rooms is being held for attendees of the GMOD meeting at a very good rate; to make reservations in this block, you must call (800) 328-1618 and ask for the GMOD rate. The GMOD rate is not available through online bookings.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact the GMOD helpdesk on firstname.lastname@example.com!
GCC2014: June 30 - July 2
The 2014 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2013) will be held June 30 through July 2, at the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University], in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Galaxy Community Conferences are an opportunity to participate in presentations, discussions, poster sessions, lightning talks and breakouts, all about high-throughput biology and the tools that support it. The conference will also includes a Training Day offering in-depth topic coverage, across several concurrent sessions. See the GCC2013 web site for an idea of what happens at a Galaxy Community Conference. The GCC2013 site includes links to slides and videos for all accepted talks.
Get the Full ImpactStory
The GMOD wiki now includes ImpactStory altmetrics for publications cited in the page text. See the Publications page for an example of ImpactStory altmetrics.For those unfamiliar with the term altmetrics, these are measures beyond simple paper citations. The Altmetrics Manifesto provides the following clarification:
Altmetrics expand our view of what impact looks like, but also of what's making the impact. This matters because expressions of scholarship are becoming more diverse. Articles are increasingly joined by:
- The sharing of "raw science" like datasets, code, and experimental designs
- Semantic publishing or "nanopublication," where the citeable unit is an argument or passage rather than entire article.
- Widespread self-publishing via blogging, microblogging, and comments or annotations on existing work.
ImpactStory collates metrics from numerous online sources to give a more complete picture of how an article, data set, piece of software, or other research product is being used and discussed. More information is available on the ImpactStory website.
We hope to add impact metrics for GMOD software soon.
GMOD 2014 San Diego: Save the Date
The next GMOD Community Meeting will be held in San Diego, CA, on January 16-17, directly after PAG XXII. In addition to the usual talks and updates, we plan to have a poster session, and a workshop on migrating from GBrowse to JBrowse. If you have items or ideas for the agenda, please feel free to contact the GMOD helpdesk.
GMOD will also have a big presence at PAG, with a day-long workshop covering many of the actively-developed GMOD components.
More details on both the GMOD community meeting and GMOD at PAG will be posted on the wiki closer to the time.
Statistical Genomics PostDoc at PSU
Are you interested in genomics and do you have skills in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Statistics? The Makova lab in the Department of Biology at The Pennsylvania State University is looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher for an NSF-funded project examining regional variation in mutation rates (see our recent publication in PNAS: Kuruppumullage Don, Ananda, Chiaromonte, Makova 2013). With new sequencing technologies, multiple human genomes and their detailed annotations (e.g., ENCODE) are suddenly accessible to us. This gives us a terrific opportunity to explore previously inaccessible evolutionary processes (e.g., mutation) and other biological associations (location of genes in certain mutation states, as identified by HMMs). Such knowledge is vital in a clinical setting where disease mutations need to be evaluated. Our resources and links with medical researchers at Hershey Medical School and computational biologists from the Galaxy team put us in a great position to address these questions.
Candidates should have experience in bioinformatics, working knowledge of statistics and should have a broad understanding of molecular biology and genetics. Familiarity with next-generation sequencing data analysis is desirable. A PhD is required. You will be joining an established dynamic group. We are part of the Center for Medical Genomics and of the Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics. Penn State is a vibrant scientific community with particular strengths in genomics, bioinformatics and molecular evolution. Our location, in State College, Pennsylvania, is known for excellent schools and numerous opportunities for outdoor activities.
The starting date is flexible, with an earlier date preferred. This position is funded for one year from date of hire, with good possibility of refunding. Interested applicants should send a pdf with a CV, a statement of research interests, and contact information for three referees to Kateryna Makova, indicating postdoc in the subject line. Employment will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.
Support Your Friendly Local GMOD
The Generic Model Organism Database project is applying for a community resources for genomics grant from the NIH to continue the work that GMOD does, with a focus on JBrowse and Chado development, and GMOD coordination (standards, meetings, and courses).
We need to demonstrate that we support the community and have the support of the community, and we would like to demonstrate that by submitting many letters of support from users. We would be very grateful if you could take a couple of minutes to write such a letter; it should include information about how you use or plan to use GMOD software. There are some template paragraphs provided for inspiration.
