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    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 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.

  • SGI to unveil new supercomputer

    SGI will unveil a new supercomputer Monday in the US that packs far more computing power per square inch than competing machines, a breakthrough that will help the company compete in what the high-end computer maker calls a Renaissance in supercomputing.

  • Supercomputers getting super-duper

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

  • IBM wins nuclear supercomputer contract

    IBM has captured three victories in the supercomputer realm, maintaining a top spot in worldwide supercomputer rankings and winning two major new contracts for nuclear weapons and climate research.

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

  • IBM expands high-performance computing

    IBM has broadened an effort to sell high-performance technical computers, expanding a largely server-centric unit to include storage, software and services, and giving the group a consolidated sales force.

  • 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.

  • IBM details Blue Gene supercomputer

    IBM is shedding light on a program to create the world's fastest supercomputer, illuminating a dual-pronged strategy, an unusual new processor design and a leaning toward the Linux operating system.

  • IBM's big thinker

    Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.

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