Intel Diamond Rapids leak show monster Xeon specs
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Up to 192 cores and 1.6 tb/s memory bandwidth in Intel’s next data centre gamble

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Intel is cooking up a monster for the data centre with its next-generation Xeon chip, codenamed Diamond Rapids.

Geopolitics strangling AI server growth
Published in AI
Tuesday, 08 July 2025 10:06

Geopolitics strangling AI server growth


Tariff fears and supply chain turmoil hit forecasts despite big tech spending spree

AI servers may be the backbone of today’s tech boom, but global shipment growth forecasts are slipping thanks to geopolitical headaches and tariff threats.

Supermicro gets its BigTwin servers certified for immersion cooling
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High-density Xeon kit goes fanless 

Supermicro’s BigTwin servers have been certified for immersion cooling, following a round of testing with Intel and under the guidelines of the Open Compute Project.

AMD gobbles server share while Chipzilla spins its wheels
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Mercury numbers show AMD's silicon chewing through the market

Mercury Research's latest bean-counting for the first quarter of 2025 shows AMD pulling off another blinder, clocking a record 39.4 per cent server revenue share. That figure is up a chunky 6.5 points compared to the same time last year and 3.1 points better than the previous quarter.

MSI’s AI server lineup gets serious upgrade
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Built on NVIDIA’s MGX and DGX Station architectures

MSI has tipped up to Comptex 2025  flaunting its latest AI server arsenal built on Nvidia's MGX and DGX Station architectures.

AMD announces new EPYC 4005 Zen 5 server CPUs
Published in PC Hardware


Six to sixteen cores for entry-level enterprise

AMD has launched new EPYC 4005 series "Grado" processors aimed at the entry-level enterprise market, featuring six to sixteen Zen 5 cores and based on the same and widely deployed AM5 socket that was already used for AMD EPYC 4004 series CPUs.

Vole jams brakes on global server sprawl
Published in Cloud
Friday, 04 April 2025 11:15

Vole jams brakes on global server sprawl


Microsoft trims data centre ambitions

The Software King of the World, Microsoft, is quietly pulling back on data centre projects from Chicago to Jakarta as jitters grow over AI demand forecasts and the cost of building its cloudy empire.

Oracle fumbles denial as 6 million user records leak
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SSO breach pretty obvious

Oracle is in full-blown damage control mode after hacker “rose87168” claimed to breach its Oracle Cloud login servers.

MSI releases new servers with Intel Xeon 6 inside
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Designed for AI applications and cloud

MSI has unveiled a new range of high-performance server platforms powered by the latest Intel Xeon 6 family of processors, which it claims will provide unprecedented computing power and energy efficiency for modern data centres.

AMD achieves record server market share
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Thursday, 13 February 2025 09:29

AMD achieves record server market share


Mercury Research data

According to the latest figures from Mercury Research, AMD has reached a record 35.5 per cent share of server revenue, alongside sizable gains in client processor market share.