64位时代大功率电源选购通

过去因为机箱通常自带电源。所以我们很少主动去挑选，以为整合的东西很好，至少省事。但后来电脑硬件百花齐放般地发展，使得大家开始注意它。而且随着电脑进入64位跗代，单独选购一款大功率电源也非常有必要，但自选也带来不少问题，面对众多品牌我们该如何下手，更有奸商提供的产品比整合的电源还便宜，伴随着种种疑问，希望笔者提供的分析能帮大家早日找到自己的“心中所属”。[编者按]     

温谈CPU真假辨别

如果购买了不合格的CPU就会给电脑装上一颗脆弱的“芯”，后果很可能烧坏其他配件，给我们带来麻烦。认清假冒伪劣产品的真实面目。法和如何辨别做一翻介绍，让大家认清假冒伪劣产品的真实面目。[编者按]     

Parallel evolution using multi-chromosome cartesian genetic programming

Parallel and distributed methods for evolutionary algorithms have concentrated on maintaining multiple populations of genotypes, where each genotype in a population encodes a potential solution to the problem. In this paper, we investigate the parallelisation of the genotype itself into a collection of independent chromosomes which can be evaluated in parallel. We call this multi-chromosomal evolution (MCE). We test this approach using Cartesian Genetic Programming and apply MCE to a series of digital circuit design problems to compare the efficacy of MCE with a conventional single chromosome approach (SCE). MCE can be readily used for many digital circuits because they have multiple outputs. In MCE, an independent chromosome is assigned to each output. When we compare MCE with SCE we find that MCE allows us to evolve solutions much faster. In addition, in some cases we were able to evolve solutions with MCE that we unable to with SCE. In a case-study, we investigate how MCE can be applied to to a single objective problem in the domain of image classification, namely, the classification of breast X-rays for cancer. To apply MCE to this problem, we identify regions of interest (RoI) from the mammograms, divide the RoI into a collection of sub-images and use a chromosome to classify each sub-image. This problem allows us to evaluate various evolutionary mutation operators which can pairwise swap chromosomes either randomly or topographically or reuse chromosomes in place of other chromosomes.     

GDDR4小宇宙爆发显存换代进行时

芯片厂商不断提升运行频率,促使显存频率保持高增长以符合硬件的发展。随着2006年首片采用GDDR4显存的显卡Radeon X1950XTX上市以来,GDDR4显存正式与消费者见面。和GDDR3的普及一样,目前GDDR4逐渐步入成熟阶段,因此我们可以看到不少采用GDDR4显存的显卡出现在市场上,尤其是HD3870诞生后,更是将GDDR4全面推向舞台,加上目前显存频率已经发展到超越2000MHz的局面,可以预见2008年GDDR4显存将会完全爆发,最终成为显卡主流配置。     

Signal transformation and interpolation based on modified DCT synthesis

This paper proposes a novel signal transformation and interpolation approach based on the modification of DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform). The proposed algorithm can be applied to any periodic or quasi periodic waveform for time scale and/or pitch modification purposes in addition to signal reconstruction, compression, coding and packet lost concealment. The proposed algorithm has two advantages:

• (i) 

  Since DCT does not have the explicit phase information, one does not need the cubic spline interpolation of the phase component of the sinusoidal model.

• (ii) 

  The parameters to be interpolated can be reduced because of the energy packing efficiency of the DCT. This is particularly important if signal synthesis is carried out on a remote location from the transmitted parameters.

The results are presented on periodic waveforms and on speech signal in order to appreciate the fidelity of the proposed algorithm. In addition, the proposed method is compared with TD-PSOLA, sinusoidal model and phase vocoder algorithms. The results are presented in objective PESQ scores for time scale modification and output files are provided as supplementary material,¹ for subjective evaluation, for packet lost concealment. Results prove that the proposed modification of the DCT synthesis provides a favorable algorithm for specialists working in the signal processing area.     

家用经济型打印机选购指南

伴随着生活水平的日益提高，人们对家用小型打印机的需求主要表现在文字、多媒体以及图像的打印输出等方面，这就要求打印机拥有较好的色彩表现能力、快速打印能力和很好的稳定性。从目前的打印机市场来看，价格偏高的激光打印机普通家庭用户接受起来有一些困难，老式的针式打印机已经无法满足用户对一些打印效果的要求，所以只有打印成本适中且打印效果出色的彩色喷墨打印机才能满足大家的要求。但是，喷墨打印机产品种类繁多，对于普通家庭用户而言，想要在市场上挑选到一款称心如意的产品确实是一个棘手的问题。[编者按]     

Dehydration,Water Vapor Adsorption and Desorption Behavior of Zn[B3O3(OH)5] · H2O and Zn[B3O4(OH)3]

The dehydration behaviors of two different hydrated zinc borate species, Zn[B₃O₃(OH)₅] · H₂O and Zn[B₃O₄(OH)₃], which are industrially important flame retardants, were studied by thermal gravimetric(TG) analysis and in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy. Dehydration onset temperatures of Zn[B₃O₃(OH)₅] · H₂O and Zn[B₃O₄(OH)₃] were 129 and 320°C, respectively, at a 10°C/min ramp rate. A very small amount of boric acid was volatilized in addition to water vapor when both samples were heated at 250°C. A significant amount of water vapor was adsorbed by Zn[B₃O₃(OH)₅] · H₂O from air at 25°C. However, Zn[B₃O₄(OH)₃] adsorbed a very small amount of water under the same conditions. Both zinc borates did not have a tendency to cake during storage.     

Statistical thermal stability of PVC

Experimental design was used to optimize the processing parameters for the decomposition of poly(vinyl chloride). Factorial design and face centered composite design (FCC) were applied to determine the optimum conditions. A total of 10 g PVC powder was mixed with different amounts of zinc stearate (ZnSt₂) and natural zeolite and tested for thermal stability. Factorial fitted model was explained by first order pattern due to the significant main effect regression constants, and FCC model was described by second order model owing to higher order polynomial coefficients. FCC design was superior to factorial design as FCC considers not only its pure quadratic effects contribution but also its higher overall desirability for thermal stability of PVC. For factorial design the optimum conditions were determined as 163.06 mg for ZnSt₂, 399.99 mg for zeolite, and 140°C for temperature with desirability of 0.933. However, 400 mg for ZnSt₂, 333.24 mg for zeolite, and 140°C for temperature with desirability of 0.956 were obtained as the optimum conditions by FCC design. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010     

Cooperative Communications in Future Home Networks

The basic idea behind cooperative communications is that mobile terminals collaborate to send data to each other. This effectively adds diversity in the system and improves the overall performance. In this paper, we investigate the potential gains of cooperative communication in future home networks. We derive analytical expressions for the error probability of binary phase shift keying (BPSK) signals over Nakagami-m fading channels in a multi relay communication network. Following to the analytical study, we analyze the contribution of cooperative relaying to the 60GHz network connectivity through simulations using a realistic indoor environment model. We compare the performance of different relay configurations under variable obstacle densities. We show that a typical 60GHz indoor network should employ either a multi-relay configuration or a single-relay configuration with a smart relay selection mechanism to achieve acceptable outage rates. In the use of multiple-relay configuration, both analytical and simulation studies indicate that increasing the number of cooperative relays does not improve the system performance significantly after a certain threshold.