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The evolution of single-core bandwidth in multicore processors

John McCalpin

This metric is interesting because we don’t always have the luxury of parallelizing every application we run, and our operating systems almost always process each call (e.g., This post is about a secondary performance characteristic — sustained memory bandwidth for a single thread running on a single core.

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Platform Engineering Teams Done Right…

Adrian Cockcroft

We used this model effectively at Netflix when I was their cloud architect from 2010 through 2013. The next layer is operating system platforms, what flavor of Linux, what version of Windows etc. There are three current underlying reasons for the platform engineering meme today.

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Which Is the Best PostgreSQL GUI? 2019 Comparison

Scalegrid

I believe anyone who comes to programming after 2010 will tell you GUI tools increase their productivity over a CLI solution. Easier access to files, features, and the operating system. DataGrip supports all three major operating systems, Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. Why Use a GUI Tool? Top PostgreSQL GUI Tools.

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8 Challenges of mobile app testing and how to solve them?

Testsigma

The number was just 296 million units ten years back in 2010 ( [link] ). Long List of Operating Systems. An operating system is the engine of the mobile device. It helps the applications run on the device and each of the operating systems is different in their own terms and working. Signup Now.

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MariaDB vs MySQL: Key Differences and Use Cases

Percona

MariaDB is a popular SQL open source relational database management system that originated as a fork of MySQL after MySQL was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008 and later Oracle in 2010. It supports multiple operating systems and platforms, making it an ideal choice for various applications. What is MySQL?

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Why Browsers Get Built

Alex Russell

Examples include IE 7+ and Safari from 2010-onward. native, OS-specific) platform and the hopefully weaker web platform. Teams tasked with defending (rather than digging) a moat will simply be starved by the OS overlords that hold the headcount purse strings.

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How Parallel Plans Start Up – Part 1

SQL Performance

The desired plan shape can also be obtained against the smaller Stack Overflow 2010 data set if that is more convenient. When that happens, a new thread will need to be started by the operating system, which can take a little while. I used the public Stack Overflow 2013 database ( download details ). Query scan setup.

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