Today's IBM mainframe represents the continuation of a computing revolution that began with the application of ideas from the 1877 Jacquard loom to the 1890 US census. That evolution has focused on ...

Linux will support multiple processors and provide a platform for high-end databases with the forthcoming delivery of Intel's 64-bit chip architecture. Linux will support multiple processors and ...

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...

In the intricate landscape of operating systems, two prominent players have shaped the digital realm for decades: UNIX and Linux. While these two systems might seem similar at first glance, a deeper ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. As part of the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit 2023, the foundation has announced the formation of the ...

Green Hu posted a patch to support the NDS32 architecture. He described the current status as, "It is able to boot to shell and passes most LTP-2017 testsuites in nds32 AE3XX platform." Arnd Bergmann ...

Rapid growth in the market for x86 servers over the past year brought good news for both Linux and Windows, as research firm IDC reported last week. What’s not always appreciated, however, is just how ...

It may be six months late, but Sun has delivered the third generation of its UltraSPARC processors. Although rival vendors, such as HP and IBM have been stressing Sun’s ageing technology as they ...

So lets imagine that we want to configure this architecture for a specialty school with a two year curriculum, 70 instructors, 30 administrative and non IT support staff, 30 classrooms, and 500 ...