Comments on: Kickfire: relational algebra in a chip http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/04/14/kickfire-relational-algebra-in-a-chip/ Stay curious! Thu, 02 May 2013 12:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: April 15, 2008 « Everything is Data http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/04/14/kickfire-relational-algebra-in-a-chip/#comment-16380 April 15, 2008 « Everything is Data Sat, 02 May 2009 00:18:15 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/04/14/kickfire-relational-algebra-in-a-chip/#comment-16380 [...] but the basic idea is to use custom hardware to accelerate data warehousing queries (this blog post has some more details). Using custom hardware is not a new idea — Netezza have been doing [...]

]]> By: Xaprb http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/04/14/kickfire-relational-algebra-in-a-chip/#comment-15406 Xaprb Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:27:46 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/04/14/kickfire-relational-algebra-in-a-chip/#comment-15406 I have not been able to test a box yet, but stay tuned.

]]> By: Damon http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/04/14/kickfire-relational-algebra-in-a-chip/#comment-15399 Damon Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:27:04 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/04/14/kickfire-relational-algebra-in-a-chip/#comment-15399 Just wondering if there was any update on your interaction with KickFire and if you were able to obtain a box to perform your own testing on. It looks like you can request a trial on the KickFire website and that they came out of beta in mid October (http://www.kickfire.com/blog/?p=50) and now have paying customers.

– Damon

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