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Blue Waters Data Center Achieves LEED Gold
January 10th, 2012 : John RathThe 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
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HPC News, SGI, Blue Waters, Dell
December 9th, 2011 : John RathCray delivers first Blue Waters cabinet, Dell outlines high-performance computing strategy, SGI solution selected for Poland's supercomputing center, Read More
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The Top 10 Supercomputers, Illustrated
November 18th, 2011 : Rich MillerMany 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
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SC11 News: IBM, Cray, Extreme Networks, Schneider
November 16th, 2011 : John RathNews 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
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NCSA Blue Waters Project Awarded To Cray
November 15th, 2011 : John RathNCSA 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
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K Computer Still the Most Powerful Supercomputer
November 14th, 2011 : John RathJapan'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
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HPC Roundup: Data Direct Networks, Virident, Intel, Ciena
November 11th, 2011 : John RathData 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
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Roundup: Luxtera, SGI, NetApp, Cloudera
November 9th, 2011 : John RathLuxtera delivers 100 Gbps optical transceiver for high-speed networking, NASA upgrades Pleiades supercomputer with SGI platform, NetApp (NTAP) and Cloudera partner. Read More
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New Fujitsu Supercomputer Has 23 Petaflop Potential
November 9th, 2011 : John RathFujitsu has announced a commercial version of the technology powering the reigning top supercomputer from the June 2011 rankings, the K computer. Fujitsu said the new PRIMEHPC FX10 has the potential to create a supercomputer that could far surpass the power of the K system. Read More
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