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- Cray XT5 Jaguar bests IBM Roadrunner as world's fastest supercomputer
- What operating systems are they running on?Just curious. :-)RE: Cray XT5 Jaguar bests IBM Roadrunner as world's fastest supercomputerFrom:http://www.nccs.gov/jaguar/#fragment-1Each node runs Cray's version of the SuSE Linux operating system. Cray has tuned the Linux kernel to remove unnecessary services from the compute nodes. The result is that the operating system...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Cray's Jaguar tops IBM's Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer
- The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" has finally clawed its way to the title of fastest computer in the world. The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" has finally clawed its way to the title of fastest computer in the world. Sitting back at No....
- News items 2009-11-16
- Wolfram/Alpha details engine's computing power
- The folks working behind the scenes on the infrastructure of the Wolfram/Alpha search engine offered some details on the computing power for a new search engine that's been referred to as a Google killer. In the post, the team noted that once Wolfram/Alpha launches, it will be...
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Can Cloud Computing Reach the TOP500?
- Computing as a utility has reached the mainstream. Scientists can now rent time on large commercial clusters through several vendors. The cloud computing model provides flexible support for "Pay as you go" systems. In addition to no upfront investment in large clusters or supercomputers, such systems incur no maintenance costs....
- White papers 2009-03-05
- Five things every Windows beta tester should know
- Five things every Windows beta tester should knowThe top 5 included are listed as....VirusesWormsSpywareMalwareTrojansThese are the top 5 in which it seems like they cannot secure any Windows OS and the only ones who understand the operating system are 'hackers & virus writers'...Meanwhile, Linux distro's command the server market with...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-01
- mcShoutCast 3.3.8 (Windows)
- +13,000 stations at your finger tips. Record the music. Browse by genre, top500 or listen to some random stations. Displays the album cover for the currently listen to song. 230 Stations logos. Add your additionally stations via a web page. Save you favorites stations at the favorites page. Supports extenders...
- Software downloads 2008-12-07
- Windows 7, undigested red meat, and a delicate sensibility
- Windows 7, undigested red meat, and a delicate sensibilityI knew the cheap shot was somewhere in thereBut I had to wait until the very end to find it. Both systems had binary lock states. The Sun guys went with singularity and the Windows guys went with trinary lock states. However,...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
- Jaquar chases Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer
- Jaquar chases Roadrunner for fastest supercomputerEcologically appropriateWhile I doubt roadrunners coexist with jaguars in nature, at least it could be a better race than roadrunner vs. coyote, minus the explosives.If these systems were to run Vista ....they would be obsolete before completing the boot up sequence.What are they used forWow,...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- Building and Measuring the Performance of Windows HPC Server 2008 - Based Clusters for TOP500 Runs
- The TOP500 project ranks and describes the 500 most powerful publicly known computer systems in the world. The list has been compiled twice a year since 1993 and aims to provide a reliable basis for tracking and detecting trends in high-performance computing. Rankings are based on High-Performance LINPACK HPL, a...
- White papers 2008-11-01
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaksWindows 7It seems that Microsoft is playing it safe with Windows 7 by having minimum changes.Is WinFS still alive or do we have to consider it as a dead duck?Thanks RodIt's mostly the applications anywaysFrankly, it's mostly the applications that need to take advantage of...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureA correction(?)[i]and a new proprietory OS called VMS - that eventually became the basis for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0[/i]The first version of Windows NT was 3.5, not 4.0.Also, I think its not correct to say VMS formed the basis of NT. It is true...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Build a 10 Gbit home network for $1100
- Build a 10 Gbit home network for $1100Necessary?I'm not sure even the "hardcore gamer" needs a 10Gbit home network. Heck, I stream HD content and I don't even have a need for a gigabit network... yet.Unless you're hammering the bejesus out of your network, it's not necessary. Neat though it...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- SC07 Day 1: Parallel computing 101
- Quentin Stout and Christiane Jablonowski from the University of Michigan gave a nice introduction to parallel computing on Sunday. They covered everything from architecture to APIs to the politics of sharing a common compute resource. Hardware designs for parallel computing are as diverse...
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Storm Worm botnet could be world's most powerful supercomputer
- Storm Worm botnet could be world's most powerful supercomputerSince we've known of this problem for so long..why is internet end point security left up to the general public? With all of the government back initiatives, why not initiate one that will strip these trojans out at the ISP or or...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-01
- India's Kerala state goes open source
- India's Kerala state goes open sourceGreat to see people embracing freedom and free software, they go hand inhand. And, the more using free software, the more that will be collaborating to improve free software applications.It is easy to see why MS has gone the patent racket route. They are slowly...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
- Which supercomputers rule?
- Which supercomputers rule?You may be right. But it doesshow that Linux is a very high quality OS.I run Linux and Windows both. They both do what I need them to do.Is it significant that the 'nix OS's rule super computing? Probably not. But it does show...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-27
- Sun's training problem
- Sun's training problemIf Sun's equipment is soooo fast.....After all "Sun makes the biggest, fastest, most integrated SMP machines available from anyone"It amuses me to see that Cray,Dell,SGI,HP and IBM all have more Listings in the Top500.org than Sun. I think Sun makes good kit but if their kit was as...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- The Need for Acceleration Technologies to Achieve Cost-Effective Supercomputing Performance for Advanced Applications
- Supercomputing has become an essential tool for many users, including those working in the scientific, engineering, biomedical, and financial disciplines. Although processing capabilities continue to advance, in many cases demand is increasing at an even faster rate. Simulation and analysis problems - once intractable due to computational limitations - have...
- White papers 2007-03-16
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