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Intel makes 'linear scaling' Linux server
News Intel has found that a 32-processor Itanium server running Linux can rival Windows and Unix servers in database performance, a major accomplishment for the comparatively young operating system. In laboratory tests, the company found that a Linux...
[June 6, 2003, 9:30]
Itanium's 32-bit emulator to fight AMD
News Intel is taking a software approach to increase the performance of its 64-bit Itanium processor when running 32-bit applications It would lag more substantially behind the speed of 3.06GHz Xeons for dual-processor computers, though.
[April 23, 2003, 11:46]
HP ProLiant and Integrity Servers in a Windows Environment
White Papers Recent advancements in processor technology have resulted in a proliferation of server platforms and customer choices. Only a couple of years ago an IT organization had two primary choices for server platform: the 32-bit x86 processor or the 64-bit...
[May 4, 2006, 10:17]
64-bit processors in disarray
News What does a 64 bit processor do that a 32 bit processor does not? One of the fundamental rules of current computer design is that there is nothing one processor can do that another cannot, given enough time.
[November 1, 2002, 8:06]
'Cheap' NEC server tops speed test
News The system, an NEC Express5800/1320Xc costing $5.9m (£3.7m), displaced a 128-processor Unix server from Fujitsu that has been No.since August 2001 on the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-C test.
[April 24, 2003, 10:26]
Dell drops Windows Datacenter platform
News Just as Unisys gets set to unveil a major upgrade to one of its high-end computers, Dell Computer has said it no longer plans to sell the 32-processor server under its own name. We cancelled that product and do not have plans to bring that to...
[March 12, 2002, 9:23]
IBM announces new multi-Xeon server
News The x460 is built using IBM's x3 chipset, which permits four-processor modules with interconnecting cables to be stacked together into a larger system. The machines use Intel's newest Xeon MP processor, code-named Potomac, which is geared for...
[June 2, 2005, 9:35]
Newisys piggybacks Opteron into 32-chip servers
News Newisys has developed a chip that will allow the Opteron processor from Advanced Micro Devices to compete in the upper reaches of the server market. The base price of a 32-processor Superdome server from Hewlett-Packard starts at just below $93,000...
[August 26, 2004, 8:00]
AMD Athlon 64: the benchmarks
Talkback Its more like the intel 32 bit processor should be able to outperform the amd 64 bit processor in a 32 bit environment but it doesnt cause intel sucks and amd owns. the amd athlon 64 is designed for 64 bit usage not 32 bit and yet it outperforms...
[April 28, 2004, 20:57]
Red Hat eyes 32-bit Itanium software
News Leading Linux seller Red Hat is considering using an Intel technology that improves the ability of the chipmaker's Itanium processor to run older software written for Xeon or Pentium chips. The software, called the IA-32 Execution Layer, lets the...
[April 28, 2003, 8:09]
Athlon 64 delayed until September
News AMD is to delay the launch of its next-generation desktop processor, the Athlon 64, until September, the company said on Friday. The delay of the Athlon 64, which was originally set for launch months ago, is likely to erode the chip's performance...
[January 31, 2003, 13:07]
IBM plans 2003 muscle servers
News By late December, a 16-processor version will be generally available, Whitney said. The company is poised to release its first "blade" servers and 16-processor Intel-based systems in coming weeks. Whitney said a 32-processor version is slated for...
[November 28, 2002, 7:40]
China advances home-grown chips
News Chinese scientists say they have developed the country's first mobile phone chip, and are readying a 64-bit processor for servers, major steps forward in China's ambition to control its own microprocessor intellectual property.
[March 6, 2003, 13:52]
Unisys adjusts to life without Compaq
News Compaq, a company grappling with financial difficulties, said the vast majority of its customers use its own eight-processor servers, and the company prefers to spend its energy on its own eight- and 32-processor designs.
[May 2, 2001, 9:06]
AMD Athlon 64: the benchmarks
Talkback I have always hated intel, this is not due to the processor itself, it is due to the horrible logic behind intel processors. Intel, thinking they would have the advantage by quoting their clock speeds extremely high, has just had their head handed...
[November 4, 2003, 23:33]
Intel untangles dual-core chips
News When it ships, Tulsa will be Intel's first dual-core IA-32 Xeon processor: it has hyperthreading, so appears to software as four processors. Tanglewood is also the first Intel chip to be designed by the team who produced Digital's Alpha processor...
[September 17, 2003, 0:10]
Merced: Intel's 64 bit revolution
News As with any other significant advance in PC technology, the planned launch of Intel's next generation processor, Merced, has caused huge amounts of confusion among users. At the moment, all of the Intel processors we use (PII, PIII, Celeron, Xeon...
[March 16, 1999, 16:23]
Intel's 32/64-bit chip ready to launch
News The chip, which was announced in February, could help Intel begin to counter the growing popularity of the Opteron processor from Advanced Micro Devices. Intel would not comment on the chip, but sources close to the company said that a version of...
[June 15, 2004, 12:15]
Partner push for Windows CE
News Manufacturers signing up as an official Microsoft Porting Partners will be authorised to port Windows CE and tools to any new semiconductor processor architectures. A spokesman for Microsoft Windows CE said that it had been approached by numerous...
[January 12, 2000, 16:03]
Merced: The scare stories
News One of the scare stories which traditionally precede the arrival of a new processor is that existing applications will no longer run on the new platform. It will also support Compaq's Alpha processor.
[March 16, 1999, 16:49]
