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Roundup: HP and OpenFlow, Cray, UPSL
February 3rd, 2012 : John Rath
HP announces OpenFlow-enabled switches, Cray supercomputers now available starting at $200,000, UPS Limited expands PowerWave 6000 line of UPS systems. Read More
Roundup: Intel, Rackwise, Fibertown, Internap
January 24th, 2012 : John Rath
Intel will acquire QLogic's InfiniBand business, Rackwise announces timetable for new version of its DCIM software, Fibertown adds carriers to Houston data center, Internap (INAP) completes SOC2 audit. Read More
Blue Waters Data Center Achieves LEED Gold
January 10th, 2012 : John Rath
The National Petascale Computing Facility (NPCF) at the University of Illinois has earned a Gold-level certification under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating program for energy-efficient buildings. Read More
HPC News, SGI, Blue Waters, Dell
December 9th, 2011 : John Rath
Cray delivers first Blue Waters cabinet, Dell outlines high-performance computing strategy, SGI solution selected for Poland's supercomputing center, Read More
The Top 10 Supercomputers, Illustrated
November 18th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Many of the world's most powerful supercomputers are striking not just for their processing abilities, but for their design and appearance as well. Here's a look at the top finishers in the latest Top 500 list, which was released Monday at the SC11 conference in Seattle. Read More
SC11 News: IBM, Cray, Extreme Networks, Schneider
November 16th, 2011 : John Rath
News from SC11: IBM announces Blue Gene/Q, Cray enters storage market and touts Open ACC, Extreme Networks (EXTR) and Schneider Electric provide infrastructure for SC11 conference. Read More
NCSA Blue Waters Project Awarded To Cray
November 15th, 2011 : John Rath
NCSA and Cray announced that they have finalized a contract with the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) to provide the supercomputer for the National Science Foundation's Blue Waters project. Read More
K Computer Still the Most Powerful Supercomputer
November 14th, 2011 : John Rath
Japan's K Computer defended its number one spot in the new Top 500 ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputer, increasing from 8.162 petaflops to 10.51 petaflops per second. Read More
HPC Roundup: Data Direct Networks, Virident, Intel, Ciena
November 11th, 2011 : John Rath
Data Direct Networks introduces Big Data appliances, Virident introduces high performance Flash memory, Intel (INTC) and Ciena (CIEN) plan to update HPC offerings at SC11. Read More