Boston Beacon - Edition 13
Welcome to the latest edition of the Boston Beacon,
The Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2008 has taken place this week with one key highlight being the unveiling of
Intel's new Nehalem processors, now officially called Core i7. It also appears that quad-core processors may soon
begin to be complimented by Intel's new 6-core CPUs.
Intel have revealed more information about its forthcoming solid state hard disk drives, and this week also saw
the launch of their first mobile quad-core processors based on the company’s 45nm Penryn architecture.
Please read our Overview of the Intel Developer Forum 2008
to find out more about all of these latest developments. This summary also includes details on AMD's upcoming
Shanghai server chips which were revealed on the eve of IDF.
This overview will certainly bring you up to date with the latest developments in the CPU market place, but
please also have a look through some of the other interesting articles that have made it into Boston Limited's
news section this week:
Itanium Solutions Alliance Welcomes Supermicro as Sponsor
The Itanium Solutions Alliance welcomes Supermicro as a sponsor of the non-profit association.
Supermicro's Live Blade and Rack Server Demos at IDF Fall 2008
New QPI Server Solutions, SuperBlade, 1U Twin, and 2.5" HDD Servers and Storage Exhibits Company's Energy-Efficiency
Leadership.
New Sata Spec Will Double Data Transfer Speeds To 6 Gb/s
SATA-IO demonstrate the speed and functionality of the third-generation specfication at the Intel Developer Forum.
PDSBA-Q+ - Long Life Desktop Board
PDSBA-Q+ is a direct replacement for PDSBA/PDSBA+ and is based on the Intel Q965 chipset, which has a 7 year life
from Q3 2006 – or about 5.5 years from today.
Open-E experiences strong channel growth
IP NAS/SAN Storage Management Leader Positioned To Outpace First-Generation Solution Providers With 30 Percent
Growth In Market That Leading Analyst Firm Expects To Grow To $5.1 Billion By 2010.
Thecus Reveals the AMD Processor-Based N4100PRO
The Leader in Digital Storage Turbo-Charges the Four-Bay NAS.
Rochester General Hospital Runs Mission-Critical Applications on VMware Platform
Hospital Boosts Application Performance of Windows-based Applications Virtualized on VMware Platform.
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