Intel Atom processor has been getting much traction and is currently occupying most of the netbook and nettop designs in consumer market space. Some of you may not aware, the ultra low power and small foot print thermally efficient processor can also be designed into other market segments even including server application. Just recently, Super Micro Computer has just announced a new server solution based on Intel Atom processor targeted for IPC (Industrial PC) usage.

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After the previous release of Nehalem processors for desktop version back to November last year, Intel Inc has just officially launched the new Xeon processors targeted for enterprise server market. The new 5500 series or previously named as Nehalem EP are claimed to be the world’s most powerful processors that has been enhanced with various cutting edge technologies.

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HP has announced the availability of its new home servers that can be used with both Windows and Mac computers – HP MediaSmart Server ex485 (with 750GB of hard disk storage) and HP MediaSmart Server ex487 (with 1.5TB), based on Microsoft Windows Home Server platform, centralizing digital media and files for easy sharing, backup, remote access and uploading to popular social media sites.

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Hewlett Packard recently launched a blade server chassis system which was designed particularly for medium-sized businesses. Hewlett-Packard has identified medium-sized business is one of the technology industry’s fastest growing markets. The introduction of this compact computer system will generate the interest of some mid-size companies as this system is easy to use and configure and more important, it is at an affordable price.

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IBM cited an IDC research forecast showing blade computer market revenue growing to US$11 billion by 2010, from $3 billion in 2005. IDC research also forecasts blade sales to account for 18.1 percent of all server sales by 2011, from 6.6 percent this year. Blades are appealing to data center managers because they are smaller and more energy efficient than rack servers.

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It looks identical to Power Mac G5 (PMG5) and it even has the same exterior dimensions. But if you take a closer look, you will notice two optical drive doors (the PMG5 only had one), which is but a hint of the changes that have taken place beneath its cold aluminium exterior.

Ya, that is the all-new “Mac Pro”. Mac Pro was introduced by Apple on August 7, 2006 at the Worldwide Developers Conference, to replace the Power Mac G5.

New Mac Pro is no longer powered by IBM’s PowerPC G5 processors. It is now comes with a new and more powerful 64-bit Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 series processor. The Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors 5100 series are one of the most powerful desktop processors in the market today. It is Intel’s newest dual-core processor designed for dual processor (DP) servers and workstations. It delivers a new level of energy-efficient performance from the innovative Intel Core microarchitecture.

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When a IBM server, such as pSeries, RS/6000 and etc, boots up, the server may stops, or appears hanging for quite a while, with the LED on LCD panel on the server displaying 0581 panel code.

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