The BBC’s Digital Planet covered two HPC stories this week. The Jan 15 show included a profile piece on HPC in service of data acquisition in Europe’s Large Hadron Collider (set to come on line during the next 12 months). The second piece covered HECToR. The pair of stories were interesting back-to-back as a comparison […]
Archives for January 2008
2008 S&E indicators out
January 17, 2008 by
The Computing Research Policy Blog points out that the the latest version of the NSB’s Science and Engineering Indicators report is out. It comes with a companion policy recommendation document, Research and Development: Essential Foundation for US Competitiveness in a Global Economy. You can read the whole thing online, or just skim the executive overview. […]
Cray Appoints VP of Government Programs
January 17, 2008 by
Cray just announced the appointment of Jill Hopper [relation to Grace?… doubt it] to vice president of government programs. Jill, with more than 20 years of government affairs experience, will be responsible for managing and maintaining Cray’s presence on the hill. High performance computing enables the scientific breakthroughs and industry advancements that contribute to our […]
Linux/HPC Session at Australian Conference
January 16, 2008 by
Many of us have become accustomed to seeing that friendly little penguin around our HPC shops. This year’s linux.conf.au conference is addressing this by holding a Linux & HPC Bird’s of a Feather session. Computerworld has an interesting interview with the organizer of the BOF, Anthony David [of SGI]. Take a read. For those that […]
PSA: Resolution for Wii suddenly not playing newer games
January 16, 2008 by
This is totally off topic, but I’ve found a solution to a Wii error that I could not find anywhere on the interwebs, and I want to document it here for Google to find. The situation: Wii, purchased in May 2007, working fine. Got some new games at Christmas (Ben 10, Guitar Hero III, Links […]
Sun to buy MySQL for $1B
January 16, 2008 by
Thanks to insideHPC reader Trey Breckenridge for pointing me to the story that both Sun and MySQL announced today that they are being acquired by Sun Microsystems for one billion dollars (I hope you read that with Dr. Evil’s voice in your head; that’s what was going on in my head as I wrote it). […]
Daily Takeout for January 15
January 15, 2008 by
Today’s takeout is all blue. First up is the call for proposals for hours on the upcoming Blue Waters. Then, IBM has a big win at the ECMWF. Finally, Intel is down in the dumps after the state of New York files suit for alleged antitrust behavior. Stories at: http://insidehpc.com/2008/01/09/nsf-solicits-for-blue-waters-allocations/, http://insidehpc.com/2008/01/07/european-weather-forecasting-center-sticks-with-ibm/, and http://insidehpc.com/2008/01/14/ny-investigates-possible-antitrust-behavior-by-intel/. Download the […]
Intel's Profit Jumps, Only to Disappoint Investors
January 15, 2008 by
Intel has released their fourth-quarter net income numbers from 2007, only to disappoint investors. Their Q4-2007 net income rose 51% on record sales of their microprocessors and chipsets. This, however, fell short of Wall Street expectations on signs of a weakening demand for personal computers. The stock fell over 15% in after-hours trading. This after […]
HP announces new servers
January 15, 2008 by
HP has announced that its expanded its midsized portfolio with a new line of ProLiant servers. The announcement isn’t just hardware though; the company has built what it calls Midmarket Business Solutions that serve as implementation blueprints for companies wanting to deploy a larger infrastructure, but without the resources to manage the whole project in […]
Green Grid forum speakers announced
January 15, 2008 by
First, you’ll recall that last month we shared news that the first annual Green Grid technical forum will be held in San Francisco February 5-6. Just nod your head and act like you do in fact recall that. The theme for this year’s forum is “Get Connected: Assess Today for Efficiency Tomorrow.” They’ve solidified their […]
