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- Intel's Maloney: Enhanced technology can address demands of new data center
- At the afternoon keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, Executive VP Sean Maloney took some time to talk about what Intel is doing to address the needs of the enterprise and the changing data center. The reality, he said, is that the data center is undergoing a...
- Tags: Data Center, Intel Corp., Slot Machine, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Failover of Oracle Database Between HP 9000 (PA-RISC) Servers and HP Integrity (IPF) Servers Under HP-UX 11i
- HP's Intel Itanium-based Integrity architecture was designed to employ the same data format as PA-RISC-based HP 9000 architecture, which gives rise to all manner of cross-architectural scenarios such as simple database migration from the HP 9000 to HP Integrity or the reverse, and failover (Disaster-Recovery) configurations where HP 9000 systems...
- Tags: HP Integrity, HP-UX, Database, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., HP 9000, Oracle11i, Failover, HP PA-RISC, Oracle Database, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?
- Tech giants are spending heavily on research and development, but it's difficult to follow the bouncing return on investment ball. The research and development return topic was brought up by my ZDNet UK colleague Rupert Goodwins earlier this week. Rupert went on a tour of Microsoft Research...
- Tags: R&D, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., IEEE Spectrum, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?
- Some see Android as the biggest looming competitor to Microsoft's Windows Mobile. In fact, Android is more than that: It is a potential threat to both the Windows Mobile and Windows client platforms. So does it stand to reason that Microsoft is planning a single line of...
- Tags: Windows Platform, Phone, ARM, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, PC, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Corp., Android, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzy
- Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzyItanium doesn't stand a chance to NehalemOne things for sure (and probably why Intels Tukwila/Itanium has slipped by about a year) is that Itanium doesn't stand a chance against Nehalem and even when Tukwila does arrive, will have a tough ride against Nehalem-EX....
- Tags: Semiconductors, Servers, Processors, transistor, Nehalem, electron, Ballistic Deflection Transistor, single core server, Intel Itanium, server
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzy
- I spent most of Wednesday listening to Dell executives and their customers talk about Dell's new IT systems, especially its new Nehalem based servers. In the press room before the event, I was trying to read Dell's press release, and joking with colleagues that it was full...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., RISC, Information Technology, Microprocessor, Intel Corp., Nehalem Performance, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
- You're Gonna Need a Bigger Mouse for that Mainframe
- At the SHARE conference in Austin, Texas, the Birmingham, Alabama-based Mantissa Corporation unveiled z/VOS, a hypervisor that enables Windows desktops and servers to be virtualized on IBM mainframes. I don't generally like to blog about IBM technology on Tech Broiler because as an...
- Tags: IBM Mainframe, Mouse, Performance, Intel X86, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Transitioning SAP Environments From HP 9000 Servers Running HP-UX 11i to HP Integrity Servers Running HP-UX 11i
- To take advantage of the higher processing power and new architecture of the Intel Itanium processor, application binaries are recompiled for HP-UX on HP Integrity servers. HP-UX source code compatibility between PA-RISC and Itanium has enabled a simple and safe transition procedure. SAP applications and the backend database, are clearly...
- Tags: HP Integrity, HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP 9000, Environment, Oracle11i, Intel Itanium, SAP AG, HP PA-RISC, UNIX, Operating Systems, Processors, Servers, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2009-02-01
- Blackbox, SWaP, and the z10
- Blackbox, SWaP, and the z10Over a barrelis where IBM has you if you still use mainframes. Not only is the hardware very expensive, but the labor is too. Universities stopped their mainframes ages ago, so no CS student today has any idea what a mainframe is. This means that you...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Processors, Hardware cost, Shaw, mainframe, Z10, hardware, CPU
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Transforming Business-Critical Infrastructure Through Migration to Itanium-Based Servers: A Decision-Maker's Guide to the Benefits, Challenges, and Available Resources
- Itanium-based servers are changing the face of business-critical computing by delivering enterprise-class scalability and availability on an industry-standard computing architecture that is more flexible and affordable than proprietary RISC and mainframe architectures. The broad choice of vendors, operating systems, and applications provides a solid foundation for integration, and enables core...
