During the past decade, the evolution of “good enough” solutions has become increasingly deadly for enterprise servers. Compute processes once clearly defined by Unix systems, including high-performance and supercomputing, have shifted almost entirely to x86. Vertical markets dominated by Unix-centric vendors like Sun Microsystems — telcos and financial services are good examples — are increasingly populated by x86 enthusiasts.
Intel’s Xeon 7500 Processors Are a Game Changer
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