The letters should be on institutional letterhead, signed, and then scanned to a PDF, or you could mail the original to Scott Cain and he will scan them.
The deadline for getting the letters of support is September 3. Please contact the GMOD helpdesk or email Scott directly if you're willing to write a letter or if you need any help.
This grant would help to secure the future of important parts of the GMOD project, so we would be very grateful for your help!
Via Scott Cain
2013 Summer School Tutorials Available
The tutorials for the material taught at this year's GMOD summer school are now all available on the GMOD website. There are updated tutorials for several components, particularly those where new software releases have occurred since the last summer school; these include:
The full set of GMOD tutorials, featuring all the material from this year's summer school and more, is available from the Tutorials section of the wiki.
JBrowse 1.10.0 released
I am very pleased to announce the release of JBrowse 1.10.0, a major new JBrowse release with some big new features, and a *huge* number of smaller improvements!
It can be downloaded from http://jbrowse.org/jbrowse-1-10-0/.
As always, see the updated
JBrowse Configuration Guide for documentation on how to use the new features.
OpenID Account Creation Fixed
Update on July 11:
Account creation using OpenID is currently disabled due to problems with the OpenID plugin. New wiki users wishing to create accounts should use the 'Log in / create account' link and request an account; your request should be dealt with within 24-48 hours. Unfortunately, due to spammers and others creating bogus accounts, we have to had to put protective measures in place.
Please email the GMOD helpdesk if you have any problems or want to expedite the creation of your account!
GMOD's GSoC Going Great Guns!
GMOD is lucky enough to have a Google Summer of Code student working with us through the summer. Flavien Bossiaux is a computer science student from the University of Nice, France, and he is working on a number of improvements to the GMOD website user experience. He has already created two Mediawiki extensions to allow the embedding of external content into the GMOD wiki; visit the GMOD calendar to see one of them, the iAnn calendar plugin, in action.
Flavien is recording his thoughts and progress on his website through the summer; please check it out! You can also follow Flavien on Twitter, and check out his his Github repo.
If you have any thoughts or suggestions on the GSoC project, please send them along to the GMOD helpdesk.
GMOD in the Cloud 2.0 Released
from Scott Cain:
I am pleased to announce that GMOD in the Cloud 2.0 has finally been released to the public. This Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is public and can be cloned by anybody with an AWS account. A demo of GMOD in the Cloud is running (though it may take a day or two for DNS to update fully).
This AMI has several GMOD software packages installed and configured, including:
- Chado 1.23
- Tripal 1.0 (plus a few bug fixes from dev)
- GBrowse 2.54 (with samtools, BigWig and fastCGI support)
- JBrowse 1.9.5
- WebApollo (most recent release from May, 2013)
For more information about GMOD in the Cloud, visit the Cloud page on the wiki, and post questions about using GMOD in the Cloud to the GMOD developers mailing list, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Last Call For Summer School Apps
The deadline to apply for the 2013 GMOD Summer School is rapidly approaching! Please submit your application by June 10th to ensure that you are in consideration for a place.
The GMOD Summer School is the best way to get to grips with key components of the GMOD toolkit, including Chado, GBrowse, Galaxy, JBrowse, WebApollo, MAKER, Tripal, and more. Tool developers will be on hand to answer questions and help with troubleshooting.
Applications received after June 10th will be kept in case there are spare places due to accepted applicants not being able to attend.
News Archives
The GMOD News Archives lists all news items since autumn 2007.


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SummaryIn Drosophila, Slit at the midline activates Robo receptors on commissural axons, thereby repelling them out of the midline into distinct longitudinal tracts on the contralateral side of the central nervous system. In the vertebrate spinal cord, Robo1 and Robo2 are expressed by commissural neurons, whereas all three Slit homologs are expressed at the ventral midline. Previous analysis of Slit1;Slit2 double mutant spinal cords failed to reveal a defect in commissural axon guidance. We report here that when all six Slit alleles are removed, many commissural axons fail to leave the midline, while others recross it. In addition, Robo1 and Robo2 single mutants show guidance defects that reveal a role for these two receptors in guiding commissural axons to different positions within the ventral and lateral funiculi. These results demonstrate a key role for Slit/Robo signaling in midline commissural axon guidance in vertebrates.
