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Green HPC Firm SiCortex Shutting Down
May 29th, 2009 : Rich Miller
SiCortex, which specializes in energy-efficient systems for high-performance computing, shut down its engineering operations Wednesday and is selling its assets. Read More
WolframAlpha Struggles in Traffic Tests
May 15th, 2009 : Rich Miller
Wolfram Alpha's supercomputer-backed infrastructure hasn't performed well in traffic load tests, and this evening's live launch of the "knowledge engine" service will likely be postponed. Read More
Wolfram Alpha’s Search Horsepower
May 12th, 2009 : Rich Miller
The new Wolfram Alpha "knowledge engine" will run on infrastructure spread across five data centers, featuring two supercomputers, and be able to handle 175 million queries a day at launch, the company said. Read More
Wolfram Alpha's Search Horsepower
May 12th, 2009 : Rich Miller
The new Wolfram Alpha "knowledge engine" will run on infrastructure spread across five data centers, featuring two supercomputers, and be able to handle 175 million queries a day at launch, the company said. Read More
Supercomputing Gets Social
February 24th, 2009 : Rich Miller
The organizers of the annual SC Conference are actively promoting the adoption of social media to help the supercomputing community work together more effectively Read More
Can Satellite Technology Cool Computing Clouds?
December 10th, 2008 : Rich Miller
Several high performance computing veterans are advocating the loop heat pipe, a cooling technology used in space satellites, as a solution for custom cloud computing platforms. Read More
Google Sorts 1 Petabyte of Data in 6 Hours
November 24th, 2008 : Rich Miller
Google (GOOG) says its engineers have sorted 1 petabyte of data in about 6 hours. Read More
A Closer Look at the Kaleidoscope Supercomputer
November 12th, 2008 : Rich Miller
Here's a closer look at the Kaleidoscope Supercomputer, which packs 600 IBM PowerXCell 8i processors into eight cabinets on 22 square feet of data center floor space. Read More
Imaging the Earth’s Depths, at 750 Watts a SF
November 11th, 2008 : Rich Miller
CyrusOne's Houston data center is hosting the Kaleidoscope Supercomputer, which uses 120 teraflops of computing power to locate oil reserves buried thousands of feet below the seabed. Read More