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Cray wins British nuclear weapons deal

January 25, 2006 Cray has sold an XT3 supercomputer to the U.K.'s Atomic Weapons Establishment. TAGS: Cray Inc., supercomputer, AMD, AMD Opteron, weapon, U.K.

Opteron climbs supercomputer rankings

June 28, 2006 AMD's server chip shows up in more and more high-performance supercomputers ranked on latest Top 500 list. TAGS: supercomputer, AMD Opteron, AMD, Intel Itanium, vendor, accounting, China, Intel, Japan, IBM Corp., server

Itanium sinks again in supercomputers

November 14, 2005 Itanium is losing ground in the world's top supercomputers. What gives? TAGS: Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, supercomputer, AMD Opteron, AMD, Intel, x86 processor, Intel Xeon, server, HP

Power plays for processors

June 24, 2005 A new laptop from HP could be just the thing to get Dell to reconsider its stance on AMD. Also: The future of Sun's Sparc architecture. TAGS: supercomputer, AMD Opteron, AMD, Apple Power Mac, AMD Turion, Acer Inc., dual-core, HP, LAN, San Francisco, Sun Microsystems Inc., laptop computer, photograph

Sandia supercomputer to get dual-core Opterons

July 29, 2004 Cray's Red Storm machine, to be set up at Sandia National Laboratories, will get dual-core chips next year. TAGS: Red Storm, Sandia National Laboratories, Cray Inc., supercomputer, AMD Opteron, Blue Gene/L, dual-core processor, AMD, dual-core, operating system, Linux, IBM Corp.

Cray buys into AMD supercomputing

February 26, 2004 The supercomputer specialist announces a multimillion-dollar deal to acquire OctigaBay, which makes cluster machines based on AMD's Opteron chip--a boost for the processor. TAGS: Cray Inc., Quadrics Ltd., AMD Opteron, Red Storm, supercomputing, supercomputer, AMD, 64-bit, high-performance, memory, server

For SGI supercomputer, a record-setting day

October 27, 2004 With new rankings due soon, SGI, IBM and others jostle for bragging rights. News.com gets word of the fastest result yet. Photos: SGI's Columbia supercomputer TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., supercomputer, AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., Linux, Apple Macintosh, photograph

U.S. pads lead in global supercomputing ranking

November 14, 2005 Panicky U.S. officials can calm down; the country's lead in supercomputers remains strong and is growing. Photos: Supercomputers at SC05 TAGS: supercomputer, supercomputing, AMD, AMD Opteron, U.S., IBM Corp., Intel

Cray forecasts Red Storm for masses

October 27, 2003 The supercomputer maker is preparing a line of products that are based on the AMD-powered Red Storm machine it's building for the U.S. Department of Energy. TAGS: Red Storm, Cray Inc., supercomputer, AMD, AMD Opteron, HyperTransport, product line, 64-bit, 32-bit, Japan, server, PC

IBM wins hybrid supercomputer deal

September 6, 2006 Big Blue will build a machine at Los Alamos lab that combines thousands of AMD Opteron and Cell chips. TAGS: supercomputer, AMD Opteron, AMD, IBM Corp., lab, Sony Corp., server

Cray to cut 8 percent of employees

December 26, 2005 Cray plans to cut 65 jobs, eliminating 8 percent of its staff by March 31, the supercomputer specialist disclosed in a regulatory filing. TAGS: Cray Inc., supercomputer, AMD Opteron

Linux Networx adopts new cluster design

November 14, 2005 The company unveils two new supercomputer systems made from clusters of Linux machines. Supercomputers at SC05 TAGS: Linux NetworX, node, cluster, supercomputer, AMD Opteron, AMD, Seattle, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, IBM Corp.

AMD works to chill out Opteron

December 6, 2004 New technology will let server processors run cooler when idle, helping to reduce data loss and crashes. TAGS: AMD PowerNow, AMD Opteron, AMD, supercomputer, server, Intel, operating system

Chinese supercomputer headed to top ranks

June 4, 2004 A Chinese computer, using a cluster approach that sidesteps trade barriers against the spread of supercomputing technology, is expected to rank high on the next list of fastest machines. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputer, high-performance computing, supercomputing, high-performance, AMD, Intel Itanium 2, Cray Inc., approach, AMD Opteron

IBM to build Opteron-Cell hybrid supercomputer

September 5, 2006 AMD chips in Los Alamos lab's Roadrunner system to be augmented with the PlayStation's processing brains. TAGS: supercomputer, supercomputing, AMD Opteron, IBM eServer BladeCenter, high-performance computing, IBM Corp., blade, high-performance, Sony Playstation, AMD, Sony Corp., U.S., server

Cray promotes exec, upgrades supercomputer

March 8, 2005 The promotion goes to Peter Ungaro, who takes over the presidential role formerly held by Chief Executive Jim Rottsolk. TAGS: Cray Inc., supercomputer, AMD, AMD Opteron, exec, IBM Corp., CEO

Cray to introduce new Opteron supercomputer

November 13, 2006 Supercomputer specialist will unveil the first step in a plan to converge four disparate hardware families. TAGS: Cray Inc., AMD Opteron, FPGA, supercomputing, supercomputer, HyperTransport, blade, AMD

Army supercomputing drafts Intel, AMD

August 3, 2004 Research lab buys massive supercomputers with 64-bit chips from both chipmakers. TAGS: Nocona, AMD, 64-bit, AMD Opteron, Intel Itanium 2, 64-bit CPU, Silicon Graphics Inc., supercomputer, Intel Itanium, Intel Xeon, Intel, Linux, IBM Corp., server

AMD gains, Intel fights back on supercomputer list

November 13, 2006 Some joy for both chipmakers in the latest Top500 supercomputer list, which rates high-performance computing systems. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputing, AMD, supercomputer, high-performance computing, Sun Sparc, AMD Opteron, two-processor, x86 processor, Intel, high-performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., chip company, IBM Corp.

IBM, Corning look into supercomputer optics

November 4, 2003 The Energy Department awards IBM and Corning $20 million to develop high-speed-connection hardware for supercomputers. TAGS: Corning Inc., supercomputing, supercomputer, InfiniBand, IBM Corp., Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, AMD
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