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HP is selling the Alpha server

Since the spring of 2007 only, factory systems are available. The development of drivers and software, HP has set 2008th The more developed by Digital Equipment Alpha architecture has influenced the chip history.

The Alpha-based servers, supercomputers "Q" at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Los Alamos (Image: LLNL).

On 30 September 2010 ends the Renew program for Alpha systems. That has Hewlett-Packard announced today. The production of new Alpha server had already abandoned the group in April 2007. Since then he sells refurbished Alpha systems with manufacturer warranty and.

His last based on the Alpha chip architecture in 2004, HP had put on the market. With the development of drivers and HP software has ceased in April 2008. Since especially in the areas of transportation, logistics and finance, yet critical processes on Alpha servers in combination with OpenVMS and Tru64 Unix operating systems running that are not readily interchangeable, HP supplies since 2007, factory from Alpha systems - perhaps also to take the competitors will exchange the wind out of sails.

With the end of the sale, factory systems in an era of server history is finally over. Originally developed by Digital Equipment Alpha chip was first introduced in 1992. He ran at speeds of 200 MHz. Due to the high for the time performance was the 64-bit chip in benchmark testers and analysts very well received.

The major breakthrough in the market created the Alpha architecture, however, ever. Suitably equipped servers were very expensive and there were few applications. Due to the small numbers, for example, Microsoft released its Windows NT support by one of the architecture.

Digital Equipment was bought in 1998 by Compaq. Compaq had already announced the server to replace the medium by devices with Intel’s Itanium. Following the acquisition of Compaq by HP in 2002, these plans have been accelerated. 2003 also changed so many developers of HP Alpha to Intel. HP placed strategically on the Itanium platform.

Even if the CPU was not a success commercially, many of the technical innovations found later in other processors. AMD thus uses the alpha-bus for its 1999 featured Athlon. Also in the Opteron realized integrated memory controller and HyperTransport go back to the design of the Alpha architecture. Intel Hyperthreading employed in the research and development results, which were the Alpha design team developed in the nineties.

On 30 Sepetmber is selling factory reconditioned HP Alpha Server (Image: HP).

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HP: memristor enable far more powerful computer chips

This can be carried out sony pcga-bp2nx battery calculations of circuit outside of a central CPU. At the same time he employees faster and more energy efficient than current memory chips. Mobile devices could receive ten times with memristor memory.

Hewlett-Packard has introduced new ways to use those developed by him memristor. As you’ve now found out that this peculiar of circuit not only as an alternative to flash memory, but can also perform logic operations.

A circuit with 17 memristor under a microscope (Image: JJ Yang, HP Labs)

With the building blocks can be calculated according to HP "decentralized," that is set up outside of a central processor. Adds that memristor faster, more energy efficient and more resistant to radiation than currently used space as Flash. It also would offer twice the storage density.

"Memristor devices could change the standard paradigm for computers. For them to make calculations in the same chip to run in which the data is stored instead in a central processing unit," says R. Stanley Williams of HP Information and Quantum Systems Lab . "We estimate we could therefore be in the distant future be able to build smaller, more energy-efficient computer systems. And after it was no longer possible to shrink transistors to Moore’s Law continues."

Because memristor not lose their electrical charge and retain stored content without power lenovo thinkpad r60 battery, the HP researchers are already thinking computer that can boot without a break as a light bulb on and off. We have developed new architectures for chips with memristor. The first devices using these circuits could already in the years to come to market.

In addition, HP works with their own information to an architecture in which multiple layers of memristor in a chip stack. In five years, could help such chips for mobile devices ten times the storage capacity of today’s models. Even supercomputers benefited.

In addition, processors with memristor replace the silicon components that are used for example in e-book reader display. In the larger context, one could give thanks to the new building blocks in many devices on silicon components.

The idea of the memristor is originally by Leon Chua sony pcga-bp2ny battery, a professor at Berkeley University in California, 70 of those years. Based on Chua’s research HP built two years ago, the first memristor. A malleable model demonstrated the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in summer 2009.

Change HP Pavilion DV4 1103TX OS Vista to XP

After several hours practice, I have successfully changed my HP Pavilion DV4 1103TX OS from Vista to XP. Now let me introduce my experience when you install the XP OS to your Pavilion DV4 1103TX.

I bought my HP Pavilion DV4 in April 02 in HP store. To avoid some trouble, I decide install XP into my Notebook in April 19 ( 15 days after I buy the notebook, as the HP supply the 15 days free replacing ). Please notice this :The HP Pavilion DV4 hard disk is the ICH9 SATA DISK. Some XP OS edition driver cant support the ICH9. I tried many XP OS edition to face the situation. Not all the HP Pavilion series laptop are ICH9 SATA disk, that means you dont need to special download the ICH9 XPS SP3 for Pavilion DV1000 battery, Pavilion DV2000 battery, Pavilion DV4000 battery, Pavilion DV6000 battery, Pavilion DV8000 battery, Pavilion ZV5000 battery, Pavilion zv6000 battery.

