Fun Facts : Intel's 3D TriGate 22nmTransistor Technology , How Cool it is ?

The 22nm 3D tri-gate transistor

[source: Intel.com]

Intel is moving towards the new frontier of technology , 3D TriGate Transistors with 22nm foot print. Here are some cool facts given by intel about its new technology.

• Size: In 1947 , the first transistor built by Bell Labs is large enough that it was pieced together by hand . Now More than 100 million 22nm tri-gate transistors can fit on the head of the pin (Where pin head is about 1.5nm in diameter).
• In a period  "." , which is estimated to be 1/10 square millimeter in area can accommodate 6 million 22nm  tri gate transistors.
• Human Hair which is about 90 microns in diameter can accommodate   4000 22nm tri gate transistors across its width.
• Compare to Intel's First microprocessor , introduced in 1971, 4040. A 22 nm CPU runs over 4000 times faster and energy consumption is 5000 times reduced. The Price per transistor is dropped by the factor of 50,000.
• If a person can flick a light switch 150 times in 1 minute , than it would take about 2000 years to flick a light switch on/off  as 22nm Tri gate transistor can on/off well over 100 billion times in a second.
• Intel claims that its factories can produce over 5 billion transistors in a second that results to 20 million transistors produced every year for every living human being on this earth.

[Source : Intel.com]

Intel Core i7-2600K Processor 3.4GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1155

Cyber Security EPISODE 02: Physical Harms Caused by Digital attacks.

Are the Electrical Power Grids Next ?

Today the realm of modern day leisure mostly rely on the hands of sophisticate yet vulnerable Industry Automation Controllers. They range from RTUs,PLD, PLC , Controllers , IO devices and so on . As for the sake of maintaince industry machinery goes online, the risk of possible hazard increased twofold.It is said any thing with a microchip can be a potential target. Let us see in the realm of known physical damages caused digital attacks;

Starting back from the start of 21st century , in April 2000;in Australia Queens Land, an insider struck . Former employee of water treatment firm by using stolen radio parts , issue the faulty commands to sewage equipment . This resulted in more than 200,000 gallons of raw sewage to spill into local parks and rivers.

Coming a little forward in 2003 January . The slammer worm penetrated through the multiple firewalls  to infect Ohio's Davis-Besse nuclear power plant operations center. The cause of spread of worm is from the contractor's computer into the business network. The worm then make its way through the computers controlling the plant operations . Well it had crashed multiple "safety systems" and the plant was off-line during that time. 

Now here goes the uncle sam , you know all evil they start to do at home and later "leak" to CNN. In 2007, march Government of United States of America , "all hale cant you see..." . Well they have simulated , what did i say , yes people "they Simulated" a cyber attack on electricity generation equipment at Idaho National Labs , on National labs, wow. A video of this "simulated cyber attack" called as "Aurora" is later "leaked" to CNN. Well you know they always got the tapes before it happens,like 9/11 , yes people because they go beyond borders. @#$$*
Cyberpower and National Security (National Defense University)

Any way our journey continues and here they Jumped in , MEN in BLACK. A senior CIA official "revealed" in January 2008, that hackershave "frequently" infiltrated electric utilities outside U.S and made extortion demands. And in one case the "hackers"  were able to shutoff the power supply to "several" cities. The cities names are not revealed.

Now its time for economy . The Wall street journal reported in 2009,April , cyber hackers from china and Russia and other countries have penetrated the U.S electrical power grid and left behind software that can be used to bring down the system.

Well in October 2010 security officals in Iran , Indonesia and else where reported that Stuxnet was found which is specifically disrupting Siemens PLC's.

Cyber Security EPISODE 01 : STUXNET, Are the Electrical Power Grids Next ?

The fear of Stuxnet has no doubt created an immediate urgency to look upon the cyber security measures adopted by the Government, Public and private sectors.  It is a very fact that every facet of the modern electrical grid is controlled by the computers. Our major physical infrastructure is interlinked with electronics to achieve automation. Stuxnet virus that was designed to target specifically Iran's nuclear program by its envies , showed that ho dangerous the game could get by the well crafted electronic virus. Power Grids shares many vulnerabilities that Stuxnet exposed.

 Symantac Stuxnet Chart

A sophisticated attacks could bring down a large chunk of US electrical grid. In these series of posts , the effects of  SCADA attacks and possible ramifications will be discussed so stay tune , click Follow Button on right  to read the coming episodes.

Antimatter .. DanBrown's Angels and Demons achieved reality.

All of you who have read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown or seen the movie knew how amazing antimatter story can get. When the bigbang occurred about 13.7 billion years ago , an equal amount of matter and antimatter is released in the universe. However it appears all of the antimatter vanished in the thin air because all we see around us is matter.

June 5, 2011 handout from CERN shows untrapped anti-hydrogen atoms annihilating on the inner surface of the ALPHA trap.[source :CERN/AFP/Getty Images]

Carl andreson in 1923 first identified the antipartical of electron , "positron". It has positive charge instead of negative charge.Subsequently in 1955 University of California's scientists identified antineutron and antiproton . Matter and antimatter reacts violently with each other and release of huge amount of energy occurs. This energy is so great and contain destructive power that only half a gram can create more devastation caused by atomic bomb dropped by USA on Japan. This unstability make it very difficult to study the antimatter . But recently scientists are able to produce the antimatter only for a fraction of second under a controlled environment . Antimatter however reacted with matter and destroyed it self.

At CERN the "Alpha antimatter experiment" team able to produce and successfully store the antimatter up to 16 minutes and 40 seconds. Previously this team was also able to create the anti-hydrogen and keep it for two - tenths of a second. Their current achievement is 5000 times increase in storage time. Fujiwara and colleagues created anti-hydrogen while maintaing the very low temperature of tiny steel cylinder , about -269 degree Centigrade.which is just 4 degree above the absolute zero. A powerful magnetic field helps in not allowing the antimatter to escape. This is the most exiting and notable achievement by CERN scientists and engineers .

Google+ .....

Google has launched the limited field trial of "Google+". Only by invitation you can be able to access the currently offered new endeavors of Google+ .Circles , Hangouts, InstantUploads , Huddle and Sparks are the new exciting ways to face out the face book thought by google engineers.

According to google , "Circles" are "The easiest way to share some things with college buddies, others with your parents and almost nothing with your boss".  In Hangout you  let your friends know that you're free for a video hangout, any time, anywhere. Then catch up, watch YouTube or... just hangout.

Where as Sparks is a feed of only the things that you're really into, so when you're free, there's always something waiting to be watched, read or shared.With Instant Upload, your photos and videos upload themselves automatically, to a private album on Google+.  All you have to do is decide who to share them with.

"Huddle" , strange name for old thing and according to google "Texting is great, but not when you’re trying to get six different people to decide on a movie. Huddle turns all those different conversations into one simple group chat, so everyone gets on the same page all at once. Your thumbs will thank you".

check the details and submit request for field trial at google+

Apple TV

Your next TV might be  made by Apple.
Daily Tech reported in their Wednesday report quoting Apple offical , former executive gives a clue that Apple might want to smash in the TV market at the end of year 2011.
The new Apple TV will be equipped with the iTunes as well.  Apple is looking to make buissness venture with a TV manufacturer to make fast entry in the $100 billion market. Apple however is currently not responding on the story.
Find more details on Apple .