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How open compute cuts server costs in the enterprise

Even if your organization’s not big enough to build your own servers and switches, you can still reap the benefits of OCP designs, including reduced costs.

By Mary Branscombe

Feb 15, 2017 11 mins

Open Source Private Cloud Servers

Intel ships latest Itanium chip called Kittson, but grim future looms

HPE will ship high-end Itanium servers in the second half of the year, and the chip will be supported by HP-UX and OpenVMS

By Agam Shah

Feb 14, 2017 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Servers

Intel researches tech to prepare for a future beyond today’s PCs

Intel is investing heavily in quantum computing and neuromorphic chip research as it prepares for the post-Moore's Law era

By Agam Shah

Feb 10, 2017 4 mins

Computers and Peripherals Servers

Intel’s priciest chip has 24 cores and sells for $8,898

Intel's Xeon E7-8894 v4 is a monster server chip with 24 cores, 60MB of cache and a maximum clock frequency of 3.4GHz

By Agam Shah

Feb 9, 2017 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Servers

In the Labs: Connected vehicles in Ohio, artificial intelligence with UMass, Nortthwestern

Smarter cars and data scientists should result

By Bob Brown

Feb 8, 2017 3 mins

Big Data Servers Small and Medium Business

After Ryzen, AMD has no immediate plan to purge its other PC chips

AMD is repackaging its existing chips, from FX to Sempron, for mid-to low-end PCs

By Agam Shah

Feb 8, 2017 4 mins

Computers and Peripherals Servers

AMD sets Ryzen up for a strong start as chip battle with Intel looms

AMD loyalists will grab the early Ryzen chips, and the following word-of-mouth will determine if Intel fans switch camps

By Agam Shah

Feb 1, 2017 5 mins

Computers and Peripherals Servers

Meet the $114,725 Ubuntu server with eight Nvidia Tesla P100 GPUs

The Ibex Pro rack server features two 22-core Intel Xeon chips

By Agam Shah

Jan 31, 2017 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Servers

New ‘made in China’ chip on the way as country boosts indigenous tech

Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology is developing a server chip based on ARM architecture

By Agam Shah

Jan 30, 2017 4 mins

Computers and Peripherals Servers

Booted up in 1993, this system still runs — but not for much longer

Time is running out on a system that never had unplanned downtime

By Patrick Thibodeau

Jan 30, 2017 3 mins

Data Center Servers