supercomputers

NVIDIA and Cray to Deliver Tesla-Enabled Cray CX1 Deskside Super...

Topix - Linux  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 00:20

SC08 -- NVIDIA Corporation and Cray Inc. today announced the availability of NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU Computing processors in the new Cray CX1 line of supercomputers.


 

Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science

Topix - Unix  Tue, 11/18/2008 - 20:28

A new crop of supercomputers is breaking down the petaflop speed barrier, pushing high-performance computing into a new realm that could revolutionize science more profoundly than at any time since Galileo, ...


 

Windows HPC hits top 10 among supercomputers

Topix - Linux  Tue, 11/18/2008 - 18:52

Microsoft on Tuesday hit another high-performance computing milestone by placing its server for the first time in the top 10 on the list of the Top 500 super computers as judged by Top500.org.

Just a year ago, ...


 

Supercomputers Break Records

Topix - Linux  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 19:39

The IBM Roadrunner remains undefeated as the world's fastest computer. The Roadrunner is one of the so-called 'supercomputers.' This time, however, it was a close call between the IBM Roadrunner and Cray's ...


 

Multicore Is Bad News For Supercomputers

Linux Today  Tue, 11/11/2008 - 09:04

IEEE Spectrum: "More cores per chip will slow some programs [red] unless there’s a big boost in memory bandwidth [yellow]."


 

Ferrari wheel

Topix - Linux  Sat, 11/08/2008 - 03:58

As computer power goes up and costs come down more and more firms are turning to small-scale supercomputers to help them get the job done.


 

ElcomSoft Utilizes NVIDIA Tesla Supercomputers for Password Reco...

Topix - Unix  Thu, 10/16/2008 - 02:00

Ltd. announces the support of the latest generation of NVIDIA Tesla, compact supercomputers based on NVIDIA GPU acceleration technologies, in Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, a high-end password ...


 

Photos: Supercomputers unlocking the brain's secrets

Topix - Unix  Wed, 10/15/2008 - 13:19

Supercomputing is helping UK researchers to delve deeper into the workings of the human mind than ever before.


 

Windows HPC server courts supercomputing greenhorns

Topix - Unix  Wed, 09/24/2008 - 13:22

Analysis What do you get when an $11 billion Windows server business from Microsoft collides with a $10 billion market for supercomputers?

You get a chance for Microsoft to get a little extra money for a little ...


 

Microsoft Migrates From Servers to Supercomputers

Topix - Linux  Mon, 09/22/2008 - 09:18

Once relegated to the realm of national laboratories, supercomputers have started to move downstream.