Why ink a $40M contract as SGI collapsed?
April 18, 2009By February, Silicon Graphics was in deep trouble. It was shedding employees and continuing toloose money -- yet it announced that it had just signed a $40 million deal with the U.S. Department of Defense.
SGI asset sale completes unraveling of Silicon Valley icon
April 17, 2009The deal earlier this month to sell the assets of Silicon Graphics to Rackable Systems for just $25 million leaves SGI customers — including the Department of Defense — in limbo.
Sun boosts new servers with flash memory
April 14, 2009Sun Microsystems announced six servers based on Intel's new Xeon 5500 processors, testing whether it can sell new systems at the same that it may be trying to sell the company.
SiCortex puts green twist on high-performance computing
April 12, 2009A new company called SiCortex is trying to bring the benefits of high-performance computing to smaller enterprises and research groups, particularly those worried about the rising cost of electricity.
IBM to build 20-petaflop computer for Energy Dept.
April 11, 2009The U.S. government has hired IBM to build a 20 petaflop supercomputer; it would be 20 times more powerful than the fastest supercomputer running today.
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IBM to build massive supercomputer for U.S. government
April 5, 2009The U.S. government has hired IBM to build a supercomputer with more power than all the systems on the Top500 supercomputer list combined. Sequoia will be capable of 20 petaflops when completed in 2012.
World's most efficient supercomputer gets to work
April 2, 2009The Fujitsu FX1 computer was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Japan Aerospace Explorations Agency.
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Rackable to buy SGI for $25 million
April 2, 2009Rackable Systems said it plans to buy the assets of Silicon Graphics for roughly $25 million and will also assume certain liabilities.
Server revenue sees big drop in Q4, IDC says
March 28, 2009Worldwide server revenue saw its biggest quarterly drop in years in the last quarter of 2008 and may not recover until next year, IDC said.