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- Analysis of Sun's 'Niagara 2' UltraSPARC T2
- Sun Microsystems launched their brand new "Niagara 2" UltraSPARC T2 8-core CPU last Tuesday August 7th 2007 as the successor to the UltraSPARC T1 8-core CPU launched in November of 2005. During the launch Sun's executive VP David Yen took a few shots at big iron competitors IBM and Intel...
- Tags: T2, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Server, Analysis, Intel Corp., UltraSPARC T2, T2 CPU, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- The T2 and media reaction
- The T2 and media reactionWill this make my Amiga 500 go faster? ...T2 performance and power consumptionIt's amazing that it is possible to get real performance improvements and a far lower power bill as soon as you look away from x86. Modern processors such as UltraSPARC T2 and several MIPS...
- Tags: Network technology, T2, Sun Microsystems Inc., UltraSparc T2
- Discussion threads 2007-09-04
- The T2 and media reaction
- The UltraSPARC T2 announcements back on August 7th consisted of two separate stories. The first of these involved Sun's plan to sell it into the commodity processor market. Unfortunately almost nobody in the press understood either the announcement itself or where Sun's taking this, with the straight up treatment given...
- Tags: Network technology, Processors, Paul Murphy, T2, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, UltraSparc T2
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
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- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?Toshiba Cell Laptop anyone?...[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9102518&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top]FYI[/url]Slap Yellow Dog Linux on it and you are good to go!Do we know if backwards compatibility is holding back......progress? Or is it just purists who would like to see legacy support end?Currently x86 outperforms US T2 in just...
- Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Real Bottom Line, Linux STILL, Linux architecture, Intel x86, Linux, slate
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- 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
- Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for Microsoft
- Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for MicrosoftNot even Bill gates is happy with MicrosoftStrange that you should incessantly spin them as compelling..... or are you being adequately compensated (free money, not software)?Bill Gates Sends Angry Email to Microsoft http://www.lockergnome.com/digged/2008/06/25/bill-gates-sends-angry-email-to-microsoft/Wednesday, June 25th,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Virtualization, cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- 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
- 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
- HARDiNFO 2008 Professional (zip)
- HARDiNFO 2008 is a All-in-one System Information, Diagnostic and Benchmark application designed to be used by Small Business to Large Business and Professionals. HARDiNFO 2008 displays the hardware information in well organized categories with high quality graphical representation of each hardware component for fast and easy understanding. HARDiNFO 2008 is...
- Tags: Enterprise Edition, Information, CPU, Ultimate Systems, HARDiNFO 2008, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-05-05
- Using mail for phishing
- Using mail for phishingSnailmail phishing already happening - legally!Murph said: [i]"As it turned out the letter we got was naive but genuine - but your next one may not be because sooner or later some bad guy is going to do this - and take at least a few hundred...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, phishing, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- The view from stupid
- The view from stupidWhen and how to explainI recall from the Comment that you refused to provide full explanations, in Comment or TalkBack because you would have required too much time and space. (Paraphrasing.)As at that time, I'll observe that assertions must be supportable, by data or by logic....
- Tags: Processors, Network technology, PPC, Apple Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- The obligatory 'Victoria Falls' post
- For those who don't know, Sun's new T2+ machines extend the T2's CMT capabilities across multiple units to produce 16 and 32 core SMP machines capable of handling 128 and 256 concurrent threads respectively. Sun blogger Denis Sheahan provides a good overview of the current dual...
- Tags: T2, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Performance Opportunity, Network Technology, Networking, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- 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
- Sun revs its data center efficiency message
- Sun Microsystems, which was the first major server company to qualify for utility company rebates for the energy efficiency of its technology, has upped the data center server ante with two new models in its CMT SPARC Enterprise server line. The two new systems, the T5140 and...
- Tags: Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., Material, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-12
- I'm not against Windows; Unix just works better
- I'm not against Windows; Unix just works betterIt is one thing to lie ....... to the people here but don't lie to yourself. You are most definitely against Windows and Intel. You have made enough anti-Microsoft and anti-Intel statements to prove that point beyond doubt.All niceBut you almost...
- Tags: Operating systems, Unix, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- I'm not against Windows; Unix just works better
- I'm biased in favor of Unix and against Windows - everybody knows that except me; my perception is that I like things that work and Unix works better. Potential client: "Look, you've got a rep and we're concerned you're just going to recommend Solaris on SPARC -...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., PC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Beer Money, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Processors, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Costs: Wintel vs. open source
- One of the true wonders of our age is the ability lots of otherwise reasonable people have to tell you with every evidence of believing it themselves that PCs cost a few hundred bucks and last for years - and then go off to spend well over a thousand replacing...
- Tags: Wintel, Hewlett-Packard Co., Open Source, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Catching x86 between Rocks and Cells
- Catching x86 between Rocks and CellsA note about TII wrote this one before going ski-ing (just in case..). Since then Sun announced thatTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co would be providing fabrication services for its next generation 45nm chips - and, I'm guessing, that really means the Rock series.StampedingMovement away from x86...
- Tags: Processors, Intel x86
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- Internet Forecast: scattered clouds, no rain
- Internet Forecast: scattered clouds, no rainCloud Computing is a game changer...But not for the reasons many seem to advocate.It is interesting because it lowers economic barriers to compute intensive applications by allowing what used to be capital costs fixed costs in the economic sense into expense costs (variable costs in...
- Tags: Business structures, Engineering, OPEN SOURCE, Strategic planning, Cloud Computing, Internet, computing
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Hey, I love you too, guy
- Here's a comment from not so frequent contributor "SO.CAL Guy": murph_z you should be the last person calling someone a zealot. your the biggest zealot on zdnet. your blog is near the bottom of the list for a reason. ...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, Intel Xeon, Performance Management, Processors, Servers, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
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