Compute
Xeon D Refresh: The Little Hyperscale Engine That Could
The datacenter server has been the center of gravity for compute for decades. …
Xeon D
Cloud
Intel Sharpens The Edge With Skylake Xeon D
Compute is being embedded in everything, and there is another wave of distributed computing pushing out from the datacenter into all kinds of network, storage, and other kinds of devices that collect and process data in their own right as well as passing it back up to the glass house for final processing and permanent storage. …
Compute
Xeon E3: A Lesson In Moore’s Law And Dennard Scaling
If you want an object lesson in the interplay between Moore’s Law, Dennard scaling, and the desire to make money from selling chips, you need look no further than the past several years of Intel’s Xeon E3 server chip product lines. …
Cloud
Telcos Call On ARM To Compete For Compute
The hyperscaler and HPC organizations of the world are not the only places where innovation happens with infrastructure. …
Compute
Xeon D Shows How ARM Can Beat Intel
Intel has been perfectly honest about the fact that certain technologies it is putting forward are being driven by hyperscalers and cloud builders. …
Cloud
Shiny New Open Compute Gear, And The Roadmap Ahead
The Open Compute Project started by Facebook nearly five years ago is in many respects a tier one server maker a tier one server maker that just so happens to have multiple manufacturers etching motherboards and bending metal instead of one. …
Compute
Intel Blunts ARM Assault With Expanded Xeon D
Very few things happen in the IT vendor community without orchestration. …
Compute
How IBM Stacks Up Power8 Against Xeon Servers
Since putting together the OpenPower Foundation two years ago, IBM and its partners have been working to get lower-cost Power8 machines into the field to better compete against the ubiquitous Xeon server platform. …