2010-Feb-21 - Integrated single-chip 48-core Intel Cloud computing can be realized

Intel Institute researchers demonstrated a research prototype processor that can be realized in a single chip cloud computer's functionality. The prototype chip has 48 fully programmable Intel processor core, which is the highest ever single silicon integrated CPU chip.

The integration of Intel's chips for information sharing, high-speed on-chip network, as well as the latest invention of the power management technology, all 48 cores have achieved a high efficiency operation, its power consumption as low as 25 watts, running a maximum power consumption is only 125 watts.

Through the use of one for the establishment of the Internet "cloud" computing resources of the data center structure. Intel's new research chip all the computers and networks are integrated into a single chip the size of postage stamps, using Intel's 45nm high-K metal gate technology to create clouds significantly reduce the number of computers required for the data center.

The prototype chip, the Intel Tera-scale computing represents the latest breakthrough research projects, aimed at breaking the barriers, will be the future be extended to tens or even hundreds of chip cores. It is reported that Intel plans to further study how the mainstream in the future to achieve a number of cores on a chip architecture and collaboration. For example, future processing functions that have such a powerful notebook computers can, like humans, with the "visual" accurately identify objects and their movement.

2010-Feb-21 - Facebook co-Bing with their advertising strategy revealed: full bloom

Facebook search is increasingly becoming the focus of business. Microsoft and Facebook announced today that the two sides will conduct in-depth cooperation, so that Bing to become the default search engine on Facebook.

The two companies have entered into a "joint resolution" to allow Facebook solely responsible for Facebook's advertising business, which shows the direction of advertising provider for Facebook Also move a step.

Facebook involved in advertising?

Facebook and Microsoft, began offering in August last year, Microsoft ads, but then Facebook launched a number of ads aimed at protecting the interests of their own initiative. Facebook said the company's recent user information to disclose more reason to relax the user's privacy settings, in part because companies want to improve and promote the advertising. In addition, Facebook wants to use its own user data collected by third-party web site daily to provide personalized advertising. With the Facebook network involved in a full-featured E-mail market, Facebook may be as comprehensive as Google collect user information.

And Bing-related

For Bing, the U.S. Facebook users already using the search engine, but now, the two sides will push the world Facebook users Bing. The two sides also announced that Bing offers more than just search results, but also include more extensive answers to help users quickly and wise decisions.

Through strengthening the station search feature, Facebook users want to be the only web portal. If Facebook allows users to Search, not only allows users to stay on Facebook longer too, but also through the search, as Google did to gather more user information, the data is very useful for advertising.

2010-Feb-21 - IBM introduced eight-core processor performance doubles Power7

  This processor, adding more cores and improved multi-threading capabilities in order to facilitate the running time of the server require higher improve its performance.

IBM said that, Power7 processor has eight cores, each core can run 4 threads can run 32 threads simultaneously. Power7 the number of processor cores is Power6 four times the number of threads running on Power6 cores more than eight times.

IBMPower systems division general manager of RossMauri Monday at a news conference in New York, said, Power7 running speed of 3.0GHz to 4.14Ghz. Power7 chips will be configured 4, 6 or 8 cores.

Power7 chips will use 45-nanometer process. IBM has done the memory level of improvement, should be able to make faster Power7 processor to perform tasks.

Mauri said, Power7 system than the old Power6 system performance doubled, but the energy efficiency fourfold. The system will run the AIX operating system, as well as RedHat and Suse provided by Linux.

Power7 chip also uses TurboCore technology that allows users to provide wholesome activities for the speed of the kernel in order to improve performance. This technology can enable eight cores of memory and bandwidth user support four core activities in order to enhance the performance of each core.

IBM also introduced the four Power7 processor-based servers. IBMPower780 and high-end server Power770 modular design, up to 64 Power7 kernel configuration. IBMPower755 will be up to 32 Power7 cores. IBM also introduced the Power750Express server. Power750Express and 755 servers will begin shipping February 19, while the Power770 and 780 will be shipped March 16.

IBM introduced Power7 processors will provoke a new high-end microprocessor market competition. IBM in this market and the provision of Intel Itanium processors, and the provision of Sparc processors, Sun Microsystems Inc. to compete.