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Memory-shared supercomputer lands in Spain

March 31, 2006 Finis Terrae, Europe's largest memory-shared supercomputer, will tackle international research projects and be furnished by HP and Intel. TAGS: supercomputer, Intel Itanium 2, high-performance computing, high-performance, Europe, Spain, Intel, HP

Intel boosts virtualization with quad-core Xeons

August 14, 2007 Two processors launched this week are designed for high-performance server and workstation applications. TAGS: quad-core, Intel Xeon, virtualization, VMware, Intel, AMD, supplier, high-performance, workstation, server

Secret recipe inside Intel's latest competitor

February 15, 2008 Montalvo Systems has a multiple-core chip, but not all of the cores are the same. That in part explains why investors have put money into it. TAGS: Transmeta Corp., portable computer, multi-core processor, AMD Opteron, high-performance, AMD, Intel, CEO, IBM Corp., notebook computer, Toshiba, Sony Corp.

SGI plugs in Windows for compute clusters

January 11, 2007 Supercomputing specialist focused on Linux agrees to support Microsoft's OS for lower-end server clusters. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., high-performance computing, Intel Xeon, supercomputing, Intel Itanium, high-performance, general manager, Linux, IBM Corp., Intel, Microsoft Corp., server, Dell, operating system, Microsoft Windows, HP

Intel's chips taking on new work

April 17, 2007 Chipmaker wants to get PC tech into places it currently doesn't dominate: consumer electronics and telecommunications equipment. TAGS: Pat Gelsinger, consumer electronics, Intel x86, Intel, telecommunications, Intel XScale, Beijing, I/O, GPU, electronics, high-performance, project, AMD, work, server, video

ClearSpeed boosts IBM cluster performance

June 27, 2006 IBM's System Cluster 1350 is getting a floating-point boost from a specialized co-processor developed by ClearSpeed. TAGS: coprocessor, IBM Corp., high-performance computing, clustering, high-performance, AMD Opteron, AMD, server, motherboard, Intel

AMD's Barcelona not a savior, yet

September 10, 2007 After a delay, Barcelona is here, but is it the clear winner AMD promised it would be? That's uncertain. TAGS: Barcelona, AMD Opteron, quad-core, AMD, high-performance, power consumption, server, workstation, category, Intel

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: supercomputer, supercomputing, teraflop, AMD Opteron, high-performance computing, two-processor, Sun Sparc, x86 processor, AMD, chip company, Intel, Sun Microsystems Inc., high-performance, IBM Corp.

A peek at faster Power6, Cell chips

December 29, 2006 At a chip show, IBM to tout 5GHz-topping Power6 and next-gen 6GHz Cell. Intel to detail a 4GHz, 80-core prototype. TAGS: transistor, IBM Corp., clock speed, high-performance, Intel, manufacturing, conference, Toshiba, Sony Corp., AMD, server

Supermicro puts two servers in one chassis

January 5, 2007 By sharing a single power supply, Supermicro's 1U Twin fits two dual-processor servers into a 1.75-inch-thick chassis. TAGS: blade server, chassis, dual-processor server, blade, Intel Xeon, net income, server, power supply, computer company, high-performance, Intel, hard drive

Loss of momentum for feisty AMD

January 12, 2007 While Intel stumbled, underdog AMD had quite a run. Now a profit warning may have it back on the defensive. TAGS: Intel Xeon, AMD, Citigroup Inc., profit, PC company, high-performance, Intel, quad-core, dual-core, server, ATI Technologies, PC

IBM brings Unix, faster chip to Power blades

October 8, 2004 Big Blue says it has improved the processor of its JS20 blade servers and now sells them with its AIX version of Unix. TAGS: blade, IBM AIX, IBM PowerPC 970, blade server, IBM eServer BladeCenter, IBM Corp., high-performance computing, Unix, IBM PowerPC, chassis, SCSI, Intel Xeon, Intel, high-performance, server, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Sun releases smaller blade chassis

November 14, 2006 New Blade 8000 P is a smaller model than its predecessor and is geared for high-performance technical computing.Photo: Sun's latest blade TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., four-processor server, business computing, Sun Blade, Silicon Graphics Inc., blade, AMD Opteron, high-performance, AMD, server, Intel

Fujitsu aims for North American growth

April 18, 2006 Japanese tech giant Fujitsu hopes to more than double its North American revenue in the next four years. TAGS: Fujitsu, subsidiary, high-performance computing, mobile computing, storage system, Intel Itanium, AMD Opteron, high-performance, acquisition, Japan, AMD, server, U.S., Intel

IBM's Power6: Bigger iron, lower power

February 13, 2007 IBM's new chip works in 64-processor servers and contains features to let users cap system power consumption. TAGS: power consumption, multiprocessor, IBM Corp., iron, high-performance computing, frequency, server, high-performance, Intel, operating system

Sun sells second low-end 'Niagara' server

April 12, 2006 Company begins selling lower-end UltraSparc T1-based servers and completes design of T2 successor. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, T1, Sun Fire, T2, Sun Microsystems Inc., multiprocessor, high-performance computing, Sun Sparc, server, high-performance, design, AMD, Intel, hard drive
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