Wednesday

Diamond Jewelry - The Ultimate Classic Adornment

Diamond jewelry is the ultimate adornment for a woman or even a man. It is something which takes us beyond the realm of time. Diamond jewelry is a timeless classic adornment, which can never go out of style and will always be looked up amongst all kinds of jewelry.
In buying diamond jewelry it is important to keep some factors in mind. The diamond history, diamond shape (Diamonds come in more shapes than any other gem. Diamond jewelry with spectacular center pieces are available in round, emerald cut, heart, marquise, oval, pear, princess, radiant, and trillion. Diamonds as accents are usually found in small round shapes and baguettes. Popular earrings are usually round or princess cut, though some may come in fancier shapes),

Diamond settings (such as bar, bezel, channel, chevron, invisible, pave, and prongs), diamond carats (The unit used to measure the size and weight of loose diamonds), diamond clarity (Clarity is the clearness of a diamond. The most valued diamonds are the clearest. When shopping for a diamond, look for diamonds with grades from FL to SI2. Stones from VS1 to S2 are the best value because they are lower in price without too many inclusions.)

Diamond color (Diamonds that are colorless or near colorless are the most prized.) And diamond cut (The diamond cut determines the brilliance of the diamonds. If a diamond is poorly cut, the light is lost through the sides and bottom of the diamond and there will be no radiance)

Diamonds are more commonly found in certain shapes.

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Sunday

HIGH PERFORMANCE CLUSTER COMPUTING

HIGH PERFORMANCE CLUSTER COMPUTING

#The Need for Alternative Supercomputing Resources:
-Cannot afford to buy “Big Iron” machines
-due to their high cost and short life span.
-cut-down of funding
-don’t “fit” better into today's funding model.

#Paradox:
-time required to develop a parallel application for solving GCA is equal to:
half Life of Parallel Supercomputers.

#Clusters are best-alternative:


-Supercomputing-class commodity components are available
-They “fit” very well with today’s/future funding model.
-Can leverage upon future technological advances
-VLSI, CPUs, Networks, Disk, Memory, Cache, OS, programming tools, applications,...



#There are 3 ways to improve performance:

-Using faster hardware
-Optimized algorithms and techniques used to solve computational tasks
-Multiple computers to solve a particular task
..
# Rapid technical advances
-the recent advances in VLSI technology
- software technology
-OS, PL, development methodologies, & tools
-grand challenge applications have become the main driving force
.
#Parallel computing

-one of the best ways to overcome the speed bottleneck of a single processor
-good price/performance ratio of a small cluster-based parallel computer
.

#Scalable Parallel Computer Architectures:

-Massively Parallel Processors (MPP)
-Symmetric Multiprocessors (SMP)
-Cache-Coherent Nonuniform Memory Access (CC-NUMA)
-Distributed Systems
-Clusters
.
#MPP
-A large parallel processing system with a shared-nothing architecture
-Consist of several hundred nodes with a high-speed interconnection network/switch
-Each node consists of a main memory & one or more processors
-Runs a separate copy of the OS.

#SMP

-2-64 processors today
-Shared-everything architecture
-All processors share all the global resources available
-Single copy of the OS runs on these systems
.
#CC-NUMA
-a scalable multiprocessor system having a -cache-coherent nonuniform memory access architecture
-every processor has a global view of all of the memory
.
#Distributed systems

-considered conventional networks of independent computers
-have multiple system images as each node runs its own OS
-the individual machines could be combinations of MPPs, SMPs, clusters, & individual computers
.

#Clusters

-a collection of workstations of PCs that are interconnected by a high-speed network
-work as an integrated collection of resources
-have a single system image spanning all its nodes
.

