What is a job in an operating system? In certain computer operating systems, a job is the unit of work that a computer operator — or a program called a job scheduler — gives to the OS. For example, a job could be the running of an application program, such as a weekly payroll program. […]
What is a job in an operating system? In certain computer operating systems, a job is the unit of work that a computer operator — or a program called a job scheduler — gives to the OS. For example, a job could be the running of an application program, such as a weekly payroll program. […]
With the first anniversary of the CHIPS and Science Act come and gone, the government has yet to release any of the $52.7 billion promised to chip manufacturers, designers and researchers. The U.S. Department of Commerce said this week, however, that it hopes to deliver the first funds by the end of this year. Much […]
Last updated 8 August, 2023 With the DDJ-REV5, Pioneer DJ has filled a perhaps slightly surprising gap in its range, for a $1000-ish pro Serato controller. Above it, sits the more pricey DDJ-REV7, though, and so potential buyers of either unit will want to give at least cursory thought to which one of these is […]
What is a semiconductor fab? A semiconductor fab — short for fabrication — is a manufacturing plant in which raw silicon wafers are turned into integrated circuits (ICs). A fab lab features a clean room where ICs are etched onto wafers. The completed chips are sent to a back-end assembly and test facility before they […]
What is Ubuntu? Ubuntu (pronounced oo-BOON-too) is a free, open source operating system (OS) based on Debian Linux. It was first released in 2004 when Mark Shuttleworth and a small team of Debian developers founded Canonical and then launched the Ubuntu project. Canonical released its first official version of the OS — Ubuntu 4.10 — […]
While last week’s turntable/DVS controller announcement was a huge surprise to many, today Pioneer DJ is launching something more expected: a budget-friendly scratch controller, the DDJ-REV5. It slides in naturally at a slightly lower price point than its bigger-brother DDJ-REV7, which runs at $1,999 new and has motorized jogwheels. [embedded content] The DDJ-REV5 has a […]
Last updated 6 August, 2023 Algoriddim has announced a huge update to djay Pro Ai for Windows, a major rewrite which it says has been in development for several years. Algoriddim told us: “We’ve basically redesigned and rebuilt the app from the ground up. “Even though we had a (dated) version on the platform with […]
What is Dell EMC VxRail? Dell EMC VxRail is a hyper-converged appliance. Like VSPEX Blue — the Dell EMC product that it replaced — and other hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) systems, VxRail includes compute, storage, networking and virtualization resources in a single device. Specifically, Dell EMC VxRail packages the VMware vSphere vSAN hypervisor and VMware vCenter […]