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Nice primer based on Andrew Binstock's publications. Something not only for beginners who want to learn more about Multicore, based on Intel technology. " By placing multiple processor cores on its chips, Intel ramps up performance once again. What are...

Even though, 64-bit hardware can be as cheap as 32-bit stuff today, your own real box may still be a bit out. In the meantime, here ’s an affordable way to build your own 64-bit box from scratch. All you need is a printer, preferably color, a pair...

Now back to reality. (Incited by my last attempt ,) Ryan Hoffman clearly does better. Here 's how.

Build Your Own Box for 64-bit Windows. Here's how. The article has some very useful links to find drivers and stuff and how to obtain x64 Windows.

Can’t promise anything. But. The CCE team submitted 3 sessions for PDC. As always, submitting does not mean you get the slots. There are so many cool things going on and so much stuff to cover at PDC, you can be lucky if you get 1 or perhaps 2 sessions...

64-bit is mainstream now. What next? As for Intel and others, the future (after and with 64-bit) seems to be dual core and multi core systems. Very nice. The question is: What about all the apps? Do they support dual/multi core? For the OS, support...

The British are so ... so ... royal. Thanks for the proclamation : "According to Microsoft, by the end of 2005, virtually all new server class machines will be 64-bit. The company predicted that most new PCs and workstations will be 64-bit by the end...

The beauty of 64-bit Windows computing is not only the increased performance, reliability yada, yada, yada. Many times the 64-bit hardware is available for the same or less and the comparable Windows OS costs the same . Under certain circumstances you...

You haven't had time to go to WinHEC? For sure, this year you missed something important. But you know this by now because it is written about in almost any and every blog, it can be found in countless magazines and on every website talking about 64-bit...

Didn't even know that this exists. Shame on me. From the abstract: "This document provides information regarding features in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition that differ in functionality from Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2). It is important...

Executive Chat - Get Technical with Microsoft and AMD Execs Please join Bob Muglia, Senior Vice President of the Windows Server Division of Microsoft and Fred Weber, Chief Technical Officer of AMD, to discuss the development and plans for enterprise-ready...

I guess the answer is easy: Not . Looks like the server is down (7:45 PST) (for maintenance/update?). I will have to blog offline in WORD – maybe I should blog somewhere else. Don’t theey use Windows? I personally do not like the new engine too much....

Believe it or not, this was the first time I attended a webchat . Made some new friend and got some old answers. Oh, and marketing stuff, too. All in all, I was not too impressed. Overall I would say 3.5 out of 5. Did you have a chance to attend? Maybe...

Kaum zu glauben, seit der WinHEC ist das Longhorn Fieber (wieder) ausgebrochen. Zurecht? Na klar! Aber ich ueberlasse es anderen darueber zu urteilen. Meine Erfahrung mit Longhorn beschraenkt sich auf zwei Installationsversuche. Laut Installationsbildschirm...

I know some of you missed my blog about the job opening in my team otherwise you would have sent your resume. Here’s the link again .

“Gamers who play the 32-bit version of Far Cry will be ecstatic with the 64-bit version of Far Cry because AMD64 technology has transformed the 2004 best seller into an even more adrenaline-charged game,” said Marty Seyer , corporate vice president and...

From way back when in '02 in "the good ol' days" of Itanium 1 to last month, when Intel supposedly shipped their last 32-bit only processor:

Of course, cool content also from AMD . But a bit too high level I guess. AMD's multi-core web starts here . On a side note: AMD's website definitely needs a new design. Try to find something ...

While Robert Scoble and family enjoy their time in Vegas , here's some history in pictures about the first 100 years of "The Meadows" on bbc.co.uk .