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Monday, 17 November 2008 18:05
Intel Inside 379 of fastest 500 computers on planet
The 32nd list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, based on performance, has been published and Intel is inside an astonishing 379 of them! So, just how fast is the top ten?
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 23:35
U.S. DOE now computes faster than anyone with Jaguar
The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Monday, November 10, 2008 that its newly updated Cray XT Jaguar supercomputer is the fastest “open science” computer in the world. It now purrs along at 1.64 petaflops, what correlates to 1.64 quadrillion mathematical calculations per second.
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 12:40
Windows HPC Server 2008 goes RTM
Windows HPC Server 2008 is the latest member of Microsoft's operating systems family to go into production. HPC - high performance computing - is aimed at customers with major number-crunching tasks.
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Friday, 15 August 2008 08:29
Green supercomputer heading to Canada
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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Friday, 25 July 2008 04:55
IBM dominates Green500 supercomputer list
IBM has smashed its competitors in the latest Green500 list of the most energy-efficient supercomputers, which shows that performance and running costs need not be diametrically opposed. The latest list shows that other supercomputer vendors are struggling to compete with IBM in the bang per Watt stakes.
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008 05:46
Toshiba reveals PlayStation 3 powered supercomputer laptop
The new Toshiba Qosmio G50 laptop will feature a SpursEngine Quad Core HD processor. Based upon the same Cell design as found in the PS3 and the world's fastest supercomputer, is it more laptop than anyone really needs?
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 17:13
Melbourne University to house fourth most powerful supercomputer in world
A 400Tflop supercomputer costing $100 million is going to be built at the University of Melbourne in a facility devoted to life sciences and, with that performance, it would rank number four on the Top500 supercomputer list as it stands today. The Victorian state government has guaranteed to put up $50 million for the project, making it a sure bet that the major supercomputer vendors will be bidding for the business.
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 05:49
Microsoft scrapes into top 500 supercomputer list, but IBM rules supreme
IBM has obliterated the competition in the supercomputing stakes with
the top 10 of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, but Microsoft
has surprisingly scraped in at number 23 with its Windows HPC Server
system. While Microsoft is an unlucky 13 numbers away from the top 10,
does the wow start now?
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 18:45
Linux Leads the Super Pack
The latest TOP500 listing of Supercomputers has been released with some interesting highlights. Australia has just one entrant (ranked 468), whereas there are 6 in New Zealand - 4 of which are identical systems at Weta Studios.
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