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CPU roadmap: 2007 and beyond review
Reviews Although little is known about Nehalem at this point, multiple sources contend that Intel will drop the front-side bus altogether and link the CPU to other components on the board via Common System Interface, a next-generation interconnect...
[March 19, 2007, 16:12]
CPU Graph
Downloads CPU Graph is a free widget that will show you a nice graph of CPU usage and processor temperature. CPU Graph widget allows you to monitor the CPU activity as well as its temperature. CPU Graph widget has a compact design that makes it more suitable...
[November 6, 2007, 10:43]
CPU Frequency Scaling
Blog Reducing the CPU speed is an important part of power management in modern laptop computers. In fact, running the CPU at a lower speed not only saves power, it reduces the heat production, which reduces the need for the cooling fan to run, saving...
[April 3, 2009, 14:03]
CPU roadmap: 2008 and beyond review
Reviews But as the only vendor able to tap into the knowledge of design teams seasoned in both CPU and performance GPU design (and no, we don't count Intel's integrated graphics chip as a 'performance' part), AMD's Fusion core may be unique in its ability...
[April 22, 2008, 16:07]
CPU Tracker
Downloads A simple CPU Tracker that's light on memory usage. Tracks the last five minutes of CPU usage the widget was open for. You can pause the data stream, and it will automatically resume tracking after 2 minutes.
[March 24, 2007, 12:09]
CPU History
Downloads CPU History is a minimalist way to graph CPU usage over time. It's magnitudes more lightweight than Activity Monitor, since it doesn't try to monitor network, process, or disk activity. You can customize graph update frequency, choose...
[December 6, 2008, 17:05]
Running IBM System z at High CPU Utilization
White Papers Several questions have been asked about this unique trait and strength of System z including "Can any single workload be run at 100% CPU busy? and "Is there a growth in CPU time per transaction at higher utilization?
[April 9, 2008, 1:02]
PowerLogix CPU Director
Downloads CPU Director allows you to view and configure the cache and processor clock speed settings on your PowerLogix upgrade card. The included utilities allow you to enable or disable the cache "on the fly", change the speed at which your backside cache...
[May 4, 2007, 7:00]
Mz Cpu Accelerator
Downloads Mz CPU Accelerator is an application that automatically changes the priority of the foreground window, by allocating more CPU power to the currently active application (program-game). Automatically de-allocates CPU priority when a new active...
[September 11, 2008, 16:08]
Implementation of Real-Time Virtual CPU Partition on Linux
White Papers Based on the theoretical framework in previous work, this paper presents the first implementation of a real-time virtual resource for the CPU. A real-time virtual resource is an abstraction for resource sharing where the application task groups...
[May 18, 2007, 1:00]
Communication-Aware CPU Management for Consolidated Virtualization-Based Hosting Platforms
White Papers The authors identify two shortcomings in existing Virtual Machine Monitors (VMMs) that prove to be obstacles in operating hosting platforms, such as Internet data centers, under conditions of such high consolidation; CPU schedulers that are...
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
King of the CPU
Downloads King of the CPU is a widget that will show on your desktop the application that's currently using the most of your's CPU power. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
[October 31, 2007, 11:46]
Improving System Security by Logging CPU Usage
White Papers One way to find suspicious processes is to look for unexpected CPU usage. Many of you have probably used this method already, using the Windows Task Manager to find out which processes are using the CPU.
[November 1, 2004, 23:00]
GPU vs CPU: wrong battle, wrong war
Blog Second: CPUs are scooping up GPU hardware cleverness faster than GPUs are acquiring the CPU's facility with mainstream software - not difficult, as the latter isn't happening at all. Intel is out on the road, preaching a new way of looking at...
[November 27, 2008, 6:56]
Characterizing Application Workloads on CPU Utilization for Utility Computing
White Papers This paper analyzes CPU utilization traces of multiple applications running on a shared set of processors in a utility computing environment and applies PCA (Principal Component Analysis) technique to characterize each application's workload.
[November 4, 2004, 2:00]
Windows 2000 IIS5 Security Patch: Malformed WebDAV Request causes IIS to Exhaust CPU Resources - English
Downloads If a stream of such requests were directed at an affected server, it would consume all CPU availability on the server. Microsoft has released a patch that will eliminate a flaw that exists in the way WebDAV handles a particular type of malformed...
[September 13, 2007, 9:12]
K6 launch is CPU milestone
News PCDN Comment: This is red letter day in x86 CPU development. The firm said that the chip will give PC makers and buyers more freedom of choice, lower prices and spur innovation thanks to its unique design.
[April 3, 1997, 15:19]
Virtualization and CPU Wait Times in a Linux Guest Environment
White Papers A specific example, with data, is provided where one CPU is shared among three Linux Guests and processing demand among these guests result in significantly long virtual CPU wait times. The virtualization environment presents the opportunity to...
[April 3, 2007, 1:00]
Evaluation of ESX Server Under CPU Intensive Workloads
White Papers The paper explores how configuration changes affect the throughput of virtual machines hosted on ESX Server during CPU intensive workloads. Virtual machines are used by IT departments to provide better hardware utilization and to isolate users and...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
One Year Ago: Intel plans 4-CPU support for Pentium II
News Currently, the new PII devices only support uniprocessor and two-way CPU configurations but the addition of four-way capabilities next year will mean the end in sight for the venerable Pro. Pentium Pro has established itself pretty well in the 1-4...
[July 15, 1998, 6:30]
