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Sun Microsystems ships AMD Shanghai processor in x64, blade servers
Sun Microsystems will now ship x64 and blade servers with AMD's 45-nanometer quad-core Opteron processor, Shanghai, which offers a virtualization performance boost. IBM, HP and Dell began shipping systems with the processor and touting its virtualiza... Article
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With economic downturn, Dell, HP cut U.S. server prices
The U.S. economic recession has prompted server vendors HP and Dell to reduce prices, but in international markets, currency fluctuations may drive price increases. Article
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After Transitive acquisition, will IBM shed translation software beneficial to competition?
IBM plans to acquire Transitive Corp., whose translation software enables applications to run on various combinations of CPU and OS. But will IBM continue to enable translation for non-IBM x86 systems? Article
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AMD releases 45-nm Shanghai Opteron processor on schedule
AMD has shipped Shanghai, its next-generation quad-core Opteron processor, on schedule. Shanghai consumes less power, is faster, has more memory and costs less than Barcelona. Article
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With IBM blades and VMware, firm shrinks data center footprint, cost
After dumping nearly 100 HP and Compaq servers in favor of IBM BladeCenter servers running VMware, a real estate firm slashed costs, data center footprint and management headaches. Article
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EPA releases third draft of Energy Star specifications for servers
The Environmental Protection Agency released its third draft of the Energy Star specifications for servers, which includes the schedule for specs to take effect. The Tier 1 server spec (up to four processor sockets) is scheduled to take effect on Feb... News
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Eaton discusses new features of paralleling UPSes
Eaton discusses the benefits of paralleling UPSes of different sizes, enabling users to manage their backup power capacity according to their needs. Video
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Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 challenges Linux on low-end HPC
With Windows HPC Server 2008, Microsoft has set its sights on an emerging class of commercial high-performance computing (HPC) applications running on the x86 platform. Article
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AMD discusses CPU and virtualization at VMworld 2008
An AMD executive discusses interoperability issues with Intel, live migration and AMD's virtualization-assist technologies. Article