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AMD exit “dense server” business, puts SeaMicro brand to sleep

AMD may be best known for making processors and graphics cards that are used in some laptop and desktop computers. But a few years ago AMD acquired a company called SeaMicro which had been building “dense servers” that packed hundreds of small, low-power chips together to create high-performance, low-power servers. Now AMD is getting out of […]

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SeaMicro’s Atom-based servers updated to Intel Atom N570

Last year a company called SeaMicro began offering servers based on 512 Intel Atom processors. But that was before dual core Atom processors were available. Now the company is selling the SM10000 server packed with 256 Intel Atom N570 dual core 1.66 GHz chips. The company says the system uses about 75 percent less power […]

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Intel Atom powered servers: Low power isn’t just for netbooks

Low power Intel Atom chips have changed the way we think about battery life and “good enough” performance in low-cost laptops. But it turns out that these chips which were designed for low power laptops are also useful in other areas typically dominated by expensive, power-hungry chips. A company called SeaMicro is building servers that […]