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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
Japanese researchers downplay super CPU effort
News Alliance aims to create software standard for multicore chips in devices, including mobile phones and car navigation systems.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, NEC Corp., Intel Corp., Embedded System, CPU, Chip Company, API, processor, researcher
Microsoft eyes multicore boost from Windows 7
News New operating system should be able to make better use of modern multicore chips--in part through changes to adapt Windows to big servers.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Multi-core, Microsoft Corp., Parallel Pattern Library, Tool, Microsoft Windows 7
ARM ups speed, drops power with new chip
News World's most popular processor architecture continues to push its performance while aiming for mobile Internet dominance over Intel.
Tags: Processors, ARM, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Insight 64, software, Chip, Video, performance, processor
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
Researchers tout 'wimpy nodes' for Net computing
News Carnegie Mellon researchers believe flash memory and feeble processors can do what conventional servers can't: power Internet sites at low power and low cost.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Computing, FAWN, David Andersen, Storage, Server, Intel Atom, Carnegie-Mellon University
Oracle taps into Sun tech for faster Exadata
News Database giant has used Sun FlashFire technology in a version of the data-warehousing appliance.
Tags: Processors, Components, Hewlett-Packard Co., SAS Institute, Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Oracle Corp., disk, agreement, Components
Intel's next-gen memory closer to reality
News Intel and Numonyx announced practical advancements they believe will make phase-change memory meet its performance and capacity promise.
Tags: Memory, Personal Computers, Processors, Intel Corp., Computer, Chip, Storage, Memory, processor, hard drive
AMD launches low-power six-core Opterons
News New processors, the first six-core chips under AMD's power-efficient HE line-up, are now available in Hewlett-Packard systems.
Tags: Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Chip Company, Quad-core, Web Server, Server, AMD Opteron, processor
Oracle event signals Sun hardware aspirations
News Database giant isn't standing still, even as EU investigates its Sun Microsystems acquisition and HP and IBM promote programs to woo Sun customers.
Tags: Components, Processors, Larry Ellison, European Union, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, Oracle Corp., Components, Processors
Why virtualization is struggling to keep up
Insight perspective The relentless increase of processors per chip will rapidly reach a point well beyond the levels for which key software has been engineered, says Gartner analyst.
Tags: Virtualization, Processors, Operating systems, Chip, operating system, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, software, processor, scalability
EC reveals details of Intel antitrust breaches
News The European Commission has published its full decision against Intel, releasing evidence of how the chipmaker engaged in anti-competitive practices.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PC Company, CPU, payment, antitrust, Dell Computer Corp., agreement
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
Intel cuts prices by up to 48 percent
News Price cuts have been applied to many Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Pentium, Celeron and Xeon chips, as the company gears up to compete with rival AMD.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Multiprocessor servers, Forecasting, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Phenom, Shanghai, Intel Celeron, quad processor
AMD launches dual-core Phenom, Athlon CPUs
News The chipmaker has unveiled its first dual-core Phenom and a dual-core Athlon that can work with the faster memory standard DDR3.
Tags: Processors, Memory, Desktops, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Dual-core, AMD Athlon, performance, processor, PC
