Multiprocessor Servers
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Intel's Dunnington comes in fours and sixes
News Chip giant launches three iterations of industry's first six-core 45-nanometer processors targeted at high-end server market. Another four versions are quad-core.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Virtualization, Intel Xeon, Quad-core, Server, Istanbul, performance
Apple's latest chip gamble
Insight Its US$278 million acquisition of P.A. Semi offers a whole new range of possibilities, but the chipmaker's current offering is unlikely to make its way into the iPhone.
Tags: Acquisitions, Mobile processors, Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Apple Inc., Chip, Apple Mac OS, software, processor, Silicon Valley
Intel, NEC team up to flex supercomputing might
News Both companies will jointly develop high-performance computing systems based on Intel processor to extend products to wider audience, say executives.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, NEC Corp., Richard Dracott, Intel Corp., Intel Xeon, Chip Company, processor, Supercomputing, supercomputer
VMware revamps data center tools
News The company aims for the cloud with its next generation of data center-virtualization tools called vSphere, and announces a new Intel deal.
Tags: Virtualization, Mobile processors, Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Intel Corp., Virtual Desktop, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMware Inc., Worker
Red Hat releases version 5.3
News The new Red Hat Enterprise Linux version features virtualization improvements, support for Intel's Core i7 architecture, and the Open Java Development Kit.
Tags: Virtualization, Java, Multiprocessor servers, Processors, Intel Corp., Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Chip, operating system, Sun Microsystems Inc.
IBM: Computing rivaling human brain may be ready by 2019
News Leading scientist, working with colleagues from several top universities, has pioneered computational analysis that rivals that of a cat's cortex. Human brain could be just a decade away.
Tags: Supercomputing, Multiprocessor servers, Brain, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Computing, Computer, DARPA, financial system, financial
Microsoft testing Excel for supercomputers
News 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.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Linux server OS, Server platforms, Portland, Microsoft Corp., software, Conference, Server, Supercomputing, supercomputer
'Pragmatic' Intel seen in AMD deal
News 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.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, Antitrust, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., U.S., Manufacturing, Chip Company, server processor, Settlement
Ceasefire in the China-Taiwan chip war?
News After years of legal feuding between Taiwan's TSMC and China's SMIC, chipmakers' latest round of fighting may be coming to an end.
Tags: Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Global strategic management, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co., Taiwanese chipmaker, California, Chip, Chip Company, Hong Kong, Shanghai
GlobalFoundries nabs STMicro as customer
News AMD manufacturing spinoff secures STMicroelectronics as first external customer; production of 40nm chips for handhelds and consumer electronics begins 2010.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Multiprocessor servers, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip, Germany, vision, handheld device, manufacturing company
Roadrunner, Jaguar cement supercomp lead
News 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.
Tags: Supercomputing, Multiprocessor servers, Cray Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., performance, processor, supercomputer, Germany
Via not serious contender to Intel, AMD
News 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.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, Personal Computers, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mobile, Cloud Computing, Server Market, Environment, Server
Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip power
News Snow Leopard features tech called Grand Central Dispatch to better tap into multicore chip power. Also: OpenCL for doing calculations on a graphics chip.
Tags: Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Apple Inc., Chip, Graphics, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, graphics chip, processor
AMD launches 'Istanbul' six-core processors
News New Opteron processors are aimed at the high-performance computing and virtualization markets.
Tags: Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Supercomputing, Virtualization, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Xeon, Quad-core, Server, AMD Opteron, Istanbul
AMD shrugs off Intel cross-licensing threat
News 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.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, Legal, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Chip Company, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, antitrust