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Thomas Kidd1, Katja Brose2, Kevin J Mitchell1, Richard D Fetter1, Marc Tessier-Lavigne2, Corey S Goodman1, §, *, and Guy Tear1, 3
1 Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
2 Department of Anatomy, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
3 Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- The robo gene in Drosophila was identified in a large-scale mutant screen for genes that control the decision by axons to cross the CNS midline. In robo mutants, too many axons cross and recross the midline. Here we show that robo encodes an axon guidance receptor that defines a novel subfamily of immunoglobulin superfamily proteins that is highly conserved from fruit flies to mammals. For those axons that never cross the midline, Robo is expressed on their growth cones from the outset; for the majority of axons that do cross the midline, Robo is expressed at high levels on their growth cones only after they cross the midline. Transgenic rescue experiments reveal that Robo can function in a cell-autonomous fashion. Robo appears to function as the gatekeeper controlling midline crossing.


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Oh this is such a marvellous book. This is childhood wrapped up in cardboard, paper and ink.
Imagine if you will you are a young boy. Imagine becoming friends with a real live caveman!
Cast your mind back to those hot, hot summer days, that we never get any more. Do you remember the boredom of not having anything to do - how you would kill to have those days of 'boredom' back now, eh? Wouldn't you just love to experience those days again?
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This is a brilliant summer's read, even if you are no longer a child.
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Summary: A great kid's book for older kids like you and me.
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Hearkening back to his presidential campaigns and to his first few days in office, President Obama on Monday called on Congress to enact laws ensuring women and men are paid equally for the same work.
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Since then, Democratic attempts to push a new measure — the Paycheck Fairness Act — through Congress have stalled despite strong support from the White House. High-profile Republican women, such as Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan M. Collins of Maine, voted against the bill last year. It continues to face a steep climb on Capitol Hill.
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Nebraska's two nuclear plants sit below the nation's largest reservoir system — six dams on the Missouri River.
And last year, as record runoff barreled through those dams and flooding closed in on Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station, Midlanders nervously asked, "What happens if the dams fail?"
On Tuesday, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission made clear that it wants that type of question answered for reactors across the country.
Regulators point to a preliminary review begun several years ago that they say suggests damage from flooding at the nation's 104 reactors could be, in some cases, "greater than previously expected."
Lara Uselding, a spokeswoman for the commission, said problems at Fort Calhoun were among the reasons the agency believes the nation needs a better understanding of flood threats to reactors.
Not only did floodwater surround Fort Calhoun last year in a way that had not happened before in the U.S., but in 2009, Fort Calhoun failed a routine flood inspection.
"What happened at Fort Calhoun underscored the importance of plants having adequate protections," Uselding said.
Nuclear plants have always had to prepare for extreme natural disasters.
In this area, that means Fort Calhoun and Nebraska's other nuclear reactor, Cooper Nuclear Station, are designed to withstand flooding, earthquakes and tornadic winds.
But the level of protection varies widely. Cooper, for example, is built higher off the floodplain than Fort Calhoun and should, according to the Nebraska Public Power District, be able to withstand flooding at a probability of one in 1 million years.
Officials at Fort Calhoun use different language to describe their level of protection. They are required to be protected to at least a 1-in-1,000-year flood threat.
Omaha Public Power District spokesman Jeff Hanson said Tuesday that Fort Calhoun's design would protect it against six times the volume of floodwater that flowed by the plant at the peak of flooding.
The river never entered the plant's critical areas, and the public faced no imminent risk, experts agree. With the physical changes required by regulators and their experiences last year, OPPD says the reconstituted Fort Calhoun could be one of the nation's most flood-ready plants.
"We are confident in our ability to protect the plant," Hanson said. "Our workers are probably the most experienced nuclear power plant workers in the country in protecting a plant from floodwaters."
A sobering lesson learned last year was that, during flooding, dam managers may be unable to take into account the needs of a downstream nuclear plant.
The Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the Missouri River reservoir system, said last year that it had little flexibility in addressing problems that might arise at Fort Calhoun. Its top priority was getting water out of its dams as safely as possible.
