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EA notes overwhelming demand for SimCity, Origin servers falter

EA notes overwhelming demand for SimCity, Origin servers falter
  • Posted March 5, 2013, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • SimCity, one of the most anticipated releases of the year, launched in the US early this morning but that doesn’t mean everyone that purchased the game got to play it right away. The title, which requires EA’s Origin PC download…

ARM, TSMC joint agreement to push chips into server market against Intel

ARM, TSMC joint agreement to push chips into server market against Intel
  • Posted July 25, 2012, 12:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Hardware
  • ARM Holdings moved a step closer towards increasing competition with leading chipmaker, Intel, after announcing a multi-year agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to produce low-power chips for mobile devices and servers.

Xeon E5 2600: Interview with Intel IT's Ajay Chandramouly

Xeon E5 2600: Interview with Intel IT
  • Posted March 29, 2012, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Earlier this month, Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture finally made its way to the company's dual- and quad-socket-capable server processors with the new Xeon E5 product family. The launch is very important for Intel's business. Not only because of the growing…

AMD completes acquisition of server startup SeaMicro

AMD completes acquisition of server startup SeaMicro
  • Posted March 27, 2012, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News
  • Less than a month after announcing the deal, AMD has officialy completed its acquisition of SeaMicro, a startup that specializes in building high-density low-power servers. The deal is valued at $334 million, including $293 million in cash, nearly 6.5 million…

AMD launches 16-core Opteron 6200 server processors

AMD launches 16-core Opteron 6200 server processors
  • Posted November 14, 2011, 11:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News With Video
  • AMD has announced the availability of its first sixteen-core server chips, the new Opteron 6200 (codenamed "Interlagos"), as well as a new six and eight-core parts launching under the Opteron 4200 series (codenamed "Valencia"). The company is promising up to…

Dell virtualization solutions and assessment for SMBs [sponsored]

Dell virtualization solutions and assessment for SMBs [sponsored]
  • Posted October 18, 2011, 11:30 AM by Dell SMB | Filed in Industry News
  • Server virtualization has become an increasingly important strategy for businesses of all sizes. It allows companies to gain more from what they already have, making one server act as multiple servers, or move from 20+ physical servers down to a few.

Virtualization by Dell: Solutions for evolving businesses [sponsored]

Virtualization by Dell: Solutions for evolving businesses [sponsored]
  • Posted July 28, 2011, 4:38 PM by Dell SMB | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • Server virtualization is currently one of the most significant technology trends in IT. Managing server hardware and software as separate infrastructure components can make it possible to significantly improve data center operating efficiencies.

Dell virtualization solutions for SMBs [sponsored]

Dell virtualization solutions for SMBs [sponsored]
  • Posted July 21, 2011, 2:42 PM by Dell SMB | Filed in Industry News
  • Virtualization has become a key area of development for Small Business and Enterprise computing environments over the last decade. Intel first incorporated dedicated hardware instructions for virtualization on x86 platforms with the Pentium 4 (VT-x) processors and today offers a…

US government to close 800 data centers by 2015

US government to close 800 data centers by 2015
  • Posted July 20, 2011, 7:15 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News
  • The US government will reportedly undertake various measures to drastically reduce its IT spending, including the closure of 40% of its computer centers by 2015, the NY Times reports. The US federal government has the world's largest IT budget at…

Intel launches 10-core Xeon E7 server processors

Intel launches 10-core Xeon E7 server processors
  • Posted April 5, 2011, 3:56 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • Intel has introduced 29 new server processors to its E3 and E7 Xeon families today. The former serves entry-level customers while the latter represents Intel's most powerful server offering, supposedly setting 14 benchmark records and surpassing its Itanium chips. Based on…

Microsoft: SP1 for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 hits RTM

Microsoft: SP1 for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 hits RTM
  • Posted February 9, 2011, 12:59 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Microsoft today officially handed off the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to its OEM partners. On February 16, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will be…

Microsoft releases SP1 RC for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2

Microsoft releases SP1 RC for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2
  • Posted October 26, 2010, 3:15 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Microsoft today released Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate (RC) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. As you can see over at Microsoft.com, the 32-bit installer is 514.7MB in size while the 64-bit installer is 865.4MB.

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