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Open source software rightly gets a lot of attention; open source hardware has its part to play too. One development drawing increasing attention in both technical and executive circles is RISC-V, pronounced "risk five". While many industries have long relied on established processor architectures such as ARM and x86, RISC-V offers a fresh approach—particularly in areas of flexibility, customisability, and cost-effectiveness. Here's why it's worth keeping on your radar.

Intel has launched its newest Nehalem server processors that blast past the amazing advances deliver just last year, from 9 to 1 server consolidation to a whopping 20 to 1 server consolidation capability, massively challenging the much more expensive RISC and mainframe market for a huge chunk of the business market with Intel's latest and superlative greatest! Here's my live report of the presentation...