On Tuesday, Col. Robert Ruch, commander of the Omaha District of the corps, applauded the nuclear regulatory commission's review. Every decade the corps updates its dam failure analysis, which includes the potential for multiple dam failures at once. It last did so in 2009.
That information has been shared with nuclear regulators but is not available to the public.
Ruch reiterated Tuesday, as he did this summer, that the dams were not at risk of failing.
"Our dams along the Missouri River main stem are safe. They performed as designed under the duress of last year's high water and could take on substantially higher flows ... in the future."
One of the nation's leading advocates of tougher oversight of the nuclear industry called one part of the review particularly encouraging — that the NRC is including it in its overall, post-Fukushima analysis of nuclear power plant safety.
"That will tend to fast-track it," said David Lochbaum, director of nuclear safety for the Union of Concerned Scientists. "Generic issues (like flooding) by themselves can take decades to resolve. By linking it to Fukushima, it might get resolved quicker, which is good news."


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AMD/iBuyPower Respond To Puget Column
In response to a guest column by Puget System's president, Jon Bach, AMD and iBuyPower called to discuss the green team's efforts to court channel resellers.
A couple of months back, Jon Bach, president of Puget Systems, penned a column for the site, weighing in on the EU's ruling against Intel. He went on to explain how Intel's legitimate rebate programs work, and why the processor vendor accounted for more than 90% of his CPU sales in 2008.
Understandably, AMD took issue with the claim that its own channel programs weren't as easily accessible to system builders, that its processors were more difficult for VARs to ship, and that the company's chips weren't as commonly-requested as Intel's. Shortly thereafter, I got on the phone with AMD's John Honning, senior manager of North American channel marketing at AMD, and Darren Su, vice president of iBuyPower, to discuss the other side of the story.
If you'd like to read Jon's original column, you can find that right here.
Darren: iBuyPower is both an AMD and Intel partner. Under Intel, we're Premier Members. Under AMD, we're been Premier Partners since 2002. Both vendors are great, each with their own advantages and disadvantages.
Chris: The story we're discussing sprung from the EU ruling against Intel, and Jon addressed a few challenges that AMD faces currently.
Darren: Yes, let me address those. He said that customers are not asking for AMD, AMD isn't getting itself in front of system builders, and AMD systems are harder to ship and support. So, I'm not a technical person—I'm more of a marketing person. So, I'll give you my marketing perspective working with both companies.
The advantage AMD has the consistency and creativity of its marketing program. For the past seven or eight years, we've participated in the Intel Inside program. Based on sales, they put a percentage into a bucket for marketing co-op and we're supposed to be able to claim those funds. But we joke that it's very difficult to actually claim them because Intel always finds a way to deny those claims. This doesn't happen with AMD, though. We're here to promote product—we shouldn't be punished for it. That was my number one concern.
Number two is, finally last year Intel stepped up and said "thanks guys for the support." So in addition to Intel Inside, there is now a BDF program--business development funds, which are only accessible to a few customers and designed to push higher-end configurations. Now, we have 40% year to year growth, but this year there is a recession, so they say "now we're taking that back." At the same time, we never hear "we're cutting your funds" from AMD. That's the consistency I mentioned.
John: The one issue we saw with the Puget column was—just like Intel has exclusive customers, and we do too—you're going to see a one-sided argument that we don't do enough with them. They might not be a large reseller and thus don't fall into the categories like Darren mentioned for the business development funds.
Darren: What I disagree with the most on this article is that they claim themselves to be high-end gaming integrators (Ed.: to be specific, Jon said "As a boutique outfit that focuses primarily on high-performance, highly reliable computers..." in his column) but are only familiar with AMD as far back as K6 (Ed.: check out the original column, linked above for the context here). Since the introduction of the first Athlon, AMD changed the landscape of gaming. Without Athlon, there would be no gaming PCs, period. Just think about the Athlon 64 FX.
Yes, the original Phenom had a bad name and was less successful. But K6 being the latest product demanded from AMD? Athlon woke up a giant at Intel—even Paul Otellini admitted at the Intel ISS conference that Intel was behind. Without AMD, I wouldn't be where I am today. It's true that Intel has the technology lead with Core i7. I understand that. But to say the past 10 years of AMD's support is not there, I totally disagree with. You can quote me today saying the Athlon changed the entire landscape of gaming.
