John Fowler, executive vice president, Systems Manager at Oracle, features the Spark M7 processor during a press briefing on OpenWorld 2014 in San Francisco. (Photo credit: LMI)
“Software in Silicon,” this is the next step prescribed by Oracle to improve the performance of its software in the first place 12c Database with its in-memory option. The instructions added to the next processor Sparc M7 will check the integrity of data in memory and speed up queries
Live from San Francisco -. Up where can push optimization software? At the ultimate level, to processor, Oracle responds that prepares for this next step as the “Software in Silicon.” The aim is to improve the safety and reliability of software in hardware, explained on OpenWorld 2014 systems manager at Oracle, John Fowler (formerly of Sun Microsystems). To achieve this, the company’s Redwood Shores has incorporated its engineering teams working on software and microprocessors. The technology developed is supported by the M7, next generation of Sparc processors that were announced on the conference Hotchips this summer.
This chip integrates 32 cores specific instructions and accelerators that can be leveraged by software in the first place based on Java and Oracle data. Among the features supported include data integrity (ADI Application data integrity), faster in-memory query the database and decompression used in memory. The ADI is used to protect data center memory invalid or buffer overruns, conducting checks at the hardware level rather than at the software that would do much more slowly. This technology works with version 12c of the Oracle Database
An example of application running on the processor provided on OpenWorld.
Test ADI instructions in a secure cloud
At OpenWorld, John Fowler explained for example that the terabytes of data stored in memory by the in-memory option were more vulnerable to corruption by bugs or attacks when they were stored on disk. ADI Technology Spark M7 will protect against these risks with no impact on performance, as Oracle. To allow developers to test these instructions detecting data corruption and security breaches, the supplier offers them access, in phase advance in virtual machines on Sparc Solaris 11 and M7 in a secure cloud.
In this environment, they can bring their code to the test and improve it using Solaris Studio, said the executive vice president in charge of the systems. Sample code and documentation are provided. Access is open to Oracle OPN partners and selected to participate in the beta program Sparc clients. You can register on the site where SWiSdev.Oracle.com there are also demonstrations.
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