One of the huge challenges for deploying large numbers of any kind of server is how to actually do this. To help resolve the vagaries around deploying a large Windows based cluster, hands-free, I wrote the following whitepaper located here: … Continue reading
Using the Process Class to call command-line utilities
Part of the reason for my experimentation with deployment techniques has to do with figuring out how to manage and deploy a cluster of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 servers. Since MOSS contains Excel Services, which are great for financial … Continue reading
Mixing It Up in Second Life
The AMD Summer Tech Mixer, held on July 29th in Second Life, was a great event, both fun and educational. The main crux of the event was to further discuss the implications and opportunities associated with open source software for … Continue reading
Join us on July 29th for a Second Life mixer on Dev Central Island!
Please join us on Sunday, July 29th, for the next developer event in Second Life. This informal mixer will take place from 1-4pm SLT (US Pacific Time Zone) on AMD Dev Central Island. AMD Dev Central Island This event will … Continue reading
A bit of humor for the day — is your software project doomed?
You may have seen this list floating around recently, it has been digg’d up to the top. It’s the “101 Ways To Know Your Software Project Is Doomed” at codesqueeze. Throughout my various jobs, I’ve experienced 12 of these items … Continue reading
AMD Tech Day at Develop Brighton UK
Folks in the UK and nearby should definitely check out this free AMD Tech Day on July 27, happening with the Develop Conference in Brighton. This AMD Tech Day for professional developers is being presented in association with Microsoft. It … Continue reading
We’ve been blogged about already
Interesting, someone out there has already picked up on our newly launched forums and blogs, and has written us up. He poses some interesting questions about what factors really matter when weighing the choices. I’d be interested in seeing the … Continue reading
Fun with Intrinsics
When porting 32-bit code to 64-bit code, one of the issues that must be dealt with is the absence of inline assembly language support in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 64-bit compiler. One of the common places where developers have … Continue reading
Welcome to AMD High Performance Computing (HPC)
Hi everyone. I’m John McCrae. I work on the Microsoft team here at AMD. AMD is dedicated to providing its HPC customers (both Windows and Linux) with the tools they need to be successful with AMD hardware. This blog promises … Continue reading
Welcome to Hard-Core Software Optimization!
Welcome to our blog. This blog is from the Developer Performance Team at AMD. We will mostly concentrate on software optimization and performance topics. Certainly other areas related to software development and AMD products in general may be touched on. … Continue reading
