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By: Chip Startup Tilera Dreams the Impossible Dream

Chip Startup Tilera Dreams the Impossible Dream — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:03:22 +0000

[...] place in the world of web-scale computing (GigaOM Pro subscription required), as Microsoft tests Intel’s low-end Atom chips in its servers; Dell touts servers using the low-power VIA chip; and SeaMicro creates an 80-core Atom-based box. [...]

By: Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Azure

Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Azure — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:09:12 +0000

[...] its cloud as efficiently as possible. It’s already researching ways to do so, including using low-power chips that Intel designs for netbooks in its servers to save on electricity [...]

By: Dell Builds a VIA-Powered Server to Cut Power Costs

Dell Builds a VIA-Powered Server to Cut Power Costs — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:24:36 +0000

[...] center operators are exploring unconventional processors and seem willing to accept lower speeds. Microsoft is testing the use of Intel’s low-power Atom processors in servers, and has said it saw more than a 90 percent power reduction using Atom [...]

By: Is Microsoft Turning Away From Commodity Servers?

Is Microsoft Turning Away From Commodity Servers? — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:00:07 +0000

[...] these issues with its investment into university research into multicore programming; it’s been conducting its own research into energy efficiency as well. Tremblay is working in Microsoft’s Strategic Software/Silicon Architectures group, [...]

By: Hybrid Computers Will Hide in the Cloud | Digital Asset Management

Hybrid Computers Will Hide in the Cloud | Digital Asset Management — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:40:19 +0000

[...] DSPs for specialty computing, and Nvidia, which is pushing GPUs would agree. Even data center operators are experimenting with different CPUs for different tasks, to create a custom workflows that save [...]

By: Hybrid Computers Will Hide in the Cloud

Hybrid Computers Will Hide in the Cloud — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:35:38 +0000

By: TI Wants to Use DSPs for Low-power Computing

TI Wants to Use DSPs for Low-power Computing — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:29:41 +0000

[...] are companies that operate their own data center. For example, Microsoft is researching the power savings associated with running some of its jobs on Intel’s low-power Atom [...]

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Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:29:44 +0000

[...] Microsoft Designing Cloud Data Centers From the Silicon Up – Gigaom.comMicrosoft today is expected to announce a research and development program called Cloud Computing Futures that aims to look at how the data centers underlying cloud computing can operate as efficiently as possible. The idea behind this year-old [...]

By: Microsoft trying out netbook processors in datacenters - Infoworld

Microsoft trying out netbook processors in datacenters - Infoworld — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:29:00 +0000

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Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:28:24 +0000

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