hpc in news
Gates to bang supercomputing drum
News Kyril Faenov, director of Microsoft's HPC unit, said: "HPC [high performance computing] is starting to broaden out. Bill Gates plans on Tuesday to announce Microsoft's foray into the world of... [15 Nov 2005]
Microsoft takes on Linux in supercomputing
News The Windows Server 2003 HPC Edition will include features for running windows on clusters of machines interconnected by a high-speed network to form a single computing resource, Microsoft said in a statement yesterday. [24 Jun 2004]
Sun pounces on HP stumble
News Terry Shannon, author of the independent Shannon Knows HPC newsletter, said the EV7z is expected to top out at 1.33GHz. Hewlett-Packard has delayed one Unix server improvement and backed away from another, and rival Sun... [11 Nov 2003]
NHS Trusts aim to save £0.5m a year with new sourcing software
News The NHS' Healthcare Purchasing Consortium (HPC) went through a formal tender process, working from 70 potential suppliers down to ADB. We weren't convinced about using a marketplace," said Mike Hyatt, head of supply... [17 Apr 2003]
SGI goes live with supercomputer
News Now governments and businesses with supercomputing needs can go to the CSC e-hpc.com portal and access the SGI supercomputer. SGI has gone live on the world's largest production supercomputer for use by customers of the... [24 Jan 2002]
Toyota installs Fujitsu supercomputer
News Japanese carmaker, Toyota, is installing a Fujitsu multi-processor VPP5000 series HPC server to run crash and vibration analysis programs in its research department. The installation will be completed by the end of the... [09 Mar 2000]
