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Cool commercials by IT Heavy weights despite recession

There have been some cool ads recently, after the chapter zoozoo’s for Vodafone now its time for the IT biggies to bring out their own. The coolest of em all is the Intel’s ‘Our Kind of Hero’ ad. The ad shows Ajay Bhatt (Sadly the one in the ad is not the real Ajay Bhatt) co-creator of USB (Universal Serial Bus), walking to get coffee amid adolation from his Intel junior collegaues. They have T-Shirts with his picture,autographs and more. Watch the advertisement of Intel here.

Now for the real Ajay Bhatt in Intel rockstars campaign. Intel Rockstars – Ajay Bhatt, Stephen Whalley, Bala Cadambi and Josh Smith.

The next one is the IBM commercial about power grid wastages, the ad goes on to tell about the electricity wastage in the current power grid system.One which makes you think about the wastages.

Hope someday Indian IT companies come up with something cool like this.. I mean not just copy of the above commercials but something of their own.

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Nokia N95 8GB or N96 Corrupted memory or unable use Data transfer mode?

This post talks about Mass memory issues in Nokia N95 8GB , Nokia N96 and some cases covers N97 also.

The problems can any of the following

* While connecting the N95 8GB phone to PC in Data Transfer mode and trying to access the mass memory, the phone reboots automatically.
* While trying to play/view certain files the phone reboots abruptly again and again.
* Phone says no memory / No space inspite of having enough space.
* Unable to store data in the mass memory of these phones.
* Getting any other error message.

Possible causes :

* Nokia N95 8GB and N96 have flash memory and it can get corrupted in various situations.
– Unplugging the cable in middle of transfer.
– copying corrupted data/virus affected files.
– Removing battery in middle of data operation.
– Trying to play videos/songs stored in phone directly in PC.
– Physical damage (In this case phone has to be returned to Nokia service center)

Solutions :
– Connect to PC in PC suite mode and click backup option in the PC suite to backup all your contacts,calendar entries and Notes etc. If you can copy other content like Pictures and Videos you can back them up manually.
– Go to phone settings and click restore factory settings (This process will clear phone memory not mass memory) , it will reset your phone after restart to original settings and you can restore your settings from your previous backup. During this step the phone will ask for security code (Lock code / unlock code ). The default security / lock /unlock code for Nokia N95 8GB and N96 is 12345. But if you had changed it after buying the phone, you need to enter the correct code. If the phone doesnt accept the code for 2 times, dont try again. As this could lockout your phone.

If the above step doesnt solve your problem then you need to format your mass memory from phone itself (no need to format from Windows).

– Go to Menu –> Tools –> Utilities –> Memory
In the memory click options and select format mass memory. This will format your mass memory and clear any bad sectors or bad bytes in the memory.

If both the above steps doesnt solve your problem, the problem could be a hardware issue, you may need to take it the Nokia service center (Nokia Care).

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Desktop processors comparison – Intel Quad Core Q8200 vs Q9400 vs Q9550

Name

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8200 (4M Cache, 2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 (12M Cache, 2.83 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9400 (6M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)

Status

Launched

Launched

Launched

Launch Date

Q3’08

Q1’08

Q3’08

Embedded

 N

N

Y

Supplemental SKU

 N

N

N

Lithography

45 nm

45 nm

45 nm

Max TDP

95 W

95 W

95 W

1ku Bulk Budgetary Price

$163.00

$266.00

$213.00

Processor Number

Q8200

Q9550

Q9400

# of Cores

4

4

4

Clock Speed

2.33 GHz

2.83 GHz

2.66 GHz

Cache

4 MB L2 Cache

12 MB L2 Cache

6 MB L2 Cache

Bus Type

FSB

FSB

FSB

System Bus

1333 MHz

1333 MHz

1333 MHz

Instruction Set

64-bit

64-bit

64-bit

Core Voltage

0.8625V-1.237V

0.850v – 1.3625v

Intel® Demand Based Switching

N

N

N

Intel® Dynamic Speed Technology

N

N

N

Intel® 64

Y

Y

Y

Execute Disable Bit

Y

Y

Y

Halt State

Y

N

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

N

N

N

Enhanced Intel® Speedstep Technology

Y

Y

Y

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology

N

Y

Y

Intel® VT-x

N

Y

Y

Package Specifications

Tcase

71.4°C

71.4°C

71.4°C

Package Size

37.5mm x 37.5mm

37.5mm x 37.5mm

37.5mm x 37.5mm

Die Size

164 mm2

214 mm2

164 mm2

# of Transistors

456 million

820 million

456 million

FSB Parity

N

Y

N

Sockets Supported

LGA775

LGA775

LGA775

Halogen Free Options Available

Y

Y

Y

The three processors Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8200, Q9400 and Q9550, are the three options most Desktop buyers would be looking to choose between (Sorry for the AMD users, we will come back to AMD comparison soon) if they are looking for Quad Cores. All these processors have four cores and are in the entry to mid level of the Quad Core segment (All in premium end of overall processors). Price wise all of them fall in medium to premium segment costing between $150-$260 on their own ( Rs 9000.00 to Rs 15000.00 INR )
The highlights of these three processors are they all follow 45nm architecture, 95W power consumption and all are supported in LGA775 socket. So you can choose your motherboard and decide between these three procesors. All these processors use 1333 MHZ System Bus.
The main difference is the processor speed at 2.33GHZ, 2.66GHz and 2.83 GHz respectively which isn’t a big difference for the cost. Other significant difference in terms of technical details is the Cache which is 4MB L2, 6MB L2 and 12 MB L2 for processors Intel® Core 2 Quad Processor Q8200, Q9400 and Q9550 respectively. But the performance improvement of the increased cache can be hardly felt as most hardware experts say beyond 2MB L2 cache the difference in performance is minimal.
When we check the performance of the processor as per CPU benchmark results the results are very much progressive.

See the price vs performance ratio of the Quad Core desktop processors here.