Tag: Intel
Linux on POWER
Anyone familiar with GNU/Linux will not be surprised by the fact that this operating system runs on almost all known processors. However, very few...
GNU Binutils: A Collection of Binary Tools
With years of experience as a systems programming engineer, I've realised that to be a great artist of programming, you must understand the basics...
Kerala State Electricity Board Saves a Whopping Rs 8 Crore, Using...
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) switched to open source solutions only a few years back, and now, not only manages the accounting and billing...
VMWare Player, VirtualBox, KVM: Finding Virtualisation Software that Fits
This article is intended to guide users in choosing the best virtualisation solution for themselves.
According to Wikipedia: "Virtualisation, in computing, is the creation of...
The Database Demands of Peta-scale Computing
Let's take a brief look at the challenges for next-generation databases.
In the previous article we discussed that as data volumes grow towards the peta-scale...
Shared Computing — Where PCI Performs and USB Lags
This article explores the evolution of shared computing, and evaluates the value proposition that a shared computing environment can offer to organisations. Also included...
CodeSport
In this month's column, we continue our discussion of binary instrumentation tools, and look at a few popular dynamic instrumentation frameworks.
Last month, we had...
CodeSport
Welcome to CodeSport! In this month's column, we continue our discussion on memory access errors.
In last month's column, we had discussed a set of...
Better Queries with MySQL, Part 3: The MyISAM Storage Engine
MyISAM is MySQL's default storage engine, and is probably most commonly used by new adopters of MySQL. The objective of this article is to...
Joy of Programming: Bug Hunt
Every programmer knows that debugging is akin to a detective's work. In this column, we'll cover this "bug hunt" process with an example of...
