Jeffrey Burt

Hyperscale data center operators such as Amazon, Google and Facebook continue to drive the global server market and the original design manufacturers they largely rely on are continuing to grow as a major presence in the space, according to analysts with Gartner and IDC. Both analyst firms said that server revenue and shipments grew in […]

Qualcomm officials looked to steal some of the attention away from longtime partner and recent legal adversary Apple a day before the giant device maker was set to roll out the latest generation of its iPhone as well as other systems. Apple executives were in the company’s new campus in Cupertino, Calif., Sept. 12 to […]

When database giant Oracle announced in 2009 that it was buying struggling Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion, the conventional wisdom was that then-CEO Larry Ellison was most interested in the Solaris operating system and that he would quickly shed the accompanying data center hardware business. But Ellison kept the SPARC-based server and storage systems, using […]

Intel is targeting emerging workloads such as virtual reality, analytics and artificial intelligence by bringing its new Xeon Scalable chips to workstations. About six weeks after introducing the latest iteration of its Xeon server processors, Intel this week made two new Xeon Scalable chips available for what company officials call next-generation expert workstations that can […]

Intel is rolling out its latest generation of PC processors that officials boast will deliver a 40 percent performance increase over the current “Kaby Lake” chips. The new 8th-Generation 14-nanometer Core processors—code-named “Coffee Lake” and introduced Aug. 21—are aimed at midrange laptops and two-in-one systems, and come at a time when the dominant chip maker […]

Western Digital and its flash memory subsidiary SanDisk won a round in its growing legal dispute with joint venture partner Toshiba when a California court said this week that Toshiba could not bar Western Digital employees from gaining access to shared databases that are part of the joint venture. In a statement, Western Digital officials […]

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is adding network virtualization products from Big Switch Networks to the lineup of third-party software that can run on the OEM’s Altoline portfolio of open networking switches. The tech vendor is now reselling Big Switch’s Big Monitoring Fabric and Big Cloud Fabric with three of its Altoline systems, which also can run […]

Intel, which is being pressed by a resurgent Advanced Micro Devices, later this month will begin launching its powerful Core X-Series desktop processors to address such compute-intensive applications as virtual reality and gaming. The chip maker introduced the lineup at the Computex show in May, with officials promising up to 20 percent performance improvement for […]

Qualcomm’s already hefty bid to buy rival NXP Semiconductor for about $38 billion could become more expensive now that active investor Elliot Management has entered the picture. Officials with Elliott have disclosed that the hedge fund now has a stake of between $2.2 billion and $2.3 billion in NXP, making Elliott the company’s largest shareholder […]

Qualcomm’s legal battle with Apple over technology used in the iPhone continues to escalate, with more tech vendors jumping into the fray and the chip maker pushing back at the assertion that its efforts are targeted at rival Intel. The chip maker ramped up the issue earlier this month when it asked the International Trade […]

The same week that Lenovo officials were mapping out the company’s future in the emerging artificial intelligence market, they also were promising that its cornerstone PC business will rebound in the coming fiscal year. At its third annual Tech World show July 20 in Shanghai, the vendor unveiled an augmented reality (AR) headset—the daystAR (pictured)—and […]

System makers Fujitsu and Huawei Technologies reportedly are both planning to develop processors optimized for artificial intelligence workloads, moves that will put them into competition with the likes of Intel, Google, Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices. Tech vendors are pushing hard to bring artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning capabilities into their portfolios to meet […]