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2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00Ad Emmenhttp://enterthegrid.com/primeur/livehttp://www.enterthegrid.com/primeur/icons/icon.icohttp://www.enterthegrid.com/primeur/icons/logo.gifCopyright (c) 2006, EnterTheGrid - Primeur MagazineGenias - Virtual Media PublisherSilicon Graphics heads to SC08 with eye on delivering 'Visual Insight' for HPC users2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
Recognizing that most of today's high-performance computing (HPC) solutions fall short when it comes to handling a deluge of data and increasingly complex work flows, Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) arrives at SC08 to spotlight solutions that integrate every phase of the HPC work flow.
From Silicon Graphics, a glimpse of the future: Ultra-dense computers powered by consumer electronics technology2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
Silicon Graphics has offered a glimpse of the potential future of dense, power-efficient computing with the Silicon Graphics Molecule concept computer. Like a futuristic concept car points to potential innovations in transportation, Silicon Graphics Molecule is a concept computer that illustrates how the latest low-watt, multi-core consumer electronics technology, such as the Intel Atom processor, can be combined with breakthrough Silicon Graphics Kelvin cooling technology to pack more than 10,000 cores into a single rack.
Force10 to demonstrate leadership in high performance computing and storage environments at SuperComputing 20082008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
Reinforcing its expertise in and commitment to the high performance computing market, Force10 Networks is participating in a forum highlighting 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) in high performance computing and storage environments, at the Supercomputing Conference (SC08), taking place November 15-21 in Austin. This presentation will offer attendees a thorough look at the role of 10 GbE in high performance computing and storage architectures, including technical, design and cost benefits. The session will be led by Force10 Networks Director of Research and Education Alliances Debbie Montano, and will occur on Wednesday, November 19 at 11:30, in room 12 A/B.
SGI Altix Systems easily deliver 4TB main system memory for significant application performance and productivity gains2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) global shared memory architecture delivers large shared memory systems, larger than any other vendor. With the SGI Altix 4700 system, SGI provides a unique large shared memory advantage per core: for example, 2 terabytes (TB) of main system memory can run on only 8 processor cores. SGI customers, many with up to 4 terabytes (TB) of global shared memory, experience world-class performance and a user-friendly environment that allows scientists to focus on their research, enabling breakthroughs to come faster and more frequently.
Terascala introduces parallel file system appliance based on Xiotech's patented ISE technology2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
Terascala Inc., a provider of high throughput, high capacity storage appliances has introduceded the Terascala DTS 5000, the world's first scalable Lustre appliance offering self-enclosed/self healing storage. The DTS 5000 is powered by Xiotech's Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) technology and provides a high performance Lustre file system storage appliance in an ultra-high reliability system.
NEC's SX-9 supercomputer at Tohoku University achieves the world's fastest speed on the HPC Challenge Benchmark2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
NEC Corporation's SX-9 supercomputer, which began operation in March 2008 at Tohoku University's Cyber Science Center in Sendai City, Miyagi prefecture, Japan and has Hiroaki Kobayashi as Director, has achieved the world's fastest standing in the High Performance Computing (HPC) field through scoring top marks on 19 of 28 areas in the HPC Challenge Benchmark test.
Over 20 Supermicro server, workstation and blade solutions ready for Quad-Core AMD Opteron (Shanghai) processor launch2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
Super Micro Compute has made available the industry's broadest selection of server solutions ready for the new 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron (Shanghai) processors. Supermicro offers high-density, energy-efficient, 4-way/2-way SuperBlade, 4-way 1U, 1U Twin, Universal I/O (UIO) and whisper-quiet workstation solutions, all optimized for high-performance Shanghai processors.
NCAR installs massive HPC digital storage library from Sun for climate and weather records2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Sun Microsystems Inc. have introduced AMSTAR, a new digital storage library that will preserve and protect valuable scientific data for the next 15 to 20 years. The new system, designed by Sun Microsystems and based on the Sun StorageTek SL8500 Modular Library, will give NCAR five times its current storage capacity, enabling it to generate increasingly sophisticated computer studies of Earth's climate.
SiCortex responds to industry need for systems-level energy efficiency data by proposing index based on balanced benchmarks2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
"Many data centres consume as much electricity as a small city, and it's only going to get worse", stated Debra Goldfarb, president and CEO of computer industry analyst firm Tabor Communications. According to industry reports, data centres consumed 1.2 percent of the United States' electricity in 2005, the equivalent of five nuclear power plants. This consumption was twice that of just five years prior and is expected to double again by 2009. Another metric, cited in a recent McKinsey & Company study: the carbon footprint of data centres is predicted to eclipse that of air travel by 2020. Why? Aiming to keep up with ever-increasing demands for computing power, data centre managers have been installing computers at a record pace. Unfortunately, these systems run hot. They require vast amounts of electricity to perform their jobs and often need an equal amount of energy to keep them cool, causing data centre electricity costs to outpace the cost of the computers. This macro-level global energy consumption problem gives way to a more local problem; many data centres are simply out of available power.
Appro's servers to support the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor2008-11-19T20:09:27+01:00
Appro, a provider of supercomputing solutions, will support the 2000 and 8000 series of the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, codenamed 'Shanghai', based on 45 nm process technology.