Jeff Burt

MicronPC LLC is adding an entry-level edition to its line of business desktop computers. The ClientPro 125 is aimed at offering users good performance in a design that can be expanded as demand dictates, according to officials at the Nampa, Idaho, company. The ClientPro 125 features a Celeron processor and 845GL chip set from Intel […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is adding remote management and fault resilient technologies to three products in its rack-optimized server line. The Palo Alto, Calif., company on Monday rolled out two new servers, the HP ProLiant DL320 and DL360, and an upgraded server, the ProLiant DL580. James Mouton, vice president for platforms in HPs Industry Standard Servers unit, […]

Revenues in global server sales remained steady in the third quarter from the previous three months, but declined 5.6 percent from the third quarter 2001, according to International Data Corp. In a report issued on Wednesday, the Framingham, Mass., research firm said revenues for the third quarter came in at $10.6 billion, and that the […]

Dell Computer Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a low-end computer aimed at small businesses and consumers that includes DDR (double-data rate) memory and 10/100 Ethernet connectivity. The Dimension 2350 also comes with a choice of Intel Corp. processors – either Celeron chips running at between 1.7GHz and 2.0GHz, or the more powerful Pentium 4 processors, according […]

IBM has entered into a development and manufacturing agreement with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing that will improve efficiencies and cut costs for the companies while giving customers multiple supply sources and access to leading semiconductor technologies. Under the agreement, announced Tuesday, the two companies will jointly develop 300mm silicon chips using 90nm (nanometer) and 65nm logic […]

Computer pioneer Alan Kay is joining Hewlett-Packard Co. as a senior fellow in HP Labs focusing on the development of new software platforms. Kay, who gave the industry the widely-quoted comment, “The best way to predict the future is to invent it,” will work at HP developing new software platforms based on open-source code for […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday rolled out new hardware and software designed to enable major telecommunications companies to offer more reliable and flexible products. At the ITU Telecom Asia 2002 conference in Hong Kong next month, Sun will show off its new CompactPCI telecom blade servers, the CT 410 and 810 servers. The Santa Clara, […]

Blade servers, initially thought of as stripped-down alternatives to traditional servers, are gaining more performance enhancements and management tools and, with these, the attention of enterprises. Top-tier manufacturers Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM over the next few months are each planning rollouts of hardware and software features for their blade families that offer […]

New Intel Corp. processors and new Dell Computer Corp. systems built on them will provide higher performance for users of workstations and entry-level servers, according to officials from the two companies. Intel last week rolled out a host of Xeon processors and chip sets in what the company said was its largest launch of enterprise […]

IBM has been tapped by the U.S. Department of Energy to build the two fastest supercomputers in the world. Under the $290 million contract, which the DOE announced last week at the Supercomputing show in Baltimore, IBM will build one computer that will simulate nuclear weapons explosions and weapons deterioration. Another will be used to […]

Intel Corp. is looking to speed up the low end. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker this week released two new versions of its Celeron processors—aimed at home desktop PCs—that run at 2.10GHz and 2.20GHz. The current fastest is the 2GHz Celeron. The new Celeron chips feature a 400MHz bus and 128KB of Level 2 […]

Hewlett-Packard Co., still undergoing the massive task of absorbing Compaq Computer Corp., on Wednesday reported revenue of $18 billion and net income of $390 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2002. Revenue for the Palo Alto, Calif., company climbed 9 percent from the previous quarter, its first as a combined company since the […]