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AMD Unveils the World’s First 8- and 12-core x86 Processor

AMD (NYSE: AMD) unveils availability of a new server platform featuring the world’s first 8- and 12-core x86 processor for the high-volume 2P and value 4P server market. The AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform promises better workload-specific performance, power efficiency, and overall value for less money.
The new AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform features include:

The industry’s [...]

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DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) Protocol Scales to 40Gbps

Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking and wireless applications, has announced the Cavium DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) Protocol Software Toolkit which offers industry’s highest DPI performance (40 Gbps).
According to a recent market report the U.S. Government Deep Packet Inspection market is forecast to grow at [...]

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Intel and Nokia are Merging Moblin and Maemo Software Platforms

Intel Corporation and Nokia are merging their popular Moblin and Maemo software platforms into unified Linux-based platform that will run on multiple hardware platforms across a wide range of computing devices, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The new open software platform, called MeeGo, will accelerate industry innovation [...]

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Virtual Conference Technology Powers Intel’s Global Corporate Event

Intel has chosen virtual conference technology to power its high profile corporate event – Global Sales Conference that links thousands of sales and marketing executives from 15 time zones. This is the first time the semiconductor market leader has launched international training event on this scale through this new medium using new technology.
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Emerging Technology: Virtual Events

Virtual conferences and virtual trade shows are on rise for a very sound reason – virtual tradeshows typically cost much less than traditional trade shows. Since virtual trade shows can be conducted from a person’s desk, the cost of travel, lodging, and trade show displays is virtually eliminated.
A virtual trade show, often called a virtual [...]

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IBM awarded a U.S. Air Force contract for secure cloud computing infrastructure

The U.S. Air Force has landed IBM a contract for secure cloud computing infrastructure capable of supporting defense and intelligence networks. The ten-month project will introduce advanced cyber security and analytics technologies developed by IBM Research into the cloud architecture.
The project will push the technology boundaries of federal cloud computing market with an infrastructure [...]

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25-Nanometer NAND Technology Has Come

The world’s first 25-nanometer (nm) NAND technology, which provides a more cost-effective path for increasing storage capacity in such popular consumer gadgets as smartphones, personal music and media players (PMPs), as well as the new high-performance class of solid-state drives (SSDs), has been announced by Intel Corporation and Micron Technology. Intel and Micron have doubled [...]

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Government HPC Market: from Vector to Cluster, from Custom Supercomputer to COTS

According to analysts of Market Research Media Ltd the governmental High Performance Computing markets shift from Vector to Cluster, from Custom Supercomputer to COTS (see COTS Is the Name of the Game for Defense HPC Market), with parallel designs based on “off the shelf” server-class microprocessors, such as the PowerPC, Opteron, or Xeon, and most [...]

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High Performance Cloud Computing for Government Sector

As U.S. government agencies and departments evaluate the potential cost savings, service level improvements and greater resource utilization offered by various cloud computing models, there is a recognized need for a technology-agnostic platform that can support and integrate legacy, heterogeneous HPC environments while also managing a wide-range of hardware, operating systems and virtual machines. In [...]

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M&A: IBM Acquires NISC

IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire National Interest Security Company, LLC (NISC), a provider of information technology, information management and management technology consulting services. The agreement includes the acquisition of Technology and Management Services, Inc., an NISC affiliate. Following the completion of the transaction, NISC will be integrated with IBM’s global business services [...]

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