Faster, Greener, Cheaper: Why Every MySQL Database Server Will One Day Have a SQL Chip
Published September 9th, 2008 Under Database | Leave a Comment
The history of computing is full of algorithms such as graphics processing that are fine-tuned in general purpose CPUs over decades. Only when they are finally ported to dedicated hardware are tremendous improvements in speed, cost, and power realized. Raj Cherabuddi explains how a new SQL chip will revolutionize today’s database query processing. From O’Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo, Santa Clara, CA, April 16, 2008.