And to say that AMD systems are hard to ship? We use many different heavy heatsinks and we don't have issues.
We're at 38% (AMD) versus 62% (Intel) market share right now—those are my numbers.
John: You know as well as I do, Chris, that this is a relationship business. The better relationships you have the more business you're going to do. With regard to getting more creative, I appreciate Darren saying we're more flexible, and I really think we're easier to do business with because the market is so dynamic and we're always looking at new ways to attack it. We're creating resource centers for the partners so they can see the whole story.
At the very highest-end, the folks in blue have a performance advantage, but from a price/performance level, we beat them across the board. The greatest value we have been able to bring to the table is the platform story. We have the CPUs like they do, the chipsets like they do, but we also have graphics. Having the entire platform like that with the huge milestones—the 700-series chipsets, the 4000-series graphics, and Phenom II—I think you're seeing a huge momentum shift our way.
I would love to reach out to Jon over at Puget systems, because if we're not touching him and there's an opportunity there, we should definitely be talking.
Chris: Now, John, you know my background and you know I've done a lot of channel coverage. I'm familiar with what each vendor offers in the way of programs and incentives, and so where Jon's story resonated with me was that I communicate with Intel regarding their different programs from the server to the desktop to the mobile side—this information is all even available through Google—programs designed to help the channel compete against tier-ones. When I try to do the same with AMD, I'm not able to come up with anything. So, if there are resources out there simply not being advocated in a way that builders know are available—I think that's the message you'd want to get across. If they exist, how do builders get access to it?
John: Right, that sounds like a good challenge on our part. Because we do have a number of programs, the same as the other guys. Maybe we don't publicize it because they're not offered across the board—usually at the higher-end of our goal level. But I'd be curious to see what Intel has for the really small guys, too. We have around 10,000 to 14,000 of those guys right now, who we mainly send education and information to at our own entry-level program. Our market builder portal is available to any reseller out there, with all of those resources.
So there you have it. If you're a system builder (and by system builder I mean a for-profit individual or organization that'd qualify for one of these reseller programs, rather than an enthusiast who builds his own machines when it comes time to upgrade), I again welcome you to share your experiences and opinions. Remember, this all started with the EU's judgment against Intel, on which Jon Bach of Puget Systems wrote about for Tom's Hardware.
And indeed, even domestically, AMD has subpoenaed information about corporate-approved pricing, market development funds, funds for joint marketing, and business development funds, so each company's use of such reseller incentives is most definitely in play here. What're your thoughts?
23michaelahess , August 1, 2009 1:41 AMBack around 2k I owned a computer business and I was a reseller of both Intel and AMD. AMD was far and away the most "friendly" towards the little guy. I sold well over 70% AMD. Only very high end builds or special requests were Intel. I will never buy Intel for my gaming rigs, and I will avoid them whenever possible for laptops. Intel is out for the dollar and nothing else. AMD has the compassion of a small town company but with "near" comprable products to Intel.
Am I a fan-boy? No, I use Xeon's almost exclusively in server builds. Different market, different needs. Home/enthusiast use is a very different area. -
23JMS3096 , August 1, 2009 2:56 AMTo be honest, AMD has a much greater level of innovation in the CPU market. If you look at the Nehalem architecture, almost all of its best aspects- monolithic quad-core design, integrated memory controller, point-to-point serial system bus- were originally introduced in K10. Does the Intel version work better? Yes. Was it original? No.
That's what I love about AMD- they have creative ideas. Intel may be able to spit out better designs on existing ideas, but AMD far-and-away takes the prize for innovation. -
14matt_b , August 1, 2009 2:13 PMLuiken I work in a shop in a small town that builds systems day in and day out, and we've never touched an AMD system. Why? Not because we're fanboys...it's simple....Intel produces results and stable systems, and AMD is garbage....all the way from Athlon XP to Phenom. Make a better product line and I'll switch in a heartbeat. Same goes with graphics...ATI can now compete with NVIDIA according to benchmarks, but every user review I've read says their drivers are still garbage.
