AMD to demonstrate dual-core chips | CNET News.com

AMD to demonstrate dual-core chips | CNET News.com

The software side of Intel | CNET News.com

The software side of Intel | CNET News.com: "Best known for processors that have been at the heart of the PC industry for more than 20 years, Intel has quietly amassed an army of more than 8,000 software engineers, according to sources familiar with the company. "

Ars Technica: The Future of Prescott - Page 1 - (6/2004)

Ars Technica: The Future of Prescott - Page 1 - (6/2004): "IBM's POWER5 uses hyperthreading, and it certainly doesn't have the outrageous 31-stage pipeline length of Prescott. In fact, the POWER5's 16-stage pipeline isn't much longer than the Pentium M's speculated pipeline length of 12 to 14 stages. I say this only to illustrate the point that there's nothing in the lower number of pipeline stages that somehow magically makes the Pentium M a poor candidate for hyperthreading."

LinuxDevCenter.com: Tales of Optimization and Troubleshooting [Jun. 03, 2004]

LinuxDevCenter.com: Tales of Optimization and Troubleshooting [Jun. 03, 2004]: "Tales of Optimization and Troubleshooting"

NewsForge | Analysis: New Fujitsu deal looks like smart long-term move for Sun

NewsForge | Analysis: New Fujitsu deal looks like smart long-term move for Sun: "The key point regarding Tuesday's news is that Sun and Fujitsu also have collaborated for years on the design and production of the carrier-grade UltraSPARC chip architecture they each use in their enterprise servers. This is part of the technology foundation they will use to create the new product line, which could boost the fortunes of Sun in a big way. McNealy said the APLs will provide 10 to 20 times the throughput and storage capacity of the older servers.
Sun needs to offload this new work because it wants to focus more resources on a couple of even more advanced enterprise projects: the new multithreaded Rock and Niagara chips, which are expected to be introduced in 2006. "

Dell nears Sun in IBM-led server race | CNET News.com

Dell nears Sun in IBM-led server race | CNET News.com

Intel MFG

Intel Will Not Enable 64-Bits in Existing Prescott Cores: "By 3Q 2004, we'll see chip volume from Intel's 90nm process technology surpassing the 130nm technology volume. Regarding Intel's 300mm wafer production, Barrett says Intel is 10 times ahead of the competition in CPU manufacturing and fab capability, yielding sizable cost reductions and competitive advantages. The 130nm process generation will still be manufacturing in declining volume through early 2005, and by mid-2005 we'll see the 65nm technology emerge in products. Using a ballpoint pen tip that's about 1 square millimeter in size, Barrett said a 65nm static ram cell is about 10000 times smaller, or about one half a square micron, and Intel can put about 10M transistors in a square millimeter, or 1B transistors per square centimeter if building SRAM alone, though packing densities would be quite so high for a full microprocessor design. Intel has developed 75 Mbit SRAMs on 65nm technology in their labs. At the 65nm process level, the gate length is about 30nm. "

IBM eServer - Linux on POWER - Analyst Watch: Linux on POWER in top 64-bit racing form

IBM eServer - Linux on POWER - Analyst Watch: Linux on POWER in top 64-bit racing form

AnandTech: AMD Touts World's First Purpose-Built 64-Bit X86 300 mm Production

AnandTech: AMD Touts World's First Purpose-Built 64-Bit X86 300 mm Production: "'Less than six months after we broke ground for AMD Fab 36, the first significant phase of our 300 mm wafer fab project has been completed successfully, and we are well on our way to meeting our overall project schedule,' said Hans Deppe, vice president and general manager for AMD Saxony. 'We have now begun to install the necessary infrastructure that will allow us to be ready for equipment towards the end of the year in preparation for our planned first production shipments in the first half of 2006.'"

CoolTechZone-HP inserts two Itanium 2 chips in one socket

CoolTechZone-HP inserts two Itanium 2 chips in one socket: "HP released a new module for the company's high-end servers that will allow business consumers to insert two Itanium 2 processors into one socket. HP plans to increase the performance while being cost-effective to it's enterprise level consumers."

DevChannel | File alteration monitoring techniques under Linux

DevChannel | File alteration monitoring techniques under Linux: "

File alteration monitoring techniques under Linux"

ONJava.com: Performance Analysis of J2EE Applications Using AOP Techniques [May. 12, 2004]

ONJava.com: Performance Analysis of J2EE Applications Using AOP Techniques [May. 12, 2004]: "Performance Analysis of J2EE Applications Using AOP Techniques"

Microsoft, SAP get closer on Web services | CNET News.com

Microsoft, SAP get closer on Web services | CNET News.com: "The nitty gritty
Specifically, the deal calls for SAP and Microsoft to do the following:
� This summer, begin testing tools that will let developers use Microsoft's Visual Studio.Net tools to build SAP Web portal applications.
� Offer through SAP a new version of SAP.Net Connector, a tool for linking SAP applications to Microsoft.Net.
� Incorporate what Microsoft calls advanced Web services protocols to handle transactions into SAP's NetWeaver. Microsoft, along with IBM, introduced those advanced Web services concepts last year.
� Make available sample code and a software development kit for integrating Office applications, such as Excel, into SAP's applications. The support extends to Longhorn, as the next version of Windows, expected in 2006.
� Integrate SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft Exchange and Windows SharePoint Services software. Microsoft said it will deliver software to integrate those products later this year.
In addition, the companies will jointly staff a collaboration technology support center in Walldorf, Germany, where SAP is based. SAP and Microsoft will collaborate on marketing and sales calls, publishing technical papers, and funding of marketing development."

Forbes.com: AMD Sells Without Dells

Forbes.com: AMD Sells Without Dells: "According to data from Current Analysis, a research firm based in La Jolla, Calif., AMD accounted for 52% of all retail desktop-PC sales for the week ended April 24, compared with Intel's 47%. "

First IBM Power5 server to debut Monday | CNET News.com

First IBM Power5 server to debut Monday | CNET News.com

Taking the stupidity out of 'Stupid Patent Tricks'

Taking the stupidity out of 'Stupid Patent Tricks': "'You can tell the system isn't working,' he says, 'when engineers don't respect it. And they don't. They see patents being awarded to people they consider not as smart as they are for work they think is mediocre, and they think it's a game. It should be an honour to be granted a patent. We should raise the bar.' "

NewsForge | CARP your way to high availability

NewsForge | CARP your way to high availability: "CARP your way to high availability"

HP takes on Fujitsu Siemens, Dell, IBM

HP takes on Fujitsu Siemens, Dell, IBM: "THE SERVER DIVISION of HP is saying that its Proliant ML370 G3 has set a record for the highest performing and lowest price performance results for 1P and 2P servers.
It said that two way TPC-C performance and price performance amopunted to 60,364 transactions per minute while having a 'bang for the buck' of $3.51. Meanwhile, a one way system gave 35,030 tpmC at a price performance of $1.88/tpmC"

Sun Community Source Licensing (SCSL) - Principles

Sun Community Source Licensing (SCSL) - Principles: "With a Research Use license, a developer may take any approach to using the source code in order to determine whether the technology can be of use; in fact, the developer can do all the work leading up to deployment with such a license. "