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whitepaper Windows ACPI Emulated Devices Table2009-04-06 Microsoft
  Modern PC platforms often use devices that have known errata. In this case, the Windows family of operating systems may include mechanisms to work around these known errata whenever possible. Two example devices are the Real-Time Clock (RTC) and the ACPI Power Management (PM) timer, as implemented in some chipsets. When an operating system runs as a guest in a virtualized environment, a device may be emulated by an underlying Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) or hypervisor. Unlike the actual device, the emulated device might not contain the errata. In this situation, special-case handling by the operating system software is unnecessary. Applying a needless work around to an emulated device can introduce unnecessary software overhead or lead to incorrect behavior when the operating system accesses device.

Tags: Components		   
whitepaper Consolidating DSS Workloads on Dell PowerEdge 11G Servers Using Oracle 11g Database Replay2009-04-01 Dell
  Any server consolidation project must be preceded by a well-planned effort to predict the energy consumption and performance capacity of the new platform as compared to the legacy environment. This paper shows how one can use the Oracle Database Replay feature as a reliable tool to help in server consolidation projects. It also showed that PowerEdge 11G servers equipped with Xeon 5500 Series chipsets for I/O and processor interfacing provide an ideal platform to consolidate legacy database environments. The R710 chipset is designed to support Intel's Nehalem-EP processor family, QuickPath Interconnect, DDR3 memory technology, and PCI Express Generation 2. This paper also indicates that 11G servers offer large performance gains when compared to older generations of servers with front side-bus architectures.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Components		   
whitepaper Windows 7 - Mobile Broadband Certification for Existing Chipsets2009-03-20 Microsoft
  This paper provides information about Windows 7 support for Mobile Broadband. It provides guidelines for hardware manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, and mobile network operators on developing logo-compliant Mobile Broadband drivers for chipsets/modules that are already commercially deployed. By following the recommendations in this paper, older devices can meet all the MB driver model requirements without changing their firmware.

Tags: Desktop Client OS, Components		   
whitepaper High-Volume Nano FPGAs: Going Where No FPGA Has Gone Before2008-11-01 Actel
  Electronic devices have found their way into every aspect of daily life. This popularity is driving demand for more portability and higher integration. While demand is increasing, design teams are challenged with meeting shorter time-to-market demands in their current design processes. Traditional ASIC and ASSP design technologies are limited by the time and cost required not only in the initial design, but also in upgrades and updates once a system is in use. FPGAs address these limitations, giving design teams a system development platform that is fast, flexible, and cost effective. Using FPGAs, design teams can implement a design in a fraction of the time, and at a fraction of the cost required for the traditional custom IC approach.

Tags: Components		   
whitepaper Power Improvements on 2008 Desktop Platforms2008-10-01 Intel
  This paper presents platform- and silicon component power data that demonstrate advances in desktop platform power management enabled on 2008 platforms, built with the Intel Q45 Express Chipset, originally referred to by the codename ''Eaglelake,'' and Intel processors based on the original 45nm Intels Coret2 Quad microarchitecture, originally referred to by the codename ''Yorkfield/Wolfdale.'' For instance, a 2008 desktop platform with more advanced power management can demonstrate (when correctly configured) a 16-percent reduction in AC idle power when compared with the same platform enabled with 2007 platform power-management techniques.

Tags: Client System Hardware, Components		   
whitepaper Performance Advantage of Dell PowerEdge R900 over HP DL585 Running Microsoft Hyper-V2008-09-01 Dell
  Information Technology organizations are finding that combining today's industry standard servers based on multi-core processors with server virtualization can create highly efficient solutions. A series of tests were run comparing a Dell™ PowerEdge™ R900 server using new Intel six-core processors against previous generation quad-core processor servers. Microsoft Windows Server 2008's server virtualization technology Hyper-V was used as the basis with many Virtual Machines running on each of the servers tested. The results of these tests showed that the Dell PowerEdge with Intel six-core processors was able to outperform quad-core processor based servers, with increased performance per watt efficiency.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Components, Storage Hardware, Server Hardware		   
whitepaper Orchid Technologies Engineering & Consulting, Inc.2008-08-21
  Shrinking product development cycles coupled with demanding product requirements and increasingly complex design implementations can overwhelm a design team. The technical risk of employing new, complex, high-speed processor technology can often deter a design group from incorporating new technology in their product designs. Intel Corporation's ATOM processor and low power chipset solution is a technology choice which cannot be overlooked. With the potential for wide application in deeply embedded, low power, fanless industrial, medical, communications, automotive and consumer applications this technology demands attention.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Components		   
whitepaper Performance Report PRIMERGY RX300 S42007-12-01 Fujitsu Siemens
  The PRIMERGY RX300 S4 is a space-saving dual socket rack server which takes up just 2 height units and replaces the PRIMERGY RX300 S3. It has an Intel 5000P chipset, two Intel Dual-Core or Quad-Core Xeon processors, up to 48 GB 4-way interleaved ECC PC2-5300F DDR2-SDRAM, a front-side bus with 1067 or 1333 MHz timing - depending on the processor used, an onboard 8-port SAS controller with RAID 0, 1 and RAID 1E functionality or an onboard 8-port SAS controller with RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6 and RAID 60 functionality for 12 2.5" or six 3.5" hard disks, two onboard Broadcom 5708 1-GBit Ethernet controller and six PCI-slots (5 PCIe x8 and 1 PCI-X 64-bit/133 MHz) for low-profile cards.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Components		   
whitepaper Performance Report PRIMERGY TX120 S12007-10-01 Fujitsu Siemens
  The PRIMERGY TX120 S1 is a 1-socket tower server. It includes the Intel 3000 chipset, one Celeron M or Xeon processor, up to 8 GB PC2-4200 DDR2-SDRAM, an 800 MHz (Celeron M) or 1067 MHz (Xeon) front-side bus, a Broadcom BCM5754 1-GBit LAN controller, an LSI1064E 4-port SAS controller with integrated support for RAID-0 and RAID-1, two 2.5" SAS hard disks and three PCI slots (1 x PCI 32-bit/33 MHz, 1 x PCI-Express x1 and 1 x PCI-Express x4).

Tags: Software Development Tools, Components		   
whitepaper Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine 6-E CenterFlex Technology2007-10-01 Cisco Systems
  Cisco CenterFlex technology, innovations enabled by the centralized Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) complex at the heart of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine 6-E, addresses the need for improved network performance, investment protection, and innovative new features. Cisco CenterFlex technology provides for system bandwidth of up to 320 Gbps with throughput of up to 250 Mpps. It works with classic line cards from the Cisco Catalyst 4000 and 4500 families and enhances the Quality-of-Service (QoS) capabilities of line cards. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine 6-E CenterFlex technology benefits customers by adding new features to existing hardware as well as increasing capacity of networked systems.

Tags: Network Management, Components