Indian Supercomputers Make It World’s Fastest 100

China has the fastest Supercomputer in the world according to latest 41^st edition of TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the World. Called Tianhe-2, the fastest supercomputer is developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology with a performance of 33.86 petaflops.

If you do not understand how much a petaflop is – here is a simple definition. One Petaflop is equivalent to 1000 teraflops (trillion floating point operations per second).

United States has the second (Titan) and third (Sequoia) fastest supercomputers. In Top 10 ranking, United States has 5, China has 2, Germany has 2 and Japan has 1. The Chinese topper, Tianhe-2 is not only the fastest, but by a very long margin as well. It is nearly twice as powerful as 2nd ranked Titan.

While India has performed much better compared to November 2012 list when India had only 1 Supercomputer ranked at 86th, still at a global level India is far behind as far as super computing goes.

Indian Supercomputers in Top 100 list

Rank	Site	System	Cores	Rmax (TFlop/s)	Rpeak (TFlop/s)	Power (kW)
36	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology	iDataPlex DX360M4, Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.600GHz, Infiniband FDR	38016	719.2	790.7	790
69	Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)	PARAM Yuva – II – R2208GZ Cluster, Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.600GHz, Infiniband FDR, Intel Xeon Phi 5110P	30600	386.7	529.4
89	National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast	iDataPlex DX360M4, Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.600GHz, Infiniband FDR	16832	318.4	350.1	350
95	CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c Gen8, Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.60GHz, Infiniband FDR	17344	303.9	360.8	387

If you rank India’s fastest super computer with Top ranked Tianhe-2, it really shows the how far behind India is in Supercomputing. Tianhe-2 clocks 33862.7 Teraflops power as compared to Indian iDataPlex which is fastest at 719.2 Teraflops.

Here are the number of Supercomputers in Top 100 list categorized by Countries:

Sheer numbers United States is far ahead with nearly half of all the Supercomputers in Top 100 developed in their country. Japan has 10 while UK has 8.

Even though we pride ourselves to be an IT / Software hub, it is really sad to see that India lags so behind in Supercomputing. Infact, over the years other countries have progressively gone ahead of us. Imagine this, in 2007 India had fourth fastest Supercomputer in the world!

(Source:www.trak.in)

What is CAPTCHA?

A CAPTCHA (an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"), a trademark of Carnegie Mellon University, is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human. The term was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper of Carnegie Mellon University, and John Langford of IBM. The most common type of CAPTCHA was first invented by Mark D. Lillibridge, Martin Abadi, Krishna Bharat, and Andrei Z. Broder. This form of CAPTCHA requires that the user type the letters of a distorted image, sometimes with the addition of an obscured sequence of letters or digits that appears on the screen. Because the test is administered by a computer, in contrast to the standard Turing test that is administered by a human, a CAPTCHA is sometimes described as a reverse Turing test. This term is ambiguous because it could also mean a Turing test in which the participants are both attempting to prove they are the computer.

Samsung Galaxy Gear- Specifications and Features

Samsung has finally announced the much awaited smartwatch or called as Samsung Galaxy Gear. Samsung GALAXY Gear combines smart device connectivity, tailored technological features, and stylish design as a single premium accessory. It has a 1.63 inch Super AMOLED display which has a resolution of 320 X320 pixels. It runs on a 800 MHz processor along with a 1.9 MP Camera.

The Galaxy Gear notifies users of incoming messages, such as calls, texts, emails and alerts, delivers a preview of those messages and creates the opportunity for users to accept or discreetly ignore those messages.

It will come preloaded with 10 different clock options and more choices will be downloadable via Samsung Apps. The GALAXY Gear experience can be further personalized by selecting from six colors that will be available at launch: Jet Black, Mocha Gray, Wild Orange, Oatmeal Beige, Rose Gold, and Lime Green.

