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Georgia Tech supercomputer powered by graphics processors

Network World - Georgia Tech researchers building an experimental new supercomputer say graphics processors may help pave the way toward future exascale machines, which would be 1,000 times faster than today's most powerful supercomputers. Georgia Tech ...

From JON BRODKIN, ComputerWorld,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Science Foundation,  Intel

IBM brain simulations exceed scale of cat's cortex

'Historic milestone' on way toward simulations of human brain IBM's quest to build a computer that can mimic the human brain has reached a new milestone, with what IBM calls the first brain simulation to exceed the scale of a cat's cortex. The ...

From JON BRODKIN, NetworkWorld,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: IBM,  Dharmendra,  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,  Stanford University,  Cornell University

3D Web will save high-performance computing industry, Intel CTO says

Web advances will fuel insatiable demand for HPC capacity Three-dimensional Web technologies will save the high-performance computing industry from its current state of financial stagnation, Intel CTO Justin Rattner predicted at the SC09 supercomputing ...

From JON BRODKIN, NetworkWorld,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intel,  Second Life,  Gartner, Inc.,  BMC Software, Inc.

Amazon called out over cloud security, secrecy

Amazon's cloud computing service should not be used for applications that require advanced security and availability, the Burton Group analyst firm says in a report accusing Amazon of secrecy regarding its cloud data centers. Amazon has helped define ...

From JON BRODKIN, NetworkWorld,  13 Nov 2009

Intel/AMD deal could help solve virtualization compatibility problems

Today, a virtualization technology known as live migration lets customers move workloads from one physical server to another, but only if both servers contain processors from the same chip maker, according to Forrester analyst James Staten. "If you ...

From JON BRODKIN, NetworkWorld,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intel,  AMD,  Gartner, Inc.

VMware bolsters its View desktop virtualization product

VMware View 4.0 uses the PC-over-IP protocol, which "compresses, encrypts and encodes the entire computing experience at the data center and transmits it 'pixels only' across a standard IP network to stateless PCoIP-enabled desktop devices," explains ...

From JON BRODKIN, ComputerWorld,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intel,  Microsoft Corporation,  Gartner, Inc.

Data center start-up offers energy saving software

A data center start-up is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analyzing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications. Officials at Viridity Software -- the name means "greenness" -- argue that today's ...

From JON BRODKIN, NetworkWorld,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Symantec

Boston Celtics clamp down on spam

On the basketball court, the Boston Celtics are a well-oiled machine, dispatching lesser opponents with ease and style. But behind the scenes, the Celtics' franchise recently found that its e-mail infrastructure was outdated and badly in need of an ...

From JON BRODKIN, NetworkWorld,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Boston Celtics,  Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Cisco/EMC cloud packages proprietary, but may not cause lock-in

Cisco and EMC are hopping aboard the private cloud bandwagon and, not surprisingly, claim a package containing only their own technology is what enterprises need to build an internal cloud network. But while the Cisco/EMC venture may seem to introduce ...

From JON BRODKIN, NetworkWorld,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Martin Harris

Rackspace cloud suffers third outage since June

Rackspace suffered another data center failure Tuesday that caused outages for its cloud computing customers, the third such incident since late June. Power failures hit Rackspace's 144,000-square-foot data center in the Dallas suburbs on June 29 and ...

From JON BRODKIN, NetworkWorld,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gartner, Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  BMC Software, Inc.

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