Azul Systems has launched a Java turbocharger for server farms based on its own 24 core x 64bit Risc processor
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AMD sets aggressive targets for 2006
Firm sets aggressive growth projections for 2006 at its Analyst Day meeting in Sunnyvale, California, making it clear that it intends to take significant market share from rival Intel
Capacitor failures hit Dell profits
The PC maker has a servicing cost of more than $300m, according to its latest financial statement, following capacitor failures on some PC motherboards
Blue laser DVD market growing, despite format battle
Market for blue laser-based DVD equipment, which allows for double-sided discs of up to 27Gbytes in storage capacity, continues to grow
Intel launches multi-core server processors
A multi-processing version of Intel's dual core Xeon processor for server applications is based on the twin-processor Paxville core
Sticky fingers could scupper UK ID card biometrics
Eating crisps could be enough to have a fingerprint reading rejected by the UK's proposed national identity card scheme
Microsoft settles with RealNetworks for $761m
Settlement includes $460m to address damages and claims in the lawsuit, and Microsoft providing additional marketing and R&D investment in RealNetworks’ media player products
Mobiles to replace PCs? Not yet…
European claims that the mobile phone will replace the PC won't happen as no one size of device fits all people or all uses
Performance per watt becomes growing issue
Power consumption in the datacentre has come under the spotlight following last month's Intel Developer Forum, where it was a key theme
Britons use laptops to beat holiday blues
Survey of 1,000 Britons finds we're resorting to laptop PCs to wile away the hours of rain that punctuate the endless minutes of sun during our summer holidays