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A hard look at L4 in Leopard
Ars Technica - We expect to find lower CPU usage (and hence better throughput) in heavily multi-tasked or multi-threaded systems since L4 can do much more light-weight scheduling, switching, synchronisation and message passing. This means in complex systems with

AMD Pushes Multicore, Mobile Plans
TechWeb - We're going to evolve that CPU core over time. We're going to improve the power efficiency, [and] we're going to add the next generation of memory." "We're heading to 4-hour of battery life this year," Seyer said. "In 2006, we will increase that to

Linux kernel update supports Niagara
TechWorld - The update includes a new scheduler domain optimising CPU scheduling decisions for multi-core chips, which should further improve Linux's handling on modern hardware. In May, Devicescape Software, a company with a history of developing Wi-Fi

SKorea's Samsung Electronics sees improved H2 performance vs H1
Forbes - CPU price cuts by Intel and AMD and the introduction of Windows Vista compatible PCs will further add to the momentum, it said. Samsung said the launch of new multimedia products, such as higher density MP3 players and music phones, will drive strong

Researcher: CPU No-Execute Bit Is No Big Security Deal
TechWeb - The no-execute feature that's been folded in the newest processors to ward off malicious attacks isn't the panacea that many users think it is, a security researcher at the Black Hat conference claimed in his presentation Wednesday. Such perceptions

Avid Ships New Family of Media Composer
Mac Video Pro - in the following configurations: -- Media Composer - Avid's renowned creative toolset available in a software-only version for both Mac and PC, desktops and laptops, featuring comprehensive HD support and leveraging the latest in Multi-Core CPU and GPU

Aging Alpha Processor Gets Companion Product Boost
TechWeb - With the days of the 64-bit Alpha processor seemingly numbered with but 700,000 users, Nemonix Engineering is stepping into the breech as one of the few firms to field a product that works alongside the legendary but no longer well supported CPU

Windows 2000 Rollup Hard On Apps, Makes PCs Suffer
TechWeb - The console might be unresponsive and have high CPU utilization within the winlogon.exe process," said Citrix on its support site, where it posted fixes for both MetaFrame XP and MetaFrame Presentation Server. Other users, many of them reporting