Gaming Systems Reaching 'Tens of Teraflops' by 2019 By Kevin Parrish published 16 December 11 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."
IBM Lures Oracle Itanium Customers By Wolfgang Gruener published 15 December 11 Intel's Itanium is causing more headaches for HP and Oracle.
Meet Gordon, the World's First SSD-Based Supercomputer By Kevin Parrish published 13 December 11 Gordon is now ranked as #48 on the official Top 500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world.
Fujitsu Launches 23 PFlops PRIMEHPC FX10 Supercomputer By Wolfgang Gruener published 27 November 11 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 Announces SAS 12 Gb/s Interface By Doug Crowthers published 24 November 11 LSI Corporation introduces a SAS 12 Gb/s interface geared to the future needs of the server market.
Intel Ships Pentium 350 For Servers By Wolfgang Gruener published 22 November 11 Intel has published information about a new entry-level server processor, which is, apparently, already shipping.
Can Microsoft Patent a Wind-Powered Data Center? By Wolfgang Gruener published 19 November 11 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.
Intel's Knights Corner: 50+ Core 22nm Co-processor By Marcus Yam published 16 November 11 1 Teraflop. 1 Chip. Many integrated cores.
Mozilla Builds a 1 Megawatt Data Center By Wolfgang Gruener published 16 November 11 Mozilla revealed that it has begun construction on a new data center in Silicon Valley.
The Top 5 Supercomputers More Power Hungry Than Ever By Wolfgang Gruener published 15 November 11 As expected, Japans K Computer has extended its lead in the prestigious Top500 Supercomputer list.
AMD Releases Interlagos Opterons With 16 Cores By Marcus Yam published 14 November 11 Bulldozer may find its well-suited home in the server and workstation market.
IBM Offers Windows on Mainframes For The First Time By Douglas Perry published 7 November 11 IBM is expanding software support for its mainframe server technology.
Japanese K Supercomputer Smashes 10 Petaflop Barrier By Wolfgang Gruener published 5 November 11 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 Announces First ARM Servers: Project Moonshot By Douglas Perry published 3 November 11 HP has begun using ARM processors for a new server platform called Redstone, which will become available in the first half of next year.
U.S. Web-Blocking Devices Used By Syrian Government By Ross A. Lincoln published 1 November 11 Originally intended for use in Dubai, their use may violate trade sanctions against Syria.
HP Building Servers Using ARM-based SoCs By Kevin Parrish published 27 October 11 HP and Calxeda have teamed up to build servers based on ARM's low-power design.
Nvidia Sneaking Tegra into Server Market with Tesla By Douglas Perry published 27 October 11 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.
New DoS Tool Kills SSL Servers With Just One PC By Douglas Perry published 26 October 11 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.
OCZ Intros Deneva 2, Intrepid mSATA Enterprise SSDs By Doug Crowthers published 16 October 11 To expand on its enterprise storage solutions, OCZ has introduced two mSATA SSDs; Deneva 2 and Intrepid Series, for OEM clients.
