The addition of an in-memory database text search capability (which will run at ten times the speed of disk-based text searching) Starting in June, the research project, "Ultrafast Photonics for Datacomms Above Terabit Speeds" (UPDATES), will be...
IBM's original PC had a simple bus with the idea that the user could open up the case and add extra cards. Where is that extra processing power going? It is a mystery why PCs need ten times the processing power of just three or four years ago.
The companies - collectively calling themselves 5C - say the advance will enable flash memory cards to be used for new applications relating to secure data transfer and related activities like making e-payments.
As part of the demonstration, he showed a network driver being replaced on a live machine, as well as multiple reconfigurations of various USB (universal serial bus) devices. Although its job is to connect the various bits of hardware in a PC to...
The SE doesn't have rails, so it can't be removed from the host device; instead, the drive is planted on the motherboard, and transfers of files are accomplished through USB (universal serial bus) ports.
The unusual processor is also used in Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 game console but IBM expects it to be used for high-performance computing tasks such as medical image processing as well. One change in this domain is improvement in how Linux...