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AMD speeds dual-core Opteron a notch
September 26, 2005
Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce faster new models of its dual-core Opteron processor, an attempt to stay ahead of rival Intel.
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Sun bumps back Opteron servers
February 17, 2005
Delay in delivery of Galaxy family casts light on Sun's x86 ambitions and on the unending tug-of-war between AMD and Intel.
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Sun gives Niagara official name
November 14, 2005
Company unveils UltraSparc T1 as part of event devoted to computing equipment that consumes less power.
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Sun has high expectations for Niagara
October 26, 2005
The forthcoming processor embraces both the multicore and multithreading approaches more aggressively than does IBM, Intel and AMD.
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Itanium: A cautionary tale
December 7, 2005
The wonderchip that wasn't serves as a lesson about how complex development plans can go awry in a fast-moving industry.
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BEA backtracks on dual-core pricing
August 23, 2005
Server software company scraps policy of charging a 25 percent premium for middleware that runs on dual-core servers.
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Oracle shifts multicore licensing model
July 14, 2005
Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals.
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Sun puts 16 cores on its 'Rock' chip
December 8, 2006
High-end chip likely will stay a step ahead of competitors in the multicore processor race. Also, the chip design could be done this year.
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Year in review: The race to dual-core
December 26, 2005
AMD and Intel raced to bring dual-core x86 chips to PCs and mainstream servers.
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HP, Sun bring dual-core Opterons to servers
April 21, 2005
HP upgrades four-processor server with AMD's new dual-core Opteron. Sun, too, makes four into eight.
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Seeing double in software licensing
September 7, 2004
New dual-core processors will make conventional software licensing models obsolete. What's next?
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Intel inside again for new Google servers
January 25, 2007
Resurgent chipmaker has reclaimed an exacting and prestigious customer that had chosen AMD-based x86 servers for the last year.
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Sun, Fujitsu to launch joint Sparc servers
April 17, 2007
Jointly designed servers, with 4 to 64 dual-core "Olympus" processors, were originally part of effort to keep Sparc from fading away. Photos: Sun's new enterprise servers
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AMD gooses Opteron to 3 gigahertz
April 21, 2007
High-wattage part of server processor shipping now, but Advanced Micro Devices will formally announce new models Monday.
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Intel hustles for dual-core Xeon debut
October 11, 2005
"Paxville" is intended to recapture some turf lost to competitor AMD, but it's likely to be quickly outmoded.
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Sun, Fujitsu promise Sparc speed surge
October 11, 2006
The two chip designers tout performance improvements set to arrive in their new Sparc models.
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Sun plans lower-end Niagara chip
September 21, 2005
Lower-end version has fewer processor cores and some manufacturing defects but is still useful, top Sparc server exec says.
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Power plays for processors
June 24, 2005
A new laptop from HP could be just the thing to get Dell to reconsider its stance on AMD. Also: The future of Sun's Sparc architecture.
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IBM releases Opteron blade servers
June 16, 2005
It's the second server model with the chip in a product line that places more emphasis on rival processors from Intel.
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Montecito broadens Fujitsu Itanium line
July 18, 2006
Japanese server seller is upgrading two high-end models and introducing a third, midrange system. Photos: Fujitsu servers meet Montecito
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