Server

Supermicro admits building AI infrastructure is a tricky, low-margin business ... for now

Can’t rule out more revenue wobbles given the complexity of big projects

Systems05 Nov 2025 | 4

Cisco suggests a stubby chassis, shrunken servers and router, to tame the edge

'Unified Edge' designed so even retail workers can replace a server

On-Prem04 Nov 2025 | 12

Supermicro warns it will miss revenue forecast by a lazy billion bucks or more

Mystery customer wants an upgrade that will take some time

Systems24 Oct 2025 | 2

Chinese gang used ArcGIS as a backdoor for a year – and no one noticed

Crims turned trusted mapping software into a hideout - no traditional malware required

Cybersecurity Month14 Oct 2025 | 34

The first rule of liquid cooling is 'Don't wet the chip.' Microsoft disagrees

Redmond suggests ‘Microfluidics’ – hair-thin channels etched on silicon to let coolants flow

Systems24 Sep 2025 | 39

Dashboard anxiety plagues IT pros' nights, weekends, vacations

Admins can't stop checking their portals, survey finds

Off-Prem11 Sep 2025 | 23

Classic Psion fan releases proof-of-concept language server for OPL

Vintage computing boffinry to please palmtop enthusiasts

Applications27 Aug 2025 | 23

Forget Foxconn the iPhone factory. AI’s made it a server-slinger first and foremost

Next: Modular datacenters ready to host rack-scale systems, to meet endless demand

Systems15 Aug 2025 | 1

'MadeYouReset' HTTP/2 flaw lets attackers DoS servers

Researchers had to notify over 100 vendors of flaw that builds on 2023's Rapid Reset with neat twist past usual mitigations

Research14 Aug 2025 | 7

BlackSuit ransomware crew loses servers, domains, and $1m in global shakedown

US cops yank servers, domains, and crypto from the Russia-linked gang - but the crooks remain at large

Cyber-crime12 Aug 2025 |

Confirmed: PCIe 8.0 will double version 7.0’s speed and reach 256.0 GT/s

A new connector may be on the cards, too

Systems08 Aug 2025 | 9

Foxconn says EV sales are so slow it's converting a factory to build AI servers instead

Cites low demand and overcapacity for electric cars on the same day Tesla gives Elon Musk $29 billion for similar reasons

AI + ML05 Aug 2025 | 16

Arm muscles into server market – but can't wrestle control from x86 just yet

Server shipments surge 70% in 2025, still shy of datacenter dominance goal

Systems30 Jun 2025 | 2

China claims breakthroughs in classical and quantum computers

Chipmaker Loongson says server CPUs on par with 2021’s Ice Lake, as local press tout kit to manage 1,024-qubit systems

Systems30 Jun 2025 | 8

Nvidia builds a server to run x86 workloads alongside agentic AI

Computex Wants to be the 'HR department for agents'

AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 2

Google details plans for 1 MW IT racks exploiting electric vehicle supply chain

Switching voltage allows search giant to swap out power delivery system

AI Infrastructure Month01 May 2025 | 43

Qualcomm says license fight was because Arm wants to make its own server chips

Alleges semi designer tried to obstruct Qualy's build of Arm-compatible custom cores

Systems24 Apr 2025 | 5

Avnet accuses Arm chip slinger Ampere of screwing it over on server deal

Sales backstop deal? More like ... Sales? Back, stop! Deal!

Systems14 Apr 2025 | 2

System builders say server prices set to spike as Trump plays customs cowboy

Tariff moves threaten supply chain stability

On-Prem03 Apr 2025 | 38

Non-x86 servers boom even faster than the rest of the AI-infused and GPU-hungry market

Analyst finds 91 percent revenue growth with white box makers leading the way

Systems19 Mar 2025 | 4

China announces plan to label all AI-generated content with watermarks and metadata

Asia In Brief PLUS: Foxconn wants 40 percent AI server market share; Atlassian CEO jets into controversy; Starlink reaches 800 million in India; And more!

AI + ML17 Mar 2025 | 19

Three charged in Singapore with alleged link to illicit shipments of Nvidia GPUs to China

Accused face up to 20 years in prison

On-Prem28 Feb 2025 | 17

Ampere bets on Arm to muscle into Intel's telco territory

Chipmaker touts high-core, low-power Altra processors as the future of 5G and AI inferencing

Systems27 Feb 2025 | 2

Like a kid handing in homework at the last minute, Supermicro finally files its missing financial figures

SMCI had to come up with long-delayed report – or lose its slot on NASDAQ again

On-Prem26 Feb 2025 | 3

Apple promises to spend $500B, hire 20K over 4 years to swerve Trump import tariffs

Sorry, that should read: Boost US manufacturing and R&D, believe in the American people, etc etc

On-Prem24 Feb 2025 | 28

Lenovo isn't fussed by Trumpian tariffs or finding enough energy to run AI

Enterprise hardware biz produced record revenue, just $1M of profit, but execs think losses are behind it

On-Prem21 Feb 2025 | 6

Euro cloud biz trials 'server blades in a cold box' system

Hot air or a 50% energy saving? Exoscale datacenter runs proof-of-concept to test veracity of Digger's claims

On-Prem20 Feb 2025 | 14

NASA solar mission data recovering after server room flood fiasco

Spacecraft weather solar storms, but ground processing laid low by water

Disaster Recovery Week07 Feb 2025 | 22

Hardware quality problems and server supply chain kinks slow Amazon’s $100 billion AI build

Reverses life extensions for some servers it now feels aren’t useful in the inferencing age

AI + ML07 Feb 2025 | 4

Intel’s datacenter architecture boss and Xeon lead jumps to Qualcomm

Sailesh Kottapalli sees ‘a once-in-a-career opportunity’ at the house of Snapdragon – maybe server CPUs or AI silicon?

