Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets. Its main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors and graphics processors for servers, workstations and personal computers, and processor technologies for handheld devices, digital television, automobiles, game consoles, and other embedded systems applications.
AMD is the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors based on the x86 architecture after Intel Corporation, and the third-largest supplier of graphics processing units. It also owns 21 percent of Spansion, a supplier of non-volatile flash memory. In 2007, AMD ranked eleventh among semiconductor manufacturers in terms of revenue.

AMD chipsets

Before the launch of Athlon 64 processors in 2003, AMD designed chipsets for their processors spanning the K6 and K7 processor generations. The chipsets include the AMD-640, AMD-751 and the AMD-761 chipsets. The situation changed in 2003 with the release of Athlon 64 processors, and AMD chose not to further design its own chipsets for its desktop processors while opening the desktop platform to allow other firms to design chipsets. This is the "Open Platform Initiative". The initiative was proven to be a success, with many firms such as Nvidia, ATI, VIA and SiS developing their own chipset for Athlon 64 processors and later Athlon 64 X2 and Athlon 64 FX processors, including the Quad FX platform chipset from Nvidia.
The initiative went further with the release of Opteron server processors as AMD stopped the design of server chipsets in 2004 after releasing the AMD-8111 chipset, and again opened the server platform for firms to develop chipsets for Opteron processors. As of today, Nvidia and Broadcom are the sole designing firms of server chipsets for Opteron processors.
As the company completed the acquisition of ATI Technologies in 2006, the firm gained the ATI design team for chipsets which previously designed the Radeon Xpress 200 and the Radeon Xpress 3200 chipsets. AMD then renamed the chipsets for AMD processors under AMD branding (for instance, the CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset was renamed as AMD 580X CrossFire chipset). In February 2007, AMD announced the first AMD-branded chipset since 2004 with the release of the AMD 690G chipset (previously under the development codename RS690), targeted at mainstream IGP computing. It was the industry's first to implement a HDMI 1.2 port on motherboards, shipping for more than a million units. While ATI had aimed at releasing an Intel IGP chipset, the plan was scrapped and the inventories of Radeon Xpress 1250 (codenamed RS600, sold under ATI brand) was sold to two OEMs, Abit and AsRock. Although AMD states the firm will still produce Intel chipsets, Intel had not granted the license of 1333 MHz FSB to ATI. Considering the rivalry between AMD and Intel, AMD is less likely to release more Intel chipset designs in the foreseeable future.
On November 15, 2007, AMD has announced a new chipset series portfolio, the AMD 7-Series chipsets, covering from enthusiast multi-graphics segment to value IGP segment, to replace the AMD 480/570/580 chipsets and AMD 690 series chipsets. Marking AMD's first enthusiast multi-graphics chipset. Discrete graphics chipsets were launched on November 15, 2007 as part of the codenamed Spider desktop platform, and IGP chipsets were launched at a later time in Spring 2008 as part of the codenamed Cartwheel platform.
AMD will also return to the server chipsets market with the next-generation AMD 800S series server chipsets, scheduled to be released in 2009 timeframe.

microsoft corporation

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEX: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.
Originally founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Its products have all achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. One commentator notes that Microsoft's original mission was "a computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software"—it is a goal near fulfillment. Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV. The company released an initial public offering (IPO) in the stock market, which, due to the ensuing rise of the stock price, has made four billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees.
Throughout its history the company has been the target of criticism, including monopolistic business practices and anti-competitive business practices including refusal to deal and tying. The U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission, among others, have ruled against Microsoft for various antitrust violations.
Known for what is generally described as a developer-centric business culture, Microsoft has historically given customer support over Usenet newsgroups and the World Wide Web, and awards Microsoft MVP status to volunteers who are deemed helpful in assisting the company's customers.

bollywood's cutest actress

Nauheed Cyrusi is an Indian model, VJ and actress. She was born on October 19, 1982(Libran).The literal meaning of her name is 'Venus'.She lives with her family lives Podar College in Mumbai. She has a sibling sister, and comes from a non-film background. She studied in J.B. Vacha School, and graduated from Jai Hind College and Basant Singh Institute of Science, Churchgate, Bombay, and is pursuing M.Com through correspondence.[1].
While in school she accompanied her friend to an audition and thus at the age of 14 she appeared in an advertisement for Dhara Refined Oil.Subsequently she went on to appear in Heads & Shoulders, Britannia Little Hearts Biscuits, Ayurvedic Concepts (now Himalaya) advertisements.

