Bringing Supercomputing Power Down to Size
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| Now the computer industry is poised for a second transformation, in which
| supercomputing technology is trickling down to corporate data centers and
| desktop PCs, supplying them with unprecedented power.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Bringing-Supercomputing-Power-Down-to-Size-60794.html
Watch the links below. HPC is all about Linux and, in some businesses, the
desktop's role is moved to HPC/clusters (Linux, of course). The desktop
becomes irrelevant not just because of mobile devices, appliances, SOA, but
also HPC.
Related:
Linux in more than 90% of top supercomputers
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| Other operating systems, such as AIX (4.8%), Solaris (0.4%) and Mac OS X
| (0.4%) make the list, but Linux is alone at the top, where it is used in 459
| systems or 91.8% of the top supercomputer systems.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/15/linux-in-more-than-90-of-top-supercomputers/
http://tinyurl.com/2rponk
Digital Technology Laboratory Corporation Selects Linux Networx Supersystem to
Accelerate Design Process
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| Traditionally, the company has performed this analysis on standard
| desktop computers; however, the need for higher fidelity models
| and simulations, coupled with the need to complete jobs faster,
| necessitated an investment in a Linux supercomputer.
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http://www.marketwire.com/2.0/release.do?id=745663
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