Processor	800 MHz Processor
Display	1.63 inch (41.4mm) Super AMOLED (320 x 320)
Camera	1.9 Megapixel BSI Sensor, Auto Focus Camera / Sound & Shot
Video	Codec: H.264  Format: MP4 HD(720p) Playback & Recording
Audio	Codec: AAC Format : M4A
Featured Apps	Atooma is a contextually aware horizontal intelligence platform that makes your GALAXY Gear smarter.
	Banjo gives you the power to see what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world
	Evernote watch app makes it easy to remember things by quickly capturing images and memories and bringing important reminders right to GALAXY Gear.
	Glympse allows people to easily share their location temporarily and in real-time, letting recipients see their movements on a dynamic map.
	eBay app allows you to complete all your transactions on eBay with ease and in real-time.
	Line is a global messaging service available in over 230 countries worldwide.
	MyFitnessPal tracks your nutrition and exercise, empowering you to achieve your  personal health and fitness goals.
	Path is the personal network designed to bring you closer to your friends and family.
	Pocket, the leading way to save web content to view later on any device, brings text-to-speech article playback to GALAXY Gear.
	RunKeeper is the personal trainer in your pocket, helping you track your runs, set your goals, and stay motivated.
	TripIt from Concur makes it easy to organize travel plans in one place.
	Vivino Wine Scanner allows you to take a photo of any wine and get to know all about it instantly.
Samsung Services
	Samsung Apps
	ChatON: mobile communication service
Additional Features
	Smart Relay,S Voice, Memographer, Voice Memo
	Auto Lock, Find My Device, Media Controller, Pedometer, Stopwatch, Timer
	Safety assistance: In case of emergency, press a power button 3 times continuously, and then user’s location information is transferred to the saved contacts with message.
	2 Microphones (Noise Cancellation), 1 Speaker
Connectivity	Bluetooth® v 4.0 ? BLE
Sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope
Memory	4GB Internal memory ? 512 MB (RAM)
Dimension	36.8 x 56.6 x 11.1 mm, 73.8g
Battery	Standard battery, Li-ion 315mAh

Price and Availability:

Samsung Galaxy Gear is priced at $299. Samsung GALAXY Gear will be launched with the GALAXY Note 3 in more than 140 countries around the world starting from September 25.

(Source:www.nirmaltv.com)

Here’s What’s New in HDMI 2.0

HDMI 2.0 is the first major upgrade that this standard has received in the last few years. The new standard supports 4K video signals at 60 FPS, as well as dual video streams.

As you might have heard, there’s a new an improved HDMI standard ready to be released to consumers. The new standard will provide better performance and support for the new 4K TVs that currently hitting the market. Although this standard comes much later than expected, we’re still glad that it has finally been announced.

While the old HDMI 1.4 standard was capable of showing 4K UltraHD resolutions, it could only do so at 30 or 24 fps, depending on the resolution of the video. The new standard will be able to push 4K resolutions at 60 fps, which allows for better, more fluent videos.

Which areas does HDMI 2.0 improve on?

As mentioned before, HDMI 2.0 will be able to support 4K signals (3840×2160 or 4096×2160 resolutions) at 60 fps. The bandwidth per-channel has been increased, from a total bandwidth of 10 Gbps to 18 Gbps, across the three channels of the HDMI standard. In this new standard, the DDC (display data channel), TMDS (transition minimized differential signaling) and CEC (consumer electronics control) channels receive 6 Gbps each.

Thanks to the increase in bandwidth, HDMI 2.0 can support two different video streams, which can be shown on the same screen. Apart from the increase in bandwidth, HDMI 2.0 also supports 32 audio channels, having 1536KHz audio sampling and what they call “dynamic synchronization of video and audio streams“, which presumably helps with synchronization for audio and video (a.k.a. better audio-to-lips-sync).

In terms of the hardware, the connector has remained unchanged, so backwards compatibility will be possible. HDMI’s competitor, DisplayPort offered support for 4K video for a long time now, so it will be interesting to see how well this new standard will be implemented by customers.

(Source:www.techpp.com)

MM Update 8.0 and Speednet Update 4.0

A) MM Update 8.0:

Contents:

Sno        Module         Exl Files               Exe Files                             Misc Files

1.            eMO               2                eMO Client, eMO Software          IFSUrgent.DLL

2.          ePayment         1                 ePayment Client exe only            Nil

3.          Point of Sale      2                    POS  Despatch       ClientSoftware,cash.DLL,WNX.DLL,eBillHOLib.DLL

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                    (WNXMaster Data for Server)

4.          SubAccount      1                       SubAccount exe                      Nil

5.          Postman           1                       Postman exe                        eMODelivery.DLL,EVPDelivery.DLL

6.          Treasury            2                       Treasury exe                          Nil

7.    Accounts MIS          0                    AccountsMIS exe                      AccountHeads XML file

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Steps for Execution and Upgradation:

1. Upgrade Database by running all the EXL files first as in the above order using "Script Tool"

2. Replace the Old exe with New exe in all Modules.

3. Register the DLL files if present for the Module using "Regsvr32"

4. For POS, pls note that Client PCs should have "Client Software Folder" and Server Machines should have "WNXMaster Data Folder".

