Worldwide server unit shipments in the fourth quarter of 2008 declined 12 percent from a year earlier, while revenue was down 14 percent to $13.5 billion, according to new data from IDC.
The organizers of the annual SC Conference are actively promoting the adoption of social media to help the supercomputing community work together more effectively
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.
Google (GOOG) says its engineers have sorted 1 petabyte of data in about 6 hours.
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.
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.
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.
Purdue studnets have created Rack-A-Node, an online game that challenges players to design and operate a simulated research supercomputer.
3Tera Inc. has released a beta version of its "grid operating system" software that supports Microsoft Windows Server.
3Leaf Systems has received $35 million in Series C funding to accelerate development of its technology for input/output virtualization.