SeaMicro in the News

September 26, 2011
The Register UK: Dell resells SeaMicro 'Atom smasher' servers

SeaMicro, the upstart maker of Atom-based microservers, has a new salesperson: server rival Dell.

The companies have not made a formal announcement, but Armando Acosta, product manager for Dell's PowerEdge C cloudy infrastructure server line, confirms that the companies signed a reseller agreement back in May and Dell is starting to peddle the SeaMicro boxes now. "It's strictly a reseller agreement, which is why we didn't make a big deal about it," Acosta tells El Reg.

To read the original Register UK article, click here.

July 21, 2011
The New York Times: SeaMicro’s New Servers Keep on Coming

Look, Ma! Six servers on a board.

SeaMicro, the company building low-power specialty servers for web companies, has managed to increase the amount of computing power under its hood by 50 percent while decreasing the power consumption of its machines by a quarter in its third-generation product. The latest box comes a mere four months after the company has released its second-generation hardware with a specially designed Intel chip.

To read the original NYT (GigaOM) article, click here.

July 21, 2011
The Wall Street Journal: With $20M, SeaMicro Finds A Bright Spot In Hardware Sector

Venture capitalists have abandoned hardware and semiconductor start-ups amid the rising valuations and shrinking costs that come with building Internet and software companies.

But building hardware to help Web-scale data centers save power is one of the few bright spots that’s still capturing investors’ attention.

To read the original WSJ article, click here.

July 21, 2011
The Inquirer: Seamicro packs 384 dual core Intel Atom chips into 10U

SERVER VENDOR Seamicro has bunged 384 dual core Intel Atom 1.66GHz chips into a 10U server.

Seamicro, a firm that makes low-power servers, announced that its 10U SM10000-64HD now packs 384 dual core Intel Atom chips running at 1.66GHz, beating its previous density record of 256 chips in the same physical footprint. Seamicro claims that the 10U rack server can replace 60 traditional servers, four network switches and terminal servers and a load balancer.

To read the original Inquirer article, click here.

July 21, 2011
eWeek: SeaMicro Server Offers 768 Intel Atom Cores, Low Power

SeaMicro is rolling out the SM10000-64 HD, the third Atom-based system for the server vendor in the last year.
SeaMicro is continuing its rapid cadence of new low-power servers powered by Intel’s Atom chips, rolling out its third such server in less than a year.

To read the original eWeek article, click here.

July 21, 2011
Venture Beat: SeaMicro drops its third low-power ‘atom bomb’ on server makers

For the third time in nine months, SeaMicro is announcing a new line of servers that can pack an awful lot of computing power in a sixth of the usual space and a quarter of the electricity.

To read the original Venture Beat article, click here.

July 21, 2011
ZDNet UK: SeaMicro releases 768-core Atom server

The SM10000-64 HD, released on Monday, is the third generation of servers produced by the company, following on from the 512-core SM10000-64 and the 256-core SM10000.

To read the original ZDNet article, click here.

July 21, 2011
Data Center Knowledge : SeaMicro Packs 768 Cores Into its Atom Server

Pushing the boundary of high-density computing, SeaMicro today introduced a new version of its next-generation server that packs 768 Intel Atom cores into a 10u chassis. The SM10000-64HD (high-density) extends SeaMicro’s mission to develop servers with improved energy efficiency that can pack more computing power into every square foot of data center space.

To read the original Data Center Knowledge article, click here.

July 21, 2011
SemiAccurate: SeaMicro ups core count to 768 per server

SeaMicro has upped the core counts of their servers from silly to stupidly high. With a simple board upgrade, they have pushed the limits from 512 cores in 10U to 768.

To read the original SemiAccurate article, click here.

July 21, 2011
PC World: SeaMicro Crams 768 Atom Cores in New Cloud Server

SeaMicro has crammed 768 Atom processor cores into its latest low-power SM10000-64HD server in an effort to provide a quick response time to Web transactions while saving energy.

To read the original PC World article, click here.

July 21, 2011
ZDNet: SeaMicro ups Atom-based server ante: 6 dual core servers in 5 x 11 space

SeaMicro is launching its second Atom-based server, the SM10000-64-HD, as it ups the ante on power sipping performance.

To read the original ZDNet article, click here.

June 14, 2011
Data Center Knowledge: eHarmony Switches from Cloud to Atom Servers

Are low-power Atom servers more efficient than cloud computing platforms in crunching large datasets? That’s the case for eHarmony, which is now using servers from SeaMicro to power the data analysis for its singles matching service. The dating site had previously used the Amazon cloud computing platform to perform nightly data-crunching using Apache Hadoop.

To read the original Data Center Knowledge article, click here.

June 14, 2011
GigaOM: SeaMicro raises $20M for low-power servers

Low-power server maker SeaMicro has raised another $20 million in funding, according to a filing. A SeaMicro spokesperson tells me the company has now raised $60 million total from venture capitalists and strategic partners, and the company will use the funds to “continue to support our rapid growth, add engineers and engineering resources, expand our sales organization both domestically and internationally and build out our marketing organizations.”

To read the original GigaOM article, click here.

May 13, 2011
Data Center Knowledge: SeaMicro Servers Power Launch of Firefox 4

When the Mozilla Corporation rolled out Firefox 4, the browser wasn’t the only new technology making its debut. The launch was powered by new servers from SeaMicro that use about a quarter of the power and space of most commercial servers.
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To read the original Data Center Knowledge article, click here.

May 11, 2011
Forbes: Names You Need To Know: SeaMicro

SeaMicro Chief Executive Andrew Feldman had good news to share with his team earlier this year. The 75-person computer maker in Santa Clara, Calif. was moving to new digs with more space. Feldman’s crew had just one burning question: “Is it near Fry’s?”

To read the original Forbes article, click here.

May 05, 2011
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal: Business Journal honors Energy Award winners

The developers behind Tic Tac-sized light bulbs powerful enough to illuminate a sidewalk, a solar project used to extract oil and other cleantech innovations took center stage Tuesday night at the inaugural Bay Area Energy Awards.

To read the original Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal article, click here.

March 29, 2011
GigaOM: Green:Net 2011: Announcing Our 10 Big Ideas Winners

The GigaOM Network is very excited to announce the startups we’ve selected to be the 10 Big Ideas winners for Green:Net 2011. These are companies that are some of the most innovative in the digital energy space, and have novel “Big Ideas” for how to use information technology — from software to the web to computing to mobile networks — to fight climate change.

To read the original GigaOM article, click here.

March 04, 2011
PC World: The Future of Server Computing Is Low Power

Once upon a time, servers had to offer nothing more than raw computing power. Everything else was a secondary consideration, including the consumption of electricity. It didn't matter if there was no need for all that computing power. The rule of thumb was always to buy a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

To read the original PC World article, click here.

March 04, 2011
Information Week:SeaMicro Breaks New Ground With Atom Server

The startup's announcement shows what can be done with a lot of simple CPUs, but what they are doing still may be overkill.

SeaMicro Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has announced the SM10000-64, a 10U rack server consisting of 256 low-end dual-core Intel Atom N570 processors. It is touted as delivering the same performance as 45 high-end quad-core processors, while consuming a quarter of the power.

To read the original Information Week article, click here.

March 04, 2011
SemiAccurate: SeaMicro updates their 512-core SM10000 server

SEAMICRO IS UPDATING their Atom based server system with several much needed features, all of which stem from a new Atom SKU. These new updates simplify, speed, and add headroom to the 512-core rack mount SM10000 box.

To read the original SemiAccurate article, click here.