Servers
Here's a little Intel: Beware of Linux graphics vendors bearing gifts of shared code – open-sourcer
Mesa contributor issues a warning: community matters
12 Nov 14:00 | 11
Servers
Servers
Intel is over GPUs and CPUs – it's all about 'XPUs' now that OneAPI code-abstraction tool is golden
And why not have a server-grade GPU dedicated to game-streaming to test the new abstraction tool
11 Nov 15:15 | 9
Servers
Atlassian pulls the plug on server licences, drags customers to the cloud
Pricey Data Center editions remain but customers complain that 'this is insane'
19 Oct 12:45 | 29
Servers
SK Hynix slips past rivals Samsung and Micron to launch world's first DDR5 DRAM sticks
Up to 5,600 megatransfers per second at just 1.1V, company claims
06 Oct 11:27 | 6
Servers
On Her Majesty's Servers: UK's Coronavirus Future Fund sinks 'seven-figure sum' into Arm data-centre kit
Brit firm Bamboo scores cash that can convert to equity. Yup, the government could become a server vendor!
01 Oct 12:20 | 5
Who, Me?
Inflated figures and customers who were never there. Just another data migration then
Well, this is awkward
28 Sep 07:07 | 65
Servers
By the beard of Zeus! Arm takes another tilt at serious servers with SVE-capable 96-core Neoverse V1
Also makes itself denser, in a good way, with 128-core N2 upgrade
22 Sep 13:36 | 1
On Call
The power of Bill compels you: A server room possessed by a Microsoft-hating, Linux-loving Demon
Luckily, earthly pleasures dished out by the exorcist
11 Sep 07:15 | 200
Who, Me?
Competitive techies almost bring distributed disaster upon themselves – and they didn't even find any aliens
Idle hands are SETI's workshop
07 Sep 07:15 | 42
Servers
Are you locally attached? Lenovo makes EPYC effort to wave HCI flag amid reports of sagging server revenues
Handing out ThinkAgile in Microsoft, VMware and Nutanix flavours
04 Sep 12:07 | 1
Servers
Super Cali COVID count is somewhat out of focus, server crash and expired cert makes numbers quite atrocious
Computer glitch followed by senior public health resignation in Golden State
10 Aug 23:41 | 28
UPDATE
HPE slashes Windows Server 2019 licence costs – if you buy direct for its AMD Epyc Rome-powered servers
Two cores for the price of one, under eleven-month ‘pilot’ scheme that Dell's also dangling
05 Aug 04:03 | 4
Servers
This investor blew nearly $300,000 on Intel shares the day before 7nm disaster reveal. Yup, she's suing
Chipzilla faces potential class-action headache after stock price plunge
29 Jul 19:30 | 41
Servers
AMD is now following More's Law: More chips, more money, more pressure on Intel, more competition in the x86 space
Chipzooky's fortunes are Ryzen Epyc-ly
29 Jul 01:09 | 38
Servers
When those new servers you ordered aren't delivered, you probably won't order any more servers - and that's why India's market has shriveled
Except for IBM’s non-x86 boxes which have posted modest growth
22 Jul 04:01 |
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Oh sure, we'll just make a tiny little change in every source file without letting anyone know. What could go wrong?
Up from the depths / Thirty stories high / Breathing fire / Its head in the sky / IT'S EMAIL!
17 Jul 07:15 | 103
Servers
Hot, synchronous DRAM: Next-gen memory tech spec DDR5 lands
Power-sipping, phat bandwidth and dope density
16 Jul 20:12 | 18
Who, Me?
Finally, a wafer-thin server... Only a tiny little thin one. Oh all right. Just the one...
The UPS gets its revenge in a tale of fire, fury and farming
29 Jun 06:15 | 143
Servers
Ampere smacks the ball over the net, back at Marvell: Our Altra Max cloud processor will have 128 Arm cores
That's 32 more than you... when it ships... next year
23 Jun 13:00 | 8
Servers
Ancient Arm server outfit Kaleao resprouts as Bamboo with CPU offload plan and electricity-saving power play
PANDA architecture said to be ideal microservices-muncher
23 Jun 10:01 | 2
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Software
Bloated middle age beckons: Windows 1.0 turns 35 and is dealing with its mid-life crisis, just about
Red trousers and a Porsche or respectable middle age for Windows?
Security
Manchester United working with infosec experts to 'minimize ongoing IT disruption' caused by 'cyber attack'
No data leaked, says football club
Software
Linus Torvalds worried Linux kernel might get messy around Christmas
LTS release 5.10 is currently unruly and looks like colliding with the holiday season
Bootnotes
'Unmute' named one of Oxford Dictionary's words of the year
Stop doomscrolling through Blursday and take a Workation
Software
China offers world its COVID QR Code movement passport at G20 Leaders' Meeting
Declaration puts a handbrake on global digital currencies, includes usual 'let's use the internet and AI to make the world a better place' stuff
Who, Me?
