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'Big data' shops eye cheaper four-socket Intel Xeon servers
What once required high-end Intel E7 processors and motherboards now fits into a lower-cost E5-4600 four-socket Intel Xeon system, suitable for scale-out workloads in HPC and big data. News
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Dell microserver gives energy-efficient IT shops a glimpse of Ivy Bridge
New Dell microservers include power-efficient Ivy Bridge processors based on Intel’s 22-nm manufacturing process. News
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out-of-order execution (OoOE)
Out-of-order execution (OoOE) is an approach to processing that allows instructions for high-performance microprocessors to begin execution as soon as their operands are ready. Definition
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Oracle releases new Intel x86 servers against market headwinds
Oracle launches new x86 servers based on latest Intel Xeon chip a month after its release. Some analysts doubt Oracle can win HP and IBM customers. News
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Intel Xeon E5-2600 delivers eight-core CPU, more memory
Intel shops now have support for more cores, more memory, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and speedier solid-state storage with the new Intel Xeon E5-2600. News
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AMD to bring SeaMicro server fabrics to the masses
AMD’s SeaMicro buy could be the harbinger of a fundamental shift in how servers are designed, experts say. News
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single point of failure (SPOF)
A single point of failure (SPOF) is a potential risk posed by a flaw in the design, implementation or configuration of a circuit or system in which one fault or malfunction causes an entire system to stop operating. Definition
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Dell packs more DIMMs, disk drives into new PowerEdge 12G
New Dell PowerEdge 12G servers give customers more memory and disk capacity for virtualization along with management software updates. News
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Microservers carve out niche in data centers
Energy-efficient petite server systems can be a cost-effective solution for basic tasks or hyper-scaling applications in an enterprise data center. Tip
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Scale-out computing gets new low-power option
Web-scale IT shops get the option of a low-power Xeon-based offering that looks to outperform Atom-based products in more ways than one. News