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  • Apple considers modest move into clusters

    Though Apple doesn't fancy itself a giant of high-performance computing, the company says it's making some headway in regard to both supercomputers and smaller-scale clusters.

  • Linux firm promises low-cost clusters

    Linux distributor MandrakeSoft announced the release of a version of the open-source operating system that it says is optimised for creating low-budget supercomputers.

  • IBM supercomputer speeds Aussie biotech gold rush

    A Melbourne-based biotechnology company, Cytopia, has formed a relationship with IBM to beta-test new bioinformatics technology.

  • 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.

  • IBM to reveal Opteron server

    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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  • Linux firm promises low-cost clusters

    Linux distributor MandrakeSoft announced the release of a version of the open-source operating system that it says is optimised for creating low-budget supercomputers.

  • 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

  • Clustering: What are the options?

    With a growing interest in the productivity benefits, clustering is on the agenda for a number of CIOs and IT managers. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the issues.

  • Is Linux taking over the enterprise?

    These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • Microsoft makes tiny dent in supercomputers

    While Windows is ubiquitous on the desktop and well represented in the server racks, until recently it has been nearly absent from the world's largest supercomputers.

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Reviews (13)

  • From Intel: New P4 chip, Itanium plans

    Intel has come out with a Pentium 4 running at 3.2GHz and separately has plans to discuss a new version of its upcoming Madison chip specially enhanced for dual-processor servers and workstations.

  • Is Linux taking over the enterprise?

    These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • Itanium gets supercomputing software

    Researchers build full Itanium support into software that can be used to assemble supercomputers out of clusters of Linux computers.

  • Linux to enter supercomputing top five

    A Linux cluster coming to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory later this year will be the most powerful Linux or Intel-based supercomputer ever built.

  • NEC refreshes old-school supercomputer

    Much of the contemporary supercomputer world is focused on machines made up of a network of smaller computers, but NEC is going retro with its new model, the SX-7.

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