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A Novel Architecture for VLIW Processor

Technology has seen the development of processor industry right from micro to the latest Nanotechnology with speed being important criteria. Not much attention has been given to the power required to drive these Integrated Circuits. With gaining popularity in mobile computing, developing mobile processors have gained popularity since these processors...

Tags: VLIW, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2007-01-01

Additional Resources

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

A stray thought about the missing Ux86

In a conversation last week, ZDnets senior editor, David Berlind, asked me what would constitute an exciting development for x86 - and I didnt have a thought to offer. But that was then, and now? consider that nobody makes and sells an x86...

Tags: Unanswered questions, General

Blog posts 2007-04-17

Intel's 80-core concept car

If Intel were to do a concept car ala General Motors or Toyota, an 80-core chip is exactly what it would build.The chipmaker’s Intel Research group, at this week’s International Solid-State Circuits Conference, unveiled more of the details behind its 80-core Teraflops Research Chip. The chip, which was first disclosed...

Tags: chip, Intel Corp., Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-02-12

MacTel: "the real story"

MacTel: "the real story"Backwards CompatibilityBackwards compatibility is important for the most widely used operating system in the world. Gee, go figure... All the haters out there continue to criticize MS but we would not be where we are today without Microsoft. What most likely you are going to see is...

Tags: Processors, Games, Backwards-Compatibility, Intel Itanium, Cell, Intel x86, Microsoft Corp., PPC, Sun Sparc, performance, river, Sony PlayStation 3

Discussion threads 2006-12-15

MacTel: "the real story"

As I discussed yesterday, Robert Cringley has spent a lot of PBS Pulpit time trying to find the gold in Apples MacTel decision. Now, personally, I rather think people, even people like Steve Jobs, make mistakes - but, lets consider an alternative theory. This one starts with Microsoft...

Tags: PPC, Microsofts, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-12-15

"HP promises Unix improvements" uhuh

Stephan Shankland had a story under that headline, minus the "uhuh" of course, on the December 1st CNET news page - heres his head line summary: Hewlett-Packard is preparing to release security and virtualization improvements to its Unix operating system and says its now fulfilling a long-promised...

Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Servers, Intel Itanium, compiler, HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co., Unix

Blog posts 2006-12-07

PS3 based super-computing cluster on Linux

As many people know Yellow Dog Linux, from Terra Soft, now runs on the Cell engine in Sonys PS3. Thats very cool, but the thing many people may not realize is that Terra Soft isnt so much in the yellow dog business as it is in the supercomputing...

Tags: General, Cell, Terra Soft Solutions Inc., Hardware, Linux

Blog posts 2006-11-29

Intel to sell new Itanium servers

Intel to sell new Itanium serversNot a minute too soon....I didn't realize that Itanium was still around .... What took Intel so long to wake up and realize that it botched Itanium so badly and go back to start to work on it again? SGI to the fall in the...

Tags: Processors, server, Dell Computer Corp., AMD64, Intel Corp., Intel Itanium

Discussion threads 2006-09-22

AMD's CTO says Intel messed up

AMD's CTO says Intel messed upDid Phil come clean?".. commercial space, and there are others in the works...but it's an area where historically we were not stronger..."I thought it was because Intel had a gun to the OEM's head? That it was not about AMD's having uncompetitive solutions?Yikes.. more..."..There's been...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, Intel IA-64, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-22

Here Jini, Here Jini, Jini, jini

Here Jini, Here Jini, Jini, jiniI was under the impressionthat Jini was just another way of doing device drivers. If what you say is true, then Jini is worse than .NET in being able to explain what it is.Price+perf is what matters, not number of coresCertainly mult-core has been around...

