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Need to crunch some energy vs. performance numbers? SiCortex updates index

Need to crunch some energy vs. performance numbers? SiCortex updates indexAre you intelligent?Are you an idoit? Do you know the difference between a Wat and a Watt?

Tags: Performance management, SiCortex, performance number, performance

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Another reason to love Linux: SiCortex offers high-performance computing in an astonishingly energy-efficient format

Another reason to love Linux: SiCortex offers high-performance computing in an astonishingly energy-efficient formatThis sounds to good to be true!And when something sounds to good to be true... it usually is.Yes technology is ever increasing and always expanding and improving, but if it is true that it can replace huge...

Tags: Leadership, cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., SiCortex, Linux, high-performance, high-performance computing

Discussion threads 2008-12-29

SiCortex wins Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" award

SiCortex wins Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" awardRE: SiCortex wins Dev ConnectionNow we know what will be required to run the next version of Windows.Licensing costsThis is the sort of innovation that can not happen under Windows. Apart from the fact that Windows won't cluster, can you imagine the per-processor...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Processors, SiCortex, Dev

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

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News to know: HP, Vista SP2; Pre; Oracle licensing

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: HP's second quarter on target; Big units take revenue lumps; Headcount cuts ahead Mary Jo Foley: Where is Vista SP2? ...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Need to crunch some energy vs. performance numbers? SiCortex updates index

SiCortex, which is trying to drum up industry backing for its Green Computing Performance Index, has updated the suite of benchmarks to focus more squarely on performance vis-a-vis energy consumed. It measures performance-per-wat using the HPCC benchmark suite and is meant specifically for pretty high-end systems (like the ones you'd...

Tags: Performance, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Another reason to love Linux: SiCortex offers high-performance computing in an astonishingly energy-efficient format

If you're looking to supplement your trading floor applications, business analytics infrastructure or Internet site capacity, SiCortex has a proposition for you: a 72-processor high-performance Linux platform with CPUs that use just 0.6 watts of electricity each. In other words, this is a high-performance computer that is designed to use...

Tags: High-performance Computing, High-performance, SiCortex Web Site, Linux, Leadership, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-29

News to know: Supercomputer programming; Oracle Fusion; Patch day; Inbox 2.0

Notable headlines: Ed Burnette: SC07 Day 3: Programming bits and atoms. SiCortex wins Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" award. Emerging hardware to force drastic changes in programming. George Ou: IBM’s liquid cooled System p 575 Power6 supercomputer. Gallery right. Dan...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Oracle Corp., Network, Supercomputer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Programming, European Union, DNS-changing Trojan, Development Tools, Desktops, Networking, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-11-14

SiCortex wins Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" award

Here's one computer that looks like it belongs on the bridge of a starship: the SiCortex SC5832. It's this year's winner of the soon-to-be-coveted Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" award for SC07. And yes those lights do sweep across the front like a Cylon, or the...

Tags: Processor, Node, C/C++, Programming Languages, Processors, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-11-14