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A practical guide to server cooling diagnostics, from inlet air temperature and BMC telemetry to rack airflow, noise growth, and real signs of thermal throttling.

A practical look at how a bold CPU design stumbled in general-purpose computing yet succeeded in specialized domains where predictability beats complexity.

An in-depth look at how VLIW architectures tried to outperform traditional CPUs, why some ambitious designs failed despite strong ideas, and what lessons they left for modern processors.

Why can a powerful server still deliver unstable performance? This article explains NUMA in plain language, shows how memory locality affects latency and throughput, and highlights where performance is often lost in real deployments.

CPU selection is not just about performance — it is also about licensing economics. This article explains how per-core software licensing changes server planning, what to evaluate before buying a processor, and how to avoid unnecessary costs in 2026.

How do you size storage without relying on raw terabytes alone? This article explains how to calculate IOPS and capacity under load, account for RAID, snapshots, rebuild reserve, and validate the result against real-world behavior.

Why can two SSDs with similar spec-sheet numbers behave completely differently in a server? This article explains write cache, PLP, and QoS without marketing noise, focusing on durable writes, tail latency, and practical SSD selection for real production workloads.

SMR and CMR may look similar on paper, but their behavior in RAID can be dramatically different. This article explains rebuilds, sustained writes, ZFS, NAS workloads, and where SMR is a reasonable compromise.

PCIe Gen4 and Gen5 are now standard in modern servers, but higher link speed does not automatically mean better real-world performance. This article explains where bottlenecks actually emerge, how lane count and platform topology affect results, and what to evaluate when choosing a server configuration in 2026.