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CSIRO to launch GPU-based supercomputer

CSIRO to launch GPU-based supercomputer

Uses GPU cluster to trump machines twice its size.
Brett Winterford Nov 23 2009 12:18AM Hardware
The Crunch: ANU supercomputer and Gartner ITxpo

The Crunch: ANU supercomputer and Gartner ITxpo

Beastly boxes spin up in Canberra as Gartner's talking heads hit Sydney.
Ben Grubb , Munir Kotadia Nov 20 2009 10:36AM Hardware
Australia's fastest supercomputer unveiled in Canberra

Australia's fastest supercomputer unveiled in Canberra

1,200 percent more powerful than predecessor.
Munir Kotadia Nov 16 2009 2:04PM Hardware
Kiwis track climate with $10.4m supercomputer

Kiwis track climate with $10.4m supercomputer

Chooses Big Blue machine to replace Cray system.
Staff Writers Aug 31 2009 4:07PM Hardware
West Oz spends $80m on supercomputer

West Oz spends $80m on supercomputer

Strengthens bid for radio telescope project.
Staff Writers Aug 27 2009 3:32PM Networking
Linux clusters give Monash Uni a budget supercomputer

Linux clusters give Monash Uni a budget supercomputer

Considers leasing out supercomputer power.
Munir Kotadia Jul 29 2009 5:46PM Hardware
Australia holds one supercomputer in top 500

Australia holds one supercomputer in top 500

Germany emerges to challenge top mantle.
Ry Crozier Jun 24 2009 11:44AM Hardware
Analysis: Supercomputing in the financial crisis

Analysis: Supercomputing in the financial crisis

Supercomputers have always been the cream of the crop, the technology achievement showcase for the vendors and, for some like nearly-defunct Cray and finally-defunct SGI, their bread and butter for decades.
Nebojsa Novakovic May 11 2009 3:34PM Hardware
Inside the DOE’s power-hungry supercomputer

Inside the DOE’s power-hungry supercomputer

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has reduced the power consumption of its supercomputing facility by using warmer chilled water to cool the machine.
Liz Tay Apr 23 2009 5:54AM Hardware
BOM-ANU deploy $30m Sun supercomputer

BOM-ANU deploy $30m Sun supercomputer

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology will be the first major weather forecasting site worldwide to run on an open source stack as part of a $30 million-plus supercomputer rollout.
Staff Writers Mar 19 2009 1:32PM Hardware
IBM to build Europe's most powerful supercomputer

IBM to build Europe's most powerful supercomputer

IBM has announced plans to build Europe's most powerful supercomputer, which will be installed at the Forschungszentrum Juelich research centre in Germany.
Iain Thomson Feb 11 2009 6:22AM Hardware
AMD supercomputer drives HD content to mobiles

AMD supercomputer drives HD content to mobiles

AMD has teamed with content developer OTOY to build a supercomputer that will make it possible to port high-definition content wirelessly to mobile devices.
Staff Writers Jan 12 2009 3:37PM Hardware
NASA shows off new star supercomputer

NASA shows off new star supercomputer

When it comes to shooting for the moon and Mars, NASA needs more than just vision and billions in funding, it needs a boost from an astronomically powerful supercomputer, namely one called Pleiades.
Sylvie Barak Nov 19 2008 6:45AM Hardware
Roadrunner still king in Supercomputer top 500 list

Roadrunner still king in Supercomputer top 500 list

IBM’s roadrunner pips Cray's XT5 Jaguar supercomputer to the post, narrowly holding on to its record as the world's fastest supercomputer, according to the bi-annual 'Top 500' supercomputing list, anyway.
Sylvie Barak Nov 18 2008 6:25AM Hardware
Microsoft and Cray to build affordable supercomputer

Microsoft and Cray to build affordable supercomputer

Microsoft and high end computer manufacturer Cray are working on a project that could see a supercomputer being sold for just US$25,000.
Iain Thomson Sep 17 2008 9:07AM Hardware
Weak hypervisors push customers to mainframe, IBM says

Weak hypervisors push customers to mainframe, IBM says

Cloud computing has emerged as the next evolution for grid architectures. At least part of the early success of the cloud model is due to virtualisation – and mainframe makers like IBM still claim bragging rights for creating the hypervisor. iTnews sat down with IBM Fellow for Server Design, Jim Rymarczyk, to pry into Big Blue’s plans in the cloud.
Ry Crozier Aug 7 2008 3:03PM Hardware
IBM open sources supercomputer software

IBM open sources supercomputer software

IBM has launched its first certified open source software package for supercomputers based on Linux..
Phil Muncaster Aug 7 2008 7:39AM Software
Light compression method could enable optical computers

Light compression method could enable optical computers

A newly-developed method of compressing light could yield new technology in the fields of optical communications, miniature lasers and optical computers.
Staff Writers Aug 5 2008 1:28PM Hardware
IBM dominates Green500 supercomputer list

IBM dominates Green500 supercomputer list

IBM has once again dominated the Green500 list which ranks the world's supercomputers by performance-per-watt rather than pure processing power.
Staff Writers Jul 29 2008 7:39AM Hardware
Green500 v3 ranks supercomputer energy efficiency

Green500 v3 ranks supercomputer energy efficiency

IBM’s BladeCenter QS22 Cluster and the one-year-old Blue Gene/P have topped the latest edition of the Green500 List of the most energy-efficient supercomputers.
Staff Writers Jul 18 2008 2:59PM Hardware

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