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Article | 24/08/2010 IBM Power chips to get 'no-power' sleep mode
IBM is developing a new deep-sleep mode for its Power processors that will allow them to draw almost no power when they are idle, an IBM engineer said...
Article | 24/08/2010 AMD details next-generation server chip architecture
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday shared details about its next-generation chip architecture code-named Bulldozer, which will form the basis for its u...
Article | 20/08/2010 Wozniak recalls role of memory in Apple's early days
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak shared memories about memory on Thursday at the Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, California.
Article | 19/08/2010 Intel grabs server market share from AMD, says IDC
Intel has expanded its share of the server microprocessor market, taking advantage of a slow product transition at perennial rival Advanced Micro Devi...
Article | 18/08/2010 IBM launches its 'Master the Mainframe' competition
Attention programming students: the third annual IBM 'Master the Mainframe' competition is now underway.
Article | 17/08/2010 IBM unleashes 256-core Unix server, its biggest yet
IBM has strengthened its hand in the Unix business with new systems based on its Power7 processors, including a server for large enterprises that scal...
Article | 17/08/2010 Chip startup seeks to lower electric bills in data centers
A new startup funded by major chip makers and investment firms is taking aim at electricity bills, the biggest cost in data centers.
Article | 11/08/2010 Oracle provides Sparc road map, but questions remain
Oracle has sketched out a five-year road map for Sun's Sparc-based servers, hoping to reassure customers about the future of the platform and reverse ...
Article | 4/08/2010 Study reflects weak server spending this year
Overall server spending in enterprises remains weak in 2010 as companies continue to look for ways to save money following the economic downturn, rese...
Article | 21/07/2010 Set Up a Virtualization Server
If there's one technology that can greatly improve computing environments of any size, it's virtualization. By using a single physical server to run m...
Article | 27/07/2010 Lenovo steps up server bid with new entry-level systems
Lenovo announced some new entry-level servers on Tuesday, continuing its effort to become a bigger player in the server market.
Article | 23/07/2010 Dell revamps hardware testing in wake of malware issue
A sequence of errors led to Dell's delivery of motherboards with malware and the company is in the process of overhauling its testing process to resol...
Article | 22/07/2010 Dell warns of malware on server motherboards
Dell is warning customers that "a small number" of its server motherboards may contain malicious software.
Article | 8/07/2010 HP breaks in new TPC power usage benchmark
The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) has added a power efficiency metric, TPC-Energy, to its ongoing roundups of speedy transactional ...
Article | 8/07/2010 The dark side of server virtualization
Server virtualization is a growing reality in data centers.