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- Super-duper green computers
- If you think about sheer performance-per-watt potential, it's pretty hard to beat a supercomputer. So any company with gargantuan transaction processing needs might want to scout the latest Green500 list for insight. This list was brought to my attention by SGI, which has 11 entries in...
- Tags: SGI Altix, Silicon Graphics Inc., Computer, Altix ICE, UNIX, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- SGI to university: Chill out
- Hot off the presses: The University of Arizona in Tucso has purchased a mammoth 1392-core SGI Altix ICE 8200 high-performance computing platform to support its research groups across campus. Apparently, the university was just as impressed with the technology's cooling design as it was with the boost it will get...
- Tags: SGI Altix, University, Silicon Graphics Inc., ICE System, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- NASA gets SGI 2048-core Itanium 2 supercomputer
- I had a chance to speak with NASA and SGI at the SC07 supercomputing convention in Reno this week where I saw one of the biggest super computers in the world. Pictured left is a 1024-core version of the Altix 4700 and NASA just bought one with twice as many...
- Tags: SGI Altix, Processor, NASA, Supercomputer, Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Silicon Graphics Inc., SPECint_rate2006, SPECfp_rate2006, UNIX, Processors, InfiniBand, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- SGI Altix: Enhanced Return on Investment for the Datacenter
- SGI offers customers a new choice for maximizing Return On Investment ROI with a highly scalable platform based on industry standards. SGI Altix servers and clusters eliminate bottlenecks, enable real-time access to complex data sets, and scale with customer needs. Altix provides a unique combination of an open environment, a...
- Tags: SGI Altix, Data Center, ROI, Silicon Graphics Inc., Roi/Tco, UNIX, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Swimsuit design needs supercomputing
- These days, most competitive swimmers wear some type of body suit to reduce high skin-friction drag from water. And makers of swimwear are already busy working on new models for the Olympics 2008. According to Textile & Apparel, one of them, Speedo, is even using a supercomputer to refine its...
- Tags: CFD, Silicon Graphics Inc., Speedo Goes
- Blog posts 2006-07-09
- SGI aims high with Altix machine
- SGI aims high with Altix machineWho says Linux can't scaleConventional wisdom holds that Linux will never challenge commercial Unicies on "big-iron" but now SGI has shown us that Linux can indeed scale up to 256 processors and perhaps even to 512. This is well beyond what Win2003 server can...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI Altix, Linux
- Discussion threads 2003-10-21
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- A question about Linux
- A question about LinuxHP retortThe longest in-use SysV UNIX today is ... HP-UX. In order to understand it, one needs to be free of Solaris bigotry. HP-UX and Solaris have 2 separate strategies - both at the kernel level and at the "OS application" level.HP tries to run "everything" though...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, HP IgniteUX, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-25
- HP and Sun expand partnership...what about a merger?
- HP and Sun expand partnership...what about a merger?RE: Solaris and JavaI can't help but wonder what HP would do to Sun's software assets in the event of cutting operating costs. economic downturn etcSeeing as they're fundamentally of a hardware mindset.It would be beneficial to their survival (Solaris & Java), if...
- Tags: Business structures, Processors, Mergers & Acquisitions, merger, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Itanium, hardware, partnership
- Discussion threads 2009-02-24
- Windows 7 to scale to 256 processors
- Windows 7 to scale to 256 processorsMassively parallel architectures...There are more problems to solve besides dispatching. With a large number of processors, you will run into latency problems accessing memory as physical memory gets further away from a particular processor. Multiple queues and thread affinity to processors will...
- Tags: Processors, Operating systems, processor, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- IBM wins supercomputing bakeoff; Playstation chips rule; Intel dominates HPC
- Supercomputers are like muscle cars for IT: Few of us have one, but boy they are fun to look at. IBM on Tuesday touted that its supercomputer built for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Lab is the most powerful system in the world. It...
- Tags: Supercomputer, Blade, Sony Playstation, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, Supercomputing, NNSA Supercomputer, Roadrunner, Roadrunner System, Intel Quad-core Blade System, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Unixfication II
- Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...
- Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- NASA gets SGI 2048-core Itanium 2 supercomputer
- NASA gets SGI 2048-core Itanium 2 supercomputerSo that's who's keeping SGI aliveGranted, I know that the Itanium 2 scales well, but so does the POWER6. In fact, if the POWER6 scales as well as it should, they would require half of the cores that the Itanium 2 would need....
- Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Intel Itanium, IBM POWER6, Intel Itanium 2, Silicon Graphics Inc., HPC Space, NASA, supercomputer, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Intel launches long-awaited Montecito Itanium
- Intel launches long-awaited Montecito ItaniumPOWER 5+ is still highly in useYou are referring to the Cell which is a massive redesign for scalability. I don't think it will be going anywhere small soon. I have a feeling that IBM may start pushing PCs out of the way by...
- Tags: Processors, IBM POWER5, Ultra IV, Montecito, Intel Corp., IBM POWER5+, Cell, Intel x86, Intel Itanium, Sun Sparc
- Discussion threads 2006-07-18
- Swimsuit design needs supercomputing
- Swimsuit design needs supercomputingItanium Works HereNote that the SGI Altix is an Itanium 2 platform.
- Tags: Processors, Swimsuit, supercomputing
- Discussion threads 2006-07-10
- SGI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- SGI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcyanother M$ victim!Gate$ added another 'win' under his belt as retaliation for embracing Linux.SGI must seek antitrust relief against M$ criminals and focus on Linux only.SGI picked the wrong horse with ItaniumI worked for SGI. They made a lot of blunders over the years, but...
- Tags: Linux, Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, Silicon Graphics Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-08
- Torvalds: Put Linux to the test
- Torvalds: Put Linux to the testTorvalds: Put Linux to the testHurray! More crap from the dictator![i]so that any reduction in efficiency can be highlighted sooner.[/i]I've been highlighting the reduction in efficiency for years now. Where the hell has Linus been? Must have finally took notice of my posts...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Talking Points, Linux kernel, BIOS, kernel, Linux, Unix, OpenBoot BIOS
- Discussion threads 2005-03-30
- Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step
- Sun poised to take open-source Solaris stepI'll let Linux make the most of SolarisAfter a concession to the heated discussion with Alan, Linus et al. on whether or not to borrow FreeBSD code into Linux kernel, I find it a good way to make the kernel better with less time...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, kernel
- Discussion threads 2005-01-24
- Microsoft nears release of 64-bit Windows
- Microsoft nears release of 64-bit WindowsBy 2005?The article says that Microsoft hopes the new versions of Windows will make 64-bit computing mainstream by next year. But 2005 is only 25 days away! And Microsoft isn't planning on releasing these until sometime next year. So how can they...
- Tags: Network technology, Even Linux, Oracle Corp., 64-bit, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-12-07
- HP plans Opteron servers, AMD partnership
- HP plans Opteron servers, AMD partnershipBring on 64bit computingTired of 32bit, lets move on to 64bit and be done.PHOOM! Take that DellDell says their customers aren't asking for AMD chips, aye? Apparently HP thinks they are, or will. When did Dell get so collectively stupid? It's just...
- Tags: Network technology, Processors, UNIX, AMD Opteron, partnership, server, Microsoft Corp., 64-bit, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Itanium, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-02-24
- IBM expands Linux push on servers
- IBM expands Linux push on serversWell they got to sell somethingThey are trying to sell servers to make money on hardware. Since they are a [service] company now, and more than likely in the future have a lot of competiton from other places it is harder to turn a profit....
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, irony, Linux, Unix, IBM Corp., operating system, server
- Discussion threads 2004-02-24
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