I'm not much up on Windows, but isn't this a weird comparison? I though Vista was targeted to desktops, not servers. Shouldn't this be comparing the OS X Server to Windows Server 2007 (or whatever its going to be called)?
Also, a comparison between OS X Server and some server oriented Linux distro would be nice to see.
I think its a bit telling that very careful wording was used when describing the power and performance. From the article:
Big Blue said the chip's clockBig Blue said the chip's clock will tick at a rate "over 5GHz in high-performance applications".
and
In addition, the chip "consumes under 100 watts in power-sensitive applications,"
This of course means that the Power6 chips won't be able to run at 5GHz WHILE consuming under 100 watts. It looks like IBM paid careful attention to power consumption while designing this thing, but Power6's performance/power ratio doesn't look significantly different that the offerings from the likes of Intel and AMD.
The manufacturer rates the mean time between failure (MTBF) at 2 million hours (or about 220 years), which seems pretty darn good. This drive presumably uses a wear leveling scheme to evenly spread writes over different erase blocks, which dramatically decreases a flash device's MTBF.
The reason for integer performance not being listed, is that it would undermine the article's thesis. All Itanium implementations have had AWFUL integer performance.
When a Xeon box costs less, and performs better at integer heavy tasks, there's little motivation to shell out the bucks for an Itanic.
Re:Isn't Craig Barrett still the CEO of Intel?
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Yes, but this is Slashdot. You can expect the editors to actually do the most rudimentary fact checking.
I suggest that you find yourself a dictionary. From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
irony-
3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result
I think I could find examples of ignorant, brutal or corrupt police officers in any country you care to name in less than two minutes. What's your point here, apart from India-bashing?
The point is that the author was playing police brutality for laughs. Some might find this to be in very poor taste.
For goodness sake, how is this a troll? Since when is police brutality funny?
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If you are using static complementary CMOS logic, nands are cheaper. If you happen to be using an older logic family like NMOS or RTL logic, nor gates are cheaper.
In any logic family, xor gates are quite a bit more complex than either.
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I'm not much up on Windows, but isn't this a weird comparison? I though Vista was targeted to desktops, not servers. Shouldn't this be comparing the OS X Server to Windows Server 2007 (or whatever its going to be called)?
Also, a comparison between OS X Server and some server oriented Linux distro would be nice to see.
I think its a bit telling that very careful wording was used when describing the power and performance. From the article:
Big Blue said the chip's clockBig Blue said the chip's clock will tick at a rate "over 5GHz in high-performance applications".
and
In addition, the chip "consumes under 100 watts in power-sensitive applications,"
This of course means that the Power6 chips won't be able to run at 5GHz WHILE consuming under 100 watts. It looks like IBM paid careful attention to power consumption while designing this thing, but Power6's performance/power ratio doesn't look significantly different that the offerings from the likes of Intel and AMD.
The manufacturer rates the mean time between failure (MTBF) at 2 million hours (or about 220 years), which seems pretty darn good. This drive presumably uses a wear leveling scheme to evenly spread writes over different erase blocks, which dramatically decreases a flash device's MTBF.
> But what does he know about 2.7!!??
Wouldn't SCO love to know...
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
>I can't wait to see their contributions. Oh wait, you mean they are just demanding and doing nothing?
>Who cares what they demand then?
Companies such as RedHat, who stand to make large sums of money from these potential customers, better care.
If they care about remaining profitable, that is.
The reason for integer performance not being listed, is that it would undermine the article's thesis. All Itanium implementations have had AWFUL integer performance.
When a Xeon box costs less, and performs better at integer heavy tasks, there's little motivation to shell out the bucks for an Itanic.
Yes, but this is Slashdot. You can expect the editors to actually do the most rudimentary fact checking.
I suggest that you find yourself a dictionary. From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: irony- 3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result
Is this the link you were after?
i ve +computing/2008-7784_3-5108928.html
http://earthlink.com.com/Straight+talk+on+adapt
Only do tech support for the girlfriend. She's the only person that can properly compensate me for the hell of spyware removal.
The point is that the author was playing police brutality for laughs. Some might find this to be in very poor taste.
For goodness sake, how is this a troll? Since when is police brutality funny?
If you are using static complementary CMOS logic, nands are cheaper. If you happen to be using an older logic family like NMOS or RTL logic, nor gates are cheaper. In any logic family, xor gates are quite a bit more complex than either.
Sounds like a good deal to me! Where do I sign up?
How much does one of these multi-terabit cost? More than my car? More than my house? Just a question from a curious and uneducated cretin.
See grandparent post.
I dunno. How many 'a's are there in 'anal-retentive'?
The NYT Firefox add will be run the same day as the add announcing Duke Nukem Forever's release date.
Trying to port the Tru64 clustering features into HP/UX was a bit like trying to fit a jet engine into a Yugo.
Does anyone know if this will include Konquerer with the ability to use the Gecko rendering engine?
Firefox 1.0 and Halo2 all in one day? What more could a geek want?
Thats right. Its rude to call a broad a "chick".
Its pretty close. Try: M-x psychoanalyze-pinhead. :)
This obviously means that IBM is Linus' father...