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- Reduced Instruction Set Computer A computer architecture that reduces chip complexity by using simpler instructions. RISC compilers have to generate software routines to perform the equivalent processing performed...
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- Is the time right to move from RISC to Intel Architecture?
- Previous business decisions to deploy your IT solutions on RISC based architectures was most likely the right decision at the time based on the business need, the solutions availability and the architecture available to run that solution. Some of these solutions are likely due for an upgrade due to...
- White papers 2009-10-01
- Migrating From UNIX/RISC to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Intel Processor-Based Servers: Driving Higher Value Deep Into the Data Center
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on Intel processor-based servers is helping companies cut TCO by up to 50 percent and more versus comparable UNIX/RISC solutions, while providing a better foundation for growth. This white paper outlines the key benefits of migration and provides a step-by-step guide to planning and conducting...
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Staff Cost Savings Models to Justify RISC Migration
- In the past, RISC-based servers delivered performance and memory advantages that made them the workhorses of corporate computing. And even though the systems used expensive, proprietary components and were expensive to operate, many organizations ran their critical business applications - including database, ERP, CRM, DNS server, and others - on...
- White papers 2009-04-08
- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
- The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!
- The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!At a minimum, Arm will cause big problems for BOTH Intel and Microsoft.No, x86 and Windows will not die any time soon, but, low power, lower cost Arm will be hot in the netbook segment starting this year, and that cuts...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-13
- The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!
- Yesterday, OLPC project founder Nicholas Negroponte indicated that their next generation XO-2 will almost certainly eschew it's current x86-based design and move towards one that is based on the ARM, the most common embedded RISC architecture in the world. It's used in over a billion cell...
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- When Good Instructions Go Bad: Generalizing Return-Oriented Programming to RISC
- This paper reconsiders the threat posed by Shacham's "Return-oriented programming" - a technique by which OX-style hardware protections are evaded via carefully crafted stack frames that divert control flow into the middle of existing variable-length x86 instructions - creating short new instructions streams that then return. The paper believes this...
- White papers 2008-10-31
- AMD lures high-ranking Itanium designer
- AMD lures high-ranking Itanium designerAMD now has top architects from all server campsDEC Alpha, IBM Power, SUN UltraSparc, PA-RISC and Itanium.http://sharikou.blogspot.comSend them back!Stay away from the Titantic of chips.What is a "fellow?"Or a "Senior Fellow" for that matter?This is really strange, especially after Intel AT LASTammounced the revival of its...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- Partnership set to run RISC software on Intel chips
- Partnership set to run RISC software on Intel chipsSo it's software emulation?Details are sketchy... sounds to me like this is supposed to be highly optimized software emulation for Itanium chips, and the whole selling point is that it's so optimized and the Itanium is so powerful, that software emulation will...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-06
- The Megahertz Myth and the UltraSPARC T1
- The Megahertz Myth and the UltraSPARC T1CISC vs. RISCand RISC winning every time! If this is the case then WHY are people so GA-GA over x86 servers? Seems a tad fishy to me.So if Xeon's are waiting for memory, then shouldn't the slower in Ghz Xeon chips = the performance...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-07
- Moore's Law, Cell, and CMT
- Moore's Law, Cell, and CMTInteresting takeIn terms of the future and Sun's Niagra CMT: Placing more "stuff" in hardware is a retreat from the principles of RISC and an admission that software solutions are not cost effective. InHell is banking on the converse of that idea. Itanic EPIC minimizes hardware...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-03
- 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 -...
- Discussion threads 2005-05-17
- Low-cost laptops shedding weight
- Low-cost laptops shedding weightOrganic LED, compact flash and a riscThat's what I want. The risc and LED use less power.AveratecI purchased a 3250 a couple of months back and I am very satisfied with its performance. 4 pounds, 1 inch thick closed, Athlon 2200+, 512MB ram, 80GB drive and a...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-28
- Developing markets to get low-power PCs
- Developing markets to get low-power PCsThe whole Apple Mac mini consumes 25wattsAnd is much more powerful than a 1.4GHz via. They should look at a risc architecture. If they're running Linux, it won't matter.A strongarm/xscale is pretty fast.(or they could make their own risc, or use the design for OR1K...
- Discussion threads 2005-02-01
- Eyeing the next wave in RISC computing
- Eyeing the next wave in RISC computingI'll believe it when I see it ntnt = no textAnd what about EPIC?Intel and HP decided that the EPIC architecture would supercede RISC. Taking that branch-prediction and pipelining complexity out of hardware and into software is a very interesting idea. Once again you...
- Discussion threads 2004-11-18
- Sun revamps servers with UltraSparc, Opteron
- Sun revamps servers with UltraSparc, OpteronStrategy will fail...Sun getting the x86 religion is meaningless as they support it with dying technologies liek Solaris and Linux. At this time, most major vendors are working on Longhorn and how to best integrate this feature rich OS into their offerings. Where is Sun...
- Discussion threads 2004-02-10
- HP brings new chips to servers
- HP brings new chips to serversHP's support for Opteron will greatly delay uptake on ItaniumWhy is Intel still pushing a technology which is disrtuptive to adopt, while AMD gives most of the 'bang' without the disruption?Interesting timesthe good news is that more recent 64 architectures AMD and Intel are increasingly...
- Discussion threads 2004-02-09
- FFT for RISC 2.0 (Mac)
- This is an FFT Fast Fourier Transform library which was optimized for speed on RISC processors such as the PowerPC. Most FFTs use single precision floats; for double precision, just use a global search and replace to change float options in all source files. Optimization was done using a PowerPC...
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- Lockheed Martin Unit Moves SAP From UNIX to Windows, Cuts Technology Cost 41 Percent
- SAP software is mission critical to the Missiles and Fire Control unit of global aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin, which wanted to significantly reduce the costs of its deployment while improving its performance. Its solution: migrate the SAP infrastructure from Reduced Instruction Set Computing RISC platforms running UNIX to the Microsoft...
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- Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?
- I hope soNVIDIA with x86-64 technology would be Next Big ThingTM, although I'd rather see a new architecture replace the aging x86. 64-bit is just a tack-on feature set of x86. I'd rather see something in line with IA64 from NVIDIA to shake up Intel. I'm sure...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
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