LWN: [discuss] 4level page tables merged into mainline

LWN: [discuss] 4level page tables merged into mainline: "The new layout gives 47bit (=128TB) virtual address space to each process."

64-bit computing in theory and practice - The Tech Report - Page 2

64-bit computing in theory and practice - The Tech Report - Page 2: "Current AMD64 processors allow up to 40 bits of physical address space, or one terabyte, and up to 48 bits of virtual address space, or 256TB. Initial versions of WinXP x64 will support as much as 128GB of physical RAM and up to 16 terabytes of virtual memory. "

My Way News - Internet2 Network Aims to Boost Capacity

My Way News - Internet2 Network Aims to Boost Capacity: "In the new network, Internet2 will have the cables all to itself. Operators will initially be able to transmit data using 10 colors, or wavelengths, of light over a single cable, giving the network a capacity of 100 Gbps. Eventually, Internet2 hopes to transmit on 80 wavelengths"

CMP vs. SMP on Intel's Platform: Comparing Low-Level Memory Characteristics in RightMark Memory Analyzer

CMP vs. SMP on Intel's Platform: Comparing Low-Level Memory Characteristics in RightMark Memory Analyzer: "The real read and write memory bandwidth was tested in two modes � with enabled hardware prefetch, which is a normal processor mode, and with disabled hardware prefetch on the one hand"

CMP vs. SMP on Intel's Platform: Comparing Low-Level Memory Characteristics in RightMark Memory Analyzer

CMP vs. SMP on Intel's Platform: Comparing Low-Level Memory Characteristics in RightMark Memory Analyzer: "The real read and write memory bandwidth was tested in two modes � with enabled hardware prefetch, which is a normal processor mode, and with disabled hardware prefetch on the one hand"

Articles and Links

Articles and Links: "Calpont has implemented what would otherwise be the database via 'SQL on a chip' and all data is held in memory"

How to Get Up Right Away When Your Alarm Goes Off

How to Get Up Right Away When Your Alarm Goes Off: "you can�t trust yourself to make intelligent, conscious decisions the moment you first wake up"

APA Press Release: Groups Perform Better Than The Best Individuals At Solving Complex Problems

APA Press Release: Groups Perform Better Than The Best Individuals At Solving Complex Problems: "'We found that groups of size three, four, and five outperformed the best individuals and attribute this performance to the ability of people to work together to generate and adopt correct responses, reject erroneous responses, and effectively process information,' "

B2 Report: Sun's Hail Mary pass - Apr. 24, 2006

B2 Report: Sun's Hail Mary pass - Apr. 24, 2006: "Sun needs to cut 10,000 to 12,000 jobs � 27 percent of its workforce of 39,000 � to get its costs in line with the rest of the industry"

McNealy--an engineer's witty patron | CNET News.com

McNealy--an engineer's witty patron CNET News.com: "Scott McNealy, one of the longest-serving and best-known CEOs of Silicon Valley, announced Monday that he was stepping down as chief executive of Sun Microsystems. "

Say what? A look back at McNealy zingers | CNET News.com

Say what? A look back at McNealy zingers CNET News.com: "'Technology has the shelf life of a banana.' "

Andy on Enterprise Software: January 2006

Andy on Enterprise Software: January 2006: "SAP MDME will prove as problematic as the original SAP MDM, which is down pushing up the daisies in a software cemetery near Walldorf. A2i was a poor choice as a platform for a general purpose MDM tool that SAP needs, and this realization will start to sink in when customers start to try it out."

Product Review: A2i xCat 4.0

Product Review: A2i xCat 4.0: "A2i comes from a background of supporting large industrial catalogs that may have hundreds of thousands of items. The xCat is a high-performance, highly scalable product.
xCat combines several functions, including a front end to a SQL database, a data mining and presentation tool, a table creation and formatting tool, media management and consolidation tools, and a catalog creation tool. It takes data from one or more sources, including SQL databases, documents stored on a server, media files stored on a server, and data presented through Web services or XML. Print, Web, and CD-ROM catalogs can be created easily. The data can be sorted by a wide variety of categories to create specialized catalogs. Graphics can be standardized for the type of catalog, and searches can be preconfigured for the end-user.
A few of xCat's tools perform their specialized functions so well that they would be noteworthy as separate products. The data mining tool quickly and easily refines databases with over 500,000 entries, narrowing a very large multivendor product database to allow users to find specific items in less than a second."

SAP - Press Release

SAP - Press Release: "Founded in 1993 and based in Los Angeles, California, A2i, Inc. develops and markets xCat�, the industry-leading platform for enterprise-wide product content management and cross-media catalog publishing. As a result of the transaction, SAP acquires an experienced team with deep domain expertise and a world-class solution with proven success in a wide range of verticals including industrial goods, manufacturing, automotive, medical and retail. True to the strategy of SAP NetWeaver as one unified platform, the A2i xCat solution will become a fully integrated part of the SAP NetWeaver stack, eliminating the need for customers to engage in technology integration projects."

Reuters Business Channel | Reuters.com

Reuters Business Channel Reuters.com: "Chief Executive Paul Otellini said in a statement that 'PC growth rates have moderated over the course of the past few quarters"

Hmm, what lies are Non-Dr. Paul telling today...

PC Shipments Rise 13 Pct. in 1st Quarter - Yahoo! News

PC Shipments Rise 13 Pct. in 1st Quarter - Yahoo! News: "Computer shipments rose at a faster-than-expected 13 percent worldwide in the first quarte"

Microsoft extends Visual Studio handout program | The Register

Microsoft extends Visual Studio handout program The Register: "The worldwide population of non-professional developers is estimated to number some 18m individuals, compared to 14m professional programmers."

Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation : HBS Working Knowledge

Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation : HBS Working Knowledge: "Most companies have it all wrong. They don't have to motivate their employees. They have to stop demotivating them."

SAP steals BEA's thunder | The Register

SAP steals BEA's thunder | The Register: "'increasingly common' for customers and ISV partners of BEA to dump WebLogic and adopt SAP's NetWeaver Application Server - previously known as In-Q-My."

SAP launches customer-partner program | CNET News.com

SAP launches customer-partner program CNET News.com: "That was reiterated by Zia Yusuf, the recently named executive vice president of the NetWeaver platform ecosystem. "