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    Cray announced on Thursday a new supercomputer that will leave its fastest counterparts in the dust.

  • Photos: The world's fastest supercomputers

    This photo gallery takes you inside Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US, home to some of the world's fastest supercomputers. It's also the site where the first plutonium was refined to create atomic bombs during World War II.

  • Cray's nuclear simulator to hit mass market

    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.

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  • Intel and Cray link up, denting AMD

    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.

  • Cray gears up fastest supercomputer

    Cray has announced a new supercomputer that will leave its fastest counterparts in the dust.

  • Supercomputing: Small firms making a big impact

    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.

  • CPU roadmap: server processors

    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.

  • 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.

Reviews (5)

  • Cray's king-of-the-hill supercomputer

    Cray announced on Thursday a new supercomputer that will leave its fastest counterparts in the dust.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Nvidia gains on rivals, prepares for NV30 launch

    The dominant graphics chip maker has managed to solidify its lead over competitors such as ATI, despite being outgunned in performance, as it whips up consumer enthusiasm over the imminent NV30 debut.

  • 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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