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Grid computing, the new commodity

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created a platform for trading computing resources that allows the selling and buying of standardised computing resources. In the process, they could make computing a utility like ...


ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard

ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

ASUS today unveiled the first motherboard in its newly-developed "TUF" (The Ultimate Force) Series, the SABERTOOTH 55i.


Intel unveiled a program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching climate change

Intel boosts Facebook users power for research

Technology / Software

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Intel unveiled a software program that lets Facebook users devote spare computer processing power to researching diseases or climate change.


Grids get down to business

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New technology developed by European researchers allows companies to deploy their business processes using grid computing and, even better, it validates a platform that gives easy access to grid resources. ...


FutureGrid to provide platform for experimental computation

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the next few months, a consortium that includes the University of Chicago will establish FutureGrid, a collaborative next-generation system for experimental scientific supercomputing.


AMD Details Next-Generation Platform for Notebook PCsAMD Details Next-Generation Platform for Notebook PCs

Electronics / Hardware

created May 18, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

At a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, AMD today officially disclosed more details of its next-generation open platform for notebook computing. Codenamed “Puma,” the platform is designed to deliver battery life, graphics ...


Nimbus and cloud computing meet STAR production demands

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The advantages of cloud computing were dramatically illustrated last week by researchers working on the STAR nuclear physics experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider. ...


IBM to Build First Cloud Computing Center in China

Technology / Software

created Feb 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

IBM today announced it will establish the first Cloud Computing Center for software companies in China, which will be situated at the new Wuxi Tai Hu New Town Science and Education Industrial Park in Wuxi, China


Motion Computing, Intel Pilot Mobile Clinical Assistant

Motion Computing, Intel Pilot Mobile Clinical Assistant

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 21, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yesterday Intel announced the mobile clinical assistant (MCA) is ready to enable nurses to spend more time with patients, do their jobs on the move while remaining connected, and manage the administration of ...


New supercomputer design planned

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created Mar 20, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Seattle-based Cray Inc., a manufacturer of high performance computers, announced Monday a radical design change for its supercomputers.


Intel Previews Xeon 'Nehalem-EX' Processor

Intel Previews Xeon 'Nehalem-EX' Processor

Electronics / Hardware

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intel Corporation today previewed a new Intel Xeon processor codenamed "Nehalem-EX." The processor will be at the heart of the next generation of intelligent and expandable high-end Intel server platforms, ...


Palpable computing: a taste of things to come

Palpable computing: a taste of things to come

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 21, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Virtually everyone stands to benefit from the more pervasive use of computer technology. But while adding microchips to more everyday objects can make lives easier – and even save them – the approach creates ...


IBM Extends Deep Computing on Demand Offering

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 21, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

IBM today expanded its Deep Computing Capacity on Demand (DCCoD) solutions. In a collaboration with Intel, IBM plans to offer the latest Dual-Core and Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor technology on its System x servers for ...


Kraken becomes first academic machine to achieve petaflop

Kraken becomes first academic machine to achieve petaflop

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The National Institute for Computational Sciences' (NICS's) Cray XT5 supercomputer—Kraken—has been upgraded to become the first academic system to surpass a thousand trillion calculations a second, or one ...


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AMD Demonstrates Accelerated Computing Solution that Breaks Teraflop Barrier

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 01, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (29) | comments 0

AMD today showcased a single-system, Accelerated Computing platform that breaks the teraflop computing barrier. Organizations are ultimately expected to be able to apply this technology to a wide range of scientific, ...