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Cray to work with Microsoft Research on cloud computing

3 March 2010
Cray's custom engineering group will work with Microsoft Research to explore and prototype a system that could provide a glimpse into the future of cloud computing infrastructure

T-Platforms expands into Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

2 March 2010
Russian supercomputer vendor T-Platforms has signed a partnership agreement with Kazakh system integrator SmartCom to supply HPC solutions to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Tech-X appoints Chinese reseller

2 March 2010

NEOS reaches two million submission milestone

24 February 2010

ISC'10 conference to feature four new specialist sessions

16 February 2010

PRACE selects 22 applications for final benchmarking

16 February 2010

Tech-X establishes UK subsidiary

16 February 2010

Danish university eases wireless communication transceiver simulation

16 February 2010

Spectra Logic reports double-digit growth

16 February 2010

Coventry University implements virtualisation

15 February 2010

Lumerical Solutions donates licences to ScotGrid

15 February 2010

IDC to carry out HPC study for European Commission

15 February 2010

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HPC to bounce back in 2010

22 February 2010
When will the HPC market recover from the economic downturn? Which are the hot segments that will drive growth? Which are the most promising technologies? Paul Schreier hears the predictions of market research company IDC

Jaguar replaces Roadrunner as world's most powerful supercomputer

1 December 2009
The latest Top500 list, the 500 most powerful commercially available computing systems, has been published at SC09. Scientific Computing World reports on some of the supercomputers that made the list

HPC User Forum discusses problems with exascale computing

12 October 2009
Now operating in its 10th year, the HPC User Forum held Meeting No. 35 at the EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) on 8-9 October, reports Paul Schreier

Sandia sees data management challenges spiral

News image4 August 2009
The amount of data generated from complex simulations, such as climate modelling, is often too large to be stored in a supercomputer's memory. Sandia National Laboratories is using technology from LexisNexis to help overcome this.

Top500 list sees new supercomputers enter the fray

News image1 July 2009
The 33rd edition of the Top500 list, issued at last week's ISC09 conference in Hamburg, shows no change at the very top, but two systems from Germany have broken into the top 10, and a new player from Saudi Arabia enters at number 14

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