A Silicon Valley start-up bets that AMD's Opteron processor and built-in networking will help its high-end x86 servers succeed where others fail. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

AMD increased its share across all markets served by x86 processors at Intel's expense in the third quarter of 2025, according to Mercury Research. Intel is holding strong, and as its latest offerings ...

Despite Itanium's rough start and the success of the x86 family, Intel says Itanium has a future in big-iron servers. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

When Curt Schumacher began working at the Chicago Board Options Exchange nearly a quarter century ago, the question of what hardware platforms to use to support the business was relatively simple.

The third quarter was a good time for server sales, with worldwide server revenue growing even faster than shipments, indicating a rise in average selling prices. Analyst firm Gartner on Monday ...

But what is going to happen this year? The odds are that spending on servers as well as on the switching and storage that follows it in the datacenter, is going to cool a bit but still grow. But if ...

Chinese technology conglomerate Huawei reportedly is looking to sell its x86 server business due to U.S. sanctions that are hindering its server market capabilities. China-based technology ...

The first set of comprehensive benchmarks on serious ARM server hardware are in -- and they're impressive. While the Cortex-A9 isn't suitable for every workload, it challenges Intel in some ...

Silicon Graphics Inc. last week added low-cost options, including an x86-based server, to its product line, as it continues its effort to return to profitability after its bankruptcy filing in May.