If you have never owned/built an AMD, then why are you slamming it so badly? Make a better product and you will switch - how on earth was the Athlon XP not leaps and bounds better than the P4 (yet you call out the innovation that changed the CPU game altogether)? In those days, the Intel chips were inefficient, not easily overclocked, and ran hot hot hot. Not to mention the fact that the PIII was admittedly better for Intel back then compared to the dead-end P4 architecture (still had speed limitations).
I can help you out though so you can rethink the one sided argument, I have many experiences with both AMD and Intel, and also ATI and Nvidia. Intel always costs more no matter what you get, bang for the buck goes to AMD every generation of chips without question. Both make quality chips, never seen "garbage" quality from either side. It is a systematic cycle with one camp being faster than the other. AMD was champ for years, Intel was champ the past few, and AMD is back on the upswing with the newer AM3 Phenom II. I flip-flop on graphics, whoever is up and for the price that works the best, then that's the one to go with. The 8800 series Nvidia GPUs were hard to beat, when they got lazy, went through so many renaming schemes, and had a big problem with the GPU failures on certain chips, I went back to the ATI HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 series. Again, for the money, you couldn't do better at the time with ATI's upswing in the GPU market. Drivers have never been a huge problem for me from either camp. However, they are more than anything the most inconsistent aspect from either side. As far as garbage goes, weather it be 32/64 bit Windows or 32/64 bit Linux, drivers from both camp have always just simply worked at the very least.
Next time, form an opinion off of experience/knowledge instead of just trashing certain products because of what you "heard" or just feel about it!
23michaelahess , August 1, 2009 1:41 AMBack around 2k I owned a computer business and I was a reseller of both Intel and AMD. AMD was far and away the most "friendly" towards the little guy. I sold well over 70% AMD. Only very high end builds or special requests were Intel. I will never buy Intel for my gaming rigs, and I will avoid them whenever possible for laptops. Intel is out for the dollar and nothing else. AMD has the compassion of a small town company but with "near" comprable products to Intel.
Am I a fan-boy? No, I use Xeon's almost exclusively in server builds. Different market, different needs. Home/enthusiast use is a very different area. -
-7Anonymous , August 1, 2009 2:12 AMAMD called me at one point and offered to ship me sample boards and processor(s). Listen, they called me and offered. We mostly sell Intel.
I never did receive anything. SO why call and try to get me to switch. We sell mostly still Intel but that did piss me off. Just my .02 $ -
107amood , August 1, 2009 2:31 AMI love AMD... I think they are hard working and I believe one day they will reach the top.
lets hope that when they reach the top... they won't be like their... uh... competition... -
23JMS3096 , August 1, 2009 2:56 AMTo be honest, AMD has a much greater level of innovation in the CPU market. If you look at the Nehalem architecture, almost all of its best aspects- monolithic quad-core design, integrated memory controller, point-to-point serial system bus- were originally introduced in K10. Does the Intel version work better? Yes. Was it original? No.
That's what I love about AMD- they have creative ideas. Intel may be able to spit out better designs on existing ideas, but AMD far-and-away takes the prize for innovation. -
6JAYDEEJOHN , August 1, 2009 3:47 AMIt seems to ne, if youre to receibe free sample boards and free cpus, youd have followed that up with correspondence, Did you? And , if you did, what was the response from AMD? And , if that response wasnt to your liking, did you persue it further by naming the person you corresponded with to a superior?
Complaining with little knowledge of what really happened sounds..... -
2JAYDEEJOHN , August 1, 2009 4:22 AMThis availability , could it have been the reason for the EUs decision?
They (Intel) have been found guilty 3 times, in three areas of the world, sounds like Intel had availibility all right -
11XD_dued , August 1, 2009 5:59 AM"He went on to explain how Intel's legitimate rebate programs work, and why the processor vendor accounted for more than 90% of his CPU sales in 2008"
I've noticed on the puget systems website, in order to get an AMD cpu, you need to select the "more..." option of cpus. I wonder if this accounts for anything....... -
5FSXFan , August 1, 2009 6:18 AMAndy_Newton@JMS3096It's the result that matters. Blah blah blah blah blah.....
Hey fanboy, take a chill pill. Nobody cares if Apple doesn't use AMD CPU's. I'm sure least of all AMD.
