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AMD64 Multi-Core Computing Platforms and SolidDB Enable Consolidated Approach to Subscriber Databases and Related Applications 2007-05-30 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

With solidDB and AMD64 Multi-Core Processors, system architects can consider a new, consolidated approach to subscriber databases and related applications. In this new approach, the applications are run in the same multi-core/multi-processor system, together with the database server. With the consolidated approach, benefits can include greater performance, higher processor utilization, and improved load balancing and lower administration costs. In the consolidated approach, applications communicate with the dataset via the high bandwidth and low-latency Direct Connect Architecture, to decrease external network traffic and improve efficiency. AMD Virtualization technology may further improve performance when virtualization is used to place applications and database in different virtual machines.

Tags: Database Management, Virtualization

Do Newer Processors Equate to Slower Applications? 2007-05-16 Jupitermedia

Processor speeds have hit the wall with current technologies. The speed is nearly at the maximum that can be obtained, and people are virtually at the ceiling with current technology. Some additional speed will be tweaked and added, but overall it seems that using current processor technology, the maximum speed of a processor is just about upon users.

Tags: Software Engineering, Application Development

Embedding Test Components Into Operational Systems: A Guide to Enhance System Testing During Production 2007-05-15 IBM

Large enterprise solutions have many components. Verifying the operability of each system component is challenging, but it is an extremely important task. One can use embedded test components, even in a production environment, that make the whole system testable during deployment. This paper explains how to efficiently plan for embedded test components in the architectural, implementation, and operational phases of a project. The reader also discovers how to embed these test components with functional components with minimal operational overhead.

Tags: Software Engineering

Tuning C++ Applications for the Latest Generation X64 Processors With PGI Compilers and Tools 2007-05-09 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

At CUG 2006, a cache oblivious implementation of a two dimensional Lagrangian hydrodynamics model of a single ideal gas material was presented. This paper presents further optimizations to this C++ application to allow packed, consecutive-element storage of vectors, some restructuring of loops containing neighborhood operations, and adding type qualifiers to some C++ pointer declarations to improve performance. In addition to restructuring of the application, analysis of the compiler-generated code resulted in improvements to the latest PGI C++ compiler in the area of loop-carried redundancy elimination, resolution of pointer aliasing conflicts, and vectorization of loops containing min and max reductions. These restructuring and compiler optimization efforts by PGI and Sandia have resulted in application speedups of 1.25 to 1.80 on the latest generation of x64 processors.

Tags: Programming Languages, Application Development

Improving Mobile Asset Experiences With Intel Centrino Pro Processor Technology 2007-05-05 Electronic Data Systems

The ever-increasing trend toward mobilization presents challenges to traditional PC deployment, management and maintenance activities. EDS is investigating ways to improve services in this environment by integrating new hardware-based capabilities introduced with Intel Centrino Pro processor technology, into its services model for mobile PCs. EDS has been testing Intel Centrino Pro processor technology capabilities in an office environment (refer to sidebar) to investigate ways of integrating the capabilities of the brand into IT support processes.

Workloads for Niagara: Customer Deployments of Sun Niagara CMT Systems One Year On 2007-05-01 Sun Microsystems

This paper explores customer adoption of the Niagara processor since its market introduction in December 2005, focusing on the range of workloads that are running today on this Chip MultiThreaded (CMT) platform. In addition, IDC has interviewed customers who have adopted Niagara to learn about the IT requirements that Niagara addresses - and the deployment patterns found in those sites. Sun Microsystems has innovated in the area of multicore processor technology, introducing its Niagara processors in December 2005. Each processor contains eight cores, and each of those cores supports four threads, or streams, of jobs. This means hat any single Niagara processor can support up to 32 independent threads of processing, making it an efficient engine to host parallelized, multithreaded workloads.

Quad Core Intel Xeon Processor Benefits for Silicon Design 2007-11-13 Intel

The Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor running Synopsys Proteus* application for optical proximity correction increased performance and capacity without increasing server footprint of DC costs.

Tags: Processors, Network Design, Data Center

The Influence of Motherboard Specifications on the Evolution of the Desktop Form Factor 2007-05-01 IDG (International Data Group)

This white paper discusses trends in the desktop market specifically looking at new desktop sub form factors and the influences on their potential shipment growth. This paper looks at factors affecting the rise of new sub form factors, such as open motherboard specifications, compatibility, and ODM and OEM acceptance. The adoption of these new desktop sub form factors can literally reshape the face of the desktop PC market with new innovative designs.

Tags: Desktop Systems - PCs

Optimizing Oracle's Siebel Applications for the Sun Platform, Solaris 10 OS, and UltraSPARC T1 Processor 2007-04-01 Sun Microsystems

This paper discusses the performance optimization of a complete Siebel Enterprise solution on the Sun platform using UltraSPARC T1 and UltraSPARC IV+ processor based servers. Also presented in detail is information on tuning the Solaris Operating System (OS) tuning, Siebel 7.7 tuning, Oracle Database 10g server tuning, Sun storage tuning and Sun Java System Web Server tuning. Additionally, unique features of the Solaris 10 OS that reduce risk while helping improve the performance and stability of Siebel applications are discussed. All of the techniques discussed here are lessons learned from a series of performance tuning studies, which were conducted under the auspices of the Siebel Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP).

Tags: Processors, Sun Solaris

Intel Centrino Pro and vPro Processor Technology 2007-04-01 Intel

Remotely manage both wired and wireless PCs from the same IT console to increase security and simplify system management.

