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Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buying decision. But what do the benchmarks mean, and which ones really matter? (...)
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Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buyi...
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2002-06-10
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Abstract:
Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buying decision. But what do the benchmarks mean, and which ones really matter? (...)
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benchmark system for notebook:
Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the
numbers to make a buyi...
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2002-06-10
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Compaq's powerful Alpha processor is reaching a crucial juncture - will Compaq expend the effort necessary for it to challenge
Intel's dominance, or is it destined to become another Betamax (great technology with no market)? (...)
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... Glossary: RISC: Reduced Instruction Set Computing VMS: DEC/Compaq proprietary OS SPEC: Performance benchmark
rating system TPC, TPC-C and tpmC: Transaction ...
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1999-08-01
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Hewlett-Packard is one of the leading computer companies in the world, but they have fallen to fourth place in the Intel-based
server market. Will they move back to being a key player, or remain an also-ran? (...)
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... Hewlett-Packard now provides personal computers, printers, workstations, notebook computers,
and ... The HP 3000 series, which uses the MPE operating system; The HP ...
Published:
2000-03-27
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After much anticipation, Compaq’s version of a 1U-high (one 'rack unit') server is finally ready to ship. (...)
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... system overcomes one of the key challenges of the NEI system - serviceability
... Compaq is generally good about doing benchmark testing before announcing a product ...
Published:
2000-06-23
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Be Inc. will offer the newest version of its operating system for free later this quarter. Version 5 for the desktop will
be available for download to pre-registered individuals. (...)
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... Event Summary. January 18, 2000 - Be Inc. said today that it will offer the newest version of its operating
system for free later this quarter. ...
Published:
2000-01-26
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IBM's four-CPU servers, the Netfinity 5500 M20 and 7000 M10, yield top notch web-focused benchmark figures, but also very
high price/performance figures for mainstream applications. (...)
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... This translates into a price tag approximately $200K higher for an IBM system which
can deliver around 23,000 tpmC (the current four-CPU high-end mark). ...
Published:
1999-09-01
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Abstract:
Hewlett-Packard is one of the leading computer companies in the world, but they have fallen to fourth place in the Intel-based
server market. Will they move back to being a key player, or remain an also-ran? (...)
Excerpt related to
benchmark system for notebook:
... Hewlett-Packard now provides personal computers, printers, workstations, notebook computers,
and ... The HP 3000 series, which uses the MPE operating system; The HP ...
Published:
2000-03-27
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Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it finished work on its long-awaited Windows 2000 operating system (a/k/a Win2K), wrapping
up a long and painful development project that also represents Microsoft's best hope of dominating Internet computing. (...)
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benchmark system for notebook:
... said Wednesday it finished work on its long-awaited Windows 2000 operating system (a/k/a
Win2K), wrapping up a long and painful development project that also ...
Published:
1999-12-22
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Dell Computer Corporation has shaken up the PC Server market, in three years moving from the #5 US market share position
to a solid #2 (and #3 worldwide) - and has set its sights on #1 Compaq. This note assesses its strengths and weaknesses in
the ever-growing and increasingly important rackmount server (...)
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benchmark system for notebook:
... an estimated 60+ times per year: this translates to any given piece being in Dell's stockroom for
about four days before being put in a system and shipped to a ...
Published:
1999-08-01
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Transmeta’s CEO says his company has a five-year lead on Intel’s and AMD’s technology. Reality or hype? And does it matter? (...)
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Transmeta’s CEO says his company has a five-year lead on Intel’s and AMD’s technology. Reality or hype? And does it matter?
Published:
2000-10-04
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Program testing and debugging is one of the most critical aspects of implementing a computer system. Without programs which
properly work, the system will never process information and produce the output for which it was designed. Testing procedures
should be established and testing roles should be demar (...)
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... Introduction. Before any system can be completely implemented on a production computer,
the analysts and programmers working on the system must be able to state ...
Published:
2004-08-06
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HP has re-entered the enterprise computing race with the release of its LT 6000r, a six-CPU server with improved performance
and excellent transactional price/performance. (...)
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benchmark system for notebook:
... System density As mentioned earlier, six CPUs in a 4U box challenges Compaq, Dell, and
... The performance advantages were obvious from viewing the benchmark scores ...
Published:
2000-07-24
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HP succumbing to the trend for simple, sealed case PC’s, will release the e-Vectra in April. E-look before you e-leap. (...)
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benchmark system for notebook:
... legacy features, such as available ISA and PCI slots, the computer giants contend desktop users and IT
managers will incur fewer system failures resulting from ...
Published:
2000-04-11
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Dell began shipping its eight-CPU Intel server, the PowerEdge 8450, in late September. This comes on the heels of Compaq's
shipment of its ProLiant 8000 and 8500. (...)
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... with IBM Global Services for customer service and support, as well as the recent contract where the PowerEdge
servers will run Sun's Solaris operating system. ...
Published:
1999-09-01
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The Next Generation I/O (NGIO) and Future I/O groups have agreed to unify their efforts to develop the next I/O architecture. (...)
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benchmark system for notebook:
... The unified architecture will be called System I/O. (NGIO includes Intel, Dell, Sun,
Hitachi, NEC and Siemens; FIO was founded by Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett ...
Published:
1999-09-03
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Hewlett-Packard's four-CPU rackmount products, the NetServer LH4r and LXr 8000, are aimed at customers who want reliable,
expandable server installations. (...)
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benchmark system for notebook:
... Upgradeability: The LXr 8000 is designed to allow the unit to be upgraded to the LXr 8500, HP's soon-to-be-shipped
eight-CPU system. General: ...
Published:
1999-09-01
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At least 20 Compaq customers who purchased the Presario 5800 PCs recently have reported inexplicable freezing of their PCs
while surfing the Web or playing games. (...)
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... Compaq has responded in two ways: telling users the problem is caused by limited system
resources, and by issuing a "SoftPAQ", a fix/patch designed to address ...
Published:
2000-01-17
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Linus Torvalds and the Linux community released another test version of the Linux 2.4 kernel in late May, 2000. New features
are delaying this version which was originally scheduled for October 1999. (...)
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... Market Impact. A nearly infinite number of penguins, eventually, can develop a great operating system.
The challenges are twofold: ...
Published:
2000-07-06
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Intel has invested in eSoft, a maker of Linux-based servers for small businesses, the chip giant's fourth Linux investment.
Intel will help the company develop software for Linux servers designed to be used on the Internet. (...)
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... Intel's first Linux investment was in Red Hat, the leading seller of the Unix-like operating system.
Since then, Intel also has ...
Published:
1999-11-17