Core2, Nehalem, FPGA CAD

Here are some FPGA CAD benchmarks across a few relatively-modern machines. The original motivation was to figure out why VPR ran much slower on a Core 2 Xeon 5160 system than a desktop-class Core 2 Quad Q9550. A secondary goal is to measure the Core i7-980X @ 4215 MHz. I added in some Pentium 4 . . . → Read More: Core2, Nehalem, FPGA CAD

Cardboard Boxes

Seeing as Engadget can get away with posting old news about computers in cardboard boxes, I will too :)
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Teksavvy IPv6

Teksavvy now has a beta of IPv6 service over DSL. This is my configuration for a linux system serving as a router for a LAN. . . . → Read More: Teksavvy IPv6

USB Port Repair

The USB port on my laptop was broken by dropping the laptop onto something plugged into the USB port. It has been repaired by transplanting the core from a donor USB connector. . . . → Read More: USB Port Repair

Recording Equipment

Behringer C-2 ($65), Tascam US-122MkII ($90), laptop, piano.

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Spam

Spam is profitable. With sufficient advertising by email, there will be some people who respond and generate revenue. Push the conversion rate lower still, and spam may become unprofitable. . . . → Read More: Spam

Compiler Performance

Sun claims their Sun Studio 12 compiler performs well on SPEC (Free Compiler Wins Nehalem Race by 2x). So I compared PHP 5.3.1 running PHPspeed 1.0 beta (using “Real World PHP Benchmark”) and xcache 1.3.0, compiled with Sun Studio 12, GCC 4.4.1, and Intel C Compiler 11.1.064.

System Mandriva 2010.0 x86_64 kernel 2.6.31.6-server-1mnb, Core 2 . . . → Read More: Compiler Performance

(PHP | Perl) + mod_cache + (WordPress | BugZilla) = bad…blah

mod_cache was disabled in Nov., 2005 and forgotten.

mod_cache was re-enabled in some config file jumble when messing with the apache2 RPMs.

Gahh.