http://www.silicon.com Results for Cray en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39653037,00.htm The list names the fastest supercomputer as the Jaguar - otherwise known as the Cray XT5 supercomputer. AMD's six-core Opteron processor helps the Cray XT5 to the top of the pile AMD processors power the top three fatest supercomputers in the world... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:26:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60629352p,00.htm The center opted to test the Cray CX1 deskside supercomputer with Windows HPC Server 2008 and was impressed with the results. The Las Vegas, Nevada - based National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment is a full-service... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:18:47 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60629534p,00.htm LONI decided to try the Cray CX1 deskside supercomputer running the Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system. The Laboratory of Neuro Imaging at the University of California at Los Angeles is dedicated to the development of scientific approaches... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:18:47 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39444465,00.htm Hot on its heels for the second year in a row is the Cray XT5 Jaguar system at the DoE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which clocked in at 1.059 petaflop/s. Jaguar, Cray, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1.059 petaflop/s) editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:52:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60297128p,00.htm This paper summarizes performance and failure analyses results for the BlueArc Titan NFS server in the Cray CASA test bed in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsi. The goals of this project are: to observe and describe the file transfer performance and fault... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:01:08 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60515405p,00.htm The presenter shows how Akona Systems, a Microsoft Certified Partner, helped Cray, Inc.significantly shorten and streamline their financial close process. Cray executives selected Akona Systems Financial Close Solution, which provided visibility... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:01:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39344721,00.htm The only other computer to break the petaflop barrier was the Cray XT5 supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, known as Jaguar. The Cray XT5 system, seen here, is made up of 37,544 quadcore AMD Opteron processors with 300TB of memory. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60431862p,00.htm This paper describes the efforts to characterize application sensitivity to link and injection bandwidth on a Cray XT4 system. Link bandwidth is controlled by modifying the number of rails activated per network link. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:01:22 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60412230p,00.htm The Cray MTA-2 system provides exceptional performance on a variety of sparse graph algorithms. Cray is preparing an Eldorado platform that leverages the Cray XT3 network and system infrastructure while integrating a new revision of the MTA-2... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:08:37 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39266504,00.htm Here's a look inside one of the Cray X1E's panels. Get revved up for more petrol-headed fun here. Photo credit: Tim Ferguson Disposing of computer hard drives in a secure and safe way has become a hot topic, especially after the high profile data... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:58:06 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39259269,00.htm The Cray X1E is so power-intensive that it requires liquid cooling from 16-inch pipes installed in the floor underneath the supercomputer. Pictured here is one row of the lab's Cray X1E, the largest vector supercomputer in the world. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:00:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39248838,00.htm Rounding out the top 10 is Sun Microsystem's Ranger at number four, Cray's Jaguar at number five, SGI's Encanto at number seven, and SGI's Altix at number 10. Roadrunner has topped the Top500 supercomputers released yesterday at the International... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:37:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60330667p,00.htm Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation NMS (requiring dealers to use best-available pricing when executing securities orders), it thought it would need a Cray supercomputer or other specialized solution. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:02:29 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39169677,00.htm Hector uses a Cray XT4 system with software and application support provided by NAG. The largest and most advanced supercomputer in the UK has been unveiled in Edinburgh. Got two seconds? Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:47:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39168420,00.htm It's certainly a lot of faster than for Cray to bring out its latest supercomputer. The Storm Worm botnet has been estimated to control between one million and five million computers, which one researcher says makes it more powerful than IBM's... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:48:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39167815,00.htm AWE's Cray XT3 supercomputer - known as "Redwood" - delivers three-dimensional modelling and simulation to support the establishment's physics, engineering and materials teams. The University of Reading now has the most powerful academic... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:58:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39164221,00.htm The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) will continue to fund petaflop-class supercomputer projects at Cray and IBM but Sun Microsystems is out of the running. Darpa, which funds computing and technological projects for the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:05:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39158761,00.htm Before Bishop's arrival in 1999, then-CEO Rick Belluzzo also initiated a turnaround effort at SGI that included cutting 1,500 positions and selling off its Cray supercomputer unit. Silicon Graphics (SGI) announced on Monday that it has filed for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 09 May 2006 08:30:04 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39125019,00.htm Sun jump-started the high-end Unix server business in the mid-1990s with its 64-processor E10000, a design the company acquired from Cray. The new servers are the biggest iron in IBM's Squadron family of servers using the Power5 processor, a chip... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:55:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39123120,00.htm 12.08.99: Silicon Graphics says it will cut 1,500 jobs and sell its Cray supercomputer unit. Chairman and CEO Rick Belluzzo reports he's already in talks with potential buyers for Cray. SGI managed to sell off Cray by March 2000 to a small... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:35:02 +0000