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Intel launches E5 Xeons, a faster mainstay of the server market

HANOVER, Germany--Intel launched its E5 family of Xeon processors today, a tremendously important product line for the chipmaker that brings new performance to Intel-based servers and workstations.

The E5 line now comes in two varieties, Intel announced at a launch event here at the CeBIT tech show. First is the E5-2600 series for the mainstay of the server market, systems with two processor sockets. Second is the E5-1600 series chiefly for single-socket workstations.

The Xeon chips are a very important part of Intel's business. For one thing, servers are a growing market because of cloud computing, Internet businesses, and … Read more

Intel 50-core chips headed to Texas supercomputer

A University of Texas of supercomputer will tap a future Intel chip that contains more than 50 processor cores--the first instance of Intel supplying this novel technology to a commercial computer.

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and University of Texas announced today that they will deploy a 10-Petaflop (or 10,000 trillion operations per second) supercomputer dubbed "Stampede."

When it arrives in early 2013, the supercomputer is expected to be among the world's most powerful computers for scientific and financial applications.

Inside will be an Intel chip design codenamed "Knights Corner," which will house … Read more

Nokia E5

The Nokia E5 is a candy bar-style smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard and a 256,000-color display. It runs on Symbian Series 60, Third Edition, and includes support for Java and Nokia's Ovi Suite. Features include messaging and e-mail, a personal organizer, a digital music player, stereo Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack, a MicroSD card slot (for cards up to 32GB), and PC syncing through a USB cable. The tri-band (GSM 850/900/1900) handset supports the 2100 3G band and comes in either carbon black or chalk white.

For more on the Nokia E5, check out … Read more

Nokia intros trio of affordable messaging phones

Messaging and social networking are the focus of Nokia's latest smartphones, and the company's hoping the affordable price tag attached to them will draw in the masses. Ranging from $120 to $300 unlocked, the Nokia C3, C6, and E5 are certainly some of the cheaper devices we've seen from the company, and they don't skimp too much on the features. Let's get acquainted with each model, shall we?

Nokia C3: The C3 represents a couple of firsts for Nokia's Series 40 devices. It's the first to feature a full QWERTY keyboard, and it'… Read more

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