- Tags: Intel Itanium, Benefit, Migration, Architecture, Mainframes, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2008-11-01
- Insurance Provider PT Asuransi Sinar Mas Takes on the Itanium Processor Platform to Support a Surge in Customer Numbers and a Growing Business
- PT Asuransi Sinar Mas the Company is one of the major industry leaders in the insurance sector in Indonesia. The Company prides itself with its commitment to customer satisfaction which it carries out through a business strategy that is supported by a strong IT infrastructure. Over the last two years,...
- Tags: Intel Itanium, Intel Corp., Insurance, Processors, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Finance
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- Sybase ASE High Availability Configuration on HP-UX
- HP MC/ServiceGuard (MC/SG) software is used to create high availability clusters on HP 9000 PA-RISC systems and Intel Itanium-based HP Integrity systems running HP-UX. A cluster is generally a networked group of servers having sufficient redundancy of software and hardware that a single point of failure will not significantly disrupt...
- Tags: HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co., High Availability, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Sybase Inc., Cluster, Databases, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-09-01
- Multi-core Intel chips to be used in handhelds and supercomputers?
- Intel's "Larrabee" family of multi-core chips, originally aimed at the personal-computer graphics market, may now see action in "an increasingly broad spectrum of the computing world, from Windows and Macintosh desktop personal computers to handhelds and even supercomputers," reports the New York Times. Larrabee is slated to...
- Tags: Supercomputer, Handheld, Multi-core, Graphics, Intel Corp., Chip, Larrabee, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Intel takes aim at Nvidia, AMD's ATI
- Intel is wading into the graphics chip market and its wake could roil Nvidia and AMD's ATI. On Monday, Intel is disclosing details (Intel statement, Techmeme) about Larrabee, a chip that will have stand alone graphics processing and aim for the gaming market. While Nvidia and AMD...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Larrabee, Jon Peddie, Semiconductors, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Electricity Distribution Company MSEDCL Powers Up Intel Itanium Processor-Based Servers to Slash Bill Processing Time Down 24-Fold
- Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. MSEDCL is one of India's largest power distribution utility in India. Operating in the state of Maharashtra, MSEDCL services more than 15 million customers. Every month, the company generates millions of billing statements that go out to customers. Processing these billings with speed and...
- Tags: Billing, Intel Itanium, Server, Intel Corp., MSEDCL, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Â A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...
- Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Thinking about multicore and software
- Informit.com recently ran a fascinating Andrew Binstock interview with Donald Knuth touching on some of the same topics we discuss here - programming methods, the value of open source, and the links between programming and hardware change. I want to get...
- Tags: Software, Job, T2, Multi-core, Hardware, Multi-threading, Tim Bray, Open Source, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Black Belt Itanium Processor Performance: The Foundation (Part 1 of 5)
- Many optimizations will automatically be enabled with aggressive compiler flags. However, with a small amount of performance analysis, architectural insight and targeted code modification, the software developer can greatly improve the resulting application performance. Understanding and resolving pointer ambiguation is important on all architectures and will always improve performance, but...
- Tags: Performance, Compiler, Intel Itanium, Performance Management, Processors, Development Tools, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2008-04-30
- 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
- Intel moving to six-cores this year; What will you do with them?
- Intel outlined plans to produce six-core chips in the fourth quarter. The move is that latest salvo in a game to out-core AMD on everything. AMD finally gets its quad-core chip out the door and Intel moves to six. The future looks like this: Four cores, six cores, eight cores,...
- Tags: Performance, Intel Itanium, Core, Intel Corp., Chip, Dunnington, Nehalem, Performance Management, Processors, Semiconductors, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
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