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IBM supercomputer pumps oodles of data

March 9, 2006 The ASCI Purple supercomputer hit a new peak. TAGS: supercomputer, storage system, IBM Corp., AMD

Sun knocked out of DARPA supercomputer project

November 22, 2006 IBM and Cray each get multimillion-dollar awards to keep working on completing supercomputers, but Sun is left out of the running. TAGS: Cray Inc., supercomputer, supercomputing, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., U.S.

New supercomputer finds home in Europe

March 14, 2006 Research center in Germany hopes Julicher Blue Gene/L can help stem the brain drain of top scientists to U.S. TAGS: supercomputer, Blue Gene/L, Blue Gene, Germany, Europe, modeling, IBM Corp., scientist, U.S.

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, Intel Itanium, AMD, vendor, IBM Corp., Japan, accounting, China, Intel, server

IBM to help build $100 million supercomputer center

May 11, 2006 Will New York take California's spot as the center for chip design? The state certainly is giving it its best shot. TAGS: nanometer, nanotechnology, supercomputer, supercomputing, center, IBM Corp., semiconductor, New York, AMD

New IBM supercomputer achieves petaflop

June 26, 2007 Big Blue breaks into the quadrillion calculation range with new Blue Gene/P supercomputer. TAGS: supercomputer, Blue Gene/L, rack, IBM Corp., IBM PowerPC, operation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Germany

IBM's Roadrunner set to smash supercomputing marks

November 12, 2007 Top500 list of speediest machines is now out, but upcoming IBM computer will top a quadrillion operations a second--more than double what we can do today. TAGS: supercomputing, supercomputer, teraflop, Blue Gene/L, IBM Corp., India, operation, Intel, HP, AMD

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, IBM Corp., AMD, server, Sony Corp.

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, IBM Corp., high-performance computing, blade, Sony Playstation, high-performance, AMD, U.S., Sony Corp., server

IBM's advance team does the math

August 28, 2006 A small group led by William Pulleyblank combines research and consulting to explore new ground for Big Blue. TAGS: business consulting services, IBM Corp., Palmisano, consulting service, math, consulting, supercomputer

IBM sees green in environmental tech

March 6, 2007 Big Blue is going green with an initiative that focuses on environmental technologies and services. TAGS: IBM Corp., consulting service, consulting, supply chain, supercomputer, global warming, vice president, resource

HP and Microsoft eye supercomputer market

June 26, 2007 Tech giants want to give high-performance computers more "mass market" appeal by making them easier to deploy, support and manage. TAGS: supercomputer, high-performance computing, high-performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., conference, HP, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., server

Which supercomputers rule?

June 27, 2007 Latest top 500 ranking of the speedy machines includes old favorites like IBM's BlueGene/L, plus a few surprises. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputing, supercomputer, Cray Inc., Jaguar, x86 processor, benchmarking, IBM Corp., Intel Itanium, AMD, conference, Intel, HP

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, x86 processor, two-processor, Sun Sparc, AMD, chip company, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel, high-performance, IBM Corp.

Flexing a super (computing) muscle

January 28, 2008 The U.S. remains No. 1 in the world in high-performance computing, but IBM's Dave Turek examines whether it can maintain its current domination. TAGS: high-performance computing, pricing, IBM Corp., supercomputer, high-performance, computing, workstation, Japan, U.S.

LinuxWorld makes mobile moves

August 7, 2008 The scope of the open-source community's annual expo ranges from supercomputers to gadgets on the go. TAGS: LinuxWorld, Xen, computing, supercomputer, Dawn Kawamoto, open-source community, open source, gadget, Linux, IBM Corp., video, Google Inc., operating system

Blueprinting the human brain

May 11, 2006 Computer visualization tools used to locate and earmark interesting results in the computations for further research. TAGS: brain, firing, supercomputer, Switzerland, IBM Corp., scientist, project, conference, 3D

Sun eyes supercomputing glory

June 26, 2007 The linchpin is a piece of hardware that conducts traffic between the servers, memory and data storage.Image: Sun's Constellation System TAGS: teraflop, supercomputing, supercomputer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Blue Gene/L, InfiniBand, high-performance computing, switch, blade, storage system, data storage, port, high-performance, operation, networking, IBM Corp.
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