Less than three years in, that’s a very big number, especially since data center buyers tend to be a conservative bunch. Cisco’s Unified Computing Systems definitely has legs, but it still hasn’t cracked the top five server vendors. Rival HP still holds the top slot. Read More »
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Luxtera has developed an optical chip for the data center market that can achieve speeds of more than 100 gigabits per second. That’s the same speed delivered by long-haul networks under the sea, but now harnessed to move big data and deliver cloud computing. Read More »
Both mobile and high performance computing are placing huge power efficiency and performance demands on chips, but the real $64,000 question is how long until such extreme computing use cases hit the server mainstream. Asked another way, how long till Amazon adopts ARM-based servers? Read More »
Cisco said its sales would grow by 5 to 7 percent through 2014, cutting its revenue growth in half, and signaling the end of its massive restructuring effort at an analyst day Tuesday. The move sent the stock up, but Cisco isn’t out of the woods. Read More »
Broadcom, a chipmaker known for wireless chips for cell phones and home networks, today said it will buy NetLogic, which provides silicon for networking gear. An emphasis on real-time data has pressured networking inside and outside the data center, and Broadcom wants to capitalize on that. Read More »
Intel has managed to keep pushing Moore’s Law by developing a 3-D transistor that allows the chipmaker to deliver ever smaller chips that will be more powerful, yet consume less energy. The new chip moves Intel ahead of the industry and positions it competitively against ARM.… Read More »
Do you have any idea what your incessant status updates require Facebook to do on the back end? Supporting 100 million photo uploads each day and as many as 18,000 comments requires the social network to perform 24 billion calculations a second at peak times. Read More »
Fusion-io, which makes enterprise class solid state hard drives, filed to raise up to $150 million through an IPO. It rides three big trends: real-time data delivery, storing big data and greener data centers. The threat of an IPO also boosts the cost to acquire it. Read More »
Design inspiration can come from unusual places — for Yahoo it was chicken coops, which utilize outside air and can reduce cooling power and costs. On Monday Yahoo announced that the first data center to mimic this fine-feathered design is up and running. Read More »
Twitter has decided to put the millions it has raised to use building its own data center, according to a blog posted this evening by the messaging service. The data center will be located around Salt Lake City, Utah and should come online in the fall. Read More »
Despite fears of another economic slowdown, corporate spending on information technology is on an upswing. Forrester Research says IT market will grow 7.9 percent worldwide and one of the main reasons is demand for new servers and personal computers. And likely big winner: Intel. Read More »
So far this week two storage startups offering a hardware product have launched in as many days, both offering variations on the theme that more data requires more storage and faster networks require faster access to stored data. The trend has been building for years. Read More »
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