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HP and IBM Will Help Improve Intel Server Market Share

Intel is fighting lost ground in server share to AMD by bringing HP and IBM aboard. Intel still dominates the server market, but AMD is starting to bite hard into it`s holdings and Intel`s share now stands on 85 percent. The rest of the server market belongs to AMD.

Intel has been working to refresh its server line with dual-core, powerful, but power-efficient processors code-named Dempsey and Woodcrest. HP and IBM announced plans on Tuesday to support the 5000 (Dempsey) and Woodcrest (5100) in new systems. HP is also the biggest supplier of AMD-based servers, IBM supports both Intel and AMD as well. To help spur interest in the latest ProLiants, HP said it designed the systems as a better long-term investment. Both dual and future quad-core processors from Intel are supported. Also, HP unwrapped small form factor SAS drives that will now be universal to all HP ProLiant servers. Like HP, IBM is emphasizing advances it`s made in incorporating virtualization features as well as energy savings. HP claims technology developed at HP Labs has enabled as much as a 20 percent savings in cooling power consumption.

The three new IBM System x servers will be available June 9 and boast as much as 90 percent better application performance and up to 74 percent better performance per watt. HP also noted similar jumps in performance and energy efficiency.