Published on Friday, June 18, 2010 by admin SeaMicro has unveiled an Internet-optimized x86 server based on 512 Intel Atom processors usually found in mobile devices. The SeaMicro SM10000 is described as the "ultimate rethink of the volume server" using a quarter of the power and space. The SeaMicro SM10000 has a throughput of 1.28 terabits and uses off-the-shelf OSes and software. A Silicon Valley startup...

Published on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by admin If you wonder how tiny a PowerPC SoC (System on chip) could be, AppliedMicro has recently announced a new Power Architecture based processor that is claimed to be the world’s smallest form factor in the industry. Named as APM801xx, it consists of multiple SKUs clocking from 400MHz, 600MHz and 800MHz suitable for different applications ranging from WiFi access point,...

Published on Saturday, May 8, 2010 by admin The nForce 2 was one of the best chipsets to come out of NVIDIA. It was NVIDIA’s second attempt at a desktop chipset yet it cemented NVIDIA’s position as a leading provider of core logic in the market. Oh how much has changed since then. Most of what made a chipset worthwhile is now integrated into the CPU. It used to be memory controller optimizations that k...

Published on Friday, May 7, 2010 by admin Supermicro have launched today their second generation of GPU computing servers, using NVIDIA Tesla 20-series GPUs. This product line is an upgrade from their first generation servers, and features a 1U server with 2x M2050 Tesla cards; a 4U tower that supports four C2050 Tesla GPUs, three other PCI-E cards, and support for eight hot-swappable 3.5" SAS/SATA drive...