GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2024

“We call this the whole-organism architecture. And he argued that AI agents would be incapable of consciousness, due to the way that their hardware is built. But the architecture that forms the basis for today’s computer hardware falls far short of the human brain’s capacity. W-H-O-A, or Whoa.

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Artificial Intelligence Conference Architecture Hardware 143

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Xbox Series S delivers four times the processing power of an Xbox One console and supports experiences up to 120fps,” says Liz Hamren , head of platform engineering and hardware at Xbox. “The primary difference between Xbox Series X and S is the GPU,” explains Jason Ronald, Microsoft’s director of Xbox program management.

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Microsoft Hardware Storage Comparison 92

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

An apples to apples comparison of the costs associated with running various usage patterns on-premises and with AWS requires more than a simple comparison of hardware expense versus always-on utility pricing for compute and storage. Total Cost of Ownership and the Return on Agility. By Werner Vogels on 16 August 2012 10:00 AM.

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Agile Applications Comparison CTO Hire 98

Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Alice & Bob devise cat qubits Also in January, quantum computing startup Alice & Bob announced their new quantum error correction architecture. Quantinuum provided the quantum hardware and Microsoft handled the error correction. The improvements come from both hardware and software advances.

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IBM Microsoft Research System 155

The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We affectionally call it the “next gen” every time a big leap in console hardware arrives, promising new games and things we’ve never seen before. Cool and quiet hardware. The only other hardware that’s new with the Xbox Series X is the controller and the storage expansion cards. The Xbox Series X looks best standing vertically.

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Storage Microsoft Hardware Architecture 145

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2023

On average, our products are designed to give you a minimum useful life of 10 years—5 years availability in-market, and 5 years of hardware warranty and software support. In addition to purchasing simplicity and proactive architecture management, our NaaS solutions also offer lifecycle circularity and responsible end-of-life disposition.

Network 120

Network Hardware Comparison Budget 120

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In comparison, a multicloud-by-design model helps overcome the challenges that may arise while operating a multicloud environment. Multicloud by Design: Making Multicloud Simple Many organisations ended up using multicloud by adopting various cloud platforms in a piecemeal manner which can lead to a siloed and complex IT environment.

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Cloud Dell Intel Agile 128

GeekWire

APRIL 3, 2024

In a technical blog posting , Microsoft’s Dennis Tom and Krysta Svore wrote that they used a qubit-virtualization system to improve the reliability of Quantinuum’s ion-trap hardware by a factor of 800. Tom is general manager of Azure Quantum, and Svore is Microsoft’s vice president of advanced quantum development.

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Microsoft Report IBM Virtualization 131

The Verge

JULY 30, 2021

AMD has a new entry-level RX 6000-series GPU: the $379 RX 6600 XT, which is still based on the same RDNA 2 architecture as its beefier cousins, but it offers a more wallet-friendly price point. For comparison, the top-of-the-line RX 6900 XT 80 compute units, while the RX 6700 XT offers 40 compute units. Image: AMD. Image: AMD.

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Comparison Survey Architecture Retail 97

The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Cool and quiet hardware. Let’s start with the hardware. The main concern for console hardware is cooling. The only other hardware that’s new with the Xbox Series X is the controller and the storage expansion cards. Microsoft has squeezed all of the components of the Xbox Series X into a boxy, rectangular, tower-like box.

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Storage Microsoft Hardware Architecture 141

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The “trilogy” refers to the third iteration of this presentation; each time the comparison has been done in a different geographical region (first in Europe, then in North America, and finally here in Asia-Pacific). Lago takes over now to set some assumptions for the comparisons.

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Comparison Cloud Hardware Examples 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Servers/Hardware Manoj Kumar provides a beginner’s guide to Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Thomas Heinen examines some approaches for dealing with multi-architecture Docker image builds. This article provides a comparison of Apache APISIX 3.0 Michał Iwańczuk shares some information on EVPN inline mode in NSX-T.

Applications 97

Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

The Verge

JULY 29, 2021

Intel is one of the few computer chip firms that still designs and manufactures its own hardware — it can design every part of the process to its own specifications and purposes, and it has an unmatched control over the actual manufacturing of its products. Last year started well for Intel.

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Intel Architecture Apple Engineering 90

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

By way of comparison, every US$1 of investment made outside technology only boosted GDP by a meager US$3. Instability and jitter are among the biggest issues impacting service assurance and network architecture, hindering the digital transformation process across industries. That’s a big difference.

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Network Transportation Storage Industry 105

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Ballard is also the technology executive responsible for both the company’s battery electric vehicle (BEV) platform as it shifts to electrification, and its digital platform engineering and architecture organization, and he counts on conversational AI and generative AI as major components to transform HR and IT service requests.

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Change Management Enterprise Enterprise Artificial Intelligence 124

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

He starts out by discussing proactive vs. reactive flows , in which Brent explains that OpenFlow performance is less about OpenFlow and more about how flows are inserted into the hardware. Servers/Hardware. Next, he tackles the concerns over the scale of flow-based forwarding in his post on coarse vs. fine flows. Virtualization.

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Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 108

The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

The closest we got to a comparison was effectively, “is machine learning faster with hardware acceleration turned on?”. Apple is promising its ARM-based Macs will be able to run more kinds of apps than before, thanks to both native iOS app support and hardware-accelerated machine learning chops built into the silicon.

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Intel Apple Conference Hardware 114

Dataconomy

AUGUST 14, 2023

Comparable to a well-executed duet, the client computer communicates its intentions by dispatching requests to various entities, ranging from computer programs to hardware components. The way a client does its job is by sending requests to other stuff, like computer programs or hardware.

