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Read the press release | Download the newly released Windows HPC Server 2008! It's a fact: Windows HPC Server 2008 (HPCS) combines the power of the Windows Server platform with rich, out-of-the-box functionality to help improve the productivity and reduce the complexity of your HPC environment. Windows HPC Server 2008 can efficiently scale to thousands of processing cores and provides a comprehensive set of deployment, administration, and monitoring tools that are easy to deploy, manage, and integrate with your existing infrastructure.
Cray CX1 supercomputer with Windows HPC Server 2008 And Intel Xeon Processors starts at $25,000 and provides "Ease-of-Everything" for new users of HPC. “Cray sees Microsoft Windows becoming an increasingly important force in the HPC market," said Ian Miller, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Cray. "With the Cray CX1 high productivity system and Windows HPC Server 2008, we’re bringing the power of Cray supercomputing to a much wider range of new users with an affordable and adaptable system that provides incredible value and is easy to install, program and use with a broad array of applications from independent software vendors (ISVs).” Read the press release.
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“This is high-performance computing that doesn’t require any specialized tools or training. If you know Windows, you know Windows HPC Server.” - Josh Kunken, System Developer, The Scripps Research Institute
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Cray Inc., a name long linked to some of the world's biggest computers, is breaking from tradition and introducing a low-end machine that can sit next to a user's desk. The Wall Street Journal (September 16, 2008)
Windows HPC Server 2008 allows Wall Street firms to deploy quickly, leverage existing resources, and scale from workstation to cluster — all in a familiar Windows environment. Microsoft PressPass (September 22, 2008)
Mellanox Press Release (September 16, 2008)
Inside HPC (September 16, 2008)
IT World (September 16, 2008)
MarketWatch.com (August 25, 2008)
"High Performance Computing—or as it is increasingly called, High-Productivity Computing—continues to drive innovation and profits for a wide range of industries. Today, technological evolution is driving HPC in new directions with non-traditional "Edge HPC" applications. Wall Street firms are increasingly seeking to improve productivity with both traditional and Edge HPC..." Windows in Financial Services (Summer, 2008)
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