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High Performance Computing (HPC)

First of all, why should we care? The big capability machines are designed not only to do science but also to address a set of problems termed Grand Challenge Problems. A Grand Challenge Problem is simplistically defined as… one that … Continue reading

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IDF Beijing Recap

Over 5000 technology experts, industry leaders, analysts and media converged on Beijing for the largest Intel Developer Forum ever held in China. It was truly a global event bringing together leading technology organizations from around the world. IDF was filled … Continue reading

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Penryn Update

The deep power down state (aka C6) is another interesting and unique feature. We save away the entire processor state for the cores and turn off the caches and put the cores in an extremely low power state. This significantly … Continue reading

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