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  • Compaq supercomputer set for debut

    The computer maker will unveil "Terascale," which uses 3,000 Alpha EV68 processors housed in 750 servers and calculates as fast as 10,000 desktop PCs.

  • IBM unseated in new supercomputer ranking

    Move over, Big Blue. In a new ranking from research firm IDC, Compaq Computer takes the top spot among the world's brawniest supercomputers.

  • Mixed record as PC turns 20

    IBM's entry into the PC market has been viewed alternately as a stroke of brilliant technological foresight and the biggest business blunder of the 20th century.

  • Compaq, nuclear lab eye supercomputer

    Compaq Computer is teaming with nuclear research facility, Sandia National Laboratories and life science company, Celera Genomics, to build what is anticipated to be one of the fastest supercomputers in the world.

  • AMD chips fuel new supercomputer

    The University of Delaware's new machine, dubbed 'Samson', is expected to rank within the top 200 of the fastest supercomputers in the world. Guess who's making the chips?

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  • Supercomputers getting super-duper

    It's getting hard to keep a place on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • IBM exit a sign of times

    Big Blue's plan to sell its PC unit to China's Lenovo Group (formerly known as Legend) would be the latest example of a move toward consolidation as the market reaches maturity.

  • Microsoft-SCO: Fact and fiction

    Is Microsoft funding the SCO Group's legal fight against Linux? ZDNet hopes to shed some light and answer common questions swirling around the duo's relationship.

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  • Supercomputers getting super-duper

    It's getting hard to keep a place on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers.

  • HP debuts first post-merger products

    Hewlett-Packard has made its first new product introductions since merging with Compaq Computer.

  • Servers Up

    Don't even think about purchasing a server without looking at our guide to choosing the best server for your business.

  • HP mixes business with grids

    Hewlett-Packard has begun a push to merge the supercomputing world of "grid" computing with its own business-oriented products.

  • DVD-R takes pioneering steps toward home consumers

    At last, DVD-R has arrived. Pioneer's DVR-AO3 is the first DVD recorder to the hit the market at under AU$2,100. This internal ATAPI drive can read and write to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW media. "That's great," you say, "But can I burn a DVD movie from my computer that plays in my living room DVD player?" The short answer is yes, you can. And the drive will ship with software that will help you do it.

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