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Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)

Without demonstrated Linux or OSX support......what's the point? Who does video stuff on Windows?Plenty do.....You just don't get out much. My XP system with cakewalk software did me just fine and that was on a P4 system that couldn't keep itself cool, ever. But my audio quality...

Tags: Desktops, Maingear, personal supercomputer, supercomputer, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Would you buy a personal supercomputer (for $8K)?

I would buy one if I were...a research company crushing data, a graphics design films or static,... There are other candidates, not preciselly niche-players.I understand this goes against curent cluster computing, but it must make sense in some cases.O.o personal...sure >.> NTntOne Question?Can it play Doom?RenderingDepending on the video specs...

Tags: Memory, Processors, supercomputer

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

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News to know: Ruiz, Moffat resign; Microsoft; Psystar; Smartphones

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal Moffat no longer with IBM as...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Servers, Hardware, Sales

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)

Boutique computer maker Maingear on Monday unleashed its Shift desktop PC, a child-sized "everyday supercomputer" that marries extreme performance and upgradeability to industrial design for a barnburning rig that can handle the highest-definition media. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Desktop, Supercomputer, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-11-02

News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-10-02

Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?

NVidia has a chanceNot all that surprisingly the concept of supercomputing on a small basis has finally filtered down to audio/video recording facilities, with the bulk of basics going to the CPU and the actual processing going to the GPU. This is a clear advancement when those of us...

Tags: NVidia Corp., supercomputer, big supercomputer player, supercomputing, supercomputer player

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

News to know: Twitter DMs; New Neutrality; Zimbra; Dell-Perot; Palm; Foursquare

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Michael Krigsman: Are Twitter direct messages safe? Richard Koman: FCC to announce net neutrality principles ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Twitter Inc., Information Technology, Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Zimbra, Mary Jo Foley, Net Neutrality, Perot Systems Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Serial ATA, Corporate Law, Web Services, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Business Operations, Management

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Would you buy a personal supercomputer (for $8K)?

Silicon Graphics International today unveiled a "personal supercomputer," called the Octane III, with a price tag that starts at $7.995. For some reason - and maybe it's just me - I just can't seem to figure out who the target customer is for this machine. I think...

Tags: Supercomputer, High-performance, Silicon Graphics Inc., Leadership, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-21

News to know: Microhoo; Multilingual spam; Apple; Verizon; Sprint

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win if smaller deal Boomtown: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck-Will Be Announced...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Verizon Communications Inc., SPSS Inc., Apple Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Planning, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-07-29

HP's newest supercomputer geared for energy and environment

The newest supercomputer in town isn't for simulating nuclear explosions or the human brain, but rather take on arguably more pressing problems in areas such as climate science, hydrogen storage and molecular chemistry. Built by HP, the $21.4 million Chinook is a custom-made machine specifically designed for...

Tags: Researcher, Hewlett-Packard Co., Supercomputer, Environment, Chemistry, Chinook, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-07-28

The IBM buys Sun Story

The IBM buys Sun StoryTruthIf Sun get "owned" by IBM than they brought it onthemselves. They let SPARC performance lag for yearsand did not listen to their customers. If they hadembraced open source and x86 earlier (circa 2000/1)than they would have turned the tide but there was alot of residual...

Tags: Corporate law, Investment, Servers, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., antitrust, stock

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave

Stallman's recent statements regarding his dislike of "cloud computing" didn't surprise me in the least, given what I understand about his software preferences. In fact, I think this is less about Stallman's worry about the security implications of cloud computing, and more about his desire for a software ecosystems that adheres...

Tags: Software, GPL, Cloud Computing, Stallman, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Microsoft's manycore strategy

The post on Apple's Grand Central multicore support in OS X.vi had some commenters claiming that Microsoft had already solved the multicore software problem. Far from it. And Microsoft knows it Microsoft has a multi-pronged campaign to get in front of multicore. They're hiring smart...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, MR, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Is Apple going back to the PowerPC?

Hardware independence as a strategic weapon The Forbes magazine scoop that Apple is buying P. A. Semiconductor, a Silicon Valley company that designs high-performance, power-sipping PowerPC chips - the very chips Apple just migrated away from - raises a host of questions. But the people who need to worry...

Tags: Apple Inc., IBM PowerPC, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-04-23

MSDN+subscribers%3A+Vista+SP1+to+hit+by+the+end+of+this+week

MSDN+subscribers%3A+Vista+SP1+to+hit+by+the+end+of+this+weekTechNet subscribers will probably get screwed...Because we had the guts to complain in public.JUST PUT OUT SP1 ALREADYI swear, is Microsoft trying to make me go up and slap them! Just put out SP1 now, and allow people to download a disk image with SP1 already installed on the disk.......

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Corp., MSDN Subscriber

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

Defense-in-depth starts with DNS

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation.  Guest Editorial by David Ulevitch How do you stop computers on your network from becoming a part of massive botnets? Maybe you just trust that your desktop anti-virus definitions are up-to-date. When was the last...

Tags: Network, DNS, DNS Server, Defense-in-depth, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-11-21

On the road to SC07

Last night I arrived in Reno Nevada for the SC07 conference, the international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis. I've signed up for a number of tutorials and papers so I'll have a lot more to say about it over the next week. Meanwhile after I settled...

Tags: Supercomputer, Computer, Productivity, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-11-11

Build a $2,500 supercomputer

Build a $2,500 supercomputerYou do need a day off!Monday is Labor Day! lol!Add a Terabyte or four Raid Array to the system.Add a Terabyte or four Raid Array to the system. Available now for $600 in refurb units at buy.com. Don't forget the advent of quad cpu's...

Tags: RAID, Performance management, Processors, Semiconductors, Blade servers, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Deep Blue, Cray Inc., supercomputer

Discussion threads 2007-09-01

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Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-06-26

PS3 based super-computing cluster on Linux

PS3 based super-computing cluster on LinuxNot yetThe PS3 is NOT made to be a computer. Important things like power supplies are not up to datacenter specs. Six hundred bucks is a bit pricey (you're paying for the Blu-ray) for a Cell - you could get 2 Xbox 360s for that...

Tags: Network technology, Game players, Linux, processor, Sony PlayStation 3, gigaflop, truckload, teraflop, chip

Discussion threads 2006-11-29