Intel Tag Index

Server racks will now be able to mix and match CPUs from different vendors in the same box.

HP's Mission Critical server portfolio gets both hardware and software updates.

When Intel releases a new processor, the OEMs typically race to refresh their wares. IBM is often the exception to this. Its most recent System x change up was well worth the few weeks wait.

New Intel server CPU is already ready for Linux.

Cisco rolls out the third generation of its server platform with new unified management capabilities.

Latest Intel server chip release delivers new I/O, security and performance gains.

Flooding in Thailand, one of the centers of hard disk drive manufacture, this monsoon season has caused a severe shortage in hard disks. Organizations may take a better look at thin provisioning, tiering, deduplication and solid state drives as a result.

What happens in high-performance computing eventually finds its way into mainstream computing. Keeping up with the latest innovations goes a long way toward managing a data center that meets your business' needs.

Not familiar with Kontron? You're not alone. Until recently, it's main business was embedded boards and integrated computing platforms. Now the hardware vendor has added rackmount computers and enclosures to its lineup.

HP goes on the offensive in its defense of Itanium.
Tags: Oracle, Intel, HP, Itanium

Microservers are inexpensive, power efficient and not to be confused with blade servers. Find out whether this latest data center staple is right for you.
Tags: Intel, Dell, SeaMicro, blade server, MicroServer

HP is jumping on the bandwagon supporting the new Intel Xeon E7 chips, but that doesn't mean it's leaving Itanium behind.
Tags: Intel, Cisco, HP, Itanium, Westemere EX

Two new families of server CPUs provide what Intel calls dramatic performance improvements for multicore systems at the high end and low end of the market.
Tags: Intel, Xeon, multi-core, Xeon 7500

SGI stands to benefit from a new round of Microsoft certs as the company looks to run hundreds of physical cores on Windows Server.
Tags: Windows, Microsoft, Intel, SGI

If you're looking for an x86-based server from IBM, you'll find it in the system x server line. More than a dozen racks, towers and server blades sporting both AMD and Intel processors comprise the System x server family.

Oracle claims Intel is ending Itanium. HP and Intel respond.
Tags: Oracle, Microsoft, Intel, HP, Itanium

Chip giant experiments with "cubicle cluster computing" as it looks to maximize efficiencies in its sprawling IT infrastructure.
Tags: cloud computing, virtualization, Intel, VMworld, cubicle cluster computing

In a world of virtualization there is more to consider than server form factor.
Tags: server, virtualization, Intel, server virtualization

It wasn't long ago that RISC processors powered EMC's server lines. Today, Intel's Nehalem EX processor is the power behind its four server lines. Together, Celerra, Centera, Clariion and Symmetrix offer a variety of solutions to match a variety of budgets.
Tags: EMC, Intel, x86 servers, buyer's guide, Clariion

How long will Intel continue to dominate the server and PC processor markets?
Tags: server, Intel, server hardware, AMD, processor

True to its promise, Oracle sticks to the high-end market with massive clustering x86 servers and a unified network fabric.
Tags: Oracle, Intel, x86 servers, Sun, HPC

The Intel Hybrid Cloud program is a subscription-based server model for small business.
Tags: server, Intel, Cloud server

The MIT-generated semiconductor startup finally has a partner and a position in the marketplace, one that sounds rather familiar.
Tags: LAMP, Intel, web server, SeaMicro, Tilera

The computer giant takes the wraps off new rackmount and blade servers designed to require as little intervention and management as possible.
Tags: virtualization, Intel, HP, ProLiant, Server Blades

Intel is taking Westmere to the next level, while AMD prepares to 'Bulldozer' the competition.
Tags: Intel, AMD

Startup SeaMicro says Intel's Atom processor, widely used in netbook computers, has more than enough juice to power Web servers serving up HTML pages.
Tags: cloud computing, server, Intel, Xeon, SeaMicro

Sun traditionally offered both AMD and Intel processors in its x86 server lineup. Now, it's looking like AMD's Opteron won't make the cut under Oracle's ownership.
Tags: Oracle, Intel, x86 servers, AMD, Opteron

After years of talking up GPUs in high performance computing, Nvidia has some petaflops to finally back it up.
Tags: Intel, nVidia, supercomputers, HPC, TOP500

The processor consists of 50 x86 cores crammed onto a single 22-nanometer-process chip smaller than a postage stamp.
Tags: Intel, processor, supercomputer, HPC

This blog posting analyzes which Xeon 5000 series chip is best for virtualization.
Tags: server, virtualization, Intel, HP, Xeon

Intel expects 70 percent of design wins from storage vendors opting to use Xeons.
Tags: server, Intel, Xeon, server hardware

The new chips, code-named Westmere-EX, will be targeted at servers with four sockets and higher.
Tags: server, Intel, hardware, processor, Core

