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Oracle: SELECT * FROM Sun

Oracle: SELECT * FROM Sun

Posted Apr 21, 2009 13:02 UTC (Tue) by gouyou (guest, #30290)
In reply to: Oracle: SELECT * FROM Sun by bronson
Parent article: Oracle: SELECT * FROM Sun

If you care about performance, you must go with the high-volume, off the shelf CPU.

That explains the success of a number of FPGA solutions ... A generic CPU is good for generic tasks but using dedicated hardware can really accelerate some workloads.


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Oracle: SELECT * FROM Sun

Posted Apr 21, 2009 15:42 UTC (Tue) by i3839 (guest, #31386) [Link]

FPGA is anything but dedicated hardware... It's as generic as it gets.
It's the high-volume, off the shelf replacement for "dedicated" hardware.

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