I agree with JMS3096 though, most of the "new" features on the i7 were old news at AMD. -
9Anonymous , August 1, 2009 7:21 AMIntel have the better product _right now_.
They haven't always had that, cue the Pentium 4 era to make an obvious example.
Indeed, AMD competes exceptionally well at each level of the CPU market aside from the i7. How many of us are using an i7 today?
Granted, with the i5 things are looking up even more for Intel but that's not "today".
I don't have a particular preference when it comes to CPUs. I went from an Athlon 64 3000+ to an Athlon X2 3800+ to a Core 2 Duo E6600 and the next stop is likely the i5.
That said, I do hope AMD puts out a great high-end product with upcoming architechtures so we can get away from being raped and plundered by Intel. The only reason there's $300/$500/$1000 CPUs on the market at all is because Intel know they have the market to themselves. If it weren't for AMD we might very well be paying those prices for double-chip, almost-4GHz Pentium D's even today.
Finally, it's nice to see a rebuttal of the original article even if it was quite obvious from that one, and looking through their website at that point in time, that there are rather rabid Intel fanboys even at retail.
That just isn't healthy for the consumers. -
9azxcvbnm321 , August 1, 2009 7:38 AMIt's a little hard when you're against a company that can spend more on R&D than you make in a year. Most people don't know crap about computers. All those model numbers confuse them, and so when you're a company that has been around for 20 years as pretty much the only CPU seller, that helps. The billions in advertising helps too, the average Joe doesn't know which chip is better, all he knows is to make sure an Intel is inside.
How is it that AMD only received 25-30% of the market with an obviously better chip? The difference was even greater than i7 vs. PhenII, at least PhenII does well in gaming comparisons, even winning a few benchmarks. AMD would've had to beat Intel for nearly a decade without interruption for them to get a 50% market share in my opinion. Hey, longtime old brands are valuable, that's why when SBC took over AT&T, they decided to change their name to AT&T. I bet there are some of you who haven't heard of SBC, but everyone knows AT&T. Same with Intel.
AMD had a good run. It was shameful for Intel, a huge dominant monopoly, to let an upstart get the better of them for even one month much less than the 5 years or so AMD was on top. Still when you have nearly endless resources, you can afford to make huge mistakes and still come back, sort of like the Soviet Union in WWII.
I'm pulling for AMD, but it's a big underdog and has been from the start. Just think about how terrible Intel's graphics chips are, yet they're by far the market leader. Yeah, it's from integrated chipsets, but see how much of an advantage they have? They can make money without even putting up a product, but ATI and Nvida have to consistently put out the best GPUs to have a chance. -
1MasterCATZ , August 1, 2009 7:58 AMall I can say is Prescott ... Just glad the C2D were better or lese I would still be an AMD person
was AMD from k6 - XP Days ... lost Faith in their Opterons ect ... the C2D from intel made me swing back to Intel ,,, i am just hoping AMD will have a killer CPU / GPU ,., someday
for now my nxt PC might just be an i7 ...
What I really want is a true Green PC that will run on Minimum power when you choose ,,, and Blast off like i rocket when you unlock power feature ( 99% of my time on pc now is MSN / Watching Media .. very little game play but I do still get the Craving to play a game and like keeping PC capable of playing future games ... what I do not like is my pc Idling @ 600 watt's ( currenty getting an Nvidia ION system intergrated into my gaming case to leave on 24 / 7 ) -
7FSXFan , August 1, 2009 8:19 AM@Luiken:
I agree that Intel offers better stuff on the higher end. I have two of their CPU's right now. However, AMD makes really good stuff in the low-mid end, and they're just as reliable and stable as Intel's. AMD is hardly garbage, but you wouldn't know since you never touch their systems. I remember when Intel was getting their asses kicked by AMD for a long time, did the Athlon64 slip your mind? I still have one of those too. Just like ATI cards, you've read reviews on the All-Knowing Internet where people say their drivers are garbage. You didn't read many cause there's plenty of people (like me) who never have any trouble with their drivers. You didn't read very many nVidia reviews either because I've read plenty that said theirs were garbage (remember when Vista came out?). And you obviously didn't try an ATI card yourself, so why all the hostility towards these companies you have no experience with? Tell the guys you work with they should do a little research and not limit their options so badly. And next time they tell you "AMD is garbage" is the reason you guys don't sell them, maybe you could, I don't know, ask them for a better reason. Just a thought. -
4erdinger , August 1, 2009 9:07 AMI like Amd and I like Intel... That's because I love competition and innovation. I'd love to see both companies making a lot of money and investing it into better cpu' and such.
