Scott Ferguson

A rebooting problem related to the release of the Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 is continuing to cause problems with certain Hewlett-Packard desktops that use AMD processors, although a new patch is expected in a few days. The problem with SP3 first began appearing a few days after Microsoft released SP3 for its XP […]

The first of a new generation of IBM supercomputers that use water for cooling is on its way to Colorado for use within the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The supercomputer-Bluefire-will replace three older systems at the NCAR’s facility in Boulder in August when the machine goes online for the first time. At its peak, […]

The market for low-cost PCs such as the Asus Eee PC and the OLPC’s XO could reach $3 billion in worldwide revenue by 2012, according to an IDC report released May 8. However, most of these notebooks will find not find a home in developing countries but as secondary notebooks in mature markets such as […]

NASA is preparing to rocket its research supercomputer into the petaflop era. The space agency has signed an agreement with Intel and SGI to update its supercomputer at the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. NASA hopes the project, dubbed “Pleiades,” will produce a supercomputer capable of breaking the petaflop mark-1 quadrillion calculations per […]

Dell is adding to its virtualization portfolio by embedding Citrix XenServer into its hardware and expanding its services for customers investing in the technology. Dell is looking to become an all-in-one virtualization shop. The OEM is expanding its portfolio of virtualization options to include new PowerEdge servers with more memory to support virtual environments, additional […]

Advanced Micro Devices is determined to move its chips to 45-nanometer manufacturing by the end of 2008. In a product road map released May 7, AMD indicated that it is planning to release the 45-nm “Shanghai” processor, which will contain four processing cores, sometime in the later part of 2008, although the chip maker is […]

NEW YORK-The days of virtualization being used only as a server consolidation tool are now past. At the IDC Virtualization Forum here, the research firm’s analysts portrayed x86 virtualization technology as beginning to move well beyond basic server consolidation and software development to spread into new areas that include disaster recovery, high availability and business […]

Intel and Samsung, two of the world’s largest producers of semiconductors, are collaborating on new standards that will produce the world’s first 450-millimeter wafers starting in 2012. The two companies, along with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), made the announcement on May 5. The switch to the larger wafers, according to a joint statement, will […]

ClearCube, which has specialized in PC blade hardware and management tools, is spinning off its software division into a separate entity with the hope of cashing in on the emerging virtual desktop market. The new company, called VDIworks, headquartered in Austin, Texas, will focus on creating desktop virtualization management software under the product name Virtual […]

Three independent Hewlett-Packard user groups have voted to join under one banner, creating a new 50,000-member organization. The leadership of Encompass, HP-Interex EMEA and ITUG are expected to announce May 5 that their rank-and-file members have voted to consolidate the three groups into one new organization that will be called Connect. ../images/stories/videobug4.gifClick Here to Watch […]

AMD and Intel have each filed a series of new documents in federal court as the ongoing legal dispute between the two chip makers moves toward a 2009 court date. The papers, which were submitted May 1 and made public May 5, were filed as part of the antitrust case that AMD brought against Intel […]

The news from Sun Microsystems’ quarterly financial report was not reassuring. After talking about restructuring the company for more than a year to better compete in the marketplace, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced a $34 million net loss or 4 cents per share in the fiscal third quarter, compared with a net income of $67 […]