IBM has taken to the road with the message that Intel's Nehalem EX processors coupled with Big Blue's system engineering talents has resulted in a platform well-suited for virtualization, consolidation and mission-critical applications. Does the server hardware live up to the praise?
Tags: IBM, virtualization, Intel, server hardware, System x

Last week, week both Yahoo and Intel unveiled green infrastructure projects that just might change how the data centers everywhere operate.
Tags: Intel, Yahoo, green IT, environment, power and cooling

The chip giant might do a little better than expected thanks to its new x86 server processors, but there will be no big surprises. After 2009, that's a good thing.
Tags: earnings, Intel, x86 servers, Xeon, Nehalem

Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last version of Windows Server to support the Intel Itanium architecture.
Tags: Intel, Windows Server 2008 R2, processor, 64-bit, Itanium

Hard-Core Hardware: "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound" -- will Nehalem EX be the cornerstone in x86 servers that are really as good as Intel claims?
Tags: Intel, x86 servers, Xeon, buyers guide, Xeon 7500

Intel says the company's hardware advances will lead - not follow - software developments.
Tags: server, virtualization, Intel, Xeon 7500, Xeon 6500

Server manufacturers have embraced the six-core Xeon 5600s.
Tags: server, Intel, processor, Xeon 5600, server manufacturer

SGI has a new baby blade, the Origin 400.
Tags: server, CPU, Intel, Xeon 5600, server processor

New AES-NI instructions will add native encryption/decryption to the CPU.
Tags: server, CPU, Intel, Xeon 5600, server processor

Dell wants to help admins spend less time keeping x86 servers running. A new crop of Westmere-processor-based, self-healing machines are designed to be deployed and ignored.
Tags: Intel, Dell, x86 servers, x86 server, Westmere

A report from Broadpoint makes the argument that both chip makers will do better than expected because x86 server sales are poised to take off. No doubt IBM, HP and Dell are hoping that's the case.
Tags: Intel, x86, AMD, processor, x86 server

Analysts say AMD's chip will contain the highest number of cores in an x86 server processor.
Tags: server, Intel, AMD, chip, 12 core

Virtually Speaking: VMware, Intel and RSA have partnered to make cloud computing more secure, for the private cloud. Will anyone care?
Tags: security, Intel, private cloud, VMware, RSA

OS Round Up: Despite the strength of backers Intel and Nokia, Meego has already fallen prey to a common open-source software pitfall -- a moronic name. Can it overcome its nomenclature handicap and help make Linux the OS of choice for mobile computing?
Tags: Intel, smartphone, Nokia, OS, mobile linux

Tukwila is formally dubbed Itanium 9300, and HP, Intel's partner in building the RISC processor, is first out of the gate with a series of systems. More will follow.
Tags: server, Intel, HP, Unix, Itanium

The The Westmere-EP chips add two more cores to the processor and support Turbo Boost.
Tags: server, Intel, processor, chip, Westmere-EP

Sure, Intel is inside the box, but did you know sometimes Intel is the box? Here are five servers that the company best known for its chips sells to OEMs and other resellers. Is one of these right for you?
Tags: server, Intel, servers, buyers' guide

Both companies will announce new server quad-core processors on Monday — neither admits to knowing the other picked the same day to do so.
Tags: server, IBM, Intel, processor, Quad core

With its troubles and foundries behind it, AMD seeks growth in areas Intel has been mining for years.
Tags: mobile, Intel, AMD, Enterprise, sales

Is Linux on Itanium in trouble? Not necessarily.
Tags: Linux, Intel, Red Hat, HP, Itanium

Hard-Core Hardware: Cisco Unified Computing System and HP BladeSystem currently lead in the all-in-one box market, but they may soon face stiff competition from upstart Liquid Computing.
Tags: Intel, Cisco, network, unified communications, liquid computing

The two companies have teamed up to improve the performance-per-watt of EMC's cloud-based storage system.
Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, EMC, Intel, Cloud Storage

Few technologies last 30 years, let alone become more dominant with each passing one, but the x86 architecture has done just that.
Tags: Intel, HP, hardware, x86, AMD

Virtually Speaking: Intel began pimping its Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) solution at this week's IDF. Dell, Citrix Red Hat, Neterion and others have already hopped on board.
Tags: virtualization, Intel, Red Hat, Dell, I/O

Enterprises should consider the security implications that come with adopting virtualization before deploying.
Tags: virtualization, Intel

Hard-Core Hardware: To EMC, VMware and Intel chips are the glue joining storage and server hardware.
Tags: EMC, virtualization, chips, Intel, VMware

Solid state drives show much promise but their drawbacks may limit widespread adoption any time soon.
Tags: Intel, SSD, HP, Storage