I would even love to see a third chipmaker which could compete and change the whole market.
At the moment Amd is the one who needs help so I support it more. -
9dheadley , August 1, 2009 11:11 AMI've been building my own computers since the 386 days. I've always tried new things and never stuck to what popular opinion says and is repeated by the masses. I've used both Intel and AMD processors over the years whenever one had the advantage over the other. I've tried all manner of off the wall combinations that the average user or the normal computer reseller wouldn't offer. For years I was into 3d creation programs before 3d was even a buzz word, and just recently took down a eight system render farm when we moved to a new house.
Intel has had long periods of time when they made the best CPU's. My first dual systems were dual pentium/Tyan combos, I had dual pentium pro systems (one of my favorite processors) with more memory on the CPU's than most people had in main memory at the time. Dual Pentiun II systems. Xeons also, but never tried anything Itanium. I have a Pentium 4 system (one of my least favorite) in the house atm and a core2 system. Reliability wise, that I can remember, I've had around 5 or 6 intel CPU's fail on me over the years and a couple intel of motherboards(strangly never a "consumer" board, they were both very exspensive server boards). No over clocking and always very good cooling solutions, they just failed due to defects.
AMD's 586-133 back in the day easily handed higher speed and far more expensive Intel processors their hats. Athlon64's did the same thing for YEARS. I've built just as many AMD systems as I have Intel and had changed all my render farm computers from xeons to opterons. They are slower, on a single system a render may take a few more minutes, but on the other hand they use so much less power to achieve 85% of the performance that I could throw in a couple more systems and still stay within the same power envelope and actually do distributed work faster overall. I've never had an AMD processor fail and only one motherboard fail but that was a Nforce 4 SLi board and not an AMD chipset. I currently have in the living room a AMD phenom system with a fanless CPU cooler, two Gigabyte 8600GTS fanless GPU's in SLi and a XFi PCI-e soundcard(waffle-iron)hooked to our big screen. It will play Crysis and Farcry 2 with some pretty good frame rates, runs HOT with only one big, almost silent fan on the power supply as the only cooling in the case. Couple of years now never being turned off and still going strong. My gaming rig is a Phenom II/Dual GPU sytem. I also have a opteron system and an Atholon X2 system with Dual GPU's.
So really anyone saying that they are professional builders and never used any AMD products were pretty much shafting their customers. Saying they are junk is a total misrepresentation. Actually my experience is that AMD stuff is more reliable and costs less overall in build and operation. -
5doron , August 1, 2009 11:54 AMEver noticed that most Intel fanboys use foul language?
@Luiken $ others:
Both intel and amd have something to offer in both server & home usage hardware. Intel indeed has the performance crown in both areas, but amd doesn't lag so far behind as one might think thanks to its aggressive pricing and forward / backwards compatibility in both server / home usage worlds, causing the company to lead the mainstream market and be the wisest choice for gamers on a budget.
Both intel and amd have lots to offer, and if I would have enough money I would definitely get an intel. But since I'm one of those who's on a budget and still would like to play without any compromise, I owe a big thanks to amd for their fair pricing and good products.
Small reminder (there are many others): On January 2007 a Q6600 sold for more than 800$. -
8Anonymous , August 1, 2009 1:02 PMYou have to love how ever since Intel had any level of superiority, their fanboy and fan-retailers make it out like AMDs CPUs are "slow". Yeah, my Phenom II X4 940 is absolute overkill for all of my needs, but these folks try to convince me that I need an i7 that won't serve my needs any better. Maybe my Phenom II is super responsive, loads any of the multi-boot OSes in the blink of an eye, and cuts through compute-intensive rendering tasks like a hot knife through butter, but it loses synthetic and video encoding bencharks(neither of which I care about) to the i7, so it still sucks... Right...