Adoption of DDR4 memory facing delays
The memory market is feeling the effects of a fall in PC shipments with the subsequent stabilization of DRAM prices, which industry observers say will delay the wide adoption of the upcoming DRAM called DDR4. The latest PCs and servers come with DDR3 SDRAM and mobile devices have just started getting a type of low-power memory called LPDDR3 (low-power DDR3). DDR4 is the successor to DDR3, and consumes 20 percent to 40 percent less power while offering double the throughput of its predecessor.
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Dell: Little momentum in ARM servers until 64-bit processors The low-power capabilities of ARM-based processors have created high expectations for their use in servers, but one of Dell's top engineers said they are unlikely to take off until 64-bit versions hit the market. Read More ...
Rackspace's patent strategy: Kill the patent, starve the troll Rackspace has publically outlined its strategy for taking on so-called patent troll Rotatable Technologies: Abolish the patent, vanquish the troll. Read More ...
Windows XP's looming retirement won't shake PC business out of sales funk The looming retirement of Windows XP won't stem the dramatic drop in PC sales this year, but it may help bolster Microsoft's revenue, analysts said today. Although experts expect some business laggards to buy new hardware as they try to replace the 12-year-old XP before it's retired in April 2014, the quantities won't be enough to move the PC shipment needle to the positive side of the meter. Read More ...
New data center survey shows mediocre results for energy efficiency A new survey suggests that large data centers might be less energy efficient than was previously thought. The survey, by Digital Realty Trust, quizzed 300 IT decision makers at large corporations in North America, each with annual revenue of at least $1 billion or with at least 5,000 employees. Read More ...
Startup aims SDN technology at Cisco WANs SDNs aren't just for data center networks, despite the best-use-case-scenario arguments for network virtualization and flow management pervading the industry. Read More ...
Intel sets up joint lab with China's Baidu for mobile apps Intel is hoping to get more Chinese developers to back its products by forming a new joint innovation lab with the nation's largest search engine, Baidu. The lab is part of an agreement the two companies signed on Thursday that will focus on developing software for China's mobile Internet market. Developers in the country will have access to Intel-powered products, including PCs, tablets, and mobile devices, to test and port software for Baidu and Intel platforms. Read More ...
LinkedIn to buy Pulse, maker of mobile news reader app LinkedIn, the world's largest professional networking site, continues to beef up its content publishing platform with its agreement to acquire Pulse, which makes a mobile news aggregation, reader, and content distribution application. LinkedIn has been broadening its site's scope in recent years beyond its core feature of individual professional profiles, where people post career-related information and network with other members. Read More ...
InfoWorld poll: How you'll replace Windows XP Microsoft is adamant it will stop support for Windows XP in May 2014, 12 years and nine months after its initial release. Despite its age, Windows XP remains the most used version of Windows today. Although XP will continue to run once Microsoft ends support, users won't receive security updates, and IT won't have Microsoft support for user systems. XP "downgrades" will no longer be available for new user PCs in the enterprise either. Read More ...
How Lenovo kept PC sales strong while everyone else tanked By now you've read the IDC report saying that worldwide PC shipments dipped 13.9 percent, year-on-year, in the first quarter of Read More ...
American tech workers lose out in H-1B lottery Some tech companies won the lottery this week -- not the virtual one creating overnight Bitcoin millionaires, but an actual lottery granting sk Read More ...
IBM to invest $1B in flash memory development Following its buy-out of solid-state storage maker TMS (Texas Memory Systems) last fall, IBM today said it plans to make a $1 billion investment in flash development, a new line of all-flash appliances, and announced a flash deal with Sprint Nextel. Read More ...
Surface 'Mini': ARM, Atom or both? Microsoft will launch a new line of Surface tablets later this year, including one or more smaller 7-in. devices, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report was published just hours after research firms IDC and Gartner spelled out a "brutal" first quarter for PC shipments. IDC pegged the three-month period at a decline, year-over-year, of 14 percent, the biggest contraction since it began tracking PCs nearly two decades ago. Read More ...
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