WinHEC 2005 - Keynote and Day 1
by Derek Wilson & Jarred Walton on April 26, 2005 4:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Day One Conclusion
That takes care of the major talks of day one. There were other interesting things that we saw on the showroom floor, including working servers running the 1.72 billion transistor Monticeto processors (Itanium 2). We'll try to get some better shots of the setup tomorrow, but suffice it to say the die size is HUGE - even in comparison to the already rather large Smithfield die.
So far, everyone is putting on a good front for the XP-64 launch. We'll try to see how it really stacks up in our own analysis soon. Stay tuned.
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AtaStrumf - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
OK fitten, that clears up the grammatical "errors", but what's up with the 16-bit colors? Some sort of a graphical pun?mikecel79 - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
There's a typo on page 4 in the 6th paragraph. It reads "The next example given was of SQL Server 2003". It should be "The next example given was of SQL Server 2005".There is no SQL 2003.
ukDave - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
Typo: Page 7, "Thoughts on the Longhorn Driver Model". Second paragraph, last line.'loose' should be 'lose'.
*cough* bored :P
fishbits - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
#10 I always wondered how many more people would try Linux, but were scared off by the hatred and snobbery of so many of its users.Seriously, would you personally be happier if more people moved to Linux, or would you rather they stay where they are so you can feel better hurling abuse at them?
Truder - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
I've seen this news about hybrid harddrives a few places, but I keep wondering about the nand flash on these drives.Wont it wear out relatively quick, due to the numerous rewrites, like other solid state media?
Googer - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
I wish MS would keep their nose out of hardware design. If they start messing up hardware like they do software, then I am permanently becoming a MAC user.Beenthere - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
Why would ANYONE desire to be at WinHell ??? Sombody must be into "PAIN"! From the reviews of Windoze 64 it would appear that MICROSUCKS is the best advertisement in the World for Linux.Viditor - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
"uh, "readily available" "Don't bother me with details...;-)
fitten - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
Just a follow-on:From the site: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/det...
"Merriam-Webster's Dictionary says that we can use an before an h- word that begins with an unstressed syllable. Thus, we might say an hisTORical moment, but we would say a HIStory book. Many writers would call that an affectation and prefer that we say a historical, but apparently, this choice is a matter of personal taste."
fitten - Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - link
#2"An Historical" is grammatically correct British. American English uses "A Historical". I believe either are OK no matter where you are. Do a Google search on "grammar "an historical"" (must have the "an historical" in quotes or google will throw out the "an").
The term "Compute Cluster" has been in use for a decade in the HPC field. Compute clusters are clusters dedicated for computationally intensive tasks (rather than a render farm or a cluster for visualization, for example).