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MPS, the vendor IEEE uses for counter compliant statistics, has adopted the SUSHI data transfer protocol and is now available to IEEE customers who also subscribe to Scholarly Stats products from MPS. SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) allows users to view usage statistics across multiple platforms, saving time and resources for the library. Read more

 
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The Cell Broadband Engine will be integrated with IBM mainframes, according to the computer giant and Hoplon Infotainment, which already works with IBM on a massively multiplayer online game. Cell is the brains of the Sony PlayStation 3, and is used for physics simulations in a Los Alamos National Laboratory supercomputer called Roadrunner, according to the firms, which say they'll work to integrate Cell with mainframes and Hoplon's virtual world infrastructure software, bitVerse. Read more   

 
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A revolutionary general-purpose computer processor, which may reach trillions of calculations per second, could be used to accelerate industrial, consumer, and scientific computing, according to computer scientists at the University of Texas at Austin who designed and built the computer. The new processor, known as TRIPS (Tera-op, Reliable, Intelligently adaptive Processing System), is a demonstration of a new class of processing architectures called Explicit Data Graph Execution, and unlike conventional architectures that process one instruction at a time, can process large blocks of information all at once and more efficiently. Current "multicore" processing technologies increase speed by adding more processors, which individually may not be any faster than previous processors, according to the computer scientists, but each TRIPS chip contains two processing cores, each of which can issue 16 operations per cycle with up to 1,024 instructions in flight simultaneously. Current high-performance processors are typically designed to sustain a maximum execution rate of four operations per cycle. Read more

 
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Software that turns smartphones running Windows Mobile 6.0 into virtual BlackBerries will be debuted by Research In Motion Ltd. and will provide users with access to BlackBerry applications like its e-mail, phone, calendar, address book, instant messages, and other functions. The software will appear as an icon on the screen of a smartphone and will have the same interface as a BlackBerry, according to the firm, who says users will be able to toggle between the Windows Mobile and BlackBerry interfaces. The software will be available on devices offered by a number of telecom companies later this year. Read more

 
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A new, mid-market BladeSymphony server with up to 10 two-socket, quad-core-processor servers per chassis, has been launched by Hitachi less than five months after launching its enterprise version. The 6U, 10-slot, BladeSymphony 320 offers features that simplify management, according to the firm, which says it offers more cores per cubic foot than many existing blade server racks. The BladeSymphony 320, a space-saving alternative to multiple racks of rack-mount servers, Hitachi says, is available now and includes hot-swappable fan modules with redundant fans. Read more

 
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Servers that combine mainframe technology with the open-source Solaris 10 operating system are being debuted by Sun Microsystems and longtime partner Fujitsu, who say the new systems deliver a 50 percent increase in performance and are the fastest Sparc-Solaris servers ever. The product line includes entry-level systems powered by Sun's UltraSparc T1 processor, according to the firms, and brand new mid- and high-range systems, powered by Fujitsu's new Sparc64 VI processor. The lower-end systems are designed for running business applications with large databases, as well as other software such as business intelligence and data warehousing, the firms say, and the higher-end systems also can handle back-office applications found in finance, manufacturing, and other industries requiring intensive transaction processing. Read more

 
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