Tags: Desktop Systems - PCs, Workstations, Database Management, Laptops

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Title	Date Added	Company
AMD64 Multi-Core Computing Platforms and SolidDB Enable Consolidated Approach to Subscriber Databases and Related Applications	2007-05-30	Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
With solidDB and AMD64 Multi-Core Processors, system architects can consider a new, consolidated approach to subscriber databases and related applications. In this new approach, the applications are run in the same multi-core/multi-processor system, together with the database server. With the consolidated approach, benefits can include greater performance, higher processor utilization, and improved load balancing and lower administration costs. In the consolidated approach, applications communicate with the dataset via the high bandwidth and low-latency Direct Connect Architecture, to decrease external network traffic and improve efficiency. AMD Virtualization technology may further improve performance when virtualization is used to place applications and database in different virtual machines. Tags: Database Management, Virtualization
Do Newer Processors Equate to Slower Applications?	2007-05-16	Jupitermedia
Processor speeds have hit the wall with current technologies. The speed is nearly at the maximum that can be obtained, and people are virtually at the ceiling with current technology. Some additional speed will be tweaked and added, but overall it seems that using current processor technology, the maximum speed of a processor is just about upon users. Tags: Software Engineering, Application Development
Embedding Test Components Into Operational Systems: A Guide to Enhance System Testing During Production	2007-05-15	IBM
Large enterprise solutions have many components. Verifying the operability of each system component is challenging, but it is an extremely important task. One can use embedded test components, even in a production environment, that make the whole system testable during deployment. This paper explains how to efficiently plan for embedded test components in the architectural, implementation, and operational phases of a project. The reader also discovers how to embed these test components with functional components with minimal operational overhead. Tags: Software Engineering
Tuning C++ Applications for the Latest Generation X64 Processors With PGI Compilers and Tools	2007-05-09	Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
At CUG 2006, a cache oblivious implementation of a two dimensional Lagrangian hydrodynamics model of a single ideal gas material was presented. This paper presents further optimizations to this C++ application to allow packed, consecutive-element storage of vectors, some restructuring of loops containing neighborhood operations, and adding type qualifiers to some C++ pointer declarations to improve performance. In addition to restructuring of the application, analysis of the compiler-generated code resulted in improvements to the latest PGI C++ compiler in the area of loop-carried redundancy elimination, resolution of pointer aliasing conflicts, and vectorization of loops containing min and max reductions. These restructuring and compiler optimization efforts by PGI and Sandia have resulted in application speedups of 1.25 to 1.80 on the latest generation of x64 processors. Tags: Programming Languages, Application Development
Improving Mobile Asset Experiences With Intel Centrino Pro Processor Technology	2007-05-05	Electronic Data Systems
The ever-increasing trend toward mobilization presents challenges to traditional PC deployment, management and maintenance activities. EDS is investigating ways to improve services in this environment by integrating new hardware-based capabilities introduced with Intel Centrino Pro processor technology, into its services model for mobile PCs. EDS has been testing Intel Centrino Pro processor technology capabilities in an office environment (refer to sidebar) to investigate ways of integrating the capabilities of the brand into IT support processes.
Workloads for Niagara: Customer Deployments of Sun Niagara CMT Systems One Year On	2007-05-01	Sun Microsystems
This paper explores customer adoption of the Niagara processor since its market introduction in December 2005, focusing on the range of workloads that are running today on this Chip MultiThreaded (CMT) platform. In addition, IDC has interviewed customers who have adopted Niagara to learn about the IT requirements that Niagara addresses - and the deployment patterns found in those sites. Sun Microsystems has innovated in the area of multicore processor technology, introducing its Niagara processors in December 2005. Each processor contains eight cores, and each of those cores supports four threads, or streams, of jobs. This means hat any single Niagara processor can support up to 32 independent threads of processing, making it an efficient engine to host parallelized, multithreaded workloads.
Quad Core Intel Xeon Processor Benefits for Silicon Design	2007-11-13	Intel
The Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor running Synopsys Proteus* application for optical proximity correction increased performance and capacity without increasing server footprint of DC costs. Tags: Processors, Network Design, Data Center
The Influence of Motherboard Specifications on the Evolution of the Desktop Form Factor	2007-05-01	IDG (International Data Group)
This white paper discusses trends in the desktop market specifically looking at new desktop sub form factors and the influences on their potential shipment growth. This paper looks at factors affecting the rise of new sub form factors, such as open motherboard specifications, compatibility, and ODM and OEM acceptance. The adoption of these new desktop sub form factors can literally reshape the face of the desktop PC market with new innovative designs. Tags: Desktop Systems - PCs
Optimizing Oracle's Siebel Applications for the Sun Platform, Solaris 10 OS, and UltraSPARC T1 Processor	2007-04-01	Sun Microsystems
This paper discusses the performance optimization of a complete Siebel Enterprise solution on the Sun platform using UltraSPARC T1 and UltraSPARC IV+ processor based servers. Also presented in detail is information on tuning the Solaris Operating System (OS) tuning, Siebel 7.7 tuning, Oracle Database 10g server tuning, Sun storage tuning and Sun Java System Web Server tuning. Additionally, unique features of the Solaris 10 OS that reduce risk while helping improve the performance and stability of Siebel applications are discussed. All of the techniques discussed here are lessons learned from a series of performance tuning studies, which were conducted under the auspices of the Siebel Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP). Tags: Processors, Sun Solaris
Intel Centrino Pro and vPro Processor Technology	2007-04-01	Intel
Remotely manage both wired and wireless PCs from the same IT console to increase security and simplify system management. Tags: Desktop Systems - PCs, Workstations, Database Management, Laptops