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Software defined server without Microsoft: HP Moonshot

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Nacsa Sándor

HP Moonshot: Designed for the Data Center, Built for the Planet [HP press kit, April 8, 2013] On April 8, 2013, HP unveiled the world’s first commercially available HP Moonshot system, delivering compelling new infrastructure economics by using up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, Cloud SW engineering, Enterprise computing, servers, SoC | Tagged 28nm, 64-bit ARM, 66AK2Hx, AMD, Applied Micro, ARM, ARM architecture license, ARM v7, ARM V8, Atom S1200, Avoton, Big Data, Big Data platform, Calxeda, Calxeda Cluster, Calxeda EnergyCard, Calxeda EnergyCore, Calxeda EnergyCore SoC, Calxeda Midway, Canonical, Cavium, Citrix, cloud, cloud computing, Cloud Data Management System, cloud database, cloud gaming, Cloudera, Couchbase, CyWee, data center, database scaling, DataStax, ENCO Systems, Facebook, Fedora, Hadoop, Hewlett-Packard, Hortonworks, HP, HP Autonomy, HP Labs, HP Moonshot, HP Moonshot 1500 Chassis, HP Moonshot 1500 enclosure, HP Pathfinder Partner Program, HP ProLiant Moonshot servers, HP Vertica, Hyperscale Data Center, IDOL, Intel, Intelligent Data Operating Layer, Internet switching, KeyStone II, LEG, Linaro, Linaro Connect, Linaro Enterprise Group, MapR Technologies, Marvell, media serving, microservers, Microsoft, mobility, Moonshot servers, Moonshot System, multimedia server, NuoDB, OCP, Open Compute Project, open source software packages, Oracle, Parallels, power consumption, Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Redstone Development Platform, relational database, remote education, security, server appliances, Server on a Chip, signal processing, software defined server, SQL database, SRC Computers, storage fabric, SUSE, TCO, Texas Instruments, TI, TMS320TCI6636, Ubuntu Hyperscale Availability, Ubuntu Server, unstructured data, video conferencing, virtual office, web serving, X-Gene | 1 Comment

AMD 2012-13: a new Windows 8 strategy expanded with ultra low-power APUs for the tablets and fanless clients

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

AMD Strategy Transformation Brings Agile Delivery of Industry-Leading IP to the Market [AMD press release, Feb 2, 2012] At its annual Financial Analyst Day, AMD (NYSE: AMD) detailed a new “ambidextrous” strategythat builds on the company’s long history of x86 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, consumer devices, SoC, tablets | Tagged accelerated applications, Accelerated Processing Unit, all-in-one computers, all-in-ones, AMD, AMD Bobcat, AMD Client Roadmap, AMD Fusion, AMD Fusion Developer Summit, AMD HSA, AMD roadmap, APU, APU strategy, ARM, ARM (architecture), ARM Holdings, “ambidextrous” strategy, Bobcat, Brazos, Brazos 2.0, Bulldozer, C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism, C++ AMP, cloud client, Computers and Internet, convertible devices, desktops, Excavator, fanless clients, fanless designs, fanless form factors, Financial Analyst Day, FSA, Fusion, Fusion System Architecture, heterogeneous compute ecosystem, heterogeneous computing, Heterogeneous System Architecture, Hondo, HSA, hybrid devices, industry standards, inflection point, Intel, Jaguar, Kabini, Kaveri, Lisa Su, Llano, low-power, Mark Papermaster, MDC workload, Microsoft, Microsoft C++ AMP, Multi-DataCenter workload, notebooks, OpenCL, Piledriver, Rory Read, small desktops, SoC, Steamroller, Tablets, Temash, third party IP, Trinity, ultra-low power, ultrathin notebooks, ultrathins, very thin designs, Windows 8, Windows 8 tablets | 3 Comments

Kindle Fire with its $200 price pushing everybody up, down or out of the Android tablet market

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Suggested preliminary reading: $199 Kindle Fire: Android 2.3 with specific UI layer and cloud services [Sept 29 – Nov 13, 2011] Update (when neither up or down the market is an option for the company): Acer Likely to Withdraw From … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, tablets | Tagged Acer, Amazon, AMD, AMOLED, Android, Android 4.0, Apple, ARM (architecture), Asus, Asustek, cloud client, Dell, Flexible AMOLED, flexible display, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, Intel, iPad, Kindle Fire, Lenovo, MacBook Air, media tablets, Microsoft, NVIDIA, NVIDIA Tegra, Quanta, Samsung, Samsung Mobile Display, tablet market, tablet PC, Tablets, Tegra, Tegra 2, Tegra 3, white-box vendors, Windows 8, Wistron, x86 | 3 Comments

Supply chain battles for much improved levels of price/performance competitiveness

