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• Intel plans 'superchip' for high-performance computing

  By Agam Shah | 31 March, 2012 03:36

  Intel is investing in the development of a "superchip" for high-performance computing systems that the company hopes will raise its supercomputing profile.

• US lab aims for fastest supercomputer with Titan

  By Agam Shah | 01 March, 2012 11:13

  A government research lab in Tennessee will deploy a new supercomputer later this year that could put the U.S. back in contention for the top spot on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers.

• Cray courts the big-data market

  By Joab Jackson | 10 February, 2012 11:16

  Supercomputer company Cray has created a new division that will sell big-data systems, the company has announced. The division will market its offerings to large enterprises, which will be a new kind of client for the company.

• Nvidia: Gaming systems to reach 'tens of teraflops' by 2019

  By Michael Kan | 14 December, 2011 21:36

  Graphics processor maker Nvidia expects gaming systems will reach a performance of "tens of teraflops" by the end of the decade, and be capable of displaying real-time visuals as good as the pre-rendered cut scenes found in games today, according to company CEO Jen-Hsun Huang.

• U.S. HPC Lead in Danger

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 06 December, 2011 02:14

  The SC11 supercomputing conference in Seattle last month saw an almost obsessive focus on the development of an exascale computing system -- one that would be roughly 1,000 times more powerful than any existing system -- before the end of the decade .

• Intel pushes 50-core chip, mulls exascale computing

  By Agam Shah | 16 November, 2011 07:36

  Intel is drumming up support for its latest 50-core Knights Corner and Xeon E5 server chips, which are key elements in the company's plans to scale performance while reducing power consumption moving toward an exascale supercomputer by 2018.

• Amazon Web Services adds supercomputing service to its cloud

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 November, 2011 02:42

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) wants to attract more high-performance computing users to its cloud and has launched a public beta of Cluster Compute Eight Extra Large, its most powerful cloud service yet.

• Fujitsu to team with Whamcloud in Lustre development

  By Jay Alabaster | 15 November, 2011 16:15

  Fujitsu said Tuesday it will work with Whamcloud to develop new features for the open-source Lustre file system aimed at high-performance computing.

• Georgia Tech supercomputer powered by graphics processors

  By Jon Brodkin | 19 November, 2009 04:37

  Georgia Tech researchers building an experimental new supercomputer say graphics processors may help pave the way toward future exascale machines, which would be 1,000 times faster than today's most powerful supercomputers.