Tag archive: Xeon

Intel wants to set some standards for the cloud. In a release yesterday, the processor manufacturer announced the “Open Data Center Alliance,” a coalition of 70+ companies that spend more than $50 billion combined in IT investments and cloud research. The goal of the alliance is to establish hardware and software requirements that help “lead to more interoperable cloud and data center solutions.” Intel will lead the… Read More

Apple's high-end Mac Pro line of desktop towers have always been aimed at the high-end content-creation and media-editing community, eschewing everyday consumer processors and going straight for the Intel Xeon hardware that normally run powerful servers. However, despite the Mac Pro's power, Apple neglected the line for over a year and a half as it focussed on its consumer offerings; however, the company today announced new Mac Pros… Read More

Although new CPU's from chip-maker Intel have been expected for some time, today the company officially lifted the veil on its new processor for server and desktop computing products: that means new Xeon and Core i7 processors, but also Intel's latest stab at the mainstream desktop market, the Core i5 processor. Where the Xeon product line is still aimed mainly at server products (although you can expect Apple to continue embracing… Read More