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- NASA gets SGI 2048-core Itanium 2 supercomputer
- I had a chance to speak with NASA and SGI at the SC07 supercomputing convention in Reno this week where I saw one of the biggest super computers in the world. Pictured left is a 1024-core version of the Altix 4700 and NASA just bought one with twice as many...
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Asus launches Eee...Let me know when the price drops
- Asus launches Eee...Let me know when the price dropsSony VAIOThis reminds me of the Sony VAIO and white MacBook. Look nice :)Some may complaint that it will be slowInstall Rdesktop ( www.rdesktop.org ) on Eee and ThinServer XP ( www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htm ) on your home/office PC and you can wirelessly run...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- With hardware-based hypervisors, Hitachi says 'ditch software like Xen, VMware'
- Compared to the likes of other server makers like IBM, HP, Dell, and Sun, Hitachi may not be a household name in the North American market. But this week at the Intel Developer Forum IDF, the North American division of the Japan-based company Hitachi America will be looking to drive...
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Bias and Kanter's Intel CSI analysis
- Early last week a guy named David Kanter at Real World Technologies released a careful analyis of Intel's planned common systems interconnect CSI and its associated integrated memory controller IMC technology. One of the earliest comments on this came from zdnet's own George Ou who provided a quick...
- Blog posts 2007-09-09
- AMD answers to controversial use of retired benchmarks in China
- AMD answers to controversial use of retired benchmarks in ChinaI listened - Berlind was wrongBerlind said, "Forget about the quiet period. The quiet period doesn't matter."Yes it does. If Intel used old benchmarks when there was no reason they could have used more current ones, they were lying. If AMD...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- Dynamic Logical Processors for Hyper-Threading on HP-UX 11i v3
- The new generation of the Intel Itanium 2 processor, code named Montecito, incorporates several advanced features and improvements, including multiple cores per processor and multiple hardware threads per core. This paper describes the key enhancements to the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system to support the new multiple hardware thread feature...
- White papers 2007-02-01
- Photos: Two new Itanium servers
- Intel plans to feature its "Montecito" processor in two four-processor Itanium servers, available later this year.
- Image galleries 2006-09-22
- IBM announces full AMD Opteron server line
- IBM announces full AMD Opteron server lineIBM+Novell+AMD forms allianceSee videohttp://enterpriseevent.amd.com/amd_06e6/?cid=theinquirer&lang=enHad AMD NOT been around doing its OWN THINGusers would still be using NETBURB at 10GZh with their machines in the freezer for cooling ..."What you see today leverages AMD Opteron technology and marries it with IBM's Enterprise X Architecture," Whitney...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-01
- Good-bye, Pentium--hello, Core 2 Duo
- Good-bye, Pentium--hello, Core 2 DuoI didn't realize that AMD accomplished such an impossible task.... :-)``[i]SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Intel officially closed the books on the Pentium era on Thursday with the Core 2 Duo, its most important product launch in 13 years.[/i]''Congratulations AMD! If you weren't around with a vision that was...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- IBM's new high-end Unix servers
- Big Blue's systems now come with a new 2.3GHz Power5+ processor--its rival to Intel's recently launched "Montecito."
- Image galleries 2006-07-24
- Merom crashing Intel's Core 2 Duo launch event
- Merom crashing Intel's Core 2 Duo launch eventMerom takes Intel TWO generations ahead!Wow. Core Duo (Napa?) already cleans up in the notebook space trouncing Turion in every benchmark, including energy dissipation.With Merom, Intel will be TWO generations ahead. It will have to come down to price for AMD to compete...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-22
- Dell warns quarterly results below forecasts
- Dell warns quarterly results below forecastsDell needs to deliver on formfactor and stylingThe conventional tower PC may not be dead, but it's certainly commodity. Dell needs to add styling and cater to the new consumer electronics growth opportunity before Apple, Sony and even HP take over this space.A major...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-21
- Photos: Servers meet Montecito
- Photos: Servers meet MontecitoItanium 2i thought this was abandoned for the zeon.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-20
- Photos: Servers meet Montecito
- Photos: Servers meet MontecitoFujitsu color filmdo they make that too, or just roll it up.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-20
- Photos: Servers meet Montecito
- Photos: Servers meet Montecitowell, and so, whats new hereshow me a computer today that can windows and not run linux as well.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-20
- Photos: Servers meet Montecito
- Photos: Servers meet Montecitolooks likeit comes with an 8 channel equalizer just in case you may want to adjust processor speeds independantly i guess.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-20
- Photos: Servers meet Montecito
- Photos: Servers meet Montecitolook about the same size in physical dimensionbut do they all use intel motherboard with the same bios revision ?if so, i only see 1 computer and not 8.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-20
- Photos: Servers meet Montecito
- Photos: Servers meet Montecitolook at his eyesthis guy has been working hard and staying up late to get ready for this.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-20
- IBM, AMD to deepen Opteron ties
- IBM, AMD to deepen Opteron tiesHoldoutsWell, that's one shoe: IBM is the last big server vendor to put AMD in the pole position.Next we'll be hearing the other shoe drop in Texas as Dell does the "in for a penny, in for a pound" and puts the screws to Intel...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-20
- Unplugged: AMD's Queen of most things commercial Margaret Lewis
- Not ready to give up the pure-64 bit approach to high-volume servers just yet, Intel this week rolled-out the Montecito members of its Itanium family of processors. Amongst other features, one of Montecito's key attributes is its dual core nature. Then, later this month, on July 27th, Intel is...
- Blog posts 2006-07-19
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