I was pleasantly surprised to see that SUN has opensourced the architecture of
their UltraSparc T1 processor.
http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/ contains a lot of stuff related to the
processor. The docs are very good. Chip architecture is very useful for s/w
programmers, since the h/w plays an important role in the way kernel behaves,
so essentially it helps them understand why things work in a certain way on one
processor and otherwise on another processor.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
HP the new IT giant !
As per the latest financial results from HP, it has surpassed IBM
as the world's largest IT company. HP has forcasted that in
2007, its revenue would be $97 billion. Which is more then
that of IBM's. Though that won't be so easy for HP, since
if IBM manages to improve its revenue HP would remain
on the second spot.
IBM's revenue for 3Q 2006 -> $22.6 billion
http://www.ibm.com/investor/3q06/3q06earnings.phtml
HP's revenue for 3Q 2006 -> $24.6 billion
http://h30261.www3.hp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=71087&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=932290&highlight=
For Q3 2006, HP was the world's largest PC seller,
surpassing Dell. A feat, which was thought to be
almost impossible to achieve.
as the world's largest IT company. HP has forcasted that in
2007, its revenue would be $97 billion. Which is more then
that of IBM's. Though that won't be so easy for HP, since
if IBM manages to improve its revenue HP would remain
on the second spot.
IBM's revenue for 3Q 2006 -> $22.6 billion
http://www.ibm.com/investor/3q06/3q06earnings.phtml
HP's revenue for 3Q 2006 -> $24.6 billion
http://h30261.www3.hp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=71087&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=932290&highlight=
For Q3 2006, HP was the world's largest PC seller,
surpassing Dell. A feat, which was thought to be
almost impossible to achieve.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Sony going down ?
Sony - a company once respected for its products and their extremely high quality, now seems to have lost the quality tag. The recent recall of Sony laptop battery is a huge embarrassment for the company, add to it the delays in shipping PS3.
Earlier Sony was at the forefront of innovation. Today its rivals are catching up. Today I saw a Sony ad, featuring "James Bond 007 TX Spy Gear "http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_ViewStatic-Start;sid=v5yQ4vF7zfKQ77Qxax2a6b52OiDLXemnNE0=?page=static%2fpromos%2fcr_TX
What I saw amused me very much. The VAIO laptop, featured in this ad crowed about a feature called - "Sony Display Privacy Filter", which had this feature -> " Work on confidential documents in public without worrying about onlookers. This privacy screen makes on-screen data visible only to the persons in front of the PC." I had long considered this as a mark of poor LCD quality :-) Many times, I get pissed off by this so called "feature" that Sony has. Since when I want to show something on my laptop to many people, not all can view it properly, particularly for those looking at inclined angles. Talk of innovation !
Earlier Sony was at the forefront of innovation. Today its rivals are catching up. Today I saw a Sony ad, featuring "James Bond 007 TX Spy Gear "http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_ViewStatic-Start;sid=v5yQ4vF7zfKQ77Qxax2a6b52OiDLXemnNE0=?page=static%2fpromos%2fcr_TX
What I saw amused me very much. The VAIO laptop, featured in this ad crowed about a feature called - "Sony Display Privacy Filter", which had this feature -> " Work on confidential documents in public without worrying about onlookers. This privacy screen makes on-screen data visible only to the persons in front of the PC." I had long considered this as a mark of poor LCD quality :-) Many times, I get pissed off by this so called "feature" that Sony has. Since when I want to show something on my laptop to many people, not all can view it properly, particularly for those looking at inclined angles. Talk of innovation !
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