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Cray Inc. to Present at Stifel Nicolaus 2012 Technology and Telecom Conference | SYS-CON MEDIA
www.sys-con.com | Feb 2, 2012
SYS-CON Media, NJ, The world's leading i-technology media company on breaking technology news.

Intel's Plan to Remain the Supercomputing King - Arik Hesseldahl - News - AllThingsD
allthingsd.com | Nov 15, 2011
It's been a big week for supercomputing, and for Intel, whose chips run nearly 80 percent of the worlds 500 most powerful computers. Today the company is disclosing some new advances that will help it maintain its role as the chip supplier of choice to the supercomputing elite.

Supercomputer with ARM Processors Being Built in Spain - Datamation
www.datamation.com | Nov 14, 2011
The new supercomputer won't be among the world's fastest, but it might be among the world's greenest.

Technology News: Chips: AMD Breaks New Ground With FX Bulldozer Processors
www.technewsworld.com | Oct 14, 2011
Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled its FX Series family of processors, which includes two it heralds as the first eight-core desktop CPUs. These are the first processors available in retail that use AMD's new Bulldozer multicore architecture. The FX processors are priced at between $115 and $245.

NewsFactor Network | Cray Plans Supercomputer Upgrade at Oak Ridge
www.newsfactor.com | Oct 11, 2011
Cray has inked a deal with the federal government to make a faster, better supercomputer for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The $97 million contract empowers Cray to upgrade the Cray XT5 supercomputer, also known as Jaguar, to a Cray XK6 supercomputer that will go

Charles Seitz Named Recipient of 2011 IEEE Computer Society Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award
www.prweb.com | Oct 5, 2011
Known for creating new disciplines of digital design, Seitz was recognized “for innovations in high-performance message-passing architectures and networks.”

IBM and NCSA scrap project to build petaflop-speed supercomputer
www.computerweekly.com | Aug 9, 2011
IBM and the University of Illinois's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) have called a halt to a $308m project to build one of the world's fastest supercomputers, citing unforeseen cost and complexity.

Sun Blade Servers Provide Foundation for Red Sky/Red Mesa Supercomputer - Open Technologies News
newsreport.open-tech.com | Aug 2, 2011
RedSky/Red Mesa one of the world's fastest and most energy efficient supercomputers, housed at Sandia National Laboratories, is powered by Oracle's Sun Servers that include Sun Blade...

Bright Prospectives for Computer Scientists in High Performance Computing | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Jul 22, 2011
Bright Prospectives for Computer Scientists in High Performance Computing. Job market analysts from JobOutlook.info have graded supercomputing field as a highly promising career pathway for computer scientists. - PR11595358

Linux News: Distros: What the World's Fastest Systems Say About Linux
www.linuxinsider.com | Jul 8, 2011
I've been tracking the Top500 Supercomputer List with a particular eye on Linux for some time now, highlighting how Linux continues to power the majority of the world's fastest supercomputing systems. So it's no surprise to see continued dominance for Linux, but there are some interesting changes