Tag: "Server"

Developer creates proxy server for Siri, controls thermostat with his voice (video)

Now that Siri’s protocol has been freshly dissected and laid bare for the world to behold, hackers have been busy finding ways to move Apple’s personal assistant beyond the realm of the iPhone 4S. That task may be getting easier, however, now that a developer has created his very own third-party proxy server, designed specifically for Siri. The dev, known by his Twitter handle @plamoni, demonstrated his brainchild in a recent video clip, using a plug-in to control a WiFi thermostat with only voice commands. As @plamoni explains, the hack won’t require users to jailbreak their iPhone 4S, but it won’t let them port Siri over to earlier iPhones or iPod Touch models, either — not yet, at least. The idea, according to the developer, is to make it easier for other hackers to experiment with and build upon Siri’s functionality. Head past the break to see the demo video for yourself, or if you’re up for it, grab the source code and instructions on how to create your own server, at the source link below.

Nov 21, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Behind Amazon’s Silk browser lurks a really fast supercomputer

We were hardly shocked to see Fujitsu atop the most recent list of the world’s fastest supercomputers, but perhaps more surprising is the fact that Amazon cracked the top 50, as well. Turns out, the company’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) servers are powered by a Linux-based, 240-teraflop beast that boasts 17,024 cores, 66,000 GB of memory, and a ten gigabit Ethernet interconnect. That’s good for 42nd place on Top 500′s global rankings, and it’s also good enough to power Silk, the browser you’ll find on the Kindle Fire. But Amazon has a long way to go before catching up with the Fujitsu K, which recently cracked that vaunted ten petaflop barrier.

Behind Amazon’s Silk browser lurks a really fast supercomputer originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Nov 18, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

AMD ships ’16-core’ Bulldozer-powered Opteron 6200

We seem to have mislaid our definition of fashionably late — a fortnight after the promised “October” launch, systems packing AMD’s Bulldozer-powered Opteron 6200 (formerly Interlagos) will commence shipping to enterprise customers. If you haven’t been paying too much attention, you might just believe the claim about it having 16 cores — Bulldozer’s architecture has eight two-core modules rather than 16 independent ones. Despite the short delay and the conspicuous claims, the company reckons it’s 84 percent faster, 73 percent more efficient and uses half the power of the equivalent Intel Xeon. At the same time, Sunnyvale firmed up news on the Valencia (Opteron 4200) and announced 2012′s Opteron 3000 platform with the new Zurich chip — designed to run on low-power web hosts. Enterprise customers can read the PR we’ve got after the break and then begin placing orders; the rest of us will have to keep waiting to see if Andre Yang can push his FX all the way to 9GHz.

[Thanks, Khan]

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Nov 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

HP and Calxeda’s Moonshot ARM servers will bring all the boys to the yard (video)

HP and Calxeda’s indiscreet partnership has been revealed to the world: Project Moonshot is a new server based around a brand new ARM-based EnergyCore system-on-chip. These new units are so efficient that a four core version, packing 4GB DRAM, consumes just five watts at full pelt — for perspective, that’s less than your average tablet. The other funky innovation is that all the server nodes now share a single power, cooling, management and storage system rather than carrying it themselves. In terms of space saving, the Redstone four unit chassis you can see in the image above can hold 288 of the little blighters. If you set your alarm clock early to learn more about efficient server architecture, head on past the break for two videos, including a tour of HP’s server labs and some press release goodness.

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Nov 02, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

The opposite of virtualization: Calxeda’s new quad-core ARM part for cloud servers

Nov 01, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

The opposite of virtualization: Calxeda’s new quad-core ARM part for cloud servers

Nov 01, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

ARMv8 detailed: 64-bit architecture, AppliedMicro first in line

Thought Windows on ARM was snazzy? Have a gander at this. The outfit’s forthcoming ARMv8 architecture, the first ARM architecture to include a 64-bit instruction set, has just been detailed, with a goal to expand the reach of ARM processor-based solutions “into consumer and enterprise applications where extended virtual addressing and 64-bit data processing are required.” The ARMv8 architecture consists of two main execution states — AArch64 and AArch32 — and we’re apt to see the real benefits hit high-end servers first. The ARMv8 architecture specifications are available now to partners under license, with the company planning to disclose processors based on ARMv8 during 2012, with consumer and enterprise prototype systems expected in 2014. Head on past the break for ARM’s take, or meander to the source links for AppliedMicro’s gloating.

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Oct 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

HP to announce ARM-based servers next month, throw Intel a curveball

Sources close to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal say that HP is primed to help ARM wrestle its way into the server game next month, citing unannounced plans that may challenge Intel’s corner on the market. HP is said to be working with Calxeda, an outfit with dreams of outclassing today’s servers by selling OEMs an ARM-based system on a chip that can be used to build high performance racks with low energy footprints. ARM, HP and Calxeda all declined to comment, although a spokesperson for Calxeda mentioned that it has a product release event scheduled for November 1st. Intel doesn’t seem too concerned, and told the Wall Street Journal that ARM architecture still had a few hurdles to jump before it was ready for the server game. “We believe the best-performing platform will win.” Spoken like a true sportsman, Intel. Game on.

HP to announce ARM-based servers next month, throw Intel a curveball originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oct 27, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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