Hardware Industry The US now officially has the world's fastest supercomputer, knocking China off the top spot But China has more systems in the top 500 By Rob Thubron, June 25, 2018, 6:07 AM
Industry HPE is building the world's largest ARM-based supercomputer It will be used to run simulations for the National Nuclear Security Administration By Rob Thubