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- x86 Facing real competition
- x86 Facing real competitionBeen here before, Intel will eat the competitionI can tell the authors have been in the industry for less than 10 years. This "X86 facing real competition" has played out many time before and will play out the same again. I'll fast forward to the end -...
- Tags: Game players, Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, Intel x86, chip, InHell Itanic, IBM PowerPC, Microsoft Xbox, Intel Corp., RISC
- Discussion threads 2005-05-17
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- Thinking about multicore and software
- Thinking about multicore and softwareThanks! NT:)RE: Thinking about multicore and softwarePaul,Provided a link to this blog on http://www.multicoreinfo.com , which is a website for resources related to multicore processors.Independent JobsIn the Enterprise, dual core makes sense for handling anti-virus, encryption, and other annoying security overhead functions. When you start...
- Tags: Network technology, open source, T2, MULTICS & PAPPL, Thinking about multicore, hardware, software
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficiencies
- HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficienciesShould have bought AMD first.They could have obtained EDS at a later date, then filled it with cheap AMD products. AMD is a steal right now! EDS is currently filled with IBM products.RE: HP seals EDS deal; Services No....
- Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., No. 2
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- The obligatory "Victoria Falls" post
- The obligatory "Victoria Falls" postThe 800 lb Gorilla in the roomThere is no doubt that Moore's Law is making some very amazing things happen in CPU land. The T2+ would be even better if Sun could make CPUs that can clock to 4 Ghz (or EVEN 2 Ghz), but for...
- Tags: Network technology, Processors, T2+, T2
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- AMD acknowledges quad-core woes; Promises rebound; Highlights roadmap
- AMD acknowledges quad-core woes; Promises rebound; Highlights roadmapWell at least they are admitting...it instead of blowing smoke.I still use AMD64 X2's and like the price/performance point. Pair an X2 with the 690 chipset on an all-in-one ASUS mobo and a better business platform would be hard to find.RE: AMD acknowledges...
- Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., quad-core woe, quad-core, Highlights roadmap
- Discussion threads 2007-12-13
- Intel%2C+Microsoft+sell+150%2C000+laptops+to+Libya
- Intel%2C+Microsoft+sell+150%2C000+laptops+to+LibyaBill Gates can't even leave THAT alone!Microsoft HAS to come out with the cheap computer for developing nations! He can't let that 100-200 US$ industrial laptop win out or Windows would lose out!Quick! Donate some more stuff !!Oh well, let companies far and wide donatethe more the merrier, or the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, AC Power, Microsoft Windows NT, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-31
- The most exciting thing in IT
- The most exciting thing in ITAh yes, the best of the past . . .I was a great fan of the QMS printers - they were tough and the support was excellent - on par with Sun service!The HP workstations (HP735 et al) were workhorses that were tough and worked...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Strategy, Operating systems, UNIX, SCO Group Inc., SCOx, Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Is AMD's 65nm SOI process broken?
- Is AMD's 65nm SOI process broken?As soon as I read the headline...I knew it had to be George.Your bashing has become boring.Seems to be..and after all the SOI hubbub, too!Good topic. AMD made a huge stink about it's incredible and innovative SOI process a few years ago. That along...
- Tags: Processors, OPEN SOURCE, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., SOI, Intel Corp., processor
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- A dumb prediction: IBM will buy HP's Unix customers
- A dumb prediction: IBM will buy HP's Unix customersDumb[i]"So, bottom line, how dumb is this prediction? It’s a bet on how smart IBM is - and, really, how can that be a loser?"[/i]IBM is a multi-billion dollar making company whereas Sun seems to specialise in multi-billion dollar losses. HP is...
- Tags: Sun Solaris, Operating systems, Servers, HP Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., IBM AIX, Unix
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- To simplify software's access to multicore parallelism, AMD proposes new x86 spec. Will Intel accept?
- To simplify software's access to multicore parallelism, AMD proposes new x86 spec. Will Intel accept?Chip performance vs software"If you think chips have outpaced the performance needs of software so far"Anybody who is under such an illusion needs their head checked. I receive more complaints than ever from people about newer...
