IBM And AMD Plot Opteron Tie-up
News IBM and AMD are already partners — indeed, IBM was the first of the big four server makers to endorse the Opteron processor. IBM and AMD are expected to announce an alliance that will lead to mainstream IBM servers based on the Opteron processor.
[July 21, 2006, 10:10]
Intel Quad-core Chips Launched
News AMD enjoyed a performance advantage with its Opteron chip for several years, before Intel introduced the Xeon 5100 processor in June as part of a move to a new chip-making blueprint. But certain PC enthusiasts are always excited about the prospect...
[November 14, 2006, 8:09]
AMD's Chip Sales Sink Further
News On an optimistic note, however, representatives at Dell on Tuesday reiterated that they are seriously examining Opteron, an AMD server chip set for release around the middle of next year. Dell currently does not sell Itanium 2 machines and has...
[October 3, 2002, 8:00]
IBM Readies Power6 Blades For Next Year
News Blades with two of Intel's Xeon and AMD's Opteron chips are the most widely used models, Dougherty said. IBM's Power4 was the first mainstream dual-core processor, featuring two processing engines. With the Power6 blades, IBM is likely to follow...
[December 7, 2006, 11:17]
Itanium Wins Limited Support
News Faced with steadily improving x86 processors such as its Xeon and AMD's Opteron, Intel has redefined Itanium as a chip chiefly for high-end servers. The PC maker said it prefers to focus on systems using Intel's Xeon processor.
[September 27, 2005, 9:00]
Opteron Hoping To Light Up Sun's Galaxy
News Sun plans to announce on 12 September its "Galaxy" line of AMD Opteron-based servers, a product family developed by hardware guru Andy Bechtolsheim that's a central part of the company's recovery plan.
[September 5, 2005, 8:30]
Itanium Suffers Setback Despite Server Progress
News Microsoft will continue to sell Itanium versions of Windows for servers, a representative said, but for workstations, the company is concentrating its energies on its "x64" operating system -- the one that takes advantage of 64-bit memory...
[January 6, 2005, 8:00]
Intel To Pip AMD At The Dual-core Post
News The news comes on the heels of reports that AMD will release its dual-core Opteron for servers and workstations on April 21. Intel plans to release dual-core desktop chips for computers later this month in a move that seems calculated to prevent...
[April 12, 2005, 8:45]
