Is the Virtual World a place for more investment … and profit?
I recently read articles about Disney*’s Q109 earnings. Like everyone else, they were being affected by the current economic conditions. No surprise there. I found interesting that they are actually...
View ArticleNehalem-EP just a heartbeat away – 3D Advanced Medical Visualization Demo
With the Nehalem architecture-based processor server/workstation launch just around the corner, customers are demonstrating how quickly they can take advantage of the performance afforded to them by...
View ArticleThe Democratization of HPC and Vacuum Cleaners
Often this term is used around the HPC industry referring to the use of HPC to help companies and R&D accelerate the process of innovation. One close to home example that comes to mind, because I...
View ArticleThe Top 500 results are in, and it is more than just flops for Intel…
At ISC09, the Top 500* results were announced: 399 out 400, nearly 80%, of the world’s supercomputers are using Intel processors. The Top500 list is based upon one benchmark, Linpack. While powering...
View ArticleI want my HPC….under my desk
Are your “stuck at the desktop?” A May 2008 study from the Council on Competitiveness and IDC identifies the barriers large and small firms face in moving from desktop computers to High Performance...
View ArticleThe Best HPC Benchmark is your own Application
SC09 was over last month and I was gratified by the energy and enthusiasm of the HPC community. Equally gratifying was seen the growth of the Intel® Xeon® 5500 processor in the Linpack-benchmark...
View ArticleThe best HPC bang for your buck
A lot has been written in the HPC field about how it doesn’t matter how many cores you have in a processor if you can’t keep them busy. Well, I will pile on with my own proof point and opinion. One...
View ArticleMy “HPC” take on March Madness
I recently read a couple of articles: March was a multicore watershed month and HPC Madness: March is More Cores Month. Rightly so, first article mentions that users have “a lot more choice on how...
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