Real-time data processing is the handling of data as it arrives, so it is available for use almost as immediately as it is created and collected. This term is most often used in the context of a ...

Streaming data records are typically small, measured in mere kilobytes, but the stream often goes on and on without ever stopping. Streaming data, also called event stream processing, is usually ...

Optimizing any system is a multi-layered problem, but when it involves a processor there are at least three levels to consider. Architects must be capable of thinking across these boundaries because ...