Scott Ferguson

Nvidia, which is known for its line of graphics processors, is branching into the nascent world of mobile Internet devices. Nvidia unveiled a new family of processors dubbed “Tegra” June 2 at the 2008 Computex conference in Taiwan. The graphics chip maker is calling the Tegra a “computer-on-a-chip” platform for these MIDs (mobile Internet devices). […]

For years, Dell built its business by producing custom-made desktops for consumers and selling large quantities of these PCs into the commercial space, especially to enterprises in the United States. Then, consumers and IT buyers shifted to notebooks and Dell found itself behind as competitors such as Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Acer and others filled the void […]

Dell is expecting IT spending to cool down this summer. While the Round Rock, Texas, PC vendor posted solid financial numbers May 29, it warned that the slowing U.S. economy will continue to force enterprises and small businesses to curb their IT spending throughout the 2008 summer. For the company’s 2009 fiscal first quarter, which […]

Via is ramping up it efforts to take on Intel in the emerging low-cost PC market with a new line of low-watt x86 processors that boast more features and an improved microarchitecture. The chip maker, which is headquartered in Taiwan, will officially launch its new line of single-core Nano microprocessors May 29, which are built […]

IBM is the latest major OEM to add Advanced Micro Device’s quad-core Opteron processors to its server portfolio. The Armonk, N.Y., company will now officially begin selling three different System x servers that use AMD’s quad-core chip, formally code-named Barcelona. The three systems, which are being announced May 28, are the System x3455, x3655 and […]

Hewlett-Packard is aiming its latest efforts at the cloud. The Palo Alto, Calif., company is rolling out a new blade system May 28 that is the latest piece of its effort to help enterprises build out infrastructures that can support Web 2.0 commerce and applications, high-performance computing and other “hyper-scale” data center designs. The new […]

VMware is adding a new layer of management capabilities to its Virtual Infrastructure suite that will now allow IT managers to measure the performance of applications within virtual machines. The x86 virtualization giant announced May 28 that it would acquire B-hive Networks, a privately held company that specializes in application performance management software. The two […]

It was a photo finish for IBM and Hewlett-Packard in the first quarter. The two IT giants finished the first quarter of 2008 in a statistical dead heat when it comes to calculating worldwide server revenue and market share, according to a May 27 analysis from IDC. For the quarter, HP’s worldwide server revenue totaled […]

Intel is pushing back the release date of its new Centrino 2 mobile platform after the chip maker found problems with the platform’s integrated graphics as well as issues related to applying for certification to use 802.11 n wireless standards. In a May 27 e-mail, an Intel spokesperson said that the release of the Centrino […]

Verari Systems and Xsigo Systems are teaming up to offer virtual I/O within blade servers. Verari, known for its dense blade platforms and storage platforms, is now integrating Xsigo’s VP780 I/O Director within its BladeRack 2X-Series blade systems. The world of virtual I/O is one part of the entire virtualization wave that has received little […]