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Build a Mac Pro equivalent workstation for 1/3 the cost: Conventional wisdom tells us that a digital content creation and CAD professional had to fork out $6000 to $10,000 dollars for a high-end 8-core dual-processor workstation, but this is Real World IT where I say screw conventional wisdom. I've put on my mad scientist hat again and brewed something up...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Memory, Wisdom, Dual Processor, Intel Corp., Mac Pro, FBDIMM, Series Motherboard, Chipsets, Serial ATA, Workstations, Mice, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Storage, Peripherals, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-01-03
AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?: AMD kicked off the "premier" of their latest microprocessor offering with a launch party at the Herbst International Exhibit Hall Monday night. Partners like VMware, HP, Dell, Sun, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and others were on hand or were there by video link to celebrate the launch of AMD's single-die quad-core...; Tags: Processor, Performance, Quad-core, Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., SPECint_rate2006, SPECjbb2005, FBDIMM, Scott Wasson, Performance Management, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-12
Versus Intel, has AMD's day of reckoning arrived?: Versus Intel, has AMD's day of reckoning arrived?Intel controlled tests show Conroe slower than P4In multi-tasking, http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/06/04/intel_conroe_performance_preview/7.html"We found that it was faster than the current flagship Pentium Extreme Edition 965 processor in nearly every single-threaded scenario, but there were times where Conroe fell behind in multi-tasking scenarios. One area that...; Tags: Performance management, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Dimms, Conroe, processor, FBDIMM; Discussion threads 2006-06-05

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San Clemente chipset gives HP lead on energy efficiency: The January 30th 2008 batch of test results are in for SPECpower_ssj2008 energy efficiency benchmark and it looks like Hewlett Packard has claimed the energy efficiency lead with their newest low-cost 2U HP Proliant DL180 G5 server. The secret to their success appears to lie in the selection of the...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Power Consumption, Power Supply, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Watt, Intel Corp., Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-02-01
Mac Pro is now the cheapest high-end workstation: Mac Pro is now the cheapest high-end workstationIndeed but not at $3000You built a server not a wrkstation, and a stripped down server at that, without disk or memory, and without a decent workstation class garphic card.If you want to build a dual xeon with 1600 FSB today, and still...; Tags: Workstations, MAC Pro, RAM, Apple Inc., workstation, memory; Discussion threads 2008-01-28

IBM's liquid cooled System p 575 Power6 supercomputer: At the SC07 supercomputing conference image gallery in Reno Nevada, IBM previewed the liquid cooled 32-core 4.7 GHz System p 575 Power6 supercomputer last night at the opening gala. What sets this server apart is that it actually returns to a water cooling system which were common in older mainframes but shunned...; Tags: Supercomputer, IBM POWER6, Server, IBM Corp., Servers, Hardware, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-11-13
Leaked - Skulltrail 8-core Penryn benchmarks at IDF: Leaked - Skulltrail 8-core Penryn benchmarks at IDFPro AMD Fanboys are silent with aweI am surprised that I haven't heard one, "Well AMD has the Quad FX which will support two AMD Quad Core Phenoms. The one thing I don't like is the FD-DIMMS. I don't like adding...; Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Skulltrail, Modo, quad-core; Discussion threads 2007-09-20
Intel Tigerton and AMD Barcelona price list: Intel has launched the Xeon 7300 platform codenamed "Caneland" and the Core micro-architecture Xeon MP Processor codenamed "Tigerton". Since AMD is set to launch "Barcelona" quad-core Opterons next week and DailyTech leaked the Barcelona price list, we can now compare the prices for the new MP (multi-processor platform) CPUs. ...; Tags: Performance, Quad-core, Barcelona, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-08
