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Processor architecture

Posted on September 5, 2010 by admin

I wish that processor architecture was not so committed to a obsolete model of software. For example, it has become clear over the last few years that the sloppy shared memory thread model of programming has multiple drawbacks. Sharing of … Continue reading →

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Virtualization versus Physicalization

Posted on April 21, 2009 by admin

Data on the overhead of virtualization is hard to come by. Rackable proposes an interesting alternative that they call physicalization. I wonder whether the CPU is the most important resource to multiplex and I remain totally puzzled by the motivation … Continue reading →

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