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‘God of War’ compilation coming to PlayStation 3
Kratos is arriving on PlayStation 3 this holiday.

No, the long-awaited God of War III isn’t shipping early. Sony will package the first two God of War games in a Blu-ray compilation arriving later this year for $39.99, the publisher announced through the official PlayStation blog.

God of War and God of War II, both released on PlayStation 2, will be playable in full 720p HD resolution, and include support for trophies.

As for Kratos’ true debut on a PlayStation 3 game, God of War III is slated to arrive in March 2010.

For those unfamiliar with the franchise, God of War follows the Spartan warrior in a third-person action game based on Greek mythology. It has proven to become one of Sony’s most successful and exhiliarating first-party endeavours since its 2005 debut.

It also provided some of video games’ more exciting boss encounters, including the unforgettable Hydra battle from the first game.

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IBM Eyes DNA For Chip Development

Molecules form origami-like patterns as base for nanowires and other tiny components.

By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
August 17, 2009 09:03 AM

The race to produce smaller and smaller microchips for everything from automobile systems to mobile communications devices has led IBM (NYSE: IBM) to turn to one of the very building blocks of life for help with the process—DNA molecules.
IBM researchers, along with scientists at the California Institute of Technology, have discovered that the tiny components that run along a chip’s silicone surface will self-adhere to previously laid down DNA patterns.

Find out how to increase availability while reducing data center energy consumptionThat makes DNA an ideal “scaffolding” that chip designers can use to create origami-like complex patterns on top of which they can add carbon nanotubes, nanowires, and other microscopic materials that control the flow of electronics across a computer chip.

“The cost involved in shrinking features to improve performance is a limiting factor in keeping pace with Moore’s Law and a concern across the semiconductor industry,” said Spike Narayan, Science & Technology manager at IBM’s Almaden research lab in San Jose, CA.

Moore’s Law holds that computing power at a given cost doubles every two years. Gains in chip speeds over the past two decades have largely been obtained by shrinking components. But with some parts now at microscopic levels, engineers are having an increasingly difficult time building on previous work.

Narayan said IBM and Caltech’s breakthrough in DNA-based chip design could help maintain Moore’s Law well into the future.

“The combination of this directed self-assembly with today’s fabrication technology could lead to substantial savings in the most expensive and challenging part of the chip-making process,” said Narayan.

IBM plans to publish a paper on the research in the September issue of Nature Nanotechnology.