An opportunity to run some simple yet telling tests on a 12-core Intel Gulftown server presents itself

Recent news and product releases could be cause for concern for the future of the open source Oracle/Sun Grid Engine.

Cell phone processors are getting more powerful. Is a cell phone cluster possible?

Ok, this isn’t really HPC news, but bear with me. This morning former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced his new startup at PictureOfHealth.com. The headline there has me scratching my head: Most places on Earth, the internet is more accessible than electricity, clean water, or basic sanitation. The company will reportedly be called Informed Biometry, so I’m [...]

Exascale computing may be far in our future, but the branding folks at Force10 Networks have it for you on a label today. Announced back in March, 2009, the Force10 ExaScale E-Series of core routers and switches boasts impressive performance specifications, now spiced with leading power efficiency: Data center power and cooling costs are forecasted to rise [...]

There are a number of great sources out there for news on Cloud Computing, and I particularly like what Nicole Hemsoth is doing over at HPC in the Cloud. So when I read about a new blog on Government Clouds I immediately pedalled over to check it out. CloudGovTalk editor Tim Harder of EMC states his [...]