The fastest computer in the world clocks in at 17.59 quadrillion calculations per second.
No longer just for the low end of the server performance totem pole, x86 servers
are increasingly finding their way into the HPC market. With its ProLiant Scalable System line, HP has made great strides to fill this
ever-growing market.
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HP, buyer's guide, HPC, ProLiant, high performance computing
Is virtualization really all that new to HPC?
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virtualization, supercomputers, supercomputing, HPC, TOP500
Faster and more integrated interconnects play a key role in this 'Asian invasion' of the semi-annual TOP500 Supercomputing list.
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supercomputers, supercomputing, high performance, HPC, TOP500
Promises to double application performance on Sparc systems every two years.
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Oracle, Sun, Solaris, server hardware, HPC
Windows HPC Server 2008 includes similar tools that a Linux distro uses to support parallel supercomputing workloads.
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Linux, server, HPC, HPC Server 2008
True to its promise, Oracle sticks to the high-end market with massive clustering x86 servers and a unified network fabric.
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Oracle, Intel, x86 servers, Sun, HPC
After years of talking up GPUs in high performance computing, Nvidia has some petaflops to finally back it up.
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Intel, nVidia, supercomputers, HPC, TOP500
The two companies claim to see an increase in the number of companies seeking high-performance computing.
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Microsoft, Novell, HPC, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
The processor consists of 50 x86 cores crammed onto a single 22-nanometer-process chip smaller than a postage stamp.
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Intel, processor, supercomputer, HPC
Altix ICE 8400, with its innovative blade design, scales to up to 65,536 compute nodes.
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blade, SGI, HPC, server blade, node
IDC expects the HPC technical server market to begin recovering from the impact of the global economic recession in early-2010, with year-over-year growth projected at 5% to 7%
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server, IDC, supercomputing, HPC
SGI has released InfiniteStorage Server 3500, a fully integrated storage server that offers high density and power efficiency.
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server, Enterprise, protocols, SGI, HPC
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 offers new features, more integration.
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Microsoft, HPC, HPC Server 2008
The initial wave of blade servers largely failed, along with the companies that made them.
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blade, servers, HPC, blade server
Server Snapshot: Appro has always been about HPC. But HPC is not what it used to be, and Appro has changed to meet the needs of more mainstream enterprises with its revamped product lines built around a Scalable Unit architecture.
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blade, green, HPC, server snapshot, Appro
