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RSS core server x86Scalability and Performance of HP ProLiant BL45p Server Blade With Citrix Presentation Server x64
White Paper This white paper gives IT professionals information on the performance and scalability of the Technology Preview of Citrix Presentation Server x64 with Windows Server 2003 x64 running on 4P HP ProLiant BL45p server blades with Dual-Core AMD... [04 Aug 2008]
Microsoft Webcast: The Microsoft Perspective on Windows Server and Linux for Server Operating Systems (Level 100)
White Paper But how do these operating systems compare when it comes to core requirements such as cost, reliability, security, and interoperability? On x86 servers, the two most commonly considered server operating systems are Windows Server and Linux. [16 Apr 2008]
Planning for the Scalable Enterprise
White Paper Based on a robust platform of modular computing components, Dell’s enterprise strategy focuses on standardizing core elements of the data center to deliver superior value. In particular, price/ performance advantages of Intel® architecture-based... [10 Apr 2008]
Huawei ATCA Blade Server Powered by AMD Opteron Processors
White Paper Back then, AMD had a new vision for how system memory and I/O interface to the processor core as well as the ability to create the world's first native dual-core and quad-core x86 processors. Besides the traditional server market, AMD Opteron... [15 Feb 2008]
Google grabs PeakStream
News Software is most often designed to run in a linear fashion on a single processing core but multicore chips can handle two or more tasks simultaneously. PeakStream chief executive Neil Knox formerly ran Sun Microsystems' x86 and low-end Sparc server... [06 Jun 2007]
Sun burned brighter than server rivals last year
News He attributed the change to slowed purchases from customers, who were anticipating new models with quad-core processors. Sun Microsystems, bruised by years of trying to recover from the dot-com bust, saw revenue gains that beat server rivals in... [23 Feb 2007]
Intel, AMD fight it out for market share
News McCarron said: "Intel's gains in the server market are basically due to them having 'Woodcrest'" - referring to Intel's dual-core Xeon 5100 chip for dual-processor servers. Intel's 'Clovertown' processor, which squeezes two Woodcrest chips into a... [31 Jan 2007]
Intel's Xeon back in the Sun
News John Fowler, Sun's executive vice president for servers, said: "Woodcrest and Clovertown are substantially improved technology," referring to the dual-core and quad-core Xeon processors geared for dual-processor servers. [23 Jan 2007]
Sun set to bring back Intel's Xeon for servers
News Sun pushed Intel out of its x86 server line in favour of AMD's Opteron in early 2005, saying Intel's chips were slower and more power-hungry, but Intel's new dual-core Xeon 5100 "Woodcrest" and quad-core Xeon 5300 "Clovertown" processors have... [22 Jan 2007]
Red Hat lines up next Linux shipment
News Rhel 5 is based on version 2.6.18 of the Linux kernel - the core of the operating system - compared to 2.6.9 for the current Rhel 4. The technology's initial advantage is to let administrators load up a server more efficiently but virtualisation in... [02 Jan 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Itanium - what's in a name?
Comment The most recent generation of Itanium 2, a dual-core version ('Montecito') has double the performance of the previous, single-core version, and about 3.4 times the performance of the original Itanium 2 processor. [06 Nov 2006]
Intel to slash 10,000 jobs?
News It's also been fighting back with competitive Core processors for personal computers, aggressive chip prices and plans for quickly introducing new technology. In addition, the chipmaker has lost share to rival AMD - in particular in the server... [01 Sep 2006]
Intel poised to unleash high-end Xeon
News The new dual-core chip, designed for four-processor systems and officially called the Xeon 7100 series, has a price ranging from $856 for a 7110 model with 4MB of high-speed cache memory and a 2.6GHz clock speed to $1,980 for a 7140 model with... [29 Aug 2006]
Intel flaunts Xeon mark two
News Tulsa chips fit into servers using Intel's "Truland" platform, a server design that also accommodates the single-core "Potomac" Xeon processors introduced in early 2005 and the dual-core "Paxville" models introduced in late 2005. [17 Aug 2006]
Dell to crank up the heat on AMD love-in
News All Rev F models have dual processing cores; systems built for Rev F chips will also accommodate quad-core successors due in 2007. Intel's Woodcrest processors are dual-core chips but Intel in 2006 plans to release an upgrade which packages two in... [17 Aug 2006]
