I’m sure by now everyone who frequents this blog has heard about the California crop circle. Naturally, it’s generating talk of aliens. It looks like a computer chip. My guess is that it’s a clever promotion for some new chip or motherboard for some new tech device – computer, game system, etc. – put into a circle. If it’s not, it ought to be – that would be brilliant since it would go viral. Or it could be the work of some random nerdiness.
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Actually, chip maker Nvidia ‘fessed up:
A 310-foot “crop circle” in a California barley field that mystified locals this week was explained Sunday: it was a publicity stunt by Nvidia, a maker of chips for PCs and smartphones.
The crop circle near Chualar, Calif., contained a stylized image of a computer chip and the number “192” in Braille. On Sunday, the company announced the Tegra K1, a new chip for tablets and smartphones that contains 192 computing “cores,” or mini-computers, for graphics applications.
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said at a press conference in Las Vegas, ahead of the International Consumer Electronics Show, that he had given his marketing department the mission to promote the chip on a shoe-string budget. The crop circle received wide attention. Rumors of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia’s involvement appeared Sunday before the press conference.
yep; saw that.
Still awaiting moderation Mike.
On which thing in particular? my three blogs are a fraction of my life. If comments are too frequent and too long, it takes a while to get to them. (And then they can easily drop off the radar). The more specific the item, the better.