Monthly Archives: April 2012

A Tale of Four Laptops

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Glenn Berry

With the release of the 22nm Ivy Bridge microarchitecture less than three weeks away, at the end of April 2012, I thought it might be a good time to do my little part to stimulate the world economy by giving … Continue reading →

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Onward and Upward!

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Glenn Berry

As you may have heard by now, I am joining the wonderful team at SQLskills as a Principal Consultant starting on May 1, 2012. I am very excited by this opportunity, since I will have the chance to work with … Continue reading →

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More Fun with my NEST Thermostat

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Glenn Berry

NEST has rolled out a nice software update for their NEST thermostat that gives you a 10 day history of your energy usage, that you can drill into in order to graphically display some pretty granular information. Below, you can … Continue reading →

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Second TPC-E Benchmark Result Published For SQL Server 2012

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Glenn Berry

NEC has submitted the second TPC-E OLTP benchmark result for SQL Server 2012, running on an Express5800/A1080a-E system, which is a new record of 4614.22 TpsE. This is for an eight socket system with 2.4GHz Intel Xeon E7-8870 processors, 2048GB … Continue reading →

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Intel Sandy Bridge-EP Processor Recap

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Glenn Berry

On March 6, 2012, Intel finally released the Xeon E5 processor family, (aka the Sandy Bridge-EP). Sandy Bridge is a Tock release for Intel, and as such, it represents a huge jump in both performance and power efficiency over the … Continue reading →

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Toshiba Satellite C655-S5503 Review

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Glenn Berry

If you are “in computers” according to your family and friends, you are typically expected to provide lifetime, free tech support for all computer related issues for everyone you know. Since you are “in computers”, you must automatically know everything … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer Hardware, Processors | Tagged | 9 Comments