Multi socket servers have been around since the dawn of enterprise computing. The market and technology has matured into 2-socket x86 and multi core highly integrated processors. In this piece, I hope ...

One of the key strategic moves that AMD made when it architected its comeback in the datacenter was to beef up the compute, I/O, and memory on a single server socket while at the same time making that ...

Dual-socket servers may no longer be the 'be all and end all', with single-socket and quad-socket servers more viable than we thought When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A rack-mounted server that has two slots for CPUs. Typically two quad-core or 6-core CPUs are used, providing a total of 8 to 12 processing cores per server. See four-socket server. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

Two LGA sockets support current and future desktop and server microprocessors. The RoHS-compliant LGA771 Socket J accommodates Intel Xeon CPUs, while the LGA775 Socket T supports desktop computers.

A rack-mounted server that has four slots for CPUs. Typically four 6-core or 8-core CPUs are used, providing a total of 24 to 32 processing cores per server. See two-socket server. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

Powered by Intel Xeon 6 P-Cores, the new modular platform targets AI, HPC, and in-memory workloads, marking Supermicro’s most critical launch since its recent governance setbacks. Supermicro has ...

Once a scarce and costly resource, computing power is fast becoming a commodity item with most of us carrying more in our pockets than we can use, and businesses able to get what they need, on-demand, ...

A socket is defined as the endpoint of a two-way communication between two processes running over a network. Inter-process communication can be achieved using sockets. After a connection between the ...

All Linux distributions provide a wide range of network applications—from dæmons that provide a variety of services such as WWW, mail and SSH to client programs that access one or more of these ...