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Personal supercomputing, anyone?
Insight perspective Personal supercomputing may sound like a contradiction in terms, but it definitely exists, says Andrew Jones.
Tags: Supercomputing, Business applications, GPU, Consulting, Jones, Hardware, supercomputer, modeling, high-performance, desktop
Supercomputing budgets face financial storm
Insight perspective Rising budgets for high-performance computing projects are about to meet the chills of recession head on, and the consequences could harm benefits HPC can offer, says industry watcher.
Tags: Supercomputing, Procurement, Consulting, Jones, supercomputer, financial, shareholder, industry, agency, business case
What to do if your supercomputing supplier fails
Insight perspective High-performance computing providers often live on the edge--technologically and financially. But if your supplier fails, it need not be a disaster, says expert.
Tags: Supercomputing, Financial, Risk Management, Supplier, Backup, Risk, QoS, Procurement, Consulting, Jones
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
Is supercomputing just about performance?
Insight perspective Conflicting views on what that 'P' in 'HPC' really stands for, reflect important changes taking place within the field of supercomputing, says expert Andrew Jones.
Tags: Supercomputing, Power supplies, surge suppression, Consulting, P, Jones, Power supplies, surge suppression, performance, Hardware, software, software development
Asia's 'bright' HPC future will take time
News Region's high-performance computing has promising future but it will take some time for Asia to catch up with the West, industry watchers say.
Tags: Supercomputing, Cloud computing, NEC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Region, Asia, India, Australia, Japan
When supercomputing benchmarks fail to add up
Insight perspective Using benchmarks to choose a supercomputer is more complex than just picking the fastest system, says high-performance computing expert.
Tags: Supercomputing, Benchmarking, IT budgeting, Procurement, Consulting, Jones, performance, HotSpot, benchmarking, IT budgeting
Intel, NEC team up to flex supercomputing might
News Both companies will jointly develop high-performance computing systems based on Intel processor to extend products to wider audience, say executives.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Processors, NEC Corp., Intel Corp., Richard Dracott, Intel Xeon, Chip Company, processor, Supercomputing, supercomputer
Microsoft testing Excel for supercomputers
News At the Supercomputing 2009 conference, Microsoft releases an updated version of Windows Server for high-performance computers as well as a compute cluster version of its Excel spreadsheet.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Linux server OS, Server platforms, Portland, Microsoft Corp., software, Conference, Server, Supercomputing, supercomputer
APAC HPC users eye solid-state drives
News update Some supercomputing users in the region are trialing flash memory for added boost, says a vendor, but an analyst notes SSDs won't be common "anytime soon".
Tags: Supercomputing, Memory, NEC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Computing, e-mail, I/O, hard drive, high-performance, flash memory
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
Jaguar supercomputer races past Roadrunner in Top500
News Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" finally bests IBM after three tries. The top 10, while still dominated by supercomputers housed in the U.S., had just one newcomer.
Tags: Supercomputing, Teraflop, Cray Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Computer, Sandia National Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Sun Fire X4270/4275
Reviews Better known for its RISC-based servers, Sun's Xeon 5500-based Sun Fire X4270 and X4275 look set to give the competition a good run for its money.
Tags: Intel Xeon, Motherboard, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, processor, Sun Fire
Sun polishes up its Constellation HPC system
News Company updates its Constellation System for high-performance computing, covering software, networking and storage.
Tags: TOOLKIT, Software, Linux, Data Management
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
