Tag: HPC

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Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Ships! 

We have finished version 3 of Windows HPC Server! The verbose, official, and approved name is Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Suite signaling that we are leveraging Windows Server 2008 R2 as our core operating system but make no mistake, this is the big v3 release, our most ambitious release.
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Microsoft acquires the technology assets of Interactive Supercomputing (ISC) 

Hello everyone, Today, I’m very excited to announce that Microsoft has acquired the technology assets of Interactive Supercomputing (ISC), a company that specializes in bringing the power of parallel computing to the desktop and making high performance computing more accessible to end users.
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Personal Supercomputing Goes Quad Core 

“Quadrophenia” is how CNET charaterized it. At Intel Developer Forum this week, Intel is showing off its forthcoming “Clovertown” quad-core processor for servers. Catch Intel’s podcast previewing its announcement of the quad-cores.
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Windows CCS from your desktop 

I’m not talking about deskside HPC clusters, but rather learning more from your desk about the new Windows Server edition for running parallel applications on HPC clusters. First you can start with Scientific Computing, which is hosting a webcast on high-performance computing going mainstream.
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Supercomputers can do Windows 

The supercomputing world publishes a list twice a year of the 500 most powerful supercomputers. Conveniently, it’s called the Top500 project. The list is part bragging rights (among vendors) and part trends tracking (among scholars). But without a doubt, the list represents the who’s who of supercomputing and high-performance computing.
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10 Things about Windows CCS that You Won’t Read Anywhere Else 

Windows Compute Cluster Server has been RTM’d, and the bloggers and press are running their stories. And you can watch/listen to Zane talk about Windows CCS at the Virtual TechEd site. And of course you can go to the Windows CCS site for technical details and white papers.