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.
Move over, Big Blue. In a new ranking from research firm IDC, Compaq Computer takes the top spot among the world's brawniest supercomputers.
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 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.
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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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.
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
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.
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Hewlett-Packard has made its first new product introductions since merging with Compaq Computer.
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Hewlett-Packard has begun a push to merge the supercomputing world of "grid" computing with its own business-oriented products.
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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