Gadgetopia

Cray forecasts Red Storm for masses: It's about time that Cray re-entered the commercial market. I remember when Cray was a force to be reckoned with. Things were never quite the same after Seymour Cray the founder of the company died in a car accident back in 1996. ...

Supercomputer System (Cray T3E-1200E): Awesome auction item over at eBay. System Cost exceeded $3,500,000 in June 1999 when installed. In 1999 Cray Supercomputer was the world fastest, and this Cray T3E-1200E Supercomputer was near the top of the list. Powerful, scalable computing resource that allows scientists to solve computationally intensive ...

Supercomputing s New Idea Is Old One: I remember when Cray was a name to be revered in the computing world. When Cray (the man) died, the reverence seemed to die with him. Maybe it s coming back: For the first 25 years of supercomputing, Mr. Cray s machines held the title of ...

Sandia supercomputer to be world's fastest, yet smaller and less expensive than any competitor: This description of the new "Red Storm" computer being developed at Sandia is like porn for hardware geeks. Supposedly, this machine is going to take the title of World's Fastest Computer back from the NEC Earth ...

Computer Groupthink Under Fire: An interesting look at the grid vs. supercomputer debate. Each side is better at some things than the other. Critics at a House Science Committee hearing in July on the status of supercomputing in the United States claimed that federal agencies are focusing too heavily on ...