The Tyan S5512WGM2NR is a C204 based motherboard for the new Xeon E3 series CPUs that includes an onboard LSI SAS2008 controller. Intel launched an anticipated bombshell on the UP market with Bromolow's launch this week. The Tyan S5512WGM2NR is targeted at a similar market as the previous generation Supermicro X8SI6-F which is an excellent Lynnfield Xeon motherboard. The...
Today Intel is launching the Xeon E3 series CPU line as part of the Bromolow platform alongside the C202, C204 and C206 chipsets. This is a much anticipated release where Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture moves to dominate the UP market for the near future. When Intel delayed the Bromolow platform launch due to the Cougar Point flaw, users were...
Supermicro's AOC-STGN-i2S provides 10-gigabit ethernet using an Intel 82599 controller. Using dual SFP+ connectors and a PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, the card packs a lot of bandwidth in a relatively small, low profile package that can fit in 2U enclosures. One issue with today's ubiquitous 1Gbps GigE connections is that they deliver anywhere from 100 to 125MB/s of real-world...
Some big news came out this week from Amazon.com, Santa Clara Consulting Group, Intel, and OCZ. Overall solid state drives and the transition from physical media to the cloud for some applications are hot themes this year.
Amazon.com Launches Cloud Drive and Cloud Player
Amazon.com launched what could be a bombshell in the online storage industry this week. Amazon.com's Cloud Drive...
Since I have reviewed the Xeon E3-1220, E3-1230 and E3-1280 I have received a lot of questions surrounding the C200 series chipset codenamed Bromolow for the Xeon E3 family which has not yet arrived to market. There is enough information out there to at least make some educated guesses between what information has leaked and what we know about...
The ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution is the third ASUS P67 motherboard reviewed to date. ASUS has done a great job in rolling out features such as dedicated Intel Ethernet LAN connections, USB 3.0, Marvell SATA III 6.0gbs controllers, and their digital VRM solutions out across their line. The WS line of ASUS boards is well known as being very...
Today it is time to look at a twelve core, twenty-four thread powerhouse of a system. After looking at the low-cost Westmere-EP based dual Intel Xeon E5606 configuration and finding it to be a power sipping dual-CPU setup, I noted that the E5606 is essentially a six core die with two cores that likely did not pass Intel internal...
The ASRock 350M1 is one of the least expensive AMD Zacate platforms available today. Packing an AMD E-350 APU in its mini-ITX form factor the ASRock for about $110 requires only a power supply, enclosure and RAM to get going. Previously, the Fusion E-350 APU was benchmarked using this platform so this review will be focused primarily on the...
On tap this week is the AT&T - T-Mobile proposed merger, a PCIe ultracapacitor and flash based cache card, and Glustre joins open stack (and yes I know I am 10 days late to the party on this one.)
AT&T and T-Mobile Proposed Merger
AT&T announced plans to purchase T-Mobile USA this week. Frankly, this is going to put U.S. regulators...
The ASUS P67 Sabertooth motherboard is part of ASUS' TUF series, touting enhancements for improved stability and reliability. Many of this site's users have, or are considering migrating to Intel's new Sandy Bridge Core i5-2500K and Core i7-2600K CPUs that offer multiplier unlocked overclocking alongside a bit of base clock tweaking. This has made the Core i7-2600K the current...