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'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
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
China: HP, Intel open Itanium 2 center
News To promote the Itanium 2 server processor in Asia-Pacific, HP and Intel have opened a test center in Shanghai that allows customers to try before buying.
Apple puts Nehalem chip in its servers
News Apple's Xserve servers have been updated with Intel's latest quad-core Xeon processors, making it the latest in a series of hardware makers use the chip.
Tags: Components, Servers, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Intel Xeon, Chip, System Memory, server processor, Server, processor
AMD's September launch party could bring Barcelona
News Looks like the company will raise curtain on its Barcelona server processor at George Lucas' office.
Tags: Hardware, Components, Processors
Intel announces Nehalem desktop branding
News Chipsets using the company's new microarchitecture will find their way into high-end desktops from the last quarter of this year, under the name "Core i7".
Tags: Processors, Branding, Brand strategy, Desktops, Intel Corp., Branding, quad processor, software, processor, energy efficiency
Intel plans low-voltage 'Woodcrest' server chip
News The low voltage version of the next-generation server processor consumes only 40 watts.
Tags: Processors, Servers
Dell looking 'more seriously than ever' at AMD
News CEO Kevin Rollins hints that computer maker's usage of Advanced Micro Devices' processors is now more a question of when, not if.
Tags: Processors
AMD speeds up server chips
News Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday released a faster version of its Athlon chip for servers and workstations, an upgrade to help the company maintain its new foothold in the server processor market.
Seeing double in software licensing
News New dual-core processors will make conventional software licensing models obsolete. What's next?
Tags: Processors, Business applications
Chips that really get under your skin
Techguide Visions of the bionic man are driving research into the combination of human tissue and silicon chips.
Last week in VoIP
News Intel wants you to call on the chipmaker when making Internet phone calls.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony
AMD hopes Barcelona demos whet IT's appetite
News The quad-core server chip won't appear until later this year, but AMD's trying to show potential customers the chips are up and running.
Tags: Processors, Desktops, Servers
Intel prepping server chip launch event
News Next week will see the arrival of new Intel chips for servers with four or more processors, as the chipmaker finally moves past the old Netburst architecture.
Tags: Processors
Intel delays release of 32-bit Xeon chip
News The introduction of the first 32-bit Xeon processor based on Intel Corp.'s Pentium 4 core has been delayed until late this month due to a problem involving the chip's packaging.
