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Intel stated that it would bring 14nm in with substantial scaling in transistor fin pitch, transistor gate pitch, and interconnect pitch, with a further significant reduction in SRAM scaling. Now,  independent analysis and reverse engineering from Chipworks  has confirmed that Intel did indeed deliver on its technological promises. Gate pitch has been measured at ~70nm, fin pitch at ~42nm, and a more complex 13-layer metal design. Intel had previously stuck with nine-layer designs before stepping up to 11 for its Bay Trail SoC.When Intel  announced the details  on its 14nm process last year, it raised eyebrows in some circles by claiming some extremely aggressive scaling figures. Put simply, Intel stated that it would deliver a better 14nm process with superior characteristics, die size, and overall efficiency than any competitive product TSMC, its largest foundry competitor, would release on 20nm. This predictably kicked off a PR blizzard between the two companies. The FinFET t

ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan has been elected to the administrative council of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). According to an official release, Pakistan won the seat at the administrative council of ITU during the elections held during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference currently in progress in Busan, South Korea. Pakistan secured 101 votes out of a total of 168 votes to secure a position in the administrative, management and policy making body of the telecommunication body. The Council is the premier board for global telecom’s policy making body of the UN with a mandate to consider broad global policy issues in the field of ICTs and telecommunications, and thereby ensure that the Union’s policies, activities and strategy fully respond to today’s dynamic and fast-changing environment. The members of the Council are elected for a term of four years by the members of ITU at the Plenipotentiary Conference. The victory is attributed to the collective efforts of go

Hajj Management Information System, developed by  Punjab Information Technology Board  ( PITB) , is an automation of Hajj process starting from registration and flight booking to accommodation and returning back to Pakistan. Apart from making the journey convenient for Hujjaj, the automated system generates insightful reports for Ministry of Religious Affairs. The graphs below show the number of Hujjaj from various areas. Annually around 1.5 million Pakistani pilgrims travel to KSA to perform the religious obligation. Majority of the Hajis are travelling for the very first time outside Pakistan and have a very low formal educational background. Accommodating such a large number of people has caused discrepancies for the government in the past. PITB has automated the whole rooms allotment process for convenience of the pilgrims and the government.  Graph below summaries the buildings capacities and their distances from Haram to manage the pilgrims appropriately.

Have you ever been writing out a Status Update on Facebook and thought, “There is so much wit in this post, I should get paid for my thoughts!”? Or, “If only I could make some money off these awesome photos I am sharing with my audience.” Of course you have, because you’re a clever person but you still need to pay the bills. There have been attempts by the major social networks of the world to pay users for their originally-generated content, but most have fallen short or somehow intruded on users’ privacy policies and terms and conditions. But that hasn’t stopped people from trying to create new methods of earning. Enter the newest social network that wants to pay you for your original content:  tsu.co . While tsū (pronounced ‘Sue’) is still in its infancy, the new social media site hopes to reward users and content generators for their original content in ways no other platform has prior. Here’s a few “about” blurbs from tsū’s website: With tsū, users can monetize all soci

2013 has been an eventful year globally for the IT industry with newer, better and more progressive technological advancements taking place. Big Data was the buzz word in the IT sector all across with companies now focusing on how to create an online environment robust enough to actually move businesses from legacy IT data storage infrastructure to a 24/7 and always available online solution. Mobile manufacturers were ahead of the game and have now packed the newer smart phones with power equivalent to a desktop computer, in the palm of your hands. Pakistan, in 2013, remained where it was in 2012, mostly. First of all we got ourselves a new IT Minister, Ms. Anusha Rahman and a new PTA chairman, Dr. Suleman Shah. A lot is expected from Mr. Shah as his reputation and qualification for a person in this position is perfect. We can all hope that he is able to bypass the government red tape and finally at least able to auction 3G licenses. The software exports fromPakistangrew by 22% ov

The economic conditions of Pakistan have deteriorated at a very fast pace during the last three years. We were liberated from the controls of IMF in 2005 after a long struggle of 15 years and today we are again back to square one and there seems no hope for our financial survival. IT industry is one sector which failed to flourish here when the world was investing in it. India focused on its software industry from the start. Their official software exports in 1985 were US $4 million that soared to US $5.3 billion in year 2000. Today they are generating US $71.6 billion from this sector. If Pakistan has to survive as an independent state, the young minds of this nation need to be steered towards software industry. This is the only sector that requires very little investment and no raw materials. It is solely dependent upon the intellectual abilities of the young minds and can generate revenues more than our total exports to the world, helping us liberate ourselves financial

Apple implemented the Urdu language keyboard across mobile devices in its iOS 8 update in mid-September. But persistence of a few Urdu speakers has now forced the IT giant to consider adopting the native typeface of Urdu language, Nastaleeq, along with the current Naskh font. The Cupertino-based company had launched iOS 8 on September 17 in what was termed their biggest software update to date, boasting a whole host of features for those using modern Apple mobile devices. Hidden among those upgrades was the implementation of the Urdu keyboard across the system. This enables users of Apple’s popular iPhone, iTouch and iPad devices to type in Urdu while using texts, email, social media and other interaction. This functionality was previously available only through language-specific apps such as  Urdu Writer . The downside for some in this new feature, though, is that it follows the Naskh typeface derived from Arabic Unicode, rather than Nastaleeq. This prompted the creator of  U