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  • SGI plugs in Windows for compute clusters

    Supercomputing specialist SGI has become Microsoft's latest partner, signing up to support a version of Windows that can farm out computing jobs to a cluster of lower-end servers.

  • Cost, advancing tools foster Linux clustering choice

    Low cost is always cited as the top reason that enterprises choose Linux clusters. But the promise of new, advanced management tools and scalability capabilities is also spurring increased interest and attention

  • Lab to sample Linux for nuclear simulations

    A US lab is buying a US$6 million, 2,048-processor Linux supercomputer to run its nuclear weapons simulation software, an effort that will test the limits of these less expensive megamachines.

  • Microsoft gains tech computing toehold

    Microsoft is showing some early signs of success with a version of Windows geared for a technical computing market that Linux dominates today.

  • Aussie consortium ponders Linux engineering cluster

    A supercomputing consortium plans to decide within the next two weeks on a tender for what it claims is the first large cluster in Australia dedicated to computational engineering.

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  • Cost, advancing tools foster Linux clustering choice

    Low cost is always cited as the top reason that enterprises choose Linux clusters. But the promise of new, advanced management tools and scalability capabilities is also spurring increased interest and attention

  • Datacentre 2020: Greener, faster, more flexible

    The average datacentre lasts between 15 and 20 years, so when the current generation of datacentres near the end of their working life, will their replacements be at all familiar?

  • HP teams up on Linux supercomputers

    HP has signed a partnership with Linux NetworX under which each company will use technology from the other for lower-cost supercomputers, the companies plan to announce.

  • Red Hat unveils storage software

    Linux company Red Hat has begun selling new software for creating a communal storage system that spans many devices in a network -- part of its effort to expand beyond its core operating system business.

  • Study ranks supercomputers of the world

    A supercomputer in Japan that ties together 5,120 processors has widened its lead as the world's most powerful computer under a revised series of tests from market researcher IDC.

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