Although Transmeta has won contracts from NEC for 'noise-free' desktops and several 'blade' server makers - because of the chips' power efficiency and amount of heat they give off - the company will concentrate on the wireless and mobile markets.
A study from IDC last week - sponsored by Microsoft - concluded that in the long term Windows would be cheaper to use than Linux. Kutnick agreed with that conclusion: "The difference between running Linux on Intel (processors) and Windows on Intel...
Bank BNP Paribas is using a combination of blade servers and on-demand computing to provide the processing power for its fixed income derivatives business. In a multimillion dollar deal, IBM is providing supercomputing power through its new London...
Transmeta, the chip designer that once tried to take on Intel in the laptop market, is suing Intel for patent infringement. It alleges Intel violated 10 of its patents and that the intellectual property behind these patents is embodied in $100bn...
It advertises the low-voltage processors in its blade PCs and what it calls "Smart Cooling" technology for data centres. A statement released by Intel in response to the Queen's speech said businesses need to take immediate action and look at the...
The experiment was run as part of the 'Intel IT's Eight-Year Data Center Efficiency Strategy' programme, which aims to reduce datacentre costs. Fresh air could save millions in datacentre cooling costs, Intel has claimed, after a successful...