Motherboard
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Dell PowerEdge R710
Reviews Dell continues to chip away at HP's dominance of the industry-standard server market, and the 2U PowerEdge R710 is an excellent choice, although its internal storage capacity is limited.
Tags: Motherboard, SD card, Storage, Dell PowerEdge, HP Compaq ProLiant, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Sun Fire, disk, Dell Computer Corp.
Sun Fire X4270/4275
Reviews Better known for its RISC-based servers, Sun's Xeon 5500-based Sun Fire X4270 and X4275 look set to give the competition a good run for its money.
Tags: Intel Xeon, Motherboard, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, processor, Sun Fire
Asus suffers first quarterly loss in 19 years
News Taiwanese PC maker records a net loss of US$82 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 but expects to improve its margin this quarter, according to reports.
Tags: Personal Computers, Financial statements, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, AsusTek Computer, PC Company, International Data Corp., Motherboard, Quarterly Loss, Asia-Pacific
Micron module promises to boost server memory
News Company says its new DDR3 memory module will significantly increase the amount of memory available on servers.
Tags: Processors, SAP AG, Memory Chip, CPU, Motherboard, Chip, Memory, memory capacity, Server, processor
Eee PC maker Asus goes gadget
News Taiwanese company finds itself smack in the middle of a transition from components maker to serious contender in PCs and accessories. Could Asus could be an Acer in the making?
Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Cellular phones, Music devices, Smart phones, Acer Inc., Motherboard, Video, Touch Screen, ASUS
Intel pushes new mini motherboards
News Intel launched two new motherboards on Wednesday, suited to nettops and small form factor desktops.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Motherboard, small form factor, nettop, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Atom, desktop, manufacturer, PC
Google uncloaks once-secret server
News Unusually, the search giant designs its own servers. For the first time, Google unveils one publicly, showing a surprise built-in battery.
Tags: Servers, Battery, Google Inc., Motherboard, Power Supply, uninterruptible power supply, Jai, Server, Hardware, energy efficiency
Fastest AMD chips run with circuit-board fix
News A report from review site AnandTech says AMD's high-end quad-core Phenom processors can work, with modifications, on a number of low-end motherboards with built-in graphics.
Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Phenom, Motherboard, Chip, processor, CNET Networks Inc., Adobe PDF, chipset, Circuit-board
Asus to embed Linux into all motherboards
News The company has put the 'instant-on' Splashtop distro into some motherboards since last year, and is to extend the tie-in across its whole range.
Tags: Components, Security, Motherboard, operating system, Environment, Mozilla Firefox, ASUS, software, Linux, general manager
Intel motherboards suffer Bios flaws
News Chipmaker releases updates to address privilege escalation holes in a number of its motherboards, and says to its knowledge the flaws have not been exploited.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Rootkit, Motherboard, Flaw, BIOS Update, Environment, Server, BIOS, desktop
Intel releases Bios update
News Following the disclosure of a high-privilege rootkit for the Xen hypervisor, Intel has patched the Bios for affected desktop and mobile motherboards.
Tags: Operating systems, Intel Corp., Security, Mobile, Motherboard, Hypervisor, operating system, BIOS Update, Environment, BIOS
AMD delivers its own server platform
News Low-power platform, formerly codenamed Fiorano, offers server builders combination of six-core Opteron with choice of three chipsets from AMD.
Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PCI Express, Server, AMD Opteron, performance, processor, product marketing, data center, chipset
Dell brings wireless recharging to laptops
News Not known for being out in front of the market, the PC maker adds some flair to an otherwise buttoned-up business laptop.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, ARM, Dell Latitude, PC Company, Wireless, Intel Core 2 Duo, e-mail, processor, Microsoft Windows, Dell Computer Corp.
HP ProLiant DL380 G6
Reviews The 2U rack server of choice continues to impress, and the latest G6 implementation looks set to carry the crown for some time to come.
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Hypervisor, HP Compaq ProLiant, PCI, Server, processor, console, monitor, disk
IBM System x3650 M2
Reviews IBM remains a solid choice of server vendor, and this IBM/Lenovo server is a good rack-mount platform, albeit not quite as good as some of the competition.
Tags: IBM Corp., Intel Xeon, Hypervisor, Server, remote server, Lenovo Group Ltd., processor, Fujitsu Ltd., USB port, disk