To ensure the OS change cant effect the HP quality warranty. I called the HP customer center to query the problem. They said that they are not accountable to the broken of userself bios fresh, but they say I can change my notebook OS to XP SP2 without bios freshing. But when I finished my XP SP2 install, the voice card driver cant work. So I must fresh my bios, you only need to notice that dont interruption of power supply when you fresh BIOS.

Please notice that : Please fresh the F11C BIOS program before you install the XP OS, or you must reinstall the OS again.

Now let me install the XP SP3 into my Pavilion DV4 step by step:
• First download or buy ICH9 XP SP3 CD (the CD must be ICH9 XPS SP3), you can google it
• Then prepare the F.11C-BIOS fresh program. Fresh the F.11C-BIOS here : http://www.icare.hp.com.cn/TechCenter_StaticArticle/45904/59726.zip

  The BIOS only can be freshed in DOS.

• Next you only to install the XP SP3 into your notebook in standard step. Dont care of the black screnn when installing.
• After finish the install, you can go to XP edition desktop to fresh all the driver.

  Chip set : http://h30445.www3.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39001-39500/sp39316.exe

  Video card Driver : ftp://file6.mydrivers.com/display/nvidia_gfgo_17637_xp32.zip

  Card reader driver : http://www.icare.hp.com.cn/TechCenter_StaticArticle/45904/59729.zip

  Hotkey driver : http://www.icare.hp.com.cn/TechCenter_StaticArticle/45904/59735.zip

  Finger driver : http://www.icare.hp.com.cn/TechCenter_StaticArticle/45904/59810.zip

  Net work Card Driver : ftp://file6.mydrivers.com/net/realtek_rtl8100e_702_xp.zip

  WLAN Card Driver : Intel ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp40001-40500/sp40120.exe

  Broadcom ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-40000/sp39912.exe

  Modem driver : ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-40000/sp39689.exe

  Voice card driver : ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp38501-39000/sp38558.exe

  Please Notice this : as I install the XP SP38558 OS, first we must uninstall the originally voice card driver. Then install the download voice card driver. Also you can install XP SP3 in to you pavilion DV5, pavilion DV5T, Pavilion DV7.

In the end fresh the F11C BIOS, restart the notebook , then you will find your notebook works fine with all drivers. You can update your Pavilion DV1000 battery, Pavilion DV4000 battery, Pavilion ZV5000 battery, Pavilion zv6000 battery XP OS to XP SP3 without redownload all drivers and BIOS.

The simple test of HP Mini 2133 battery

Let us take a look at this HP Mini 2133 battery life. From our point of view before the media coverage of such Internet features of this product is any time a free tour of the Internet. This function perfectly or not, is bound to need strong support of the power system. To this end, the HP Mini 2133 is equipped with a three-core 10.8V 28Wh lithium ion battery, the life test results are as follows:

The final results, in the full-torn BatteryMark 4.0.1, the piece of the battery capacity of adhering to a moderate 73 minutes (in this test phase HP Mini 2133 to 70% of the screen from top to bottom, and power management in XP system on the all power-saving features of the option off). If the day-to-day use, can reduce the screen brightness, and then associated with energy-saving function of the operating system, I believe that this battery may last 100 minutes usage time, the same time the satellite A300 battery can work 250 minutes.

Evaluation of a line of the products are excellent, I believe that their long working hours under the state of the performance of body temperature can also be regarded as one of important criteria. After all, no one is willing to use a long period of time may be the Internet version, the body temperature to achieve the degree of fried eggs. To this end, the author carried out in the HP Mini 2133 battery life test, the use of the testo 825-T2 Infrared Thermometer their body temperature was tested (the testing process in the basic maintenance of the indoor temperature around 25 degrees Celsius ).

To the final testing results, HP Mini 2133 battery in the performance of body temperature can be used in this part of “disorder” to make an assessment. The main heat source is basically in the left side of the keyboard and the left side of the fuselage cooling air vents, under the late拆机inspection, the region where is the processor. VIA C7M processor so “hot” performance really let my accident. In addition, the HP Mini 2133 notebook cooling Apple Design and passive fanless cooling body has some similar, are relying on the most metal body heat away. Therefore, HP Mini 2133 in the use of process engineering plastic materials than other Internet users this will bring the feeling of heat.

Might see here, there will be readers to PC Mark05, 3D Mark06 Although the classic, but I do not know this will be the actual performance of the notebook is. You can not come to the actual point? OK, of course, no problem! The needs of readers, that is our goal. Next, I look for you to display the HP Mini 2133 HD video decoding ability.

