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Scientist out to break Amdahl's law
Many attempts have been made over the last 46 years to rewrite Amdahl's law, a theory that focuses on performance relative to parallel and serial computing. One scientist hopes to prove that Amdahl's law can be surpassed, and that it doesn't apply in certain parallel computing models.
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NASA, Air Force define cutting-edge next-generation space computer
It's not every day a customer wants a computer that can do everything from direct a landing on the surface of Mars, to control descent onto a speeding asteroid or coordinate a flight of satellites -- but NASA and the Air Force's space group aren't everyday customers.
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IDC: Web and native device app platforms will coexist in 2013
The analyst firm is also optimistic about the adoption of cloud IDEs and heterogeneous parallel processing
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EMC Greenplum tackles Big Data with Hadoop distribution
In a further sign that Big Data is beginning to hit its stride, EMC Greenplum on Monday debuted a new Apache Hadoop distribution that it hopes will soon become the de facto standard, pushing aside current leaders like Cloudera and Hortonworks.
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Exascale computing expected by 2020, Top500 HPC patrons say
If the increase in supercomputer speeds continue at their current pace, we will see the first exascale machine by 2020, estimated the maintainers of the Top500 compilation of the world's fastest systems.
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IBM expands PureSystems line to include heavier workload duties
IBM has expanded its PureSystems line of pre-integrated systems to include new models to handle business analysis and online transaction processing.
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Nvidia to link Telsa graphics processors with the cloud
Nvidia have announced technologies that could make its upcoming Tesla graphics processors more accessible to cloud deployments in enterprises, while also reversing a trend of relegating highly parallel chips to specialised mathematics and scientific calculations.
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Hertz adopts Teradata Data Warehouse for real time reporting
Car rental company Hertz has announced it is using Teradata's Active Enterprise Data Warehouse environment for its business critical reporting and decision making on integrated data.
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Oracle unveils 'Big Data' appliance
Oracle unveiled the Big Data Appliance, the newest addition to its line of products that combine software and hardware, during the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco yesterday.
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Intel runs PC on CPU powered by solar cell
Intel unveiled an experimental low-power processor the size of a postage stamp that could run PCs on solar power at the Intel Developer Forum on Thursday.
