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The Dell PowerEdge R815 and its four 12-core AMD Opteron CPUs want to run many, many virtual machines, at a much lower cost than Intel multicore Continue reading →

The Acer Aspire 5741G-6983 is a tweener in the best possible sense of the word. It fits right between a great mainstream unit and a powerful gaming laptop. It has good input ergonomics, a nice 15.6-inch 1366 by 768 display, great everyday performance, … Continue reading →

An administrator from Purdue University has developed software that can slow servers when the AC goes out Continue reading →

AMD officials Tuesday said that its new Fusion chips will be running smaller and more efficient laptops by early next year. Continue reading →

Defects in Amdocs software code will push back the introduction of a new customer care and billing system at Clearwire until next year, the wireless broadband provider said in a regulatory filing. Continue reading →

With the release of Intel’s six-core Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, it was only a matter of time before AMD launched their retort: the six core Phenom II X6 1090T. Continue reading →

Intel’s new Nehalem-EX CPU for SMP servers brings eight cores, massive memory support, mainframe-like RAS features, and huge performance gains to large-scale workloads Continue reading →

AMD is closing out the month of March with the introduction of a new line of 12-core Opteron 6000 series processors, previously code-named Magny-Cours. The processor architecture not only raises the bar for server CPUs, but also doubles the number of c… Continue reading →

InfoWorld tests the Intel Westmere-packing Dell PowerEdge M1000e, HP BladeSystem c7000, and IBM BladeCenter H blade server systems Continue reading →

The SuperBlade is an amazingly affordable blade server system, yet it still offers a few frills Continue reading →