ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Over the last decade, flagship processors from Intel and AMD have been eking out only marginal cross-generational single threaded (ST) performance gains. Instead, the focus has been on boosting aggregate performance by increasing core count. While throughput performance is important, especially in data-centers, single threaded performance remains a pivotal metric for a large swath of application domains (HPC, Finance etc.).

Architecture 67

Architecture Technology Technology Innovation 67

Website Optimization

OCTOBER 25, 2018

For cosmetic dentists, proper targeting is everything in PPC advertising. Cosmetic dentists typically target more affluent clients that can afford their smile makeover services. Marketing cosmetic services to your entire target geography does not make economic sense. A better approach is to only market to geographic areas that can afford your services.

Code 45

Code Google 45

n0derunner

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Specifically a customer wanted to see how performance changes (and how quickly) as data moves from HDD to SSD automatically as data is accessed. The access pattern is 100% random across the entire disk. In a hybrid Flash/HDD system – “cold” data (i.e. data that has not been accessed for a long time) is moved from SSD to HDD when the SSD capacity is exhausted.

Cache 40

Cache Testing Systems Performance 40

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Expanding the AWS Cloud—An AWS Region is coming to South Africa! Today, I am excited to announce our plans to open a new AWS Region in South Africa! AWS is committed to South Africa's transformation. The AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region is another milestone of our growth and part of our long-term investment in and commitment to the country. It is our first Region in Africa, and we're shooting to have it ready in the first half of 2020.

AWS 167

AWS Cloud Education Programming 167

O'Reilly Software

OCTOBER 25, 2018

As lists are the raw material of strategy and technology architecture, MECE list-making is one of the most useful tools you can have in your tool box. MECE, pronounced "mee-see," is a tool created by the leading business strategy firm McKinsey. It stands for "mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive," and dictates the relation of the content, but not the format, of your lists.

Strategy 96

Strategy Database Technology Technology 96