ADB-Canada Assures that PH Hotels Ready for Global Market

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Philippine hotels and resorts in key island destinations are ready to compete in the global marketplace, according to the initial findings of a team of International Accommodation Assessors (IAAs) who joined the Department of Tourism (DOT) in conducting a national review of accommodation standards last month.

The team of IAAs composed of ten experts from different countries said Philippine hotels and resorts including the small players have 'very high standards' in keeping the unique Filipino hospitality, one of the country's competitive advantages.

“The warmth of welcome for guests in all types of accommodation is almost unique among international destinations. There is a real potential for the Philippine tourism industry. Some hotels and resorts need to invest to improve, but the new rating system can help identify where to focus that investment,” the initial report noted.

New standards under the Hotel and Resorts Quality Assurance and Accreditation System aim to assist visitors in terms of the quality, service and comfort provided by accommodation businesses of all sizes and types in the Philippines.

AMD Unleashes World’s Most Powerful Server GPU for HPC

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AMD FirePro S9150 server card delivers up to 2.53 TFLOPS of peak double-precision floating point performance for intense compute workloads, and 10.8 GFLOPS double precision-per-watt, up to 77% more performance/watt than the competition.

AMD announced the AMD FirePro S9150 server card – the most powerful server Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) ever built for High Performance Computing. Based on the AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, the first AMD architecture designed specifically with compute workloads in mind, the AMD FirePro S9150 server card is the first server card to support enhanced double precision and break the 2.0 TFLOPS double precision barrier¹,². With 16GB of GDDR5 memory – 33 percent more than the competition3 – and maximum power consumption of 235 watts, AMD FirePro S9150 server GPUs provide supercomputers with massive compute performance while maximizing available power budgets.

“Today’s supercomputers feature an increasing mix of GPUs, CPUs and co-processors to achieve great performance, and many of them are being implemented in an environmentally responsible manner to help reduce power and water consumption,” said David Cummings, senior director and general manager, professional graphics, AMD. “Designed for large scale multi-GPU support and unmatched compute performance, AMD FirePro S9150 ushers in a new era of supercomputing. Its memory configuration, compute capabilities and performance per watt are unmatched in its class, and can help take supercomputers to the next level of performance and energy efficiency.”

Ice Age Adventures For Smartphones and Tablets Now Available

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After the worldwide success of Ice Age Village, Gameloft, a leading global publisher of digital and social games, and Fox Digital Entertainment, a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox Filmed Entertainment, have extended their partnership to create Ice Age Adventures, a new game inspired by the wildly popular Ice Age animated film franchise. Ice Age Adventures delivers hours of entertainment with its immersive gameplay and unique storyline, which features the official voices of Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (Denis Leary) and Diego (John Leguizamo).

Scrat's nutty pursuit of his beloved acorn once again has world-changing consequences. It’s up to players to help Sid rescue Manny and Diego, and then save the remaining members of the herd. Players will embark on an epic adventure, exploring uncharted worlds, battling iconic adversaries, solving puzzles, looking for treasures and taking on exciting challenges.

Players will meet all of the beloved Ice Age characters on their journey through Ice Age Adventures. In addition to familiar faces, look forward to the innovative and captivating gameplay, vibrant environments, beautiful graphics and a variety of fun mini games.