IBM, Google Show Off Power8 Systems And OpenPower Efforts
IBM was planning to do the announcement of the first bunch of Power8-based servers at next week's Impact2014 event in Las Vegas, but the Power Systems division at Big ...Full Article
AMD Sets “Seattle” ARM Server Chip Launch For Q4
Datacenters that are eager to test out 64-bit ARM server chips with their workloads are going to have to wait a bit longer than they might otherwise like to. ...Full Article
IBM Throws Power8 Gauntlet At The Feet Of X86
The systems business at IBM continued to stall in the first quarter thanks to product transitions in the Power Systems line, the System x business being sold off to ...Full Article
Intel: No Signs Of Datacenter Slowdown
Whatever issues that chip giant Intel is facing in the client segment of the computing market, it has very little challenging its authority as a provider of compute engines ...Full Article
Wall Street Wants Tech To Trade Smarter And Faster
The HPC Linux on Wall Street conference was held in New York City this week, and a lot of the talk at the event was on high frequency trading ...Full Article
Oracle Unfolds Sparc Roadmap, Fujitsu Boosts Sparc64 X Clocks
With Intel having refreshed its Xeon E5 and E7 chips recently and IBM getting ready to debut its Power8 chips at the end of the month, Sparc partners Oracle ...Full Article
IBM System/360: The Original Enterprise Tech
Five decades ago, after three years of development in what was one of the most expensive and gutsy moves ever made by a public company, IBM launched the System/360 ...Full Article
Five Years On, UCS Makes Cisco A Systems Player
Five years ago, when Cisco Systems launched its "California" Unified Computing System and entered the server business, that launch was not purposefully timed to come out into the gaping ...Full Article
IBM Chip Suitors Rumored To Narrow To GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries has reportedly emerged as the leading candidate to acquire IBM's remaining semiconductor manufacturing facilities. The Wall Street Journal reported on April 3 that Intel and foundry giant Taiwan ...Full Article
The Hyperscale Lessons Of Healthcare.gov
The last six months have been a hair-graying experience for everybody involved in the Healthcare.gov rollout. While it ultimately managed to meet its goals and enroll 7.1 million people, ...Full Article
