November 17, 2009
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Once upon a time, supercomputers used special vector model processors to achieve their then remarkable speeds. Then, at the turn of the 21st century, people began working out how to achieve record-breaking computer speed by linking hundreds or thousands of … Continue reading
June 23, 2009
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The Windows’ fan club likes to point out that Windows is far more popular than Linux. The reason for that has nothing to do with quality and everything to do with monopoly. Nothing shows that better than the semi-annual TOP500 … Continue reading
November 26, 2008
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There are fast computers, and then there are Linux fast computers. Every six months, the Top 500 organization announces “its ranked list of general purpose systems that are in common use for high end applications.” In other words, supercomputers. And, … Continue reading
October 13, 2008
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Quiz time. Get out your No. 2 computers and answer the following question: For the fastest and most reliable high-end computing for your enterprise, will your operating system be 1) Linux, 2) Solaris, 3) OpenVMS or 4) Windows? OK, put … Continue reading
September 24, 2008
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Microsoft encourages us to think of Linux, when we think of it as all, as an also-ran operating systems for nerds. The last thing Microsoft wants us to think about is that there are some spaces where Microsoft is a … Continue reading
June 13, 2008
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The formal coronation of the world’s fastest supercomputer won’t happen until the ISC (International Supercomputer Conference) in Dresden Germany on June 17th and 20th, but we already know that the IBM supercomputer “RoadRunner” is the first computer to reach the … Continue reading