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& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;IBM next will begin shipping a computer with something that customers have not seen in a new & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/mainframes & quot; & gt;mainframe & lt;/a & gt; from the company since 1995 -- water cooling. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;The new mainframe, & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179534/IBM_s_new_mainframe_the_zEnterprise_196_is_a_leviathan & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;dubbed the zEnterprise 196 & lt;/a & gt;, can operate with up to 96 processors versus 64 in the System z10 mainframe using about the same amount of power. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Dell has been relatively quiet about its modular data-center products, but on Tuesday it showed off a new design it has started selling to large & quot;hyperscale & quot; customers, which include big Internet firms like Microsoft and Facebook. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field field-type-text field-field-slideshow-dek & quot; & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field-label & quot; & gt;Dek: & amp;nbsp; & lt;/div & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field-items & quot; & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field-item odd & quot; & gt; Whether you & amp;#039;re in the market for an insanely high-end rig or you just feel like doing a little high-tech window shopping, these pricey PCs deliver serious bang for a whole lot of bucks & lt;/div & gt; & lt;/div & gt; & lt;/div & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field field-type-nodereference field-field-slideshow-source & quot; & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field-label & quot; & gt;Source: & amp;nbsp; & lt;/div & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field-items & quot; & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field-item odd & quot; & gt; & lt;a href= & quot;/%5Bprimary-term-alias-prefix%5D/%5Bprimary-term%5D/pc-world-046 & quot; & gt;PC World & lt;/a & gt; & lt;/div & gt; & lt;/div & gt; & lt;/div & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field field-type-number-integer field-field-essentials & quot; & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field-items & quot; & gt; & lt;div class= & quot;field-item odd & quot; & gt; No & lt;/div & gt; & lt;/div & gt; & lt;/div & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;The days of needing a desktop computer and a portable system may be numbered. Various hardware vendors appear to be working on dual-boot hybrid systems that will come loaded with two operating systems: a fat, full-featured desktop OS and a fast, lightweight mobile-oriented OS. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/advanced-micro-devices-amd & quot; & gt;Advanced Micro Devices & lt;/a & gt; is considering the implementation of its upcoming low-power netbook chips based on the new Bobcat architecture in low-end servers, the company said this week. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt; & quot;We & #039;re definitely in the process of examining this as a design point, & quot; said Donald Newell, AMD & #039;s new server chief technology officer, in an interview. & quot;It would be foolish not to. & quot; & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Demand for Windows and & lt;a href= & quot; http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/opensource/ & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;Linux & lt;/a & gt; servers is increasing at a rapid pace, at the expense of Unix servers and other non-x86 machines, according to IDC. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Worldwide & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/server-hardware & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;server & lt;/a & gt;sales posted their biggest jump since 2003 during the second quarter as & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/hewlett-packard-hp & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;Hewlett-Packard & lt;/a & gt; outsold rival & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/ibm & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;IBM & lt;/a & gt; to take the top spot among server vendors, IDC said Tuesday. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;ARM Holdings will soon release a new processor design that can run virtualization software, a development that could help expand the use of ARM-based chips in low-powered servers, the company announced Monday. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;The & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/virtualization & quot; & gt;virtualization & lt;/a & gt; capabilities will be introduced with the next version of ARM & #039;s Cortex A processor, code-named Eagle, which is & quot;very, very close & quot; to being released, said David Brash, a member of ARM & #039;s architecture group, in a presentation at the Hot Chips conference at Stanford, Calif. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/ibm & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;IBM & lt;/a & gt; is developing a new deep-sleep mode for its Power & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/processors & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;processors & lt;/a & gt; that will allow them to draw almost no power when they are idle, an IBM engineer said at the Hot Chips conference on Monday. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/advanced-micro-devices-amd & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;Advanced Micro Devices & lt;/a & gt; on Tuesday shared details about its next-generation chip architecture code-named Bulldozer, which will form the basis for its upcoming 16-core server processors. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Intel on Monday released a dual-core Atom N550 processor, which the company says will bring improved application and graphics performance to netbooks while retaining long battery life. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;The Atom N550 processor is a big upgrade from previous processors in an Atom lineup that primarily consisted of single-core chips. The processor will operate at a speed of 1.5GHz and include 1MB of cache. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;In the future, business meetings might seem like a scene out of the movie & quot;Star Wars, & quot; if & amp;nbsp;technology envisioned at Hewlett-Packard comes to fruition. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Stars Wars-like 3-D projection technology is on the drawing board at the company, with the potential to project businesspersons at many locations into virtual reality-like meetings, reducing the need to hop on airplanes and spend significant time away from home. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Lyric Semiconductor, a startup company founded by an MIT scientist and a veteran semiconductor executive, is working on a & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/processors & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;processor & lt;/a & gt; designed to calculate probabilities that could dramatically increase computer performance in certain applications. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;A Canadian PC maker is offering a laptop with a massive 4TB of storage and Intel & #039;s fastest six-core processor, a rare combination of such high-end parts for a portable computer. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;The Panther 2.0 is designed to be a workstation replacement for running high-end graphics and CAD (computer-aided design) programs, PC maker Eurocom & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.eurocom.com/products/showroom/specselectnew.cfm?model_id=214 & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;said on its website & lt;/a & gt;, where it has & lt;a href= & quot;http://web.eurocom.com/EC/ec_model_config1(1,214,0) & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;started taking preorders & lt;/a & gt; for the machine. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;a href= & quot;http://infoworld.com/category/tags/ibm & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;IBM & lt;/a & gt; has strengthened its hand in the Unix business with new & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/server hardware & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;servers & lt;/a & gt; based on its Power7 processors, including a server for large enterprises that scales to 256 cores. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;The Power 795 is IBM & #039;s biggest Unix server to date. It & #039;s aimed at companies that run large-scale database applications or want to consolidate multiple Unix or Linux workloads onto a single system using IBM & #039;s PowerVM virtualization software. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;A new startup funded by major chip makers and investment firms is taking aim at electricity bills, the biggest cost in & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/category/tags/data-centers-0 & quot; target= & quot;_self & quot; & gt;data centers & lt;/a & gt;. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Details have emerged about Intel & #039;s upcoming Medfield chip platform for smartphones, which is due for release in 2011 and will succeed the company & #039;s existing Moorestown platform, which was originally announced in May. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Four out of five PC laptops that ship in 2014 are expected to use integrated graphics processors, according to a report released today. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Oracle has sketched out a five-year road map for Sun & #039;s Sparc-based servers, hoping to reassure customers about the future of the platform and reverse a pattern of declining sales. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;John Fowler, the former Sun executive who runs Oracle & #039;s systems business, laid out the plans in a webcast from Oracle & #039;s headquarters Tuesday morning. In an interview beforehand, he also confirmed reports that Oracle has stopped designing x86-based servers with chips from AMD and has standardized on Intel processors. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;After delays, Dell will start to ship the highly anticipated Streak mobile Internet device to customers in the U.S. this week. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;On Tuesday, Dell said it will begin shipping the product on Aug. 12 to select customers, and make it widely available on Friday. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;strong & gt;[ Stay ahead of advances in mobile technology with InfoWorld & #039;s & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/blogs?source=fssr & quot; & gt;Mobile Edge blog & lt;/a & gt; and & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/newsletters/subscribe?showlist=infoworld_mobile_rpt & amp;amp;source=ifwelg_fssr & quot; & gt;Mobilize newsletter & lt;/a & gt;. ] & lt;/strong & gt; & lt;/p & gt;