Xeon

Why ARM Servers, And Why Now?

It is a pity that smartphones and tablets did not come along earlier and did not need 64-bit processing and memory addressing sooner than they did. Had these consumer ...Full Article

Big Blue Chases Clouds, Big Data With Power8 Systems

IT "infrastructure matters in the new era of computing," IBM managers argued in the formal launching of its Power Systems servers based on its Power8 processor, taking aim at ...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

NCCC Pushes Credit Card Processing With Xeon E7 Processor

Since its establishment in 1979, the National Credit Card Center (NCCC), the largest credit card processing center in Taiwan, has been working to enhance credit card functionality and services ...Full Article

Inside SAP’s Own HANA Accelerated Systems

How much iron does it take to run enterprise application giant SAP? Less than you might think, and even less now that the company has moved all of its ...Full Article

Long-Awaited SUSE Linux 12 Enters Beta

SUSE Linux has opened up the beta testing of its next-generation Enterprise Server 12 operating, the first major update of its Linux platform since early 2009. The pace of ...Full Article

Hyperscale Datacenters To Dominate Server Shipments

The cloud, in its many forms, is changing the nature of servers and storage and is therefore transforming the overall market for systems and storage. Nothing makes this more ...Full Article

Intel Quietly Revamps Remaining Xeon E5 Lineup

The Xeon E5 is not one single line of processors, but rather four distinct variations on a theme aimed at difference price, performance, and scalability needs. Two weeks ago, ...Full Article

X86 System Sales Grow, Everything Else Shrinks

Sales of servers have always been tied very tightly to the regional and global economies and the ups and downs of various industries. But with the relentless pace of ...Full Article