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Smartphone chips to power prototype supercomputer
Smartphone and tablet chips are now making their way into high-performance computers, providing an energy-efficient alternative to the power-hungry server chips used in the world's fastest supercomputers.
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Smartphone chips could replace server processors in HPC, researchers say
Looking at historical trends and performance benchmarks, a team of researchers in Spain have concluded that smartphone chips could one day replace the more expensive and power-hungry x86 processors used in most of the world's top supercomputers.
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Original ARM developer Sophie Wilson nominated for European Inventor Award
Computing pioneer Sophie Wilson, who helped design the Acorn Micro-Computer and the original ARM processor, has been nominated for the European Inventor Award 2013 for her contributions to technological, social and economic progress.
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Itanium future questioned as Intel changes track
Intel has scaled back plans for the next version of Itanium in a move that raises questions about the future of the 64-bit server chip, used primarily in Hewlett-Packard's high-end Integrity servers.
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Raspberry Pi display drivers go fully open source
The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced yesterday that the Broadcom display hardware used in its flagship Raspberry Pi system board is now the first ARM-based system-on-a-chip to use open source drivers provided entirely by the vendor.
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Linux can't run on Clover Trail Atom chip, says Intel
Intel has attracted the ire of Linux enthusiasts by reminding developers that its latest ?Clover Trail? Atom microprocessors won?t support the open source operating system.
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IBM and Oracle present rival chips for 'big iron' servers
IBM and Oracle shared more details this week about new RISC chips they're building for server customers, the Power7+ in the case of IBM and the T5 for Oracle.
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Server sales decline continues in Europe
Revenue from server sales declined by about 12% year-on-year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa during the first quarter of 2012, as vendors continue to suffer from a slowdown in server spending, according to market research company IDC.
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Linus Torvalds shortlisted for 2012 Millennium Technology Prize
Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has been shortlisted by the Technology Academy Finland for its 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, worth over ?1 million (£820,000).
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Hard-drive shortage hits servers in Q4, Gartner says
The growth in worldwide server shipments was slower than expected during the fourth quarter due to a shortage in the supply of hard drives, and the trend will continue into the first quarter this year, Gartner said in a study released on Thursday.
