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News The technology is catching on in mainstream servers using x86 processors such as AMD's Opteron and Intel's Xeon, and Microsoft is one of several competitors trying to win customers from market leader VMware. [13 Apr 2007]
Sun burned brighter than server rivals last year
News Servers using x86 processors, such as Intel's Xeon and AMD's Opteron, have been a strong growth segment for years. Sun Microsystems, bruised by years of trying to recover from the dot-com bust, saw revenue gains that beat server rivals in 2006... [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. That's particularly interesting, he said, because Intel's Xeon 7100 'Tulsa... [31 Jan 2007]
Sun upbeat on profits - and $700m cash injection
News Sun on Monday announced a partnership to sell servers with Intel's Xeon chips beginning in the second quarter of 2007. The software and server maker reported revenue of $3.57bn, a seven per cent increase from the year-earlier period, and profits... [24 Jan 2007]
Intel's Xeon back in the Sun
News Sun Microsystems has announced it will resume selling servers with Intel's Xeon processor, restoring a hardware partnership and extending it to software collaboration. As reported earlier, Sun will begin selling dual-processor Xeon servers in the... [23 Jan 2007]
Sun set to bring back Intel's Xeon for servers
News Sun Microsystems is expected to resume using Intel's Xeon processors in its x86 servers, according to sources familiar with the situation. The first servers from the partnership will begin arriving soon - in the first half of 2007 - and Sun will... [22 Jan 2007]
Apple to charge for firing up faster wi-fi chip
News Every Mac with Intel's Core 2 Duo or Xeon processor has the 802.11n chip, except for the 17-inch iMac with the 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo chip, Apple announced last week at Macworld. Some MacBook Pro and MacBook customers have the faster 802.11n wi-fi chip... [19 Jan 2007]
Cambridge boffins unveil Dell supercomputer
News The supercomputer uses Dell's ninth-generation servers and storage units with Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors to provide scientists with super-fast simulations. The boffins at the University of Cambridge have joined forces with Dell to unveil one... [22 Nov 2006]
Intel offers software for blog-loving SMEs
News The components of SuiteTwo will be optimised for Intel's client and server chips, including its 32-bit and 64-bit Xeon processors and future products, the company said. Intel has announced a collaboration software suite that it will offer to small... [08 Nov 2006]
Intel to slash 10,000 jobs?
News Intel hopes to reclaim its share with new Xeon server chips such as Woodcrest and Tulsa. Intel chief executive Paul Otellini is expected to announce a massive layoff as soon as Tuesday that could eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs, silicon.com sister... [01 Sep 2006]
Intel poised to unleash high-end Xeon
News Intel will introduce its new "Tulsa" Xeon chip for high-end x86 servers today, the latest of several moves to reclaim turf lost to rival AMD. The new dual-core chip, designed for four-processor systems and officially called the Xeon 7100 series... [29 Aug 2006]
Dell Q2: AMD for PCs - and an SEC probe
News But.we have just introduced an entire new Core Duo and Xeon lineup, the best processors in the world. Dell's announcement of a broader relationship with Advanced Micro Devices could not overshadow poor second-quarter results and news of a federal... [18 Aug 2006]
Intel flaunts Xeon mark two
News Dell and Intel this week showed off servers using the chipmaker's forthcoming high-end "Tulsa" Xeon, a chip Intel has begun shipping but not formally announced. Intel released a Core-based Xeon called Woodcrest in June but that processor is used... [17 Aug 2006]
Dell to crank up the heat on AMD love-in
News Intel's new Xeon 5100 "Woodcrest" processor, introduced in June, is now competitive with Opteron both on performance and on electrical power consumption but analysts agree AMD won't be pushed out of the market soon. [17 Aug 2006]
Apple offers glimpse of Leopard
News The Mac Pro offers a similar casing to the Power Mac G5 that preceded it but it replaces the older PowerPC processors with two dual-core Intel Xeon chips, as well as space for two optical disc drives and up to four hard drives. [08 Aug 2006]