Proficiency test in high-definition decoding of H.264 I selected encoding format, video resolution of 1280 × 720 specifications “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” to carry out the tests. As shown in the following screenshot, HP Mini 2133 in the performance tests can be described as barely passing. But its good sound, images can be synchronized, the screen is still a natural transition. During playback, HP Mini 2133 occupancy rate of the basic processors in about 90% of the entire process. Used as a VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II integrated GPU, system bus frequency is only 400MHz notebook, this performance is still talking about the past. HP Mini 2133 is HP addtion in netbook to support HP Pavilion DV1000,Pavilion DV3000, DV4000, DV4, DV5, DV7.

As shown in game screenshot, HP Mini 2133 in the performance of the game is also still far from satisfactory. More than two games in high definition is not set up the premise, can smooth out the feeling. Perhaps this author is really some redundant tests, select Netbook “Internet of the” consumer products more convenient for a working or living conditions, most of them has been interested in the age of the game. However, I would like to express here is that, HP Mini 2133 in your spare time can also become a tool for your entertainment pleasure. Perhaps it is not strong enough performance, but occasionally or inadequate.

As HP’s first ultra-portable mobile notebook, HP Mini 2133 HP carried on “with the most user needs for a wide range of mobile solutions,” the commitment to “full-function ultra-portable + + the best experience” to meet the unique advantage of increasingly strong The ultra-portable mobile needs. Its elegant exterior design, whole weight of only 1.19Kg, measuring only 27mm (positive) × 255mm × 165mm, its concise and well anodic alumina shell design, while ensuring at the same time compact and durable machine can reduce the weight of ; in the main configuration, equipped with 1GB or 2GB of memory (only has one memory slot settings), Genuine Windows Vista Home operating system, as well as standard disk drives, can provide fairly good experience.

HP Mini 2133 Review of the advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages :
1, many of the products in the Internet the only model of a metal material, and excellent mold design

2, speaker sound quality on both sides of the screen, in many of the Internet’s most successful products

3, such as 3D DriveGuard with hardware and software protection system hard drive, hard drive data more secure

4, key-bit layout is unreasonable, moderate-size keyboard, excellent use of hand

5, to break the trade restrictions, the provision of 2GB memory as XPS M1530 XPS M1730 PC, 160GB hard drive configuration

1, the normal body process of high temperature than those for similar models, the use of higher ambient temperature

2, pre-installed Vista system, the current allocation of the burden too heavy

3, six-core version does not provide battery life is too short

The HP notebook Problems

Problems with faulty Nvidia graphics chips that caused large numbers of notebook computers to fail last year may not be over yet — at least for some.

Some HP users are complaining that their laptops, which were not included in the company’s official list of affected machines, are facing problems similar to what other users experienced last year.

“When I boot up my laptop, it says there’s no driver and I can’t install one. That means my machine locks up and shuts down,” says Dana Hight, a HP notebook user who runs a web development company. “It is clearly related to what happened with Nvidia chips last year.” Hight has bought his laptop about a year and half ago.

But he, along with other users in one of HP’s online support forums, say the company won’t recognize his laptop model as one of the versions affected by the faulty Nvidia chips. Hight has the DV9549US model. HP did not respond to a request for comment about the complaints. Now Lenovo update its ThinkPad X200 to solve this probelm.

Last year many consumers saw notebooks and desktops PCs that refused to boot up, did not detect wireless networks or offer any video on the monitor. HP acknowledged problems with about 38 desktops and 14 notebook models, Pavilion DV5 battery. In October, 2008, HP issued BIOS fixes and a limited extended warranty for these machines. Nvidia has said a problem with the packaging material for some of its chipsets led to the high failure rates. Dell and Apple also reported problems with Nvidia chips in 2008.

But Hight and other users in HP’s forums complain that their notebook models from the dv95xx series are facing similar issues.

“About two months ago I started noticing flickering and the system locking up, shutting down and rebooting,” says Hight. “It started getting worse but HP told me their technicians are not aware of anything with my chipset for HP newest notebook Pavilion DV7.

Hight, who had bought extended warranty with the now bankrupt Circuit City says he has two options: to pay up to $400 to get a new motherboard, but with the same chipset from Nvidia; or buy a new machine that will cost hundreds of dollars.

A quick look through a thread on one of HP’s online support forums reveals similar complaints. HP technicians, say the users online, will not acknowledge their problems as being related to the bad Nvidia chips.

HP has not responded to Wired.com’s request for comment. Pavilion DV4 battery

Hight says HP should step up and replace the faulty laptops instead of offering piecemeal fixes. “I would expect HP to give us a solution,” says Hight. “Why should users who paid $800 to get a HP laptop have to pay now because they got a bad machine?”

The article is from http://blog.wired.com/