Nauheed started her career as a model, featuring in many music videos. Piya Basanti being a memorable one, which brought her to the attention of Bollywood producers.
Nauheed has appeared in many advertisements on television as well as the print media. She also played a small role in the youth-oriented tele-series Hip, Hip, Hooray. She also acted in a South Indian movie called 'Sakhia' with Tarun which flopped. She made an appearance at the India Fashion Week 2007 as well as the Allen Solly Fashion Show ,along with fellow actress Koel Purie.
Her pretty & charming face was associated with EverYuth Orange Peel-Off Skin Vitaliser which made both her and the brand a craze among girls across the country.
She made her film debut in Padam Kumar's Supari, starring Uday Chopra and Rahul Dev. While the film flopped, director Vikram Bhatt chose her for Inteha opposite Ashmit Patel. She was recommended to Director Padam Kumar by Channel V's VJ, Purab Kohli, with whom she had worked on Zee TV's 'Hip Hip Hooray'.
Recently, Nauheed was seen as the main lead in choreographer turned director Ahmed Khan's Lakeer, starring Sunny Deol, John Abraham, Sunil Shetty and Sohail Khan. Nauheed starred in Anwar which was directed by Manish Jha, starring Manisha Koirala, Siddharth Koirala, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Hiten Tejwani.
As one of the few Parsi actresses in the industry currently, Cyrusi stands out. She credits her parents for her cute looks. She is a foodie, loves to snack and eat, and her favorite snack is Pani Puri and Kababs. When stressed she goes for a swim or takes a walk on the beach but does not work out even though she owns a treadmill. She claims that she is easygoing, and had originally wanted to take to traveling by becoming an Air Hostess, but after modeling for three years, she decided to be part of show-business.
Her recent release in April 2007 is Life Mein Kabhi Kabhi, which also stars Aftab Shivdasani and Dino Morea. She will also be seen in ADA...A Way of Life, which is a A.R.Rahman Musical and Meeting Se Meeting Tak, which also stars Dino Morea and Priyanka Sharma.

animals

Animal
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AnimalsFossil range: Ediacaran or earlier - Recent

Clockwise from top-left: Loligo vulgaris (a mollusk), Chrysaora quinquecirrha (a cnidarian), Aphthona flava (an arthropod), Eunereis longissima (an annelid), and Panthera tigris (a chordate).
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Opisthokonta
Kingdom:
AnimaliaLinnaeus, 1758
Phyla
Subkingdom Parazoa
Porifera
Subkingdom Eumetazoa
Placozoa
Radiata (unranked)
Ctenophora
Cnidaria
Bilateria (unranked)
Orthonectida
Rhombozoa
Acoelomorpha
Chaetognatha
Superphylum Deuterostomia
Chordata
Hemichordata
Echinodermata
Xenoturbellida
Vetulicolia †
Protostomia (unranked)
Superphylum Ecdysozoa
Kinorhyncha
Loricifera
Priapulida
Nematoda
Nematomorpha
Lobopodia †
Onychophora
Tardigrada
Arthropoda
Superphylum Platyzoa
Platyhelminthes
Gastrotricha
Rotifera
Acanthocephala
Gnathostomulida
Micrognathozoa
Cycliophora
Superphylum Lophotrochozoa
Sipuncula
Hyolitha †
Nemertea
Phoronida
Bryozoa
Entoprocta
Brachiopoda
Mollusca
Annelida
Echiura
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently. Animals are also heterotrophs, meaning they must ingest other organisms for sustenance.

intel processors

Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT)

Intel Virtualization Technology, or Intel VT, is a set of technologies from Intel for virtualization. It was introduced at the Intel Developer Forum in 2003,[3] and launched at the Intel Developer Forum in 2005.[citation needed] Intel VT is composed of Virtualization Technology for IA-32 (VT-x), Virtualization Technology for IA-64 (VT-i), Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d), and Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c).

Virtualization Technology for IA-32
Virtualization Technology for IA-32 (VT-x), previously codenamed "Vanderpool", is Intel's technology for virtualization on the IA-32 platform. Intel plans to add Extended Page Tables (EPT),[4] a technology for page table virtualization,[5] in the upcoming "Nehalem" architecture.[6]

Virtualization Technology for IA-64
Virtualization Technology for IA-64 (VT-i), previously codenamed "Silvervale", is Intel's technology for virtualization on the IA-64 (Itanium) platform.

Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
Intel's Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) is a technology that enables guest virtual machines to directly use peripheral devices, primarily through DMA and interrupt remapping.
Virtualization Technology for Connectivity
Intel's Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c) is itself a collection of technologies that assists in I/O virtualization. It is composed of Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq), Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT), and Single Root I/O Virtualization.[10] Intel QuickData Technology is a component of Intel I/OAT.[citation needed]