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MSDN webcasts on 64-bit platform computing

Here are some really cool MSDN webcasts related to 64-bit computing . If you are getting started with 64-bit platforms or want to know a lot more about them, I am sure you would find these to be useful. · MSDN Webcast: Welcome to 64-bit Windows Computing:

Floating points - IEEE-754 Floating Point numbers

I found these blog entries from Prem to be quite exhaustive. So posting the links here just in case you would want to know more … http://blogs.msdn.com/premk/archive/2005/12/03/499776.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/premk/archive/2006/02/25/539198.aspx
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What is WoW, Windows on Windows, WoW64, WoWx86 emulator … in 64-bit computing platform

Before we discuss this, it is important for the users to understand a few facts about 64-bit platform offerings . 64-bit computing (from a Microsoft perspective) comes in two variants · x64 ( EM64T / AMD64 ) · Itanium ( EPIC ) Both, Windows Server 2003

64-bit Visual J# Redistributable TAP goes live

If you have been reading my blogs and wondering that why off late I have been discussing a lot of advantages, issues and other stuff related to 64-bit computing – here is the answer. All this while (since the Whidbey release) the Visual J# team has been

Dual Core Vs Dual Processor Vs Hyper Threading

As we start talking of high performance computing, 64-bit platform offerings etc. some of the buzz words that come into play are dual processor , dual core and Hyper Threading . I thought it would be a good idea to find and write about what these technologies
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Some interesting reads on 64-bit performance benchmarks

Here are some of the sites that I have really found good and informative about the different performance reports for 64-bit platforms (from a MS technology centric perspective). 64-bit Performance Benchmark: .NET 2.0 and IBM Websphere 6.0 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/java/compare/benchmark64/default.aspx

Moving from 32-bit to 64-bit application development on .NET Framework

This blog aims at clarifying the issues which 32-bit developers might be having when they start migrating to the 64-bit platform. My observations below would be concentrated towards the .NET Framework related technologies. Most of the things I discuss

Cross compilation in the 64-bit .NET Framework world for platform specific features

In today’s world, a lot of applications are written targeting both the 32-bit and/or the 64-bit platform. Using cross compilation , users can now create applications using the .NET Framework which are platform agnostic. This is achieved by the data in

Executing applications/scripts at User Log-on on Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server

I wanted to execute a script/application on my comp when a user logs on to adjust some of the settings specific to the user. I did not know how to go about it and had to scratch a little bit to find how I could achieve the desired result. I am posting
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64 bit technology, Processors, Operating Systems available today

There are a whole lot of names by which the 64-bit technology is famous. I just wanted to get a comprehensive list of the same available at one place for my own use. Here is what I found out when I searched for the various names/technologies/OS’s available

The x64 Vs AMD64 Vs EM64T Vs Itanium Riddle – What is what?

While I tried to learn more about the 64-bit processors, here is what I found out. There are two different sets of architectures present in the world today. The first is called the x64 architecture processors, which is based on the AMD64 and/or Extended

Is 64-bit a superior platform as compared to the 32-bit platform?

A lot of people, from different walks of life meet me and often ask, that now, with the availability of 64-bit platforms, should they only go and buy 64-bit machines? Is the 32-bit platform not old and slow? With the availability of 64-bit platforms they

Is 64-bit platform always better than 32-bit?

I recently did some preliminary performance testing on the 64-bit platform Vs that on 32-bit. Here are the results of the same Calculation Speed (milliseconds) Memory Copy (milliseconds) Measure x86 x64 IA64 x86 x64 IA64 Iterations 100000 5.51 0.31 0.7

Customizing Menu Options in Visual Studio

This is one of the cool features that is offered in Visual Studio 2005 . I came across this recently, when one of our customers was unable to find the location of the Java Language Conversion Assistant in the normal File -> Open -> Convert... menu
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Accessing Java Objects from within C#

We often hear back from customers regarding this interesting problem. I am just throwing a perspective on this. Here is what we heard from one of our customers: I'm trying to get my organization to move to C# as the primary development tool, but I have
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