- Tags: Network technology, Semiconductors, Tools & Techniques, multi-core, specification, Intel x86, chip, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., 64-bit, software
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- HP vs. Compaq: the 100,000 foot financial view
- HP vs. Compaq: the 100,000 foot financial viewCarly's FollyWe all knew this at the time - everyone except Carly and her cronies. She wanted to grab Compaq's customers, and in the end she did. HP now outsells Dell on both x86 clients and servers. So in an era where PC...
- Tags: Sales strategy, UNIX, Operating systems, Sales force management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Servers, financial, HP Now, Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Is Intel trying to torpedo the OLPC?
- Is Intel trying to torpedo the OLPC?TTech going the way of pharmaceuticalsThe big technology companies are following the path blazed by the drug companies. Make America pay the cost of R&D through premium pricing for pharmaceuticals and technology. Then make Americans subsidize the costs of exporting our technology...
- Tags: Free trade, developing country, One Laptop Per Child project, Intel Corp., laptop computer, Here Come
- Discussion threads 2007-05-21
- AMD goes quad-core with Phenom
- AMD goes quad-core with PhenomSomeday, Soonish, Down the Road, LaterHmmm, then maybe someday, soonish, down the road, later I will spend moeny with AMD.Not likely but hey...tOOOO LATE!"Phenom" ????LOL What marketing "genius" came up with that name?LoLAMD is dead.Since the K6-2I have been using AMD in my builds...
- Tags: Processors, quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-14
- Java goes back to the PC
- Java goes back to the PCExcellent ArticleJust enough information to inspire Java applet work without to much Microsoft bashing. The Microsoft bashing is nonetheless critical in explaining why Applets are currently believed inferior by many developers including those now doing Web 2.0 work. What could also be mentioned in the...
- Tags: Programming languages, Microsoft Bashing, PC, Java, Microsoft Corp., applet, Java applet
- Discussion threads 2007-05-11
- Office, Vista launches boost Microsoft sales
- Office, Vista launches boost Microsoft salesDoing well...Apparently, Vista and Office 2007 are doing better than the naysayers would have us believe.Not bad, but....Vista doing well, Office doing well, and the XBox doing well. Linuxgeek must be throwing a fit right about now. But for MS to do even...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, sales, Microsoft Office 2007
- Discussion threads 2007-04-26
- Virtualization fits in small business
- Virtualization fits in small businessItanicThis is an excellent article. It deserves wide distribution. The story of the Itanic is worth bringing up. Itanium was the ill fated 64 bit Microsoft/Intel/HP joint project that went down like the Titanic owing to multicore multiprocessors from both Intel and AMD and back room...
- Tags: Utility computing, Storage management, Processors, small business, Intel Itanium, virtualization, 64-bit, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-25
- AMD's restructuring could be fab-less--or at least fab light
- AMD's restructuring could be fab-less--or at least fab light"Today, we have proliferated on a product line towards goodness."AMD is not going to recover by relying on IBM for R&D, nor on other companies to make its products. To me, when Apple began to purchase all its hardware components, that...
- Tags: Research & Development, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
- A stray thought about the missing Ux86
- A stray thought about the missing Ux86Why not...... insolate the processor from the computer? Do what IBM did with the AS/400 and create a 128bit computer architecture and implement it on a virtual machine. That way you get all the advantages of "future proof" architecture since the actual processor architecture...
- Tags: Processors, processor, Intel x86, hardware, Inhell, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-04-17
- Despite its aging design, the x86 is still in charge
- Despite its aging design, the x86 is still in chargeOld techologyIt is time for the x86 to go away and this stagnant pool to move on but the el-cheapo business solutions will continue to push them.For a transition, how about keeping ONE core that has all of the legacey,and the...
- Tags: Processors, Intel x86, Microsoft Corp., barrier, software, hardware barrier, hardware, software barrier
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- First Pentium CPUs shipped 14 years ago yesterday
- First Pentium CPUs shipped 14 years ago yesterdayyes. happy belated birthday inhell, oops intel pentium cpu!! ;-)the last 486 I had was a 486dx2 100mhz computer. gave it to a girlfriend's 2 kids to use for their school homework when I upgraded to a p133. not sure what they did...
- Tags: Processors, Intel Pentium, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel 486-DX66
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
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