Intel, NEC team up to flex supercomputing might
Both companies will jointly develop high-performance computing systems based on Intel processor to extend products to wider audience, say executives.
Microsoft testing Excel for supercomputers
At the Supercomputing 2009 conference, Microsoft releases an updated version of Windows Server for high-performance computers as well as a compute cluster version of its Excel spreadsheet.
'Pragmatic' Intel seen in AMD deal
Intel's settlement with AMD avoids costly and lengthy legal battles and signals Intel looking to reduce reliance on PC and server markets, says analyst.
Ceasefire in the China-Taiwan chip war?
After years of legal feuding between Taiwan's TSMC and China's SMIC, chipmakers' latest round of fighting may be coming to an end.
US govt probes IBM's mainframe business
The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into IBM's mainframe business for anticompetitive behavior, according to reports.
HP throws Cisco ProCurve ball
HP is banking on its server experience to push "integrated" ProCurve networking line over Cisco's "unified computing" tag, says executive.
Mainframes fall short on technical skills
Availability of IT professionals with mainframe capabilities is shrinking in Asia, despite ongoing need for such expertise, say market observers.
GlobalFoundries nabs STMicro as customer
AMD manufacturing spinoff secures STMicroelectronics as first external customer; production of 40nm chips for handhelds and consumer electronics begins 2010.
Roadrunner, Jaguar cement supercomp lead
IBM's Roadrunner and Cray's Jaguar retain top two positions on latest Top500 supercomputer list, which also saw four new systems in the top 10.
Via not serious contender to Intel, AMD
Taiwanese player has strengths to compete in niche areas but lacks the investment and product performance to truly take on the big boys, says analyst.
Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip power
Snow Leopard features tech called Grand Central Dispatch to better tap into multicore chip power. Also: OpenCL for doing calculations on a graphics chip.
Cisco enters rack-mount server market
The company plans to move into the rack-mount server business as part of its "unified computing" push.
AMD launches 'Istanbul' six-core processors
New Opteron processors are aimed at the high-performance computing and virtualization markets.
AMD shrugs off Intel cross-licensing threat
Intel has yet to act on threat to pull out of cross-licensing agreement involving an AMD joint venture, which AMD's Asia-Pacific head insists poses no issue.
Fujitsu launches 18-blade 'Dynamic Cube'
The manufacturer is taking pre-orders for a new Primergy all-in-one blade server system that supports up to 18 blades and includes a new cooling system.
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