Tyan (TSE: 2315) has an interesting little not-a-blade-really micro-server called the FM65-B5511. It packs 18 servers into a 4U rack node, and a 1GbE or 10GbE switch module.
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Crucial is dropping a BoM on enterprise server memory customers with their new BoM-controlled RDIMM line. It may not seem like much if you don’t need it, but to those that do, it is worth more than gold.
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It looks like Nvidia (NVDA)just abruptly ended the term of their CFO for reasons that they don’t want public. The official explanation on why David White is going is for ‘personal reasons’, nothing to worry about there, really.
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Intel (INTC) is desperately trying to stem the tides of defection among server vendors moving to ARM (ARMH), but they are hamstrung by the company’s own market manipulation. The exclusion of competitors not only meant tepid chips that no one wants, it is now excluding the very partners that Intel wants.
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If you recall, Nvidia is claiming that their ‘new’ 500 series cards are new GPUs, but anyone testing the parts knows that they are mere bug fixes.
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This is part 2 of 2. Part 1 can be found here, and discusses the funny money around the Nokia/Microsoft deal, and how it is nothing like what the press reported.
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OCZ Technologies has just announced that they are buying Indilinx, one of the first makers of SSD and related flash controllers.
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In one of the most brazen corporate raids in history, Microsoft took everything of value from Nokia, and has left a wounded beast to die in the cold.
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In a bit of good news from the Japanese earthquake, the DRAM maker Elpida seems to have escaped damage with only power loss related shutdowns. Given the overwhelming scope of the tragedy, this is about as good an outcome as you could hope for.
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Nvidia’s problem with honesty has cropped up again, and once again, Jen-Hsun Huang showed off something that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
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AMD’s Antilles dual GPU card, now known as the HD6990 is finally here, and it is the fastest card money can buy, period. There is only one problem, and unfortunately it is a showstopper.
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Gigabyte is looking like they are taking the laptop market a lot more seriously of late, and had three offerings at CeBIT that are all quite interesting.
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LSI was showing off their second generation SAS6 controllers at CeBIT, and a few related devices that will make storage fly. Faster is always better, and SAS6 sure delivers the speed.
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There were a lot more goodies than just cases at the ThermalTake CeBIT stand, but as usual, the cases got all the attention.
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There were a lot of new items on display at the Coolermaster CeBIT booth, from cases to coolers, and a lot of related items.
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