With six-core chips and a road map, AMD preps for stimulus money fight
April 23, 2009With the federal government moving quickly to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to stimulate the U.S. economy, chip makers AMD and Intel both want a piece of the action. And they're rolling out chips to try to get a competitive advantage.
AMD plans 16-core server chip -- but not until 2011
April 23, 2009Advanced Micro Devices said it's designing a server processor code-named Interlagos that will support up to 16 cores, but the device isn't scheduled to be released for another two years.
AMD adds speed to Shanghai processors
April 22, 2009AMD expanded its Opteron server processor lineup, lowering the bar on power drawn while raising the performance of chips.
VMware's version of data center flexibility leaves out Microsoft, Citrix tools
April 22, 2009VMware vows that its vSphere 'cloud operating system' will provide new levels of flexibility within data centers. But it is still refusing to support rival virtualization products with its management tools.
Oracle may merge pieces of OpenSolaris with Linux, analysts say
April 21, 2009Oracle may offer some of the key features of the OpenSolaris version of Sun's operating system for use in Linux once it takes control of the server vendor, according to analysts.
Oracle expected to axe jobs -- perhaps 10,000 -- after Sun deal
April 21, 2009More layoffs are expected at Sun Microsystems after Oracle's planned acquisition of the company, with one financial analyst predicting that as many as 10,000 people could lose their jobs.
After losing Sun to Oracle, IBM reports lower Q1 results
April 21, 2009IBM reported that its first-quarter revenue dropped 11% year-to-year and fell short of Wall Street's expectations, while its net income was down slightly.
VMware partners line up for vSphere launch
April 21, 2009The speaker list for the launch of VMware's vSphere "cloud operating system" on Tuesday shows how important the company's virtualization software has become to the world of IT: Michael Dell, Cisco's John Chambers, EMC's Joe Tucci and Intel's Pat Gelsinger are all expected to attend the event at VMware's headquarters, along with VMware President and CEO Paul Maritz.
One winner in the Oracle-Sun deal: Microsoft?
April 21, 2009With Oracle planning to acquire Sun Microsystems, Microsoft should be worried about two of its biggest rivals teaming up, right? Not necessarily, according to analysts.
Users: Oracle has lots of questions to answer about Sun deal
April 21, 2009Oracle's agreement to buy Sun Microsystems is raising questions among Sun users about the software vendor's future plans for various technologies and customer support.