Tags: Java, Microsoft Corp., Jini, MAJC

Discussion threads 2006-03-23

Itanium: A cautionary tale

Itanium: A cautionary talepoor performance per dollarunfortunately everyone has a budget, for the price of a single itanium cpu (1.5Ghz = $1900) you can have a complete entry level dual-core system.History lessonSun became the number one UNIX vendor when they came out with SPARC. One thing they did was to...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, EPIC architecture, Inhell, chip, Digital Equipment Corp., EPIC, Alpha, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP PA-RISC, Itanic, Intel Itanium

Discussion threads 2005-12-07

Hardware strategies and programming models: What's coming

Hardware strategies and programming models: What's comingRemarkableFirst reaction was to look at Microsoft and basic strategy.Are you looking at Vista as part of XP?It's going to be out long before any X360 changes could be moved to Windows.What of backward compatibility?That's an essential sales point for them.Running older applications might...

Tags: Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, programming model, strategy, IBM Corp., Hardware strategy, Linux, CPU, programming, Cell, hardware, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-09-13

Itanium allies to pool development efforts

Itanium allies to pool development effortsThe Problem With Itanium . . .was that everyone kind of expected it to be the 64 bit motherload that the Xeon was to x386. Well, that hasn't materialized and with good reason. Sure 5,000 apps is a good start, but until M$...

Tags: Processors, 64-bit, Network technology, EPIC architecture, Intel Itanium, chip, HP PA-RISC

Discussion threads 2005-08-30

How a chill-pill for your server room improves your bottom line

How a chill-pill for your server room improves your bottom line3rd time is a charmThe StrongARM processor was the first chip to be engineered to use less power. Although Mr. Ellison's network computer never flew, the last of the Apple Newtons were fantastic devices! Its a testament to ARM's design...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, van, chip, Intel Pentium M, Transmeta Corp., Intel Pentium, 32-bit, Intel Corp., Sossaman, CPU, server

Discussion threads 2005-07-29

Intel's friends pass on Itanium chipset

Intel's friends pass on Itanium chipsetThe BUS speeds are 8 times HIGHER``The improved front-side bus bandwidth allows for 10.6 gigabits of data per second to pass from the processor to other system components. In contrast, the current generation 400MHz FSB transfers 6.4 gigabits of data per second.''It is 10.6 and...

Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Intel Corp., Intel Itanium, processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chipset

Discussion threads 2005-07-18

Intel tweaks Pentium D for servers

Intel tweaks Pentium D for serversIntel playing catch up to thebig boys (IBM Power4/5, SUN Niagara) and even AMD (dual-core processors) ....Intel lost its vision of the future. No Itanium 3/4 just the dynosauric x86 .... Intel, where is your past glory?Just for the sake...... of making a commentYes, Intel...

Tags: Processors, EPIC, server, Intel Pentium, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Corp., Intel x86, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Intel Itanium, dual-core, big boy

Discussion threads 2005-07-08

Can HP's 'Arches' Superdome server save Itanium?

Can HP's 'Arches' Superdome server save Itanium?The Itanic hasn't sunk yetJust as the "Big Lie" will be believed if you repeat it for long enough, the Itanic will rise someday. The chip is a winner in terms of design features (although the "wasted space" for the x86 processing "core" keeps...

Tags: Processors, HP Superdome, Hewlett-Packard Co., chip, Intel Itanium, IBM PowerPC, Intel x86, Intel Corp., server

Discussion threads 2005-03-31

Intel to spotlight new Itanium: 'Poulson'

Intel to spotlight new Itanium: 'Poulson'Intel to spotlight newjazzy names (as opposed to producing a viable 64-bit server chip....)Ohh Intel, Intel, .... what has happened to you? When are you going to end the x86 quigmire? x86-64 is an elephant of a chip and IA-64 has left a bad aftertaste...

Tags: Processors, Utility computing, Network technology, X86-64, Intel Itanium, Intel x86, Intel IA-64, 64-bit, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-02-28

For Intel, 32/64-bit chips a long time coming

For Intel, 32/64-bit chips a long time comingIntel is the technology leader in Chip designsINTEL is paving the way towards the future of 32/64 bit computing.X86 will never scale like ItaniumYippee! Consumers get to run X86 for another 30 years. OK, we can all get some rest from all...

Tags: Processors, Network technology, 32/64-bit chip, IBM POWER5, Intel Corp., Intel Itanium, Intel x86, 64-bit, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2004-02-18