Microsoft’s latest iteration of Windows for supercomputers powers a machine that has broken into the top 10 High Performance Computing systems worldwide. The Chinese-built Dawning 5000A, from the Shanghai Supercomputer Center, runs Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, a... |
19 November 2008
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Microsoft is making headway toward having two versions of Windows for supercomputers available on the market. The Redmond giant is already offering Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 and the Release Candidate 2 build of Windows HPC Server 2008, but the company is gearing up to go gold with its latest iteration of th... |
22 September 2008
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Following the availability of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft has just one piece of the Windows Server 2008 puzzle to deliver, namely Windows for supercomputers. Fighting to make inroads into the high performance computing territory dominated by the open source Linux operating system, Microsoft is preparing to... |
11 September 2008
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Windows for supercomputers has got a taste of pure horsepower with a little bit of help from the Chip Ganassi Racing NASCAR team. However, the Microsoft High-Performance Computing solution chosen is not Windows Server HPC 2008 but its predecessor, Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. But still, for Chip Ganassi Raci... |
30 June 2008
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The Windows operating system is by no means limited to the desktop. In fact, Microsoft has ensured that the platform is also tailored on server architectures, mobile and embedded devices, and even supercomputers. At this point in time, Microsoft offers two products for the high performance computing market, namely Wi... |
11 March 2008
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