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Current snapshot: Intel rejects 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut demand from notebook players [Aug 16, 2011] Intel’s Oak Trail platform, paired Atom Z670 CPU (US$75) with SM35 chipsets (US$20) for tablet PC machine, is priced at US$95, already accounting for … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, smartphones, SoC, tablets | Tagged 40nm, Acer, AMD, AMD Bobcat, AMD Desna, AMD Fusion, AMD Ontario, AMD Zacate, Apple, APU, Asus, Asustek, AUO, Bobcat, Chimei Innolux, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, cloud client, CPT, Desna, Hannstar, Hannstar Display, HP, HTC, Intel, iPad, iPad 3, Llano, Motorola, Oak Trail, RIM, slates, SoC, Tablets, Taiwan, Tegra, TSMC, Ultrabook, Windows 7, ZTE | 3 Comments

Acer repositioning for the post Wintel era starting with AMD Fusion APUs

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Follow-Up (Aug 2, 2011): – Acer & Asus: Compensating lower PC sales by tablet PC push [March 29, 2011 with comprehensive update on Aug 2, 2011] which is showing serious technical and market problems with the original version of Honeycomb (particularly … Continue reading →

Posted in SoC, tablets | Tagged 28nm, 32nm, 40nm, Acer, Acer Iconia Tab W500, AMD, AMD Bob, AMD Fusion, AMD HD Tablet Platform, AMD Ontario, Android, Bobcat, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Desna, DirectCompute, Fusion, GlobalFoundries, Hondo, Llano, Oak Trail, OpenCL, OpenGL, Sandy Bridge, slates, Tablets, Taiwan, Trinity, TSMC, Windows 7 | 3 Comments

Microsoft’s next step in SoC level slot management

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Update: Microsoft postpones IDP for 2 weeks to re-consult with chip players [June 2, 2011] Microsoft has postponed its Integrated Development Program (IDP) for Windows 8 as the plan created significant dissatisfaction within the upstream supply chain. Microsoft is set … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, SoC | Tagged AMD, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, slot management (Microsoft), SoC, Texas Instruments, Windows 8 | 5 Comments

Acer & Asus: Compensating lower PC sales by tablet PC push

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Update: Asustek Takes Aim at Apple With Latest Tablet [Aug 2, 2011] Asustek Computer Inc. is reportedly planning to fight off Apple with its latest Transformer-coded tablet PC in anticipation that Apple will cut down prices of its iPad 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Geopolitics, tablets | Tagged Acer, AMD, AMD Ontario, Android, APU, Asus, Asustek, China, cloud client, Compal, Computers and Internet, Google, Honeycomb, In-Plane Switching, IPS, Microsoft, NVIDIA, PC, Personal Computer, slates, Tablets, Taiwan, Tegra, UX, Windows 7, Wistron | 7 Comments

CES 2011 presence with Microsoft moving to SoC & screen level slot management that is not understood by analysts/observers at all

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Microsoft’s CES 2011 presence is summarized in two detailed parts below, one for the System on a Chip (SoC) support announcement and the other based on the Steve Ballmer’s CES 2011 opening keynote. The first one has, however, been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, smartphones, SoC, tablets | Tagged AMD, AMD AllDay, AMD Bobcat, AMD Fusion, AMD Ontario, AMD Zacate, APU, CES 2011, cloud client, Core i5, D2D, Direct2D, DirectX 11, Fusion, GeForce 500M, Hummingbird, HW accelerated browsers, IE9, Intel, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, NVIDIA, NVIDIA Optimus, Oak Trail, OMAP, Qualcomm, Samsung, slates, slot management (Microsoft), SoC, Tablets, Tegra, Texas Instruments, Windows 7 [Phone / Embedded / Handheld], Windows Embedded Standard | 14 Comments

Intel Oak Trail to beat ARM with MeeGo specific prices

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Nacsa Sándor

As per Digitimes Intel starts mass producing Oak Trail platform [Nov 24] … specifically for tablet PCs, with the combination of Atom Z670 processor and SM35 chipset the initial product, according to industry sources. The Oak Trail platform will sell … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, smartphones | Tagged Acer, AMD, Android, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Intel, Marvell, MeeGo, Microsoft, Moorestown, netbooks, Nokia, Oak Trail, slates, SoC, Tablets, Windows 7 | 7 Comments

SoC advances for client, server and mobile basestation level

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Nacsa Sándor

Hot Chips 22 (for now, later at Archives) has shown for the first time that System-on-Chip (SoC) technologies are moving beyond their usual realm of relatively small performance and/or dedicated applications, right into the leading edge mainstream. Update #2: – … Continue reading →

Posted in Mobile Internet, SoC | Tagged 3.9G, Acer, AMD, cloud client, cloud server, Computers and Internet, Microsoft, Mindspeed, slates, Tablets, Windows 7, Xbox | 1 Comment

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