A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...

Solid-state drives (SSD) are fast, but when it comes to today's server and data-center needs, even they're not fast enough. So, what should you do? Perhaps try Intel's just released Cache Acceleration ...

Scaling processing performance beyond the frequency and power envelope of single core systems has led to the emergence of multi-core clusters. Data access management within such processing systems ...

The evolution from chip to system-on-chip (SoC) has brought value to both the engineering community and end users. With the move to greater complexity, problems that were once isolated to individual ...

Within packet processing systems, lengthy memory accesses greatly reduce performance. To overcome this limitation, network processors utilize many different techniques, for example, utilizing ...