INTEL has a new consumer-targeted storage product, called Optane H20, as in H twenty, not water. The new device is an M.2 2280 format drive, using QLC (Quad Level Cell) NAND storage running  behind an Optane cache layer. This isn’t INTEL’s first try at an Optane-backed hybrid SSD—the first, 2019’s Optane H10, made its way into a few consumer laptops […]

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In queueing theory, a discipline within the mathematical theory of probability, Little’s result, theorem, lemma, law, or formula is a theorem by John Little which states that the long-term average number L of customers in a stationary system is equal to the long-term average effective arrival rate λ multiplied by the average time W that a customer spends in the system.  Customers in a store Imagine a small store with a single counter and an area for […]

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Reducing trade barriers in technology exchange between US and India will create a new market for avionics organizations in India. These companies must compete on reliability, greater integration and quality, not on price alone.  To facilitate this, the design teams will require new methodologies to improve engineering productivity.  These methodologies must be done during the […]

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