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Calxeda Launches EnergyCore Processor
Following HP's "Project Moonshot" announcement that included its intent to incorporate Calxeda technology into its first generation of extreme low energy server development platforms, Calxeda unveiled its ARM-based "EnergyCore" server-on-a-chip (SoC), which consumes as little as 1.5 watts – the industry's first server processor to achieve this milestone.
According to Calxeda's press release, the new processor consumes less than one tenth the power of today's most energy efficient server processors and is ideal for workloads such as web serving, scalable analytics such as Apache Hadoop, media streaming, and mid-tier infrastructure such as caching and in-memory scalable databases.
The EnergyCore processor SoC includes an 80Gb fabric switch and an integrated management engine with power optimization software, all on one piece of silicon. The EnergyCore SoC also includes a full complement of server I/O features and a large 4MB ECC L2 cache. To learn more, visit: http://www.calxeda.com. You can read HP's announcement at: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111101xa.html
NVidia Announces Maximus
NVidia has announced its NVidia Maximus technology that allows a single workstation to simultaneously handle interactive graphics and the compute-intensive number crunching associated with the simulation or rendering of the results.
According to the announcement, Maximus combines the 3D graphics capability of NVidia Quadro professional GPUs with the parallel computing power of the NVidia Tesla C2075 companion processor under a unified technology that transparently assigns work to the correct processor. With Maximus-enabled applications, GPU compute work is assigned to run on the NVidia Tesla companion processor. This frees up the NVidia Quadro GPU to handle graphics functions, providing high performance.
OEMs including HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Fujitsu are offering workstations featuring NVidia Maximus technology for configuration and purchase immediately.
For more information, visit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/maximus.html
Western Digital Delivers SMB Storage Solution
Western Digital has introduced WD Sentinel DX4000, a complete network storage solution designed for small to medium-sized businesses. WD Sentinel DX4000 includes the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials operating system software and the Intel D525 Dual Core Atom CPU.
The WD Sentinel DX4000 features centralized shared storage and automatic server-based backup and restore for up to 25 devices (PC and Mac) in the network. It offers complete data protection with built-in hardware and software redundancy for all of the connected devices in the network. With storage capacities of 4TB and 8TB, The WD Sentinel DX4000 small office storage server can act as an onsite cloud for SMBs.
WD Sentinel DX4000 provides five levels of data protection and is supported by WD Guardian Services. WD Sentinel is certified to be compatible with a variety of operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. To learn more, visit Western Digital's website at: http://www.wdc.com/en/.
