The company lets gamers play visually sophisticated games through a Web browser, without the need for specialized hardware or graphics circuits.

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The chip is also powerful enough to decode movies, which means it can potentially create extremely detailed videogame graphics without relying on specialized hardware.

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Server optimization features such as SSL termination and compression technologies use specialized hardware to offload compute-intensive operations from the servers to the application delivery controllers.

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With his experience using specialized hardware to collect and transmit data, Brian helped the University of Wisconsin push the boundaries on animal behavioral research by viewing information in real time.

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But also with the development of specialized hardware to make installation faster and therefore more economic this component should drop, for sure putting 8KW on a roof unless it is tile or something cumbersome.

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Using some of that processing power on security and other specialized functions should aid hardware buyers, he said.

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Kind of how you'd install an operating system, automatically receive some baseline functionality using least-common-denominator hardware drivers, then install specialized drivers for your machine's video, sound, and network cards?

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Whether we are talking about single-use servers, specialized desktops or both, the opportunity for a hardware vendor to take Linux and create a unique and differentiable offering is stronger than ever before.

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