The new processor SPARC64 a 25% performance of their predecessors

Company Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems continue to improve processor family SPARC64. The quad-model of a new generation of SPARC64 VII, calculated on the clock speeds of up to 2.88 GHz, according to developers, a quarter of the productivity of their predecessors.


The new processors clocked at 2.88 GHz, designed for servers SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 (incidentally, M9000 is one of the components of a supercomputer created by Fujitsu for a Japanese university). Model, clocked frequency of 2.53 GHz, will be available in the server configuration SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000.

Simultaneously with the increase in productivity could reduce the power consumption of processors. The transition to more advanced production technology has lowered power consumption SPARC64 VII by 44%. Full compatibility with previously released processors facilitates the upgrade of servers, SPARC Enterprise, already in use.

Source: http://www.sun.com/
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Mushkin promises that USB-storage Mulholland Drive will be very fast

Choosing a name for the new USB-drives, the company decided to beat Mushkin polysemy of the word drive, which, in addition adopted in the computer industry the importance of "drive, drive, has another -" the road ". The result was a series of devices, whose name matches the name of a winding road, laid in a picturesque mountainous area in the Los Angeles County. Highway is named in honor of William Mulholland (William Mulholland), which at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries led the Department of Water and Power City of Los Angeles. Activities Mulholland largely to transform Los Angeles from a small California town in the second largest city in the U.S.. Russia public highway more familiar name for a thriller of the same name by David Lynch.


As for USB-drive Mulholland Drive, in common with the highway, on a plan Mushkin, they must be high speed. Unfortunately, the specific values of speed reading and writing have not yet named. Manufacturer limited wording "incredible speed".

Model will be available 2 GB (MKNUFDMH2GB), 4 GB (MKNUFDMH4GB), 8 GB (MKNUFDMH8GB), 16 GB (MKNUFDMH16GB) and 32 GB (MKNUFDMH32GB). Information about the price of products yet.

Source: http://www.mushkin.com/
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Ultra Products introduced the seven socket power supply with modular cabling system

Just seven new products the company introduced the Ultra Products, which owns the patent on the technology of modular power supplies.


PSU series X4 cover the power range from 500 to 1600 Tues New BP have been certified 80 PLUS Bronze. They use a scheme with active power factor correction and a bus voltage of 12 V. The claimed uptime (at 25 ° C) is 100000 hours. The power supply Ultra Products X4 implemented protection against various types of violations of staffing mode. For cooling units are used 135-millimeter fans.

Prices of models of 500, 600, 750, 850, 1050, 1200 and 1600 W are $ 100, $ 120, $ 150, $ 250, $ 280, $ 300 and $ 400 respectively.

Source: http://www.ultraproducts.com/
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