Big Blue plans to introduce a 64-processor server, the high-end pinnacle of efforts to reclaim its server crown from competitor Sun Microsystems. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Intel is set to release Nocona, a server chip that adds 64-bit power to its current x86 line of processors. The planned move further blurs the distinction between Intel's high-end server processor, ...

AMD launched its 64-bit Opteron server processor with a ferocity and fanfare not seen often from the No. 2 chip player. Its well-attended Manhattan event oozed pep rally-like enthusiasm and sported an ...

Big Blue believes there's a future for high-end Xeon servers, while Intel steers computer makers in that market toward its Itanium chip. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

The multi-core, 64-bit processors leverage ARMv8 compliant cores, which can operate at up to 3 GHz, and can reduce server costs and power by more than 50 percent, according to AppliedMicro. X-Gene ...