5. Thats it all Modules will be upgraded to MM 8.0

(Note: Despatch still shows Version 7.7 only)

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B) SpeedNet 4.0:

Contents:

S.no            Module                               DB Scripts/EXL Files                                  Misc Files

1.          Speednet Communication                     Nil                                             Setup file for New Version

2.          Speednet Server Upgradation   (Speednetoneinstaller.exe)                             Script Tool

                                                          POSPCC08072013.exl,

                                                          POSPCCBACKUP08072013.exl

                                                          POSPCC_COD_08072013.exl

3.          Speednet Client                      (Speednetoneinstaller.exe)                  BNPLDLL,CollectionAgent,EMSDelivery

                                                                                                                  SpeedNetLib.DLL,TBNPL.SNT

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Steps for Execution and Upgradation:

1. Run "Speednetoneinstaller.exe" inside SpeednetClient folder of Server Machine after taking Database Backup.

2.  a)The Step-1 ensures updation of Local Databases POSPCC & POSPCCBACKUP. This also upgrades Speednet Client Module in Server Machine.

     b) All exl files will be executed one by one after clicking on "Install" button.

     c) After that close the Script Tool Dialog boxes and click on "Upgrade Button". Now the database will be upgraded successfully to Speednet 4.0 (Successful message appears on the screen)

     d) Speednet Client gets upgraded next with all DLLs and gets Registered as well.

3. Uninstall "Speednet Communication" Module after taking backup of the EMS Client folder.

4. Install new Speednet Communication Setup. Intitially no "Message, Rxd and Txd" folders will be created.

5. Just Run the new communication exe to create the above mentioned folders. Now Replace the Message, Rxd and Txd folders of old EMS client folder.

6. After giving server name and schedule of calling hours, communication starts transmitting between Po and Central Server.

7. Thats it now the PO is upgraded with Speednet 4.0.

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Link for MM Update 8 and Speednet 4.0 are as below:

MM Update 8.0:                    http://www.sendspace.com/file/d7ps2g

Speednet    4.0:                    http://www.sendspace.com/file/zikgg3    

DB Scripts & DLLs:            http://www.sendspace.com/file/cydqr8
(For upgrading Manually)           

Languages and Windows Registry Codes

To change the whole system language you should install newer service pack with different language.
For example if you have XP SP2 in ENG and want to have it in Italian, you will have to download SP3 in Italian, change some registry keys (go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Language registry key, and then change the value date for “Default” and “InstallLanguage” registry value from 0409 to 0410) and you'll be able to install it in Italian.
If no problems occur, you will have the whole system language changed. Here is the list of numbers that represents each language in registry: I

