http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/284/all xx http://www.itworld.com/government/81369/nics-joins-petaflop-supercomputer-club The National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) brought its new petaflop-scale supercomputer online this month, joining a very rarefied club of systems that can reach a thousand trillion calculations per second http://www.itworld.com/government/81369/nics-joins-petaflop-supercomputer-club#comments Government Science News supercomputer Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:33:40 -0400 ITworld staff 81369 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79457/nvidia-says-its-new-fermi-cpu-will-run-supercomputers Nvidia showed off a new GPU architecture on Wednesday that it hopes will allow it to move beyond gaming to play a greater role in the supercomputing market. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79457/nvidia-says-its-new-fermi-cpu-will-run-supercomputers#comments Hardware News Nvidia processors supercomputer Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:21:40 -0400 ITworld staff 79457 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/78438/sgi-aims-personal-supercomputing-thats-cheap-easy-use They aren't selling personal supercomputers at Best Buy just yet. But that day probably isn't too far off, as the costs fall and they become easier to use. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/78438/sgi-aims-personal-supercomputing-thats-cheap-easy-use#comments Hardware News SGI supercomputer Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:21:59 -0400 ITworld staff 78438 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/77022/us-buys-weather-supercomputer-twin-backup The U.S. has upgraded the supercomputer used to develop weather forecast models, a system so critical to meteorologists that the government has bought a second, identical system as a backup. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/77022/us-buys-weather-supercomputer-twin-backup#comments Government Hardware News supercomputer weather Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:22:52 -0400 ITworld staff 77022 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/69809/supercomputers-go-biggest-cheapest Top 500 list's low-end reveals coming revolution in truly accessible high-end computing http://www.itworld.com/hardware/69809/supercomputers-go-biggest-cheapest#comments Hardware News IBM processor supercomputer Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:28:57 -0400 ITworld staff 69809 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/green-it/69780/ibm-supercomputer-heat-university-buildings Excess waste heat from a supercomputer being constructed by IBM will be used to warm nearby university buildings in Switzerland. http://www.itworld.com/green-it/69780/ibm-supercomputer-heat-university-buildings#comments Green IT Server and data center News environment IBM supercomputer Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:13:06 -0400 ITworld staff 69780 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/69683/ibm-cray-lead-top-500-supercomputer-rankings The world’s two most powerful computers have not been surpassed in 2009, but the latest edition of the Top 500 supercomputer list shows a new entry in third place and continued dominance from the likes of IBM, Cray, HP and Intel. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/69683/ibm-cray-lead-top-500-supercomputer-rankings#comments Hardware News Cray IBM supercomputer Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:20:03 -0400 ITworld staff 69683 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/69493/ibm-offers-high-performance-computing-services IBM on Thursday said it is now offering high-performance computing services to customers who want to get supercomputers up and running faster. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/69493/ibm-offers-high-performance-computing-services#comments Hardware News HPC IBM supercomputer Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:19:43 -0400 ITworld staff 69493 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/green-it/69344/bull-launches-green-supercomputer Bull has launched the bullx, a supercomputer that uses blade servers and water cooling to be green and fast, the company said on Tuesday. http://www.itworld.com/green-it/69344/bull-launches-green-supercomputer#comments Green IT Hardware News blade server cooling supercomputer Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:20:45 -0400 ITworld staff 69344 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/67478/chinas-chips-power-blade-servers-year Blade servers based on microprocessors designed in China will power a supercomputer prototype to be revealed by a government-backed Chinese firm in September, the company said Tuesday. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/67478/chinas-chips-power-blade-servers-year#comments Hardware Server and data center News blade server processors supercomputer Tue, 05 May 2009 20:19:03 -0400 ITworld staff 67478 at http://www.itworld.com