Demand for mainframe and high-performance Unix servers is falling, but a new wave of SPARC and IBM Power chips for the servers will be unwrapped at the Hot Chips conference in late August. IBM, Oracle and Fujitsu -- the main suppliers of ...
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Computerworld - It has been a rough stretch for Itanium. HP and its customers were startled after Oracle in March, 2011 announced -- and without warning, according to court records -- its intent to discontinue software development on HP's ...
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The open-source Postgres database continues to be refined for enterprises: The latest version, released Monday, contains a number of new features and performance enhancements designed to ease professional large-scale usage. "Postgres has ...
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Intel has said it’s on track to launch the next-generation Itanium processor later this year, brushing away any speculation that the processor would reach its end of life in the near future. The next-generation Itanium chip for Unix ...
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The new processors are claimed to offer up to 2.4 times performance scaling and 33% faster I/O speed over the previous generation Chipmaker Intel has launched its new Itanium processor 9500 series which the company claims twice more ...
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Ellison's company was contractually obliged to continue to support Itanium, judge rules Oracle could be facing a multi-billion dollar payout after a judge ruled it must continue to develop software for HP's products that use Itanium ...
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Intel on Tuesday said it was on track to launch the next-generation Itanium processor later this year,brushing away any speculation that the processor would reach its end of life in the near future. The next-generation Itanium chip for ...
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