supercomputing

Cray XT Jaguar takes supercomputing lead

Cray XT Jaguar takes supercomputing lead

The Cray XT Jaguar at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee will probably lead the top 500 supercomputers list that comes out next week.
Ian Williams Nov 12 2008 6:29AM Hardware
Supercomputing now dominated by X86 architecture

Supercomputing now dominated by X86 architecture

High performance computing (HPC) may be the pinnacle of the computer speed pyramid, but not its profit pyramid.
Nebojsa Novakovic Sep 26 2008 9:33AM Hardware
Supercomputing revenue to grow $6.4b by 2012

Supercomputing revenue to grow $6.4b by 2012

High Performance Computers (HPC) are extending their reach from academic research to government, manufacturing and financial industries, analysts say.
Liz Tay Sep 12 2008 1:14PM Hardware
US$4m centre to develop software for multithreaded supercomputing

US$4m centre to develop software for multithreaded supercomputing

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has established a new research centre as an aim to develop software for a new breed of multithreaded supercomputers.
Liz Tay Jul 17 2008 12:52PM Software
Spintronics professor wins grant, discusses technology

Spintronics professor wins grant, discusses technology

The U.S. Department of Defense has invested half a million dollars in a grant that aims to further the emerging field of quantum spin-based electronics.
Liz Tay May 7 2008 4:38PM Hardware
Sun's 'macrochips' to extend Moore's Law

Sun's 'macrochips' to extend Moore's Law

Forget the shrinking size of conventional electronic components -- bigger is better in a new computer chip design that could yield low-cost supercomputing.
Liz Tay Mar 25 2008 4:46PM Hardware
Microsoft teams with Barcelona for supercomputing research

Microsoft teams with Barcelona for supercomputing research

The Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC) has joined forces with Microsoft to research the interaction of microprocessors and software over the next 10 years..
Jan 22 2008 7:05AM Hardware
Petascale computers: the next supercomputing wave

Petascale computers: the next supercomputing wave

The author of the world's first published collection on petascale techniques, David A. Bader, discusses petascale, exascale and the future of computing.
Liz Tay Nov 29 2007 11:18AM Hardware
Computing is dead, long live supercomputing

Computing is dead, long live supercomputing

Supercomputing Conference keynote maps out the future.
Ian Williams Jun 29 2007 12:09AM Hardware

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