(Memory Management Unit) The part of the computer that governs memory access. Either part of the CPU chip or housed on separate chips, the MMU controls memory partitions and virtual memory. See memory and virtual memory.
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- Bias is a wonderful thing
- When Theo de Raadt went public last week with comments about bugs in the Intel Core Duo I believed everything he said - and for two reasons:(1) he's the key developer for OpenBSD - the most security aware small systems Unix available - and therefore highly credible on...
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Hardware-based rootkit detection proven unreliable
- Hardware-based rootkit detection proven unreliableFlawed researchI see she is still only testing one platform. It is reckless and unprofessional to only test one platform when others exist. This woman is a sensationalist and attention seeker. Every time she makes an assertion, someone shoots holes in it soon thereafter. She needs...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-04
- Intel to sell new Itanium servers
- Intel to sell new Itanium serversNot a minute too soon....I didn't realize that Itanium was still around .... What took Intel so long to wake up and realize that it botched Itanium so badly and go back to start to work on it again? SGI to the fall in the...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-22
- Quacking the SPARC barrier
- Quacking the SPARC barrierNow that's what I call...Return on Product development Investment.One small problem: What's the lifecycle of it?If developmentspeed is 3 month's at max for a new product, then a new product will hit the market in 3 months, thus eliminating the posibility for Sun to earn some more...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-02
- A message to Steve Jobs - From Greg Papadopoulos
- Sun's Greg Papadopoulos put a fascinating essay on the continued operation of Moore's law as microsystems replace microprocessors in his Sun blog last week. Here are some key paragraphs: Just as the '80's discrete processors were killed by microprocessors, today's discrete systems ---...
- Blog posts 2005-11-18
- Software comes of age
- Software comes of agetimely advice...unfortunately, it has been so for many years now...Of course you are rightThe problem these days is that software is becoming treated as a commodity, much like underwear sewn in Asia or Mexico. Its development is being farmed out to the lowest bidder without regard...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-11
- Security tools face increased attack
- Security tools face increased attackThanks for the giggles ZDNETThe fact that this storySecurity tools face increased attack was preceeded byhttp://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009-5754653.htmlMicrosoft seeks testers for antivirus serviceIS PRICELESS.Now we really no why MS is seeking beta testers. Sorry this was too easy.The pool of easily exploitable Windows exploits is drying up????There...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-20
- Porting Linux to ERC-32 Architecture
- This paper describes the work involved in porting a variant of the Linux kernel for MMU-less CPUs uCLinux to the ERC-32 platform. ERC-32 is an ESA approved radiation-tolerant SPARC V7 processor developed for space applications, and its interest lies in the open nature of its design and specification in order...
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