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- AMD's Barcelona summer
- If I was to make a top ten list for the most anticipated processors of 2007, I think that AMD’s Barcelona quad-core Opteron chip would top it. An AMD marketing person might say the chip is the most anticipated processor of 2007. Whether it’s the processor wars, AMD executives...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, quad-core processors, multicore processors, Intel, Data centers, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- AMD's hired guns
- Here’s another thing to consider when evaluating AMD’s current position in the market: Outsourcing. AMD’s top executive, Hector Ruiz, hinted about a potential new directing for the chipmaker during its earnings call on April 19. (You can view the transcript courtesy of SeekingAlpha, here.) Ruiz indicated AMD was exploring...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Desktops, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- Another take on AMD's debts
- I have been looking at AMD’s cash flow situation, recently. While it’s true that the company will have a relatively high amount of debt after it issues its $2 billion in senior notes—that’s $2 billion, as you can see here (link: here) , plus extra $200 million set aside to...
- Tags: AMD, Desktops, dual-core processors, notebooks, semiconductors, Servers, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- Who is worth more, you or AMD?
- Im not sure how affluent ChipLand readers are. But I assume you are well off, since you can afford a computer and some form of Internet access. But, according to News.coms Michael Kanellos, its possible that youve made more money in your career than AMD has in its lifetime. Mr....
- Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, quad-core processors, multicore processors, Intel, dual-core processors, Desktops, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Not your father's Intel Architecture
- Intel is using this weeks Intel Developer Forum in Beijing to show the new direction in which it is taking its processors. The chipmaker has begun to shift away from designing and manufacturing monolithic or single function chips. Instead, it has begun to create silicon that pairs its Intel Architecture...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, Semiconductor architecture, Power conservation, multicore processors, Intel, Data centers, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Servers bathed in oil
- A Porsche-o-phile friend of mine sort of jokes that air-cooled Porsche 911 sports car engines aren’t so much air-cooled as they are cooled by circulating their oil, some 12 or 15 quarts of it. (For a more technical explanation, Google “air-cooled Porsche.”) Porsche enthusiasts still argue about the merits of...
- Tags: Servers, Power conservation, Uncategorized, semiconductors, Intel, Data centers, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Warning signals tough going for AMD
- Advanced Micro Devices is learning that growing up is sometimes hard. The company said today that it has had difficulty reacting to a slowdown in purchases from its PC maker customers during the early part of the first quarter. Thus it has lowered its revenue expectation for the period. AMD...
- Tags: dual-core processors, processor price cuts, quad-core processors, consumer electronics, Hewlett-Packard, semiconductors, multicore processors, notebooks, Dell, Semiconductor architecture, Desktops, AMD, Servers, Uncategorized, Intel
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- Intel doesn't see much need to cut prices
- Digitimes is reporting that Intel is preparing to drop the prices on its Pentium 4 and Pentium D processors by 5-10% in April. (Link here.) There’s no real surprise in this, given that Intel has begun phasing out these processors.What’s more interesting is the relative lack of information, recently, about...
- Tags: AMD, Desktops, Intel, multicore processors, notebooks, processor price cuts, semiconductors, Servers, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-28
- Intel 45nm backed by fab four
- Intel has had an up and down week of sorts when it comes to processor fabrication plants. The company’s ill-fated Austin, Texas, fab was demolished on Sunday morning. But on Monday afternoon it announced plans to refit its Fab11X in Rio Rancho, N.M. Fab 11X will become Intel’s fourth 45-nanometer...
- Tags: Desktops, multicore processors, notebooks, semiconductors, Servers, Intel, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Intel may bring quad-cores to Vegas
- I’ve been reading that Intel is expected to announce quad-core processors for mainstream desktop PCs early in 2007. Press reports are saying the announcement will come during the Consumer Electronics Show, which starts on January 8.As far as I know, Intel has only said officially that the chips would arrive...
- Tags: consumer electronics, Uncategorized, Intel, AMD, Servers, Desktops, multicore processors, semiconductors
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- AMD fires new volley in chip core war
- Advanced Micro Devices has begun laying the groundwork for its next battle with Intel. Collectively, we might call these the core wars. AMD on Dec. 14 unveiled more details behind Fusion, its vision for the future of the x86 processor, in an effort to get customers—both PC makers and end...
- Tags: consumer electronics, semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Semiconductor architecture, Servers, AMD, Intel, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2006-12-19
- It takes 113 servers to run Google Calendar
- Thanks to Tony Ruscoe who did some digging around Google Calendar, we have a "changes" file meant for internal eyes only. The file he posts is mirrored since Google removed the changes file soon after it was discovered."Logs estimate: I count about 317 records/day/server. I see on average...
- Tags: Google Inc., Calendar, serverS
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
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- Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing
- On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- A Friday Active Directory puzzler
- We just purchased a new server for our district's central office. Nothing super-special, just a Windows Server 2003 for compatibility with a payroll and HRM application install with lots of storage and a moderately speedy quad-core Xeon. The existing server is out of space, out of resources, recently...
- Tags: Domain, User Profile, Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability
- The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...
- Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop
- Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...
- Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- I listened to the Black Hat webcast today to grab as much info as I could on this subject. The biggest thing that I heard from the whole talk is that the patch fixes things to a reasonable point, but that long-term, there will have to be more work...
- Tags: CERT, DNS Server, Server, Kaminsky, Dan, Patches, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft buys DATAllegro
- Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Is open source hurt by piracy?
- Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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