A Silicon Valley start-up bets that AMD's Opteron processor and built-in networking will help its high-end x86 servers succeed where others fail. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

When Curt Schumacher began working at the Chicago Board Options Exchange nearly a quarter century ago, the question of what hardware platforms to use to support the business was relatively simple.

Despite tariffs and parts shortages, the server market reached a record $125.3 billion dollars in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by the accelerated investment in AI Infrastructure, ...

The third quarter was a good time for server sales, with worldwide server revenue growing even faster than shipments, indicating a rise in average selling prices. Analyst firm Gartner on Monday ...

AMD increased its share across all markets served by x86 processors at Intel's expense in the third quarter of 2025, according to Mercury Research. Intel is holding strong, and as its latest offerings ...

But what is going to happen this year? The odds are that spending on servers as well as on the switching and storage that follows it in the datacenter, is going to cool a bit but still grow. But if ...

Silicon Graphics Inc. said today that it’s broadening its product line to provide lower-cost options, including the introduction of an x86-based server, in its effort to return to profitability after ...

HP has said it will add x86 capabilities to its Itanium-based range of servers in a project code-named Odyssey. The scheme, announced by the company on Wednesday, will see HP develop software and ...

Silicon Graphics Inc. last week added low-cost options, including an x86-based server, to its product line, as it continues its effort to return to profitability after its bankruptcy filing in May.

The first set of comprehensive benchmarks on serious ARM server hardware are in -- and they're impressive. While the Cortex-A9 isn't suitable for every workload, it challenges Intel in some ...

IBM has taken the wraps off the first servers that are powered by its monstrously powerful Power8 CPUs. With more than 4 billion transistors, packed into a stupidly large 650-square-millimeter die ...