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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.

Linux Networx plugs in supercomputing storage

March 1, 2006 Tailored packages of hardware, software and file management are integrated into its LS series of Linux supercomputer clusters. TAGS: Linux NetworX, supercomputing, supercomputer, Linux

Supercomputer start-up nets $21 million

October 4, 2006 SiCortex investment will go toward development and marketing of Linux cluster machines; debut is set for November. TAGS: Linux cluster, supercomputing, supercomputer, Linux, start-up

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

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

Supercomputer maker to buy Cray, change name

March 2, 2000 Tiny supercomputer firm Tera Computer plans to buy supercomputer behemoth Cray Research, acquired by SGI in 1996 and put up for sale last summer. TAGS: Cray Inc., supercomputer, Silicon Graphics Inc., supercomputing, acquisition, high-performance, sale, PC

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, high-performance, Sony Playstation, AMD, U.S., Sony 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, benchmarking, x86 processor, Intel Itanium, IBM Corp., AMD, conference, Intel, HP

Cray to introduce new Opteron supercomputer

November 31, 2009 Supercomputer specialist will unveil the first step in a plan to converge four disparate hardware families. TAGS: Cray Inc., supercomputing, AMD Opteron, supercomputer, FPGA, HyperTransport, blade, AMD

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., InfiniBand, Blue Gene/L, switch, high-performance computing, storage system, blade, data storage, port, high-performance, operation, networking, IBM Corp.

NASA shuttle program turns 25

April 13, 2006 In the 25 years, the space shuttle program has made 114 trips. Its successor has much loftier goals. Photos: Putting the shuttle to the test Video: See one of the world's most powerful supercom... TAGS: supercomputer, flight, shuttle, moon, supercomputing, tunnel, successor, vehicle, video
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