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Meeting Resources Network Applications 68

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2014

Fathi re-emphasizes that VMware’s SDDC vision is an architecture, one built on the “power of AND.” ” vCloud Suite (and vCloud Air) is a manifestation of the SDDC vision/architecture. VMware’s SDDC vision/architecture delivers the power of “AND.” betas of vSphere and VSAN).

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Vmware Architecture Applications Storage 79

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

HPs BladeSystem Matrix architecture is based on VirtualConnect infrastructure, and bundled with a suite of mostly existing HP software (Insight Dynamics - VSE, Orchestration, Recovery, Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager) which itself consists of about 21 individual products. (But But how revolutionary and simplifying are they?

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Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Cloud Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

It is a strategic approach that unifies the hardware and software operational components of an end-to-end solution. The enablement platform defines and executes the technology and sourcing strategies and supports the creation of solution architectures that maximize the value of your multisourced investment.

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Devops Agile Software Development Software 70

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2024

In terms of computer system event monitoring, UAM tools can track software registry changes, hardware usage, port activity, and program and external IP access. These systems allow for the generation of detailed reports and comparisons between departments and individual users.

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Tools Security Analysis Trends 98

Vox

MARCH 7, 2024

When Nvidia announced in late 2020 that it wanted to spend an eye-popping $40 billion to buy Arm Limited, a company that designs a chip architecture that most modern smartphones and newer Apple computers use , the FTC blocked the deal. Nvidia’s revenue last year was about $60 billion , which was a 126 percent increase from the prior year.

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Data Center Training 3D Industry 127

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Personally, I think it’s an apples-to-oranges comparison, since Kubernetes is more than just a scheduler (think about replication controllers and services and such), but to each his own. Iwan Rahabok has a couple of posts (these are slightly older) that discuss sample architectures for a VMware SDDC deployment.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Dataconomy

JULY 17, 2024

It appears to include details like the Thermal Design Power (TDP) ratings for the forthcoming Blackwell architecture cards, ranging from the high-end RTX 5090 to the RTX 5050. Meanwhile, AMD has remained skeptical of the new standard, deciding against including it in their RDNA 3 GPUs and showing no signs of change for future hardware.

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Architecture Intel Hardware Comparison 36

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

What’s next: With the A17 Pro’s advanced architecture and capabilities, we can expect more console-quality games to be playable on mobile, and potentially a greater adoption of iPhones in professional settings requiring high-speed data transfer and computational power.

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Apple Mobile Architecture Engineering 78

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Kay Singh collects some user comments on the new M1-powered Apple hardware. Here’s a two-part series (so far) on setting up a multi-architecture Kubernetes cluster ( part 1 , part 2 ). Paul Johnston shares several comparisons in support of how tech teams should run more like sports teams.

Linux 60

Linux Network Tools Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API. Servers/Hardware. Giuliano Bertello shares why it’s important to RTFM; or, how he fixed an issue with a Cross-vCenter NSX 6.2

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. Servers/Hardware. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges. Here’s a good article on packets-per-second limits in EC2. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

GeekWire

DECEMBER 26, 2024

My work spans from Enzzo , where we’re leveraging AI to accelerate hardware product development, to my current project Atrieon a full-fledged AI project manager that redefines what your team can achieve, managing sprints end to end to drive team performance, motivation, and success. For comparison, Claude-3.5

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Development Analysis Tools System 120

The Verge

JUNE 14, 2021

They look downright miniature in comparison. I’d say the most curious thing about the Studio Buds hardware is what’s been left out: there’s no Apple-made chip inside these. And their noise cancellation and transparency modes don’t keep pace with some pricier earbuds, including the AirPods Pro. Now onto the sound.

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Apple Wireless Exercises Comparison 108

Dataconomy

AUGUST 6, 2024

These technologies harness advanced hardware and software to deliver engaging user experiences, unlocking new potentials across sectors, including healthcare, education, entertainment, and beyond. VR excels in creating immersive experiences but requires more powerful hardware and may induce sensory isolation over prolonged use.

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Virtualization Healthcare Education Hardware 50

Vox

MARCH 25, 2023

A playbook for best practices Tech companies developing LLMs and other forms of cutting-edge, impactful AI should learn from this comparison. GPT-4 did have less information than previous releases on “architecture (including model size), hardware, training compute, dataset construction, training method.”

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Training Open Source Research Microsoft 98

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Servers/Hardware. The CPU architecture flaw involving speculative execution has been garnering a great deal of attention (see here , here , here , and here ). Jorge Salamero Sanz (on behalf of Sysdig) provides a similar comparison, this time looking at ECS, Fargate, and EKS. This is an awesome collection of patched fonts.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

It’s important to note that more research and benchmark comparisons are needed to help customers make the best decisions. As with DPUs, more research and quantifiable comparisons are needed to support customers in determining whether composable infrastructure is right for their next system.

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Dell Data Center Intel Artificial Intelligence 59

Dataconomy

JUNE 4, 2024

The architecture incorporates a new Xe2 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) promising an 80% improvement in gaming performance over the prior generation. In a significant departure from traditional x86 architecture, Lunar Lake processors will incorporate on-package memory, similar to Apple Silicon. TSMC invests $11.6B

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Intel Architecture Mobile Apple 41

The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

This $379 (on paper at least) card is built on the same RDNA 2 architecture that AMD is using for its high-end cards, but it’s designed to boost 1080p gaming instead of reaching the heights of 4K gaming. Even Microsoft Flight Simulator nearly managed 60fps, thanks to a recent update that has greatly improved how the game runs on all hardware.

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Hardware Budget Survey Comparison 68