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    IBM will soon give supercomputing aficionados a glimpse of an Opteron chip-based system that is geared for high-performance tasks.

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    Cray says its Red Storm project, which looks set to snatch the world's supercomputer crown, will inspire a commercial line of products.

  • IBM supercomputing goes retro

    Even as IBM directs attention to the arrival of its Blue Gene/L supercomputer, the company is quietly preparing a new twist on an older technology that will let it more directly compete with rivals such as Cray and NEC.

  • Supercomputing turns to Sun

    Supercomputer stalwart Cray announced a deal to use new Sun Microsystems servers in a design the company will begin selling later this year.

  • Sun builds software to slice up servers

    With its next version of the Solaris operating system, Sun Microsystems plans to take a new direction with its technology to divide a server into a large number of independent partitions.

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    Supercomputer expert Cray and Intel have entered a multi-year agreement on high-performance computing, a deal that seems to leave rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in the lurch.

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    In the world of processors, attention seems firmly focused on the fast-paced desktop and mobile markets. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing going on in server-land.

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    The world of massive computing power used to belong solely to the big players -- but thanks to Linux clustering, smaller firms are now getting in on the act.

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  • AMD talks up Opteron chip

    Advanced Micro Devices is looking to drum up support for its forthcoming 64-bit Opteron server chip.

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