Advanced Micro Devices introduced a low-power variant of its six-core Opteron server chip, which is codenamed Istanbul. The Opteron 2419 …
Intel to focus on next generation of chips
Intel will focus on its next generation of smaller and faster chips at a conference next month as it prepares …
Intel may release new Nehalem chips next month
Intel appears ready to deliver, starting next month, new server, laptop and desktop processors based on its new microarchitecture, which …
Rising demand for DDR3 DRAM in laptops, servers
Demand for the next generation DRAM chip, DDR3 (double data rate, third generation), has spiked recently as systems makers turn …
GBM demonstrates benefits of virtualisation and consolidation
GBM recently teamed up with IBM, Intel and VMware to host a half-day event in Dubai to provide their customers …
New Mexico's supercomputer gamble draws questions
Believing a supercomputer would help create jobs, New Mexico paid for and built a massive supercomputer named Encanto to spur …
HP designs new server for 'extreme' scale-out computing
Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new line of x86 servers for companies that operate massive computing facilities, where shaving a few …
AMD pushes six-core chips for servers
Advanced Micro Devices announced six-core Opteron chips, which make them the fastest server chips the company has released to date. …
Dell challenges HP, IBM
In keeping up with stiff competition in the data centre and server space, technology powerhouse Dell has launched new server, …
Intel’s Nehalem EX to gain error correction technology
Intel's eight-core Nehalem EX server processor will include a technology derived from its high-end Itanium chips that helps to reduce …
Sun rises at Oracle
Oracle’s recent US$7.4 billion bid for Sun Microsystems could turn Sun’s ailing hardware business into a boon for data-center managers. …
Intel once again delays Itanium chip
After multiple delays, Intel once again pushed back the release of its next-generation Itanium server chip to the first quarter …
IBM appliance speeds up software installation
In an effort to set itself apart from other server vendors, IBM said it was stepping up efforts to make …
Dell puts low-power netbook chip in new server
Dell announced an “ultra-light” server that will be powered by low-power processors designed for use in low-cost laptops. Via Technologies' …
Intel’s Atom chip finding its way into servers
Intel's Atom processor is starting to find its way into some types of servers, bringing a new low-power option for …
Citrix moves on cloud
In order to bring the economics and flexibilities of the cloud to the data centre, Citrix at its user show …
AMD stimulated, will be launching Opteron well ahead of schedule
The U.S. government is beginning to spend billions of dollars quickly to stimulate the economy. And that may be why …
AMD plans 16-core server chip — but not until 2011
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today that it's designing a server processor with up to 16 cores, which would quadruple …
New Intel chips prompt rise in demand for DDR3 memory
A new series of Intel microprocessors aimed at the computer server market has caused a spike in demand for DDR3 …
Cisco reveals aggressive pricing for blade server system
As promised, Cisco this week divulged more details on its Unified Computing System for data centers, including pricing and performance …