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Roadrunner still world’s top supercomputer
The Roadrunner supercomputer just escapes the claws of the Jaguar this time, but IBM could lose its number one spot soon.
A brief history of Linux and the cosmos
<i>IT PRO</i> looks at how free and open source software is helping academics, researchers and scientists gain a better understanding of space and...
Sun expands storage range with new product family
Company claims lowest cost-per-GB pricing with open-source J4000 storage family.
Roadrunner’s petaflop of performance tops supercomputer list
The new IBM system, built for the US Department of Energy, is the most powerful computer in the world, according to the TOP500 ranking.
New supercomputer smashes speed record
An IBM machine built by the US military has doubled the previous record by processing 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second.
Microsoft's Windows HPC Server 2008 ready for launch
The software giant’s latest server product targets performance and integration beyond traditionally demanding high-performance computing workloads.
Red Hat follows hot on Microsoft’s HPC heels
The commercial Linux leader is playing catch up in the high-performance computing space, unveiling its own stack yesterday.
Get ready for HPC in the mainstream
By the end of 2012, we will have single-socket, x86 devices with 128 cores. The only way to manage systems built with such devices is to exploit...
Sunny future for cloud computing
Linux, HPC and virtualisation have all lead to the rise of cloud computing, which offers a range of efficiencies to companies willing to set their...
IBM System x3455
IBM’s System x3455 targets HPC and compute node duties and offers a fine hardware package in the process, but is it the best choice?
New Oxford NAS aids project management
Launch of new supercomputer at the world-famous university puts storage on HPC agenda.
HPC server market booming
Analyst says high-performance computing server market is growing at five times the rate of the commercial server market.
SGI launch greener HPC server
Next generation blade server solution designed from the ground up specifically for high performance computing is more energy efficient, SGI claimed.
Laptops to hit teraFLOP levels by 2015
Announcing the top 500 supercomputer sites in the world, one HPC expert predicts astounding growth in processing power in domestic single-socket...