It's always DNS, especially when a sysadmin makes a hash of their semicolons
Remember the days when 'we made it up as we went along'?
Software
The GIMP turns 25 and promises to carry on being the FOSS not-Photoshop
Image Manipulation Program spawned GTK, which begat GNOME
Promo
Head thumping, heart racing? Here’s how not to panic when you’re under cyber attack
No incident response plan? We can help you there…
Policy
USA and Taiwan make semiconductors their top trade priority at first-ever 'Economic Prosperity Dialogue'
Do you see what I TSMC?
Artificial Intelligence
Pretty fly for a SharkEye: Salesforce sponsors AI drones to spot sharks before they attack California swimmers
Plus: A new web app from Google to generate AI monsters
STORIES
Servers
Latest Xeons land in new Huawei server despite looming US ban
Although Huawei’s details are rather thin on this one
19 Jun 03:13 | 3
Servers
Windows Server to require TPM2.0 and Secure boot by default in future release
Jan 1, 2021 deadline for server-makers to get with the program
15 Jun 07:54 | 27
Who, Me?
'We're changing shift, and no one can log on!' It was at this moment our hero knew server-lugging chap had screwed up
Where's the DHCP box? It's behind y... oh heck
11 May 07:15 | 75
Servers
Server sales went through the roof in the first three months of 2020. Enjoy it while it lasts, Dell, HPE, and pals
Enterprise demand set to soften, offset tier-two cloud, telco sales
07 May 07:01 | 1
Who, Me?
Dumpster diving to revive a crashing NetWare server? It was acceptable in the '90s
Broken pencil + ball of stolen Blu Tack = IT joy
27 Apr 07:15 | 107
Who, Me?
Getting a pizza the action, AS/400 style
It looks like you need some pepperoni and cheese. Do you want some help with that?
20 Apr 07:15 | 190
Servers
AMD takes another crack at Intel's server stronghold with more Epyc silicon
All 'the working from home and virtual desktops' might make you think about data center rebuilds, hmm?
14 Apr 13:00 | 12
Exclusive - updated
Welcome to the telco, we've got fun and games: BT inks 5-year deal to outsource mainframe management to IBM
You lot can keep the blinkenlights flashing but you'll have to be TUPEd from BT...
01 Apr 15:00 | 35
Servers
Gods of cloud smiled on Chinese server makers in Q4, as mainframe punters chucked a big bone at IBM
Oh to be at the mercy of tech buyers at AWS, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Tencent, Alibaba... we could go on
19 Mar 10:45 | 3
Servers
Ampere's server chip has 80 Arm CPU cores? Yeah, well, our ThunderX3 will have 96 with 384 threads, says Marvell
Plus: Intel ditches forthcoming Cooper Lake single, dual-socket 14nm Xeons from its roadmap
18 Mar 08:04 |
On Call
Not exactly the kind of housekeeping you want when it means the hotel's server uptime is scrubbed clean
A Hoover-dunnit for your Friday morning
13 Mar 08:06 | 176
Servers
Is that a typo? Oh, it's not a typo. Ampere really is touting an 80-core 64-bit 7nm Arm server processor dubbed Altra
Meanwhile, Marvell offers a 36-core chip, Xilinx whips out an FPGA-based SmartNIC
03 Mar 14:00 | 21
Servers
Chipzilla or Chipzooky? If Intel's server CPU sales keep on shrinking, El Reg will have to update the branding
Still a monopoly in Western Euro channel, but it's smaller: shortages and AMD ROME burning Intel market share
02 Mar 13:45 | 13
Who, Me?
C'mon SPARCky, it's just an admin utility update. What could possibly go wrong?
Now, where was I? [tappity tap] ... BALLS!
17 Feb 08:05 | 174
Servers
Coronavirus to decimate server supply chain, analysts claim: Sales to fall 10% as factories stay shut
And it turns out there was an upside to the US-China trade war
11 Feb 08:04 | 13
Who, Me?
Who needs the A-Team or MacGyver when there's a techie with an SCSI cable?
When two become one in the server room
10 Feb 08:15 | 164
Exclusive
Intel server chip shortages continue to bite: HPE warns of Xeon processor supply drought for the whole of 2020
Traditional IT titans take backseat behind cloud giants
20 Jan 09:17 | 43
Y2K
The Register disappears up its own fundament with a Y2K prank to make a BOFH's grinchy heart swell with pride
The circle is now complete. When I met you I was but the learner. Now, I am the master.
31 Dec 19:30 | 34
On Call
El Reg presents: Your one-step guide on where not to store electronic mail
But my emails!
26 Dec 10:04 | 146
