As traditional Moore’s law improvements slow down, we are now turning to custom chips to continue improving performance and efficiency. Innovations like Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and Video Coding Units (VCUs) have been incredibly valuable at sustainably meeting the growing demand for machine learning and video distribution services, and we expect to see additional […]

PostgreSQL uses transaction IDs (TXIDs, XIDs) to implement Multi-Version Concurrency Control semantics (MVCC). The PostgreSQL documentation explains the role of TXIDs as follows: PostgreSQL’s MVCC transaction semantics depend on being able to compare transaction ID (XID) numbers: a row version with an insertion XID greater than the current transaction’s XID is “in the future” and […]

We are excited to announce that Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus is now generally available! Now you can get all the benefits of open source-compatible monitoring with the ease of use of Google-scale managed services. The rapid adoption of managed platforms and services across the cloud computing industry has shown that fewer and fewer […]

New technologies like integrated artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing, 5G communications, and Internet of Things (IoT) products, as well as the emergence of customers as competitors with in-house chip design capabilities are forcing the semiconductor industry to shift away from a focus on engineering and operations and toward a strong focus on product development, new […]