i noticed alot of people were wondering how this chip uses such a small amount of power, well it looks like since the instructions (x86 in this case) are software based, instead of being in the processor, thus making the core smaller and easier to keep cool due to less transistors.
someone mentioned loss in horsepower, while this was true for migrating 32bit apps to 64bit instructions, i don't think it would be the case here, since this cpu can 'emulate' the native x86 instruction set.
i would think that if the files were that important they could be retrieved, if it was ever written to disk. maybe even reconstruct the link light activity...:P
I think this question is appropriately directed, to explain the future of Linux@IBM, since they have obviously been the ones who put in the hours, maybe they could tell us why
Hi, I'd like to ask if any of IBM's contributions can be found in any mainstream distributions or will it be soon? And, will any
source be distributed?
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i noticed alot of people were wondering how this chip uses such a small amount of power, well it looks like since the instructions (x86 in this case) are software based, instead of being in the processor, thus making the core smaller and easier to keep cool due to less transistors.
someone mentioned loss in horsepower, while this was true for migrating 32bit apps to 64bit instructions, i don't think it would be the case here, since this cpu can 'emulate' the native x86 instruction set.
i would think that if the files were that important they could be retrieved, if it was ever written to disk. maybe even reconstruct the link light activity... :P
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/05/21/superc omputing.future.idg/index.html
Do you agree that bigger and faster isn't good enough anymore?
I think this question is appropriately directed, to explain the future of Linux@IBM, since they have obviously been the ones who put in the hours, maybe they could tell us why
Hi, I'd like to ask if any of IBM's contributions can be found in any mainstream distributions or will it be soon? And, will any source be distributed?
it doesn't even matter where it's coming from as long as the packets fill the line.