#Towards Low Cost Parallel Computing:

#Parallel processing
:
-linking together 2 or more computers to jointly solve some computational problem
-since the early 1990s, an increasing trend to move away from expensive and specialized proprietary parallel supercomputers towards networks of workstations
-the rapid improvement in the availability of commodity high performance components for workstations and networks
-Low-cost commodity supercomputing

- from specialized traditional supercomputing platforms to cheaper, general purpose systems consisting of loosely coupled components built up from single or multiprocessor PCs or workstations
-need to standardization of many of the tools and utilities used by parallel applications (ex) MPI, HPF



#Cluster Computer and its Architecture:
-A cluster is a type of parallel or distributed processing system, which consists of a collection of interconnected stand-alone computers cooperatively working together as a single, integrated computing resource.
#A node
:
-a single or multiprocessor system with memory, I/O facilities, & OS
-generally 2 or more computers (nodes) connected together
-in a single cabinet, or physically separated & connected via a LAN
-appear as a single system to users and applications
provide a cost-effective way to gain features and benefits
.

#Prominent Components of Cluster Computers :

A:

-Multiple High Performance Computers
PCs
-Workstations
-SMPs (CLUMPS)
-Distributed HPC Systems leading to Metacomputing
.

B:


#State of the art Operating Systems:

-OpenSolaris and solaris.
-Linux (Beowulf)
-Microsoft NT (Illinois HPVM)
-IBM AIX (IBM SP2)
-HP UX (Illinois - PANDA)
-Mach (Microkernel based OS) (CMU)
-Cluster Operating Systems (Solaris MC, SCO Unixware, MOSIX (academic project)
-OS gluing layers (Berkeley Glunix)


C:


#High Performance Networks/Switches
:
-Ethernet (10Mbps),
-Fast Ethernet (100Mbps),
-Gigabit Ethernet (1Gbps)
-SCI (Dolphin - MPI- 12micro-sec latency)
-ATM
-Myrinet (1.2Gbps)
-Digital Memory Channel
-FDDI


#Components for Clusters:

#Solaris


-UNIX-based multithreading and multiuser OS
support Intel x86 & SPARC-based platforms
-Real-time scheduling feature critical for multimedia applications
-Support two kinds of threads
-Light Weight Processes (LWPs)
-User level thread
-Support both BSD and several non-BSD file system
-CacheFS
-AutoClient
-TmpFS: uses main memory to contain a file system
-Proc file system
-Volume file system
-Support distributed computing & is able to store & retrieve distributed information
OpenWindows allows application to be run on remote systems
.

Monday

Benefits Of Online Dating Sites

Finding the right person is not the easiest thing to do, but online dating sites can certainly make things a little easier. They allow you to get to know someone better before actually coming into contact with them. And many allow you to view different people's interests and hobbies before you even begin talking with them. Here are 5 benefits to online dating sites.
1. Cheap
Although this may not be a big concern to everyone, online dating sites are typically fairly cheap. At least for the time being, it allows you to get to know someone without having to spend an arm and a leg going out to dinner and a movie. Some sites are completely free while others do require a small fee to become a member.
2. Profile
Many dating sites have profiles of all of the members on the site. As long as you are a member yourself, you can scroll through and view different people's profiles to find people you are interested in. You can find people that have similar hobbies, interests, and the right looks for your tasting. It makes it much easier to strike up a conversation when you know interests the person.
3. Advanced profile features
To help people get to know you better, there are several features that you can include on your profile. The first thing you will want to put up is a quality picture of yourself so people know what you look like. Some sites allow you to put as many pictures as you want and make a photo album. You may even be able to include a video album with various videos you have. And of course you have to include your hobbies, interests, favorite movies, music and so on.
4. No more awkward first dates
There is nothing worse than an awkward first date with awkward silences. Many dating sites will allow you to view someone's profile and have a casual conversation with them. You do not have to worry about awkward silences since it is not face to face and generally is instant messenger. You can say whatever comes to mind and have fun getting to know people.
5. Date at all times of the day
Online dating sites give you the ability to date someone at any time of the day. There are no specific times you have to meet someone at a restaurant and you certainly do not have to pick up the date or wait for your date to pick you up. In the comfort of your own home you can log on to your account and start talking instantly to whoever you choose to.
Dating sites are perfect for getting to know someone. Eventually you will want to ask the person out on a real date so that you can meet them in person. But dating sites allow you to casually get to know someone with no pressure.