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Is the time right to move from RISC to Intel Architecture?

Previous business decisions to deploy your IT solutions on RISC based architectures was most likely the right decision at the time based on the business need, the solutions availability and the architecture available to run that solution. Some of these solutions are likely due for an upgrade due to...

Tags: RISC, Software Solution, Server, Intel Architecture, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2009-10-01

AVIT Deploys Intel Architecture to Enhance Performance and Scalability of IT Services for Egyptian Civil Aviation

As the organisation responsible for providing Information and Communication Technology ICT services and solutions to Egyptian airports, airlines and government bodies, AVIT is dedicated to incorporating the best technologies into its offerings. Wanting to get better performance and support from its IT infrastructure at a more compelling price, it migrated...

Tags: IT Services, Performance, Information Technology, Scalability, Information And Communication Technology, Intel Corp., Intel Architecture, AVIT, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management

Case studies 2009-09-01

New Intel architectures hold promise for a new crop of educational laptops

Ars Technica is featuring a piece on new chips from Intel specifically aimed at the low-cost, low-power consumption market, currently dominated by Intel's own Classmate, the OLPC XO, and the Asus Eee. According to the article, the so-called Diamondville chips are targeted at applications like OLPC...

Tags: ASUS, Ars Technica, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Intel Architecture, One Laptop Per Child Project, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-03

Deploying Unified Communication With Microsoft Exchange Server and Intel Architecture

Corporate messaging has become mission critical in nearly all organizations. Along with this critical importance come additional constraints for information technology organizations. Not only do they have to deal with requests for increased user mailbox sizes and additional users, they need to ensure high availability for their messaging infrastructure while...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Server, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Intel Architecture, Groupware, Instant Messaging, E-mail Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Online Communications

White papers 2007-09-01

Not your father's Intel Architecture

Intel is using this weeks Intel Developer Forum in Beijing to show the new direction in which it is taking its processors. The chipmaker has begun to shift away from designing and manufacturing monolithic or single function chips. Instead, it has begun to create silicon that pairs its Intel Architecture...

Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, Semiconductor architecture, Power conservation, multicore processors, Intel, Data centers, AMD

Blog posts 2007-04-17

Intel Architecture and Silicon Cadence — the Catalyst for Industry Innovation

Intel has a long history of setting the pace of industry innovation with the relentless pursuit of Moore's Law. This pace of innovation has served the ever increasing needs of users by providing the ability to increase processor performance, and deliver new features and capabilities, through innovation...

Tags: Cadence Design Systems Inc., Human Resources, Innovation, Intel Architecture, Intel Corp., Leadership, Management, Performance, Performance Management, Processor, Silicon, Strategy, Workforce Management

White papers 2006-09-01

Extending the World's Most Popular Processor Architecture: New Innovations That Improve the Performance and Energy Efficiency of Intel Architecture

Intel has a long history of innovation in adding new capabilities to computer architecture and enabling the industry to deliver advanced applications with greater performance and capability. From the original Intel 8086 to the recent addition of Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (Supplemental SSE3) found in Intel Core 2 Duo...

Tags: Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Performance, Intel Corp., Intel Architecture, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategy, Processors, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2006-09-01

Intel Architecture and Silicon Cadence: The Catalyst for Industry Innovation

Intel has a long history of setting the pace of industry innovation with the relentless pursuit of Moore's Law. This pace of innovation has served the ever increasing needs of users by providing the ability to increase processor performance, and deliver new features and capabilities, through innovation in processor architecture....

Tags: Cadence Design Systems Inc., Innovation, Intel Architecture, Intel Corp., Leadership, Management, Processor, Silicon, Strategy

White papers 2006-09-01

Bumrungrad Hospital Transforms Healthcare Delivery with Integrated Information System on Intel® Architecture

Hospitals are information-driven institutions, but for many, that information is still paper based, or stored in a variety of incompatible information systems. Not at Bumrungrad Hospital BH in Bangkok, Thailand. BH has modernized its IT infrastructure with an integrated, Intel® architecture-based information system that puts all information — patient...

