Servers

Nvidia says gaming systems of 2019 will be able to render today's cut-scenes and cinematics in real-time, and reach a performance of "tens of teraflops."

Intel's Itanium is causing more headaches for HP and Oracle.

Gordon is now ranked as #48 on the official Top 500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world.

Fujitsu has begun offering a new supercomputer, which the company claims can be scaled to a performance of up to 23.2 PFlops, which would make it the fastest system on the Top500 list and even exceed the upcoming BlueGene/Q-based Sequoia system.

LSI Corporation introduces a SAS 12 Gb/s interface geared to the future needs of the server market.

Intel has published information about a new entry-level server processor, which is, apparently, already shipping.

Once in a while, I stumble across a granted patent or a patent application that makes me wonder whether it is a serious filing or just a submission that tests the USPTO's willingness to grant a patent to something as trivial as a pound of sugar.

1 Teraflop. 1 Chip. Many integrated cores.

Mozilla revealed that it has begun construction on a new data center in Silicon Valley.

As expected, Japans K Computer has extended its lead in the prestigious Top500 Supercomputer list.

Bulldozer may find its well-suited home in the server and workstation market.

IBM is expanding software support for its mainframe server technology.

The Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science said that its K Computer, cuirrently listed as the world's fastest supercomputer, has become the first system of its kind to break through the 10 Petaflop/s (PFlops) barrier.

HP has begun using ARM processors for a new server platform called Redstone, which will become available in the first half of next year.

Originally intended for use in Dubai, their use may violate trade sanctions against Syria.

HP and Calxeda have teamed up to build servers based on ARM's low-power design.

Despite Nvidia's ongoing claim that it is not such a great idea to compete with Intel in the blue team's core market, it appears that Nvidia is serious about testing the server market much more than it has so far.

There is a new tool that enables a basic PC to execute a denial-of-service (DoS) attack and take out an encrypting SSL server.

To expand on its enterprise storage solutions, OCZ has introduced two mSATA SSDs; Deneva 2 and Intrepid Series, for OEM clients.