IBM Rolls Out New Power7 Processors

International Business Machines has returned $30 million to the University of Illinois after it decided to pull the plug on the Blue Waters supercomputing project.John Melchi, the associate director at the National Centre for...

If you thought your quad-core CPU was a modern day technical marvel, then you've got some catching up to do in the world of high-end servers. IBM has just unveiled its 256-core monolithic Power 795 UNIX server, which can...

IBM has released new systems based on its Power7, including a server capable of scaling up to 256 cores, for its Unix business.The server, which is said to be the biggest Unix server ever released by the company, is aimed at...

IBM has just spruced up its range of high performance multi-core server solutions with the launch of new resource-efficient eight-core “Power7” processors, tailored to deliver high computing performance for a wide...

It is always refreshing to look back at what the Itanium range was suppose to bring to humanity and the world of computing; the epic project was supposed to generate sales of $37 billion in its third year, by 2001. So far,...

Intel has finally launched its next generation EPIC processor, codenamed Tukwila, but now officially named Itanium 9300, a CPU that is set to take on the newly launched Power7 processor from IBM in a formidable battle at the...

IBM today launches its hotly-anticipated cell-based, eight-core Power7 processor and is claiming bragging righhs over its ability to run four threads per core. New servers systems based on the chip will be shown off in New York...

Server virtualisation is held up by most vendors as a paragon of virtue when it comes to cutting costs and simplifying an organisation's IT resources. But whilst the first virtue is relatively easy to prove on a return on...