Components & Peripherals

Oracle: New Exadata X8M Platform Soars With Intel Optane Memory

by Dylan Martin

'Oracle and Intel have integrated cutting-edge persistent memory technologies into the leading enterprise database machine to deliver real-time access to the most mission-critical data,' Oracle exec Juan Loaiza says of the new Exadata X8M platform.

Intel 5G Exec Cormac Conroy Departs Company

by Dylan Martin

An Intel spokesperson tells CRN that LTE and 5G connectivity remains important for Intel’s PC business.

AMD Says Ryzen Boost Fix, Optimizations Are Coming Soon

by Dylan Martin

'Following the installation of the latest BIOS update, a consumer running a bursty, single threaded application on a PC with the latest software updates and adequate voltage and thermal headroom should see the maximum boost frequency of their processor,' AMD's Robert Hallock says.

Intel Swipes At AMD's Ryzen Boost Issues, Teases 5GHz All-Core CPU

by Dylan Martin

'Having the fastest frequency or having your boost clock frequency hit at the advertised speeds on all cores isn't going to be important in a real-world scenario. No high-end gamer could ever tell the difference unless you run tests. It's almost exclusively for bragging rights,' a PC builder exec tells CRN regarding the Intel-AMD tussle.

AMD's Xbox, PlayStation Work Led To A Big Security Feature In EPYC

by Dylan Martin

'We had 16 keys in a cryptographic isolation on a game console, and that's one of the principal reasons they've never been hacked, even though they're physically in the hands of a lot of people that would love to hack it,' AMD exec Forrest Norrod tells CRN of how a virtualization security feature in EPYC came to be.

AMD Reaches $12.1M Settlement In Bulldozer False Advertising Suit

by Dylan Martin

'Is it worth it to chase down $35 per processor?' one distribution executive says of AMD's $12.1 million settlement for a class-action lawsuit alleging the chipmaker misled consumers on the number of cores in its Bulldozer processors.

HP Hit By Steeper Slide In Print Supplies Revenue

by Kyle Alspach

Contractual managed print services will remain a major focus in combating the supplies dip, HP executives say.

Enrique Lores: Channel To Remain 'Critical' Amid HP CEO Transition

by Kyle Alspach

Lores, who heads HP’s printing and imaging business, will be taking the reins at HP on Nov. 1 as CEO Dion Weisler steps down.

Dion Weisler To Step Down As HP Inc. CEO, Enrique Lores Taking The Reins

by Kyle Alspach

Weisler will be succeeded in November by Lores, who is the head of HP’s printing and imaging business.

Nvidia CEO: Enterprise AI Is Driving Growth In The Data Center

by Dylan Martin

'We are building a broad base of customers across multiple industries as they adopt GPUs to harness the power of AI,' Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says of the chipmaker's growth in enterprise AI as a couple of cloud service providers drag sales for its data center business.

How AMD Plans To Win Over Solution Providers With EPYC 'Rome'

by Dylan Martin

AMD server channel chief Jerry Gadbois talks to CRN about how the chipmaker plans to take on Intel in the data center channel with its new lineup of second-generation EPYC 'Rome’ processors.