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Intel lays siege to server chipsets
News ServerWorks' lead in server-chipset sales has made it a stronghold in owner Broadcom's business. Broadcom acquired ServerWorks in 2001. Given that ServerWorks accounts for about 50 percent of California-based Broadcom's operating earnings...
[July 29, 2003, 9:56]
ServerWorks says Intel no competition
News ServerWorks, a Broadcom subsidiary that manufactures chips that connect CPUs to everything else in a server, faces its first real competition in years from Intel, but the company says Intel is no threat.
[October 4, 2001, 12:47]
HP refreshes server lines
News For lesser machines, it purchased chipsets from Intel and Broadcom's ServerWorks division. With this introduction, we do not have a new generation of ServerWorks chipsets shipping today," Lacey said. However, he added, "We continue to maintain open...
[March 30, 2005, 9:30]
Intel rivals aim to trump its conference
News Broadcom's ServerWorks unit is expected to announce a dual-processor chipset for Intel's Prestonia server chip. ServerWorks, which dominates the market for server chipsets, will be announced on 25 February and is expected to sport a 333MHz memory...
[February 22, 2002, 17:20]
Intel's PC redesign gets thumbs up
News Whatever you shoot for, add a year," said David Pullings, vice president of marketing at Broadcom's ServerWorks. The nine committee members -- representatives of Advanced Micro Devices, Broadcom's ServerWorks division, Compaq Computer, Hewlett...
[August 6, 2001, 16:18]
IBM stuffs more memory into skinny servers
News And through a deal IBM signed with Broadcom subsidiary ServerWorks in 2000, the memory-doubling technology will be available for use with other companies' Intel-based servers as well. ServerWorks sells chipsets -- the key chips that connect CPUs to...
[February 11, 2002, 10:14]
PCI evolution at risk from standards split
News The move will be possible through the use of new chipsets, which join processors to memory and input-output systems such as PCI, from Broadcom subsidiary ServerWorks. Dell's strategy dovetails with that of Intel, which is employing PCI Express to...
[March 17, 2003, 9:21]
HP revamps Intel servers with Xeon chips
News Except the lowest-end model, all the new servers use chipsets from Broadcom subsidiary ServerWorks, which specialises in making the crucial chips that join CPUs with memory and input-output channels. The system uses the ServerWorks GC-HE chipset...
[March 12, 2002, 15:02]
Intel to certify 'building block' compatibility
News Intel has had some rough times with one key server building block: chipsets, a market that Broadcom subsidiary ServerWorks has dominated. From a technical standpoint, the ServerWorks people stumbled a little bit.
[June 15, 2004, 9:20]
ServerWorks short on chipsets
News ServerWorks, which specialises in chipsets for Intel servers, said on Monday that it will have trouble meeting demand through March, a situation that could crimp server supplies. Although not a household name, ServerWorks is the dominant power in...
[March 11, 2003, 8:07]
Sun powers up low-end UltraSparc
News Two other lower-end Sun UltraSparc machines also in the thick of competition have been delayed, however, because of a problem with a chipset from Broadcom subsidiary ServerWorks. Sun Microsystems has revamped its four-processor Sun Fire V480 server...
[August 4, 2003, 11:35]
Intel chips lift new Dell servers
News The 4600 also uses Grand Champion HE from Broadcom subsidiary ServerWorks. Dell introduced two new servers on Tuesday that bring higher-end features to the lower-end segment of the market. The company's new two-processor systems are far less...
[February 20, 2002, 11:31]
Intel unveils last PIII-based Xeon
News Both Intel and ServerWorks, a chipset company recently purchased by Broadcom, will also make chipsets for creating eight-processor servers. Intel on Tuesday released a 900-MHz Xeon processor for servers, the last member of the chip family that will...
[March 21, 2001, 7:48]
Intel builds servers, block by block
News Some of the building blocks Intel is releasing use chipsets from rival ServerWorks, a Broadcom subsidiary. Intel is releasing several "building blocks" to make it easier for business partners to build servers using Intel processors, the company...
[June 17, 2002, 9:23]
Comdex 2001: Compaq, HP to build low-power Intel servers
News Intel is relying on its steady partner and sometime competitor ServerWorks, a Broadcom subsidiary, to supply the chipset for the two-processor model, a source familiar with the plan said. Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard will be among the...
[November 13, 2001, 15:13]
Server makers caught in tech crossfire
News The debate between the chipmaking giant and ServerWorks involves which of two technologies should become the standard for plugging devices such as network adapter cards and storage system controllers into future servers.
[September 16, 2002, 7:37]
Hard disk makers collaborate for more speed
News Endorsing the move was Western Digital, another hard disk maker, along with Adaptec, Fujitsu, Hitachi, QLogic and Broadcom subsidiary ServerWorks. Compaq, IBM and the biggest hard drive manufacturers have begun a programme to revamp high-end disk...
[November 28, 2001, 9:10]
Dell ditches IBM server design for Intel
News Dell's growing power in the Intel server market has been built on the shoulders of chipset suppliers Intel and Broadcom subsidiary ServerWorks, which sell their chipsets to all comers. As a result of the failed deal with IBM, Dell will stick with...
[June 10, 2002, 11:34]
Compaq Computer meets Calista Flockhart
News Several sources, however, have said ServerWorks, which was recently bought by Broadcom, is making a Foster chipset. The computing giant plans to release "hyper-dense" servers sometime this year, Mary McDowell, general manager of Compaq's Industry...
[February 6, 2001, 8:22]
Intel beefs up Xeon chip to 2GHz
News Broadcom's ServerWorks division has been working on a supporting chipset that would enable Xeon servers, but the first Xeon servers will instead use a faster Xeon chip called "Prestonia" along with an Intel chipset called "Plumas".
[September 25, 2001, 9:08]
