196 blog results for "supercomputers"

The new Top500 list of the world's largest supercomputers suggests that "commodity clusters" for high-performance computing aren't so commodity after all.

Posted in The Pervasive Data Center by Gordon Haff

The chipmaker is spending millions of euros over three years in partnership with three French groups investigating mammoth supercomputers.

Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

A leading scientist, working with colleagues from several top universities, has pioneered computational analysis that rivals that of a cat's cortex. The human brain could be just a decade away.

Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman

We talk supercomputers and Hulu, in just that order. Who's got the fastest supercomputer? And will you soon have to pay to use Hulu.com to watch TV shows and movies?

Posted in CNET News Daily Podcast by Josh Lowensohn

roundup This week's SC09 conference puts the spotlight on the highest of high-end computing systems.

Posted in News - Business Tech by CNET News staff

Intel has disclosed a version of its Xeon processor line optimized for high-performance computing. The company also announces it's teaming up with NEC.

Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers

At the SC09 conference, Microsoft releases an updated version of Windows Server for high-performance computers as well as a compute cluster version of its Excel spreadsheet.

Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried

Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" finally bests IBM after three tries. The top 10, while still dominated by supercomputers housed in the U.S., had just one newcomer.

Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang dismisses rumors that the graphics chip supplier is working on an Intel-compatible chip.

Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers

In Part 2 of my discussion with Intel's Director of Marketing and Business for the company's Software Development Products, we move on to cloud computing, functional and dynamic languages, and what needs to happen with computer science education.

Posted in The Pervasive Data Center by Gordon Haff