Systems14 Jan 2025 | 1

HPE may have bagged $1B order from Elon Musk's X for AI servers

That's Cray cray

HPC14 Jan 2025 | 28

The channel stands corrected: Hardware is a refresh cycle business now

Opinion 'For 30 years you thought you were business geniuses,' veteran analyst tells resellers and distributors

Channel08 Jan 2025 | 56

Demand for AI servers sees Foxconn fly and suppliers come along for the ride

Record quarterly revenue at contract manufacturing giant suggests strong demand for hardware of all sorts

Systems07 Jan 2025 |

$800 'AI' robot for kids bites the dust along with its maker

Comment - Updated Moxie maker Embodied is going under, teaching important lessons about cloud services

AI + ML16 Dec 2024 | 103

Supermicro hot-swaps auditor in hope of dodging Nasdaq delisting

Server maker tries accounting reboot amid reports of customers bailing

Systems19 Nov 2024 | 1

Equinix to close its 'Metal' IaaS offering in 2026

Joins the likes of HPE, Cisco, and VMware in failing to challenge dominant hyperscalers

Off-Prem18 Nov 2024 | 3

Microsoft 'resolves' and 'mitigates' Windows Server 2025 update whoopsie

No sign of 'rollback' yet

OSes11 Nov 2024 | 26

Microsoft still not said anything about unexpected Windows Server 2025 installs

Affected business calls situation 'mindbogglingly dangerous' as sysadmins reminded to check backup and restore strategies

OSes08 Nov 2024 | 36

Sysadmin shock as Windows Server 2025 installs itself after update labeling error

Screens sprayed with coffee after techies find Microsoft's latest OS in unexpected places

OSes06 Nov 2024 | 97

China Telecom's next 150,000 servers will mostly use local processors

Intel and AMD left scrapping over about a third of the deal, and license fees

Systems22 Oct 2024 | 3

The best use for those latest manycore chips? AI, say server vendors

Analysis PC makers might not be able to sell the idea - big iron has a better chance

On-Prem14 Oct 2024 | 1

Supermicro crams 18 GPUs into a 3U AI server that's a little slow by design

Can handle edge inferencing or run a 64 display command center

Systems09 Oct 2024 | 2

You're right not to rush into running AMD, Intel's new manycore monster CPUs

Opinion They put more risk in a single box than most of us are equipped to handle

Systems07 Oct 2024 | 43

Not just AI datacenters needing own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids

California utilities couldn't deliver for hyperscalers' favorite hardware slinger

Systems04 Oct 2024 | 5

China trains 100-billion-parameter AI model on home grown infrastructure

Research institute seems to have found Huawei to do it – perhaps with Arm cores - despite sanctions

AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 15

India flips the switch on three homebrew supercomputers

Rudra machines use local designs for server, interconnect, and cooling – but seemingly not a planned 96-core Arm CPU

HPC27 Sep 2024 | 1

Chinese server-maker Inspur claims it's on track for better liquid cooling with 'railway sleeper' design

Beijing is happy at surging sales and production capacity, falling energy requirements

Systems23 Sep 2024 | 3

Datacenters bleed watts and cash – all because they're afraid to flip a switch

Activate OS-level governors and power profiles, cut energy use by '25 – 50 percent'

On-Prem20 Sep 2024 | 19

Lenovo turns to India as source of AI servers

Another win for the Make In India policy, but a small one in terms of product volume

Systems19 Sep 2024 | 2

Dell's all-in bet on AI pays off in latest earnings

The term was mentioned over 140 times during the earnings call

Systems30 Aug 2024 | 8

Microsoft really wants those old Exchange 2016 servers put out to pasture

Come to 2019. The in-place upgrades to the Subscription Edition will be lovely

Software09 Aug 2024 | 39

Dell starts new round of layoffs while it looks to 'unlock modern AI'

HR apparently overwhelmed by attempt to sack 12.5K people in one day

Systems06 Aug 2024 | 21

AI boom is reshaping the face of cloud infrastructure

Analysis Capex skyrockets as providers prioritize new shiny over traditional server upgrades

Off-Prem04 Aug 2024 | 2

ASUS quietly built supercomputers, datacenters and an LLM. Now it's quietly selling them all together

The plan is a slow build – not a breakout into enterprise tech

Off-Prem13 Jun 2024 |

Apple built custom servers and OS for its AI cloud

WWDC Mashup of iOS and macOS runs on homebrew silicon, with precious little for sysadmins to scry

Off-Prem11 Jun 2024 | 12

Lenovo loses its Infrastructure Solutions Group boss

The long and largely unsuccessful effort to turn IBM's x86 server business into consistent profit continues

Systems07 Jun 2024 | 1