Tags: Information System, Hospital, Health Care, Intel Architecture, Bumrungrad Hospital, Healthcare, Strategy, Management

White papers 2005-11-23

Server Clustering Is Tailor-Made for Burlington Coat Factory

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation is a U.S. retail chain offering high-quality merchandise at prices up to 60 percent less than competitors. A retailer needs to migrate 40 Oracle-based applications from a proprietary UNIX platform to a lower-cost, highly scalable, available, flexible and manageable IT infrastructure using Intel architecture-based servers...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Clustering, Burlington Coat Factory, Server Cluster, Intel Architecture, Servers, Hardware

Case studies

WE Financial Services Drives Online Investment Service for Customers With Intel Architecture-Based Solutions

When Pakistan-based WE Financial Services, a well-established corporate member of the Karachi Stock Exchange Guarantee Limited, decided to start its online division, WE Online.biz, a major investment was required to revamp its entire IT division to meet the demanding requirements of the online trading business. Taking a no-compromise upgrading approach,...

Tags: Financial Service, Online Trading, Intel Corp., Intel Architecture, Financial Planning, Financial Services, E-business/E-Commerce, Processors, Finance, Internet, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Case studies

GETIN Bank's Nationwide Expansion Powered by Scalable Intel Architecture

GETIN Bank realised that effective response to industry demands and competition demanded an IT infrastructure to enable the introduction of new products and services through multiple channels and over a wider geographical area. It wanted a centralised system, built on open standards technology to connect all existing and future branches....

Tags: Intel Itanium 2, Online Banking, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Intel Architecture, GETIN Bank, Banking, Processors, E-business/E-Commerce, Servers, Financial Services, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Internet

Case studies

Additional Resources

HP Pavilion Elite owner resorts to lawsuit over 'inherently defective' PC

My HP Pavilion Elite... / HP quality controlMy HP Pavilion Elite came with an obviously defective, and defectively designed, video card. After about eight months, the video card model was finally recalled.My previous HP desktop computer went for about five years without a problem.HP's quality control is clearly going down...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion, Linux, Core i7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?

I hope soNVIDIA with x86-64 technology would be Next Big ThingTM, although I'd rather see a new architecture replace the aging x86. 64-bit is just a tack-on feature set of x86. I'd rather see something in line with IA64 from NVIDIA to shake up Intel. I'm sure...

Tags: Processors, Video Decoding, chipset, Intel x86, CPU, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., GPU, graphics, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Apple's bumper crop of fall hardware, reviewed

Where is the love for Nvidia?A number of questions come up:Why not Nvidia chipsets anymore? Why did they go back to Intel for core logic when they slammed them in a previous tech show for power management concerns?What happened to added graphics options on the Mac Pro? Where...

Tags: Mice, Servers, Desktops, hardware, Mini, GT 120, NVidia Corp., server, mouse, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Magic Mouse

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Intel debuts Core i7 960

Why?LGA1366 is effectively dead.RE: Intel debuts Core i7 960I think I was happier when Intel had competition at the high end and had to price their chips accordingly.Whether or not I use AMD, I need them to compete better to keep Intel's prices down.Why would you say that?Where are you...

Tags: Chipsets, Semiconductors, Processors, Intel Corp., socket, chipset, LGA1366, Bloomfield, LGA1156

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7

Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

AMD posts another quarterly loss

If AMD can't produce...a CPU that will compare with Intel in performance they may not be around for a lot longer. They are so completely outclassed by Intel i7 that they aren't even in the ball park. It is hard to believe they can't come up with something ant closer.I...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, quarterly loss, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., CPU

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

News to know: Oracle OpenWorld; Google Wave; Intel; Windows 7; WiFi

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more Paul Greenberg: Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Wi-Fi, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Product Overview: IBMXIV Storage System

The IBMXIV® Storage System is a revolutionary high-end open disk system designed to support key current and future business require-ments for a highly available information infrastructure. Its design is a grid of standard Intel®/Linux® components, connected in any-to-anytopology using Gigabit Ethernet. This groundbreaking architecture provides outstanding performance, scalability, and reliability....

Tags: Disk, IBM Corp., IBMXIV Storage System, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2009-10-12