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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

While Apple had been ahead in producing mouse-driven GUIs at the time, it remained focused on the combination of hardware and software. This approach to providing software for hardware partners to sell their own machines created a huge platform for Microsoft. Microsoft moved to a 32-bit architecture and introduced the Start menu.

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Qubit by qubit, the quantum computers of tomorrow are coming into being

Vox

Which makes sense — much of the architecture inside is composed of cooling equipment that keep the three IBM Heron quantum processors “colder than deep space,” as IBM senior vice president and director of research Darío Gil told me in an interview. Up close, it emits a quiet electronic hum. But appearances can be deceiving.

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Xbox Series X and S: everything you need to know about the next-gen of Xbox

The Verge

And that’s before we get into Microsoft’s game streaming service, xCloud, which could mean you won’t need any Xbox hardware at all to play many of the latest games. It’s not unusual for console manufacturers to offer a couple of different hardware options at launch, but normally, the differences are minor. teraflops of GPU power.

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Network Virtualization as I understand it

Virtualized Greek

It streamlines server deployments because you can now deploy servers based on templates with almost no regard to the underlying hardware. Cisco has a similar device level approach with their ISR architecture. I haven’t been excited by networking since I got a sample loaner Gigabit switch back in 2001 from Cisco.

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Fountainhead: "California" is deja vu all over again

Fountainhead

It all sounds pretty familiar to what Vern Brownell conceived-of back in 2001. Truth-be told, Egeneras own BladeFrame hardware already supports 128GB of memory, on 6-core, 4-way boards. The blades include a PCI-Express connection, allowing them to connect to Ciscos high-speed Unified Fabric architecture. Ken Oestreich.