70 posts tagged SUPERCOMPUTING
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IBM: supercomputer for businesses
http://www.blog4it.com/ index.php/ ibm-supercomputer-for-businesses.htmlIBM: supercomputer for businesses May 13th, 2008 | email this | digg it | trackback | comment RSS feed no comment Posted by Newsman Published in Hardware Tags: big blue, Business, ibm, supercomputer IBM launched a new addition to its High Performance Computing line-up, the BladeCenter QS22.
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Another reminder of the physicality of computers
http://www.endofcyberspace.com/ 2008/ 05/ another-reminde.htmlLegend has it that when ENIAC, the first digital computer, was switched on for the first time, it drew so much power from the Philadelphia electrical grid it caused a brownout. Since then, computers— and supercomputers in particular— have always been significant consumers of electrical power.
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Supercomputering May Help Map The Evolution of Youth Violence.
http://mobkarma.com/ node/ 61Supercomputering May Help Map The Evolution of Youth Violence. Sun, 05/04/2008 - 14:52 — Mobkarma Steven Vivaldia on his guest post on naplesnews suggests that a research team is being assembled at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois combining social and
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Tie-up of Titans: Intel and Cray form alliance to build faster s...
http://motd.ambians.com/ news/ tie-titans-intel-and-cray-form-alliance-build-fas…In a significant development two industry vertical leaders - advanced supercomputer maker Cray and chipmaker Intel - have announced their decision to collaborate on developing future supercomputing technologies ...
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Purdue supercomputer to be installed in just one day
http://blogs.spectrum.ieee.org/ tech_talk/ 2008/ 05/ purdue_supercomputer_to_be_…Purdue plans to assemble what will be the world's 40th ranked supercomputer in just one day, 5 May to be exact. I worry, not that they won't make their deadline, but that, in the rush, one of the 200 volunteer assemblers will become inextricably entangled in the interconnects in such a way that for
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TACC Ranger Tour
http://blogs.sun.com/ jonasdias/ entry/ tacc_ranger_tourHi everybody, A video tour through Ranger, the second most powerfull super computer of the world. But more than that, what makes it greater than the 1st position of the rank is that it is also a commercial solution of Sun...
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Intel and Cray to Collaborate on a New Line of Supercomputers
http://gadgets.ucan2.com/ intel-and-cray-to-collaborate-on-a-new-line-of-superco…Wired: Gadget Lab: As one of the mainstays in supercomputing, Cray has been cozying up to AMD in recent years and increasingly relying on the chipmaker’s Opteron server processors to power its latest supercomputers. But if a new partnership between Cray and AMD’s main rival is any indication, that chummy relationship may now be in jeopardy.
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Cray, Intel Team On Supercomputing
http://www.silicontap.com/ cray_intel_team_on_supercomputing/ s-0015020.htmlCray Inc. and Intel said Monday morning that the two have signed a multi-year agreement to use Intel microprocessors in future Cray server systems. According to the two, the agreement calls for Cray to advance high performance computing (HPC) on Intel microprocessors. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Out of Africa: IBM sees opportunity
http://blogs.spectrum.ieee.org/ tech_talk/ 2008/ 04/ out_of_africa_ibm_sees_oppo…IBM is getting serious about sub-Saharan Africa -- both as a consumer and producer of high-end computing. For the past year, Mark Dean, an IBM Fellow and vice president of the company's venerable Almaden Research Center in San Jose, has traveled widely across the region, looking for new opportunities for the computer company.