High Performance Computing
244 Stories
Data center planning needs new paradigm
News Businesses need to factor in scalability, flexibility and focus more on keeping operational costs low to equip themselves for cloud environments, says IBM exec.
Tags: Data centers, Cloud computing, Cost control, IBM Corp., High-performance Computing Setup, software, Information Technology, Nanyang Technological University, Larry Ellison, Cloud computing
Are supercomputers just better liars?
Insight Supercomputers may be far more powerful than ordinary machines, but that does not make their predictions infallible, says expert.
Tags: Supercomputing, R&D, Models, computer, Consulting, Jones, supercomputer, high-performance computing, modeling, food
IDC: HPC gives Asian firms competitive edge
News update The region's businesses are entering an era where they cannot afford not to look at high-performance computing to compete effectively, says analyst.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, Software, Microsoft Corp., Asia, International Data Corp., animation company, Server, phone, Microsoft Windows Server
Penguin unveils Linux-based HPC in the cloud
News Penguin Computing has begun allowing researchers, scientists and engineers to lease its high-performance computing capabilities through the cloud.
Tags: Cloud computing, Computing, Intel Xeon, Cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., high-performance computing, University of Cambridge, high-performance, financial, Linux
NetApp refreshes data center OS for the cloud
News Storage firm combines its Data Ontap 7 enterprise platform and Data Ontap GX clustered computing platform into single codebase tailored to cloud deployments.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Supercomputing, Cloud computing, Storage, Cloud computing, high-performance computing, 64-bit, high-performance, data management, disk
Intel seeds five energy startups with US$10M
News Chip giant's venture arm boosts its presence in smart-grid technologies and low-power computing through investments.
Tags: Green IT, Investments, Intel Corp., Security, C, Intel Xeon, General Electric Co., Investment, energy efficiency, high-performance computing
Sun aims HPC at small organizations
News New storage, cluster systems and software aim to take high-performance computing to smaller organizations, departments and branch offices.
Tags: Supercomputing, SMB, Open-source Software, File System, Storage, Sun Fire, Sun Fire Server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Storage Cluster, HPC Software Solaris Developer Edition Beta 1
An island makes F1 history
News This weekend, Singapore will flag off its first Formula One race and the motor sport's first night race in its history. We look at the IT roadmap leading up to the race.
Tags: Servers, Business Strategies & Functions, Race, SingTel, Singapore, Europe, supercomputer, high-performance computing, high-performance, brand
Intel reveals Larrabee's cores and effects
News Intel's new Larrabee architecture is a graphic illustration of many-core design.
Tags: Graphics, Processors, Core, Intel Corp., Chip, performance, software, processor, high-performance computing, OpenGL
AMD delivers its own server platform
News Low-power platform, formerly codenamed Fiorano, offers server builders combination of six-core Opteron with choice of three chipsets from AMD.
Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PCI Express, Server, AMD Opteron, performance, processor, product marketing, data center, chipset
Nvidia offers hope with Q2 results
News Nvidia said Thursday that its second quarter loss had narrowed from a year ago and offered hope things might turn around.
Tags: Processors, NVidia Corp., Quarter, GPU, Compensation, Cloud Computing, quarterly revenue, stock compensation, high-performance computing, net income
Cambridge takes supercomputing to the cloud
News The democratization of high performance computing gets underway later this year, when Cambridge University begins leasing processing time on its Darwin supercomputer.
Tags: Supercomputing, Business, Small And Medium Enterprise, Pharmaceutical Company, Server, Hardware, processor, supercomputer, high-performance computing, Cambridge
A nation's road to 'digital abundance'
News As Singapore continues to set its sights on a high-tech future, ZDNet Asia looks at the investments the country has made over the past year to achieve its goals.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Local Government, grid computing, Abundance, Singapore, On-demand, Hardware, software, high-performance computing, high-performance
Intel links with Cray for supercomputers, denting AMD
News The two companies enter into a multiyear agreement on high-performance computing. That's not going to sit well with AMD.
Tags: Servers, Processors, Cray Inc., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, performance, supercomputer, high-performance computing, I/O
IBM introduces new hybrid blade
News The QS22 uses a mix of cell processors on blade technology to bring high-performance computing to small and medium-sized businesses.
Tags: Processors, Components, Innovation, IBM Corp., Environment, processor, high-performance computing, Platform Computing Inc., Sony PlayStation 3, vice president
