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Amazon Web Services Adds Supercomputing Service to Its Cloud
IBM Buying Cluster Company Platform Computing
Tue, October 11, 2011 - Platform will provide job scheduling and other cloud-management tools to IBM
Japan Takes Back First Place on Top 500 Supercomputer List
Mon, June 20, 2011 - A Japanese computer has taken first place on the Top 500 supercomputer list, ending China's reign at the top after just six months. At 8.16 petaflops (quadrillion floating-point calculations per second), the K computer is more powerful than the next five systems combined.
IBM Brings High-Performance Computing to the Cloud
Wed, June 08, 2011 - IBM hopes to help companies more efficiently use their high-performance computing resources with new software that links separate pools of resources into a single private cloud.
IBM Watson Vanquishes Human Jeopardy Foes
Thu, February 17, 2011 - IBM's Watson computer has finished a three-night run against human contestants on the Jeopardy game show
IBM's Jeopardy Strategy: Divide and Conquer
Wed, January 05, 2011 - IBM plans to use its Power7 systems for its appearance on the quiz show.
IBM to Build 3 Petaflop Supercomputer for Germany
Mon, December 13, 2010 - On behalf of the Bavarian Academy of Science, IBM will build what may be the world's most powerful supercomputer.
IBM to Build 3 Petaflop Supercomputer for Germany
Mon, December 13, 2010 - On behalf of the Bavarian Academy of Science, IBM will build what may be the world's most powerful supercomputer.
IBM to Build 3 Petaflop Supercomputer for Germany
Mon, December 13, 2010 - On behalf of the Bavarian Academy of Science, IBM will build what may be the world's most powerful supercomputer.
IBM to Build 3 Petaflop Supercomputer for Germany
Mon, December 13, 2010 - On behalf of the Bavarian Academy of Science, IBM will build what may be the world's most powerful supercomputer.
Supercomputing Top500 Brews Discontent
Thu, November 18, 2010 - IBM, Intel, others question the usefulness of the Top500 key metric, the Linpack test
Voltaire Ups Ante in InfiniBand/Ethernet Duel
Mon, November 15, 2010 - The next generation InfiniBand FDR standard competes with Ethernet for conveying high-throughput, low-latency traffic
China Rocks Top 500 Supercomputer List
Sun, November 14, 2010 - For the first time, a Chinese supercomputer has topped the twice-annual ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers
Lustre Settles Into Post-Oracle Life
Thu, September 30, 2010 - A start-up picks up where Oracle leaves off the support for the Lustre file system
Purdue App Slows Servers When Cooling Fails
Fri, August 27, 2010 - An administrator from Purdue University has developed software that can slow servers when the AC goes out