0436 = "af;Afrikaans"
041C = "sq;Albanian"
0001 = "ar;Arabic"
0401 = "ar-sa;Arabic (Saudi Arabia)"
0801 = "ar-iq;Arabic (Iraq)"
0C01 = "ar-eg;Arabic (Egypt)"
1001 = "ar-ly;Arabic (Libya)"
1401 = "ar-dz;Arabic (Algeria)"
1801 = "ar-ma;Arabic (Morocco)"
1C01 = "ar-tn;Arabic (Tunisia)"
2001 = "ar-om;Arabic (Oman)"
2401 = "ar-ye;Arabic (Yemen)"
2801 = "ar-sy;Arabic (Syria)"
2C01 = "ar-jo;Arabic (Jordan)"
3001 = "ar-lb;Arabic (Lebanon)"
3401 = "ar-kw;Arabic (Kuwait)"
3801 = "ar-ae;Arabic (you.A.E.)"
3C01 = "ar-bh;Arabic (Bahrain)"
4001 = "ar-qa;Arabic (Qatar)"
042D = "eu;Basque"
0402 = "bg;Bulgarian"
0423 = "be;Belarusian"
0403 = "ca;Catalan"
0004 = "zh;Chinese"
0404 = "zh-tw;Chinese (Taiwan)"
0804 = "zh-cn;Chinese (China)"
0C04 = "zh-hk;Chinese (Hong Kong SAR)"
1004 = "zh-sg;Chinese (Singapore)"
041A = "hr;Croatian"
0405 = "cs;Czech"
0406 = "the;Danish"
0413 = "nl;Dutch (Netherlands)"
0813 = "nl-be;Dutch (Belgium)"
0009 = "en;English"
0409 = "en-us;English (United States)"
0809 = "en-gb;English (United Kingdom)"
0C09 = "en-au;English (Australia)"
1009 = "en-ca;English (Canada)"
1409 = "en-nz;English (New Zealand)"
1809 = "en-ie;English (Ireland)"
1C09 = "en-za;English (South Africa)"
2009 = "en-jm;English (Jamaica)"
2809 = "en-bz;English (Belize)"
2C09 = "en-tt;English (Trinidad)"
0425 = "et;Estonian"
0438 = "fo;Faeroese"
0429 = "fa;Farsi"
040B = "fi;Finnish"
040C = "fr;French (France)"
080C = "fr-be;French (Belgium)"
0C0C = "fr-ca;French (Canada)"
100C = "fr-ch;French (Switzerland)"
140C = "fr-lu;French (Luxembourg)"
043C = "gd;Gaelic"
0407 = "de;German (Germany)"
0807 = "de-ch;German (Switzerland)"
0C07 = "de-at;German (Austria)"
1007 = "de-lu;German (Luxembourg)"
1407 = "de-li;German (Liechtenstein)"
0408 = "el;Greek"
040D = "he;Hebrew"
0439 = "hi;Hindi"
040E = "hu;Hungarian"
040F = "is;Icelandic"
0421 = "in;Indonesian"
0410 = "it;Italian (Italy)"
0810 = "it-ch;Italian (Switzerland)"
0411 = "ja;Japanese"
0412 = "ko;Korean"
0426 = "lv;Latvian"
0427 = "lt;Lithuanian"
042F = "mk;FYRO Macedonian"
043E = "ms;Malay (Malaysia)"
043A = "mt;Maltese" 0414 = "no;Norwegian (Bokmal)"
0814 = "no;Norwegian (Nynorsk)"
0415 = "pl;Polish"
0416 = "pt-br;Portuguese (Brazil)"
0816 = "pt;Portuguese (Portugal)"
0417 = "rm;Rhaeto-Romanic"
0418 = "ro;Romanian"
0818 = "ro-mo;Romanian (Moldova)"
0419 = "ru;Russian"
0819 = "ru-mo;Russian (Moldova)"
0C1A = "sr;Serbian (Cyrillic)"
081A = "sr;Serbian (Latin)"
041B = "sk;Slovak"
0424 = "sl;Slovenian"
042E = "sb;Sorbian"
040A = "es;Spanish (Traditional Sort)"
080A = "es-mx;Spanish (Mexico)"
0C0A = "es;Spanish (International Sort)"
100A = "es-gt;Spanish (Guatemala)"
140A = "es-cr;Spanish (Costa Rica)"
180A = "es-pa;Spanish (Panama)"
1C0A = "es-do;Spanish (Dominican Republic)"
200A = "es-ve;Spanish (Venezuela)"
240A = "es-co;Spanish (Colombia)"
280A = "es-pe;Spanish (Peru)"
2C0A = "es-ar;Spanish (Argentina)"
300A = "es-ec;Spanish (Ecuador)"
340A = "es-cl;Spanish (Chile)"
380A = "es-uy;Spanish (Uruguay)"
3C0A = "es-py;Spanish (Paraguay)"
400A = "es-bo;Spanish (Bolivia)"
440A = "es-sv;Spanish (El Salvador)"
480A = "es-hn;Spanish (Honduras)"
4C0A = "es-ni;Spanish (Nicaragua)"
500A = "es-pr;Spanish (Puerto Rico)"
0430 = "sx;Sutu"
041D = "sv;Swedish"
081D = "sv-fi;Swedish (Finland)"
041E = "th;Thai"
0431 = "ts;Tsonga"
0432 = "tn;Tswana"
041F = "tr;Turkish"
0422 = "uk;Ukrainian"
0420 = "your;Urdu"
042A = "vi;Vietnamese"
0434 = "xh;Xhosa"
043D = "ji;Yiddish"
0435 = "zu;Zulu"

How Indian Android Device Manufacturers are Fooling and Misleading You

Micromax Canvas 4, a mid-range smartphone is seeing hype and excitement comparable to the likes of multinational brands — perhaps for the first time for an Indian manufacturer. Promising specifications better than many high-end devices, it has led people into thinking that this company is offering much more value at much lesser price.

Which is wrong.

For a nation that has always been highly price-conscious, it’s very easy to mislead people by advertising the number of cores a phone or a tablet has.

Same goes for Lava, Karbonn, Intex, Spice and all other Indian manufacturers, which are having a dream run this year. From a meager handset market share of less than 3% in 2012, they now account for nearly 30% of it (source). This obviously could not have been possible without Android, which has been lately driving an explosion of budget smartphones and tablets.

Being an Android enthusiast for long, here are a few important tips from my side that you should keep in mind while you are looking for Android devices.

