Abstract: 64-bit processor architectures like the Intel/spl reg/ Itanium/spl reg/ processor family are designed for large applications that need large memory addresses. When running applications that ...

Abstract: Memory performance is an important design issue for contemporary systems given the ever increasing memory gap. This paper proposes a space-efficient Java object model for reducing the memory ...

Dates and times stored in 32 bits on Unix-like systems will “overflow” in early 2038 — but the problems, and the patches, start now. Patch early, patch often, they say — almost 13 years early in the ...

The big picture: On January 19, 2038, at 03:14:07 UTC, certain Unix-based computer systems will encounter a critical timekeeping failure. Due to a software flaw known as the "Y2K38 bug," 32-bit ...

Names have been reserved for VIP players, and the new Lord of the Rings Online 64-bit servers are scheduled to launch in just a few hours at 1 PM EST today. Sounds great, doesn't it? There's one ...

If you want a CPU that has the floating point performance of a GPU, all you have to do is wait six or so years and the CPU roadmaps can catch up. This seems like a long time to wait, which is why so ...

Dungeons & Dragons Online has always been the middle child of MMORPGs—it has plenty of potential but is stuck living in the shadow of its siblings. Originally titled Dungeons & Dragons Online: ...