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Quantum leaps in computing
Disruptive changes often originate from science labs, says David Power, head of HPC at Boston
01 May 2013
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Liquid cooling for data centers: It's not a question of if, but when.
Data center efficiency, power and cooling management issues are multiplying exponentially. Notwithstanding facilities and IT managers' eagerness to implement tools designed to manage cooling efficiency and capacity, the industry at large maintains an unwavering dependence on air-cooling.
24 April 2013
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How should we design the servers and end-user computers of the future?
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22 April 2013
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Calxeda's first ARM server is a serious threat to x86 server domination
Fifteen months ago, a CPU developer named Calxeda made waves when it announced a joint effort with HP to develop dense ARM servers that would challenge x86 supremacy in the server market. The company promised that it could leverage the low power consumption of ARM products to build clusters of Cortex-A9 SoCs inside a rackmounted chassis.
16 March 2013
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Austin's Calxeda looks to make hay from Web giants' shifting server demands
The giant companies of the Internet are demanding and getting changes in the way computer technology is delivered to them. What they want delivered are more efficient ways to run the big data centers that make their businesses work and that could translate into big things for Austin chip startup Calxeda Inc.
09 March 2013
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What is a "Server-Class" SOC?
As reported in various outlets yesterday, Intel has released their S1200 line of Atom SOC's targeting the microserver market with the tagline: "Intel Delivers the World's First 6-Watt Server-Class Processor".
14 December 2012
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The next chip battleground: Data centers
The next time you upload a photo to Facebook, consider this: All those pictures have to be processed and stored somewhere, presumably forever. Some 3 million data centers occupy more than 600 million square feet of space in the U.S. alone to help do so. Trouble is, a single location can slurp as much power as a medium-size town, or about 10.5 million watts, according to Jonathan Koomey, a researcher at Stanford University.
12 December 2012
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Boston Launches 'Ready to Go' Enterprise Portfolio for India
Boston has unveiled a new roadmap for India. To meet the growing demands of enterprises, the UK-headquartered vendor is finally addressing the volume market of India.
22 October 2012
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Boston Viridis ARM Server Gets x86 Binary Translation Support
Boston has been blogging about their work on the Viridis over the last few months, and one of the most interesting aspects is the fact that x86 binary translation now works on the Viridis. The technology is from Eltech, and they have apparently given the seal of approval to the Calxeda platform by indicating that the Boston Viridis was the fastest platform they had tested.
19 October 2012
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Calxeda EnergyCore ECX-1000 ARM Server
This morning one of Calxeda's partners, Boston Limited, is formally launching their energy-efficient "Viridis" server built around Calxeda's EnergyCore ECX-1000 hardware. In this article are the first of some public Calxeda ARM benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux while more results will be out in the coming days.
17 October 2012
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