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AMD's Barcelona not a savior, yet

September 10, 2007 After a delay, Barcelona is here, but is it the clear winner AMD promised it would be? That's uncertain. TAGS: Barcelona, AMD Opteron, quad-core, AMD, high-performance, power consumption, server, category, workstation, Intel

ClearSpeed boosts IBM cluster performance

June 27, 2006 IBM's System Cluster 1350 is getting a floating-point boost from a specialized co-processor developed by ClearSpeed. TAGS: coprocessor, clustering, high-performance computing, IBM Corp., high-performance, AMD Opteron, server, AMD, motherboard

Loss of momentum for feisty AMD

January 12, 2007 While Intel stumbled, underdog AMD had quite a run. Now a profit warning may have it back on the defensive. TAGS: AMD, Intel Xeon, Citigroup Inc., profit, quad-core, PC company, Intel, high-performance, dual-core, server, ATI Technologies, PC

Secret recipe inside Intel's latest competitor

February 15, 2008 Montalvo Systems has a multiple-core chip, but not all of the cores are the same. That in part explains why investors have put money into it. TAGS: Transmeta Corp., portable computer, multi-core processor, AMD Opteron, high-performance, AMD, Intel, CEO, IBM Corp., Toshiba, notebook computer, Sony Corp.

Intel boosts virtualization with quad-core Xeons

August 14, 2007 Two processors launched this week are designed for high-performance server and workstation applications. TAGS: quad-core, virtualization, Intel Xeon, VMware, Intel, AMD, supplier, high-performance, workstation, server

Sun frowns on HyperTransport expansion

February 27, 2006 A leading AMD proponent rejects technology that could increase the importance of communication tech built into AMD chips. TAGS: HyperTransport, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, x86 server, AMD, high-performance, PCI, PCI Express, adapter, motherboard, server

IBM unveils Power5-based supercomputing server

November 9, 2004 Each skinny server houses eight processors. Plug a few together, and voila! A high-performance machine. Photo: IBM's unusual design TAGS: IBM POWER5, supercomputing, high-performance, IBM Corp., AMD Opteron, server, AMD, Linux

IBM previews new supercomputing server

November 8, 2004 The Power5-based system is part of Big Blue's push to oust Hewlett-Packard from the top spot in high-performance set-ups. TAGS: IBM POWER5, supercomputing, IBM Corp., high-performance, AMD Opteron, AMD, server, Linux, HP

Sun releases smaller blade chassis

November 14, 2006 New Blade 8000 P is a smaller model than its predecessor and is geared for high-performance technical computing.Photo: Sun's latest blade TAGS: Sun Blade, business computing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc., blade, four-processor server, high-performance, AMD, server, Intel

AMD gains, Intel fights back on supercomputer list

November 13, 2006 Some joy for both chipmakers in the latest Top500 supercomputer list, which rates high-performance computing systems. TAGS: supercomputing, teraflop, supercomputer, two-processor, high-performance computing, AMD Opteron, Sun Sparc, x86 processor, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc., chip company, Intel, high-performance, IBM Corp.

IBM to build Opteron-Cell hybrid supercomputer

September 5, 2006 AMD chips in Los Alamos lab's Roadrunner system to be augmented with the PlayStation's processing brains. TAGS: supercomputer, supercomputing, AMD Opteron, IBM eServer BladeCenter, IBM Corp., high-performance computing, blade, high-performance, Sony Playstation, U.S., AMD, Sony Corp., server

Start-up aims for flexible server design

May 9, 2005 Liquid Computing lands $14 million in funding to develop a high-speed server touted as both adaptable and easily expandable. TAGS: AMD Opteron, entrepreneurial, high-performance computing, telecommunications, fiber-optics, Intel Xeon, senior vice president, AMD, start-up, module, Sun Microsystems Inc., design, workstation, high-performance, server

IBM debuts new top-end Intel server

June 1, 2005 Big Blue's new top end to its xSeries server family accommodates as many as 32 of Intel's latest Xeon processors. TAGS: Intel Xeon, Intel server, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon MP, IBM xSeries, IBM Corp., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, x86 server, cabinet, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 64-bit, AMD, server, high-performance, chipset, Intel

A peek at faster Power6, Cell chips

December 29, 2006 At a chip show, IBM to tout 5GHz-topping Power6 and next-gen 6GHz Cell. Intel to detail a 4GHz, 80-core prototype. TAGS: transistor, IBM Corp., clock speed, high-performance, Intel, manufacturing, conference, AMD, Toshiba, Sony Corp., server

Liquid Computing launches high-end server

October 31, 2006 Ottawa-based start-up begins selling flexible machines that house dozens of AMD Opteron processors. TAGS: AMD Opteron, high-end server, high-performance computing, Ottawa, x86 server, high-performance, server, AMD

Fujitsu aims for North American growth

April 18, 2006 Japanese tech giant Fujitsu hopes to more than double its North American revenue in the next four years. TAGS: Fujitsu, subsidiary, high-performance computing, storage system, Intel Itanium, AMD Opteron, Japan, high-performance, acquisition, AMD, server, U.S., Intel

Intel's chips taking on new work

April 17, 2007 Chipmaker wants to get PC tech into places it currently doesn't dominate: consumer electronics and telecommunications equipment. TAGS: Pat Gelsinger, consumer electronics, Intel x86, Intel XScale, Intel, Beijing, telecommunications, high-performance, GPU, I/O, electronics, project, work, AMD, server, PC

IBM's blade agenda: Cell chip, InfiniBand

February 3, 2006 Big Blue plans to demo the Cell blade, which is expected to to be used in high-performance technical computing. TAGS: IBM eServer BladeCenter, blade, blade server, backplane, InfiniBand, IBM Corp., IBM PowerPC, chassis, computing, Intel Xeon, high-performance, server, engine, networking, AMD, Linux

Sun sells second low-end 'Niagara' server

April 12, 2006 Company begins selling lower-end UltraSparc T1-based servers and completes design of T2 successor. TAGS: T2, Sun UltraSPARC, T1, Sun Fire, Sun Microsystems Inc., high-performance computing, Sun Sparc, server, high-performance, design, AMD, Intel, hard drive
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