Intel launches Caneland MP platform and Tigerton CPUs: Intel has announced the launch of the "Caneland" 7300 series MP (multi-processor) 4-socket chipset and the Tigerton XEON MP 65nm CPU. The clock speeds for the new chip are 1.6, 1.86, 2.40, and 2.93 gigahertz and they are based on Intel's Core Micro-architecture which launched last summer with the Core 2 Duo desktop and Xeon 5100 series dual processor server platform. The 50...; Tags: Chipset, Server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., IBM Corp., X4 DDR2, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-08
Beyond AMD's Barcelona hype - the fine print: Beyond AMD's Barcelona hype - the fine printapples to applesGeorge,As I'm sure you know, the metric used in IT is performance/watt. So if you really want to compare ...Barcelona TDP 95WX355 (Clovertown 2.66 GHz) TDP 120WX5365 (Clovertown 3.0 GHz) TDP 150W?So as you also probably know (if you don't...; Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, vaporware, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-04-25
What users want (4): Invisible computing. The easiest way to make a large system implementation fail is to under power the hardware - particularly during user training and pre-implementation pilot operations. The reason this works is that users want systems to be non frustrating - and the negative impact of one...; Tags: What users care about, Sun, Infrastructure, Enterprise Policy, Development, General; Blog posts 2007-03-01
What next for Apple?: What next for Apple?Mac DesktopI still don't understand why Apple doesn't offer a non-dual socket, non-FBDIMM, non-Xeon, desktop form factor computer. By using a single socket dual/quad core Core2 and standard memory, they should be able to chop about $1000 off the price of the MacPro and offer a...; Tags: Storage, Memory, Desktops, Apple Inc., bay, RAID, RAM, socket, desktop; Discussion threads 2006-12-07
What's Michael Dell running now? Windows 98? DOS?: What's Michael Dell running now? Windows 98? DOS?Ever tried to buy memory for a Dell?Good to know everyone has the same trouble finding the right kind and having to wait for it to arrive.Probably he gave up on Dell's memory tool and had to wait too long for...; Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows, memory, video, DOS, Microsoft Windows 98; Discussion threads 2006-08-04
FTC: Rambus monopolized memory chip market: FTC: Rambus monopolized memory chip marketHere we go againHistory repeats -- especially when it works so well the first time.Rambus is [i]reputed[/i] to hold blocking IP on the JEDEC FBDIMM standard. However, they refuse to tell the Committee or JEDEC BOD what, if any, they have.Of course, in a...; Tags: Corporate law, Semiconductors, Network technology, Rambus Inc., antitrust, patent, memory chip, FTC, fraud statute, chip; Discussion threads 2006-08-02
Unplugged: AMD's Queen of most things commercial Margaret Lewis: Unplugged: AMD's Queen of most things commercial Margaret LewisConroe benchmarks DO compare with AMD's bestMargaret is spinning.AMD FX-62 running AM2 platform with a 1333 MHz FSB advantage still got KILLED by a low-end Conroe 2.4 E6600 running 1066 MHz DDR2.Here comments on SPECint are ridiculous. All the benchmarks are...; Tags: Processors, Margaret, Conroe, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX62, AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium; Discussion threads 2006-07-19
How gloomy is the outlook for AMD?: How gloomy is the outlook for AMD?Gloomy?That's just silly.Then again ...Intel has supply problems with the chipset support for their new CPUs (and they killed off all of their partners.)Intel's new chips have been disqualified by the US Federal government for purchase based on reliability issues in testing.Dell has inked...; Tags: Servers, Processors, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-07-07
Intel: We're back: Intel: We're backIntel should let the processors do the talking and stop bragging.AMD will be shipping things that leapfrog Intel.[b]Long live the Intel Market ![/b]Let's see what AMD's offerings are now ?Lets Go Intel!I personally can't wait to see what Inel has in store for us in the upcoming years....; Tags: Performance management, Processors, Desktops, Network technology, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-06-26
Photos: AMD beefs up chip architecture: Photos: AMD beefs up chip architectureImage-To-Text for those with Screen Readers.The large, green title shown in the top of the image, with the text centered is "AMD's Next Generation Processor Technology."Below the title shows a table with 2 columns and 6 rows, with the right black arrow pointing to the...; Tags: chip, photograph, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., image; Discussion threads 2006-05-16