Latest data center news.
AMD says Barcelona server chip will be on time, 06/29/07: Advanced Micro Devices said Friday it would begin shipping its “Barcelona” quad-core Opteron processor in August, rebutting industry rumors that the chip faced manufacturing problems that could delay it until October.
Intel ships 1 million quad-core CPUs, 06/29/07: Intel has shipped more than 1 million quad-core Xeon 5300 microprocessors since introducing them last November, meeting a goal announced by company executives earlier this year.
“Centro” is a new 64-bit only bundle that is an upscale version of Windows SBS (75-300 seats), reports John Obeto. He tested it on three systems. Read his blog.
AMD gets ready for Barcelona launch, 06/28/07: Advanced Micro Devices is getting ready to launch Barcelona, its first quad-core server chip, and a vice president explains what’s at stake.
Data center design and management book up for grabs: We have 15 copies of Build the Best Data Center Facility for Your Business to give away. The book is by Douglas Alger, an IT architect at Cisco who shares his first-hand knowledge and experience of building data centers. Plus: Follow Doug’s blog at Cisco Subnet.