Too Good To Believe Hardware Specs

CPU Cores and Clock Speed Mean Nothing

Unaware of how microprocessors work, the biggest misconception among the non tech-savvy crowd is that a device’s performance is measured by its number of CPU cores and the speed at which they’re clocked.

Thankfully, CPUs don’t work this way. A detailed explanation of their working is taught in colleges (I personally hate the subject which deals with this), but for the laymen — what actually matters is the architecture of the processor.

Think of CPU as a group of engineers working on some project. Each worker is a separate core. The amount of work done by the group does not depend on the quantity of the engineers, but on their skills as well as their speeds. A group of two highly skilled engineers can finish their assigned project faster than a group of four less skilled engineers working on the same project.

In a similar fashion, it’s totally possible for a dual-core or single-core CPU X to outperform a quad-core CPU Y. The single-core Lava X1000 might be the best example for this, which performs 10% better on the quadrant benchmark test.

Taking advantage of this unintelligence, manufacturers lure customers by releasing multi-core phones of mediocre architecture at 1/4th the price of high-end phones having the same number of cores. This leads people into believing that they’re providing the same level of performance at comparatively dirt-cheap rates.

Tip: Try to avoid CPUs of Cortex A-7 Architecture if Budget Allows

Almost all budget Android devices use CPUs made by MediaTek, a company known for its low cost semiconductor chips. And a majority of them utilize the Cortex A-7 architecture. If possible, avoid them as they are considerably slow and instead look for devices having Cortex A-9 CPUs or processors made by Intel, which are significantly better.

For instance, the quad-core A-7 MediaTek MT6589 that is being used in various recently launched phones scores marginally less than the single-core Intel Atom processor packed in with the Xolo X1000 on the QUADRANT test, despite having more number of cores.

Tip: This was tested on a developer device provided by MediaTek. Quadrant scores may vary on different phones since it can be heavily optimized using software tweaks. 

One can argue that the performance of phones having A-7 processors is fairly justified because of its low price (which is true), but the sole reason I decided to write this article was to inform people so that they do not end up buying a budget Android device expecting world-class performance and regretting thereafter.

Edit: It seems that a few readers are getting a wrong impression that I’m criticizing the Canvas 4. Trust me, that’s not the case. It’s name was only used for it’s awareness among the crowd. In fact, the Canvas 4 is an excellent phone at its price point.

Low Internal Memory is a No Go

For a mobile platform where games tend to reach 500MB – 1GB of content, it’s advisable not to buy devices having internal storage of anything less than 4GB, which should equal to around 2.5 – 3 GB of usable storage after excluding system space.

And no, buying a separate SD card if the internal memory is low is NOT a solution. Apps in Android are installed in the internal storage by default. Although Android lets you move apps to SD card, a lot of apps do not support this feature, especially those having widgets since widgets do not work when installed in the SD card.

A trickery that manufacturers seem to have started playing lately is using a combination of internal flash storage and internal SD card.

The Lava Xtron+ tablet, for example, has a 500MB internal flash storage and an 8GB inbuilt SD card. The problem with this combination is that the internal flash storage gets immediately filled with just 25-30 non-movable apps downloaded from the Play Store.

Pro tip: Look for devices that have a single internal flash storage. This can be found by going into the device’s Storage settings page (Settings > Storage). 

Software Issues

The hardware is only one half of the story. Even if companies are able to sell devices having Cortex A-9 CPUs at affordable rates, it is totally possible for them to still mess up the software.

The best example I can think of regarding this issue is, again, the new Lava Xtron+ — a tablet having stellar hardware but plagued with so many software flaws that using it is sometimes an irritating experience. To give you an idea, the Wi-Fi often stops working, cell standby continuously drains 60% of battery and multiple user accounts (a key Android 4.2 feature exclusive to tablets) is missing.

This gives us another important lesson that a manufacturer can only buy hardware parts with its money and not skilled engineers to work on the software.

Pro tip: To save yourself from such flawed Android devices, restrain from pre-booking or buying devices immediately after their release and read their reviews first. 

Future Support

When you’re buying a sub-10 thousand phone, it’s difficult to expect the manufacturer to support it for long by releasing future updates and bug fixes. And you cannot complain about this. Even with Android, which has a 6-months update cycle unlike 1 year of other mobile platforms, it’s difficult for manufacturers to promise future updates for its budget phones. So, be aware of this fact that when you’re buying a budget phone, you’re possibly also buying it with nearly zero future support.

For the first time however, Micromax has introduced Over-the-Air (OTA) updates functionality in the Canvas 4, which is a welcome change and could possibly mean that users might receive upcoming version(s) of Android.

(Source:www.blogsolute.com)