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February 2005 - Posts

Excessive benchmark data comparing P4 EM64T and Athlon64

Abbas Jaffarali compares the 64-bit P4 and Athlon64 at Tbreak.com . Quotes: "We’ve taken some of the benchmarks we commonly use in our CPU testing and ran them across Windows XP in 64 bit. Keep in mind that these are 32 bit apps that are running on 64 Read More...
Posted Monday, February 28, 2005 7:58 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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Resource Kit for 64-bit developer

WinHEC ante portas. Part of my job is a 64-bit Resource Kit CD ready for WinHEC this year. I already have tons of content and will certainly need a DVD. That said, there's space left for additional bits and pieces. The kit will contain Videos from training Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:34 AM by Volker Will | 5 Comments
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Migration or Porting?

Changing code to make it compile and run on different (Windows) platforms. Call it migration, call it porting, when it comes to 64-bit it might be more a question of to be or not to be (part of the imminent future of computing). Over the last years I Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:33 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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The world is 10x10

At www.tenbyten.org . I found it on Wired : "Want to stay up on the latest news but think Google News is dry and boring? For something a little more visual, try 10x10. The site lets viewers scour the top headlines using photos, which combine to create Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 23, 2005 2:40 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Just installed MyWebEx on the XP x64

and it just runs fine (as a 32-bit app). Like this comment states, it seems to be a bit slow. Definitely not slower as on my 32-bit box :-). The Ferrari 3400 still runs hot on build 1238 but certainly requires a pit stop for an upgrade to RC2 . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:17 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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In case you are looking for a 64-bit driver ...

Quick update on my last blog and Intel. I asked for a similar list or website like the AMD one . Intel is looking into it. My contact at Intel said: "In the past ... we've made it a policy not to have links to other company's websites from our website." Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:22 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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In case you are looking for a 64-bit driver for your AMD based system

You may want to check out AMD64 Device Driver Support for Windows® and Linux . The page says it has been updated in November. Nevertheless quite a list for download and out of the box in Windows for x64 and Linux. I will try to find a similar list on Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:36 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Is it just me or is virtualization getting really hot these days?

"Virtual Iron, VMware Virtually Duke it Out" at http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3484391 . "Virtual Distinctions and Contradictions While virtualization software from VMware is designed to carve up a single, x86 box into small partitions, Read More...
Posted Friday, February 18, 2005 1:39 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Microsoft: 64-bit XP sales in the "millions" within first year

I certainly hope so. "And performance is what the 64-bit version of XP is all about: Microsoft promises "considerable performance improvements on 64-bit applications." Even if also the earliest 64-bit Athlons will be able to run the new software "well", Read More...
Posted Friday, February 18, 2005 12:04 PM by Volker Will | 5 Comments
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Xen lures big-name endorsements

Quote from zdnet . BOSTON--In just a few short months, an open-source software package called Xen has been catapulted from obscurity to the limelight as many computing industry powers throw their weight behind the project. Xen lets multiple operating Read More...
Posted Friday, February 18, 2005 9:47 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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All keynotes from Route64 are now up

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Posted Thursday, February 17, 2005 1:05 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Windows Server 2003 x64 RC2 now available for Download

" When we announced the completion of the RC2 Milestone of Window Server 2003 x64/SP1 last week we indicated the following: - That the Window Server 2003 x 64 editions would only be available through the private Beta Program - The public Customer Preview Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:01 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Route64 – Developer Training – Day 3 in Redmond

The pace of Day 3 at 64bit slowed down a bit after a very busy second day with new concepts on the 64-bit architecture – but that does not mean new things were not learned! Students saw several demos on the true power of SQL-Server when combined with Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:51 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Route64 – Developer Training – Day 2 in Redmond

Day 2 covered an in depth analysis of the WoW64 execution layer. It also was a busy day in terms of interoperability as students learned how to maintain 32-bit dependencies with their 64-bit applications. Students also learned how inter-process communication Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:21 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Route64 – Developer Training – Day 1 in Redmond

After the morning keynotes the real hands on lab begun: Day one was about C/C++ development on and for 64-bit Windows platforms. In general participants found the content ”informative and valuable”. Some of the verbatim feedback: - “On the first day I Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:37 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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HP xw9300

Found a review of this really powerful system in PC MAGAZINE . I have one of these boxes in my office and yes, it is impressive. Some pictures of the system in my office. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:47 AM by Volker Will | 8 Comments
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Pacifica, more than a car; or virtualization, 2. act

AMD and Xensource , today announced their collaboration on the migration of Xen, an open-source virtualization package, to AMD64 technology and plan for availability in February. As mentioned earlier , Pacifica is AMD's processor support for virtualization. Read More...
Posted Monday, February 14, 2005 10:11 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Microsoft calls it's HPC CCE.

We'll never run out of three letter words. Promise. BIO-IT World calls Microsoft "The 800-lb. gorilla of desktop computing" and comments about our plans to "aggressive push into life science clusters". "The main HPC push from Microsoft will come in the Read More...
Posted Monday, February 14, 2005 4:29 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Last week we did a hp/MS webcast on 64-bit Windows

There's no older news than yesterday's. I am going to share even older news with you but if you're interested in 64-bit Windows it still is up to date and applies. This deck is talking about the latest 64-bit Windows roadmap. It was presented last week Read More...
Posted Monday, February 14, 2005 4:18 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Route64 keynotes

As promised, all keynotes from the Route64 kick-off event in Redmond today can be found here: www.64-bit.us/route64 . The hp keynote will be uploaded soon. Read More...
Posted Monday, February 14, 2005 12:23 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Route64 Redmond Event

Just did a keynote (even got applause…) at the first Route64 event in Redmond on Microsoft campus in our lab in building 20 . As mentioned earlier , this is a training event getting attendees started on 64-bit Windows development and application migration. Read More...
Posted Monday, February 14, 2005 9:48 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Who needs 64-bit?

Wrong question. Didn’t we ask ourselves a similar question years ago when we all felt (kind of) comfortable in the 16-bit world and this 32-bit thing eventually appeared in Windows? Yesterday I've seen my boss sending out a lengthy email response to an Read More...
Posted Friday, February 11, 2005 8:30 AM by Volker Will | 34 Comments
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blogblogblog

Just met with Ward Ralston, Product manager in the Windows division. They started a blog on Windows Server at: blogs.msdn.com/windowsserver. If you are looking for information directly from the source (a.k.a. the product team) this blog should be a must. Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 10, 2005 6:16 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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The future of 32-bit (not too serious)

While I was on Xmas vacation on Hawaii I had the chance to take a peek into the future of 32-bit . Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:32 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Sub-$100 PC

One of my colleagues just started an internal email thread on one of the aliases about a sub $100 PC idea from Nicolas Negroponte. “Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and founder of MIT's Media Labs, says he is developing a laptop PC that will go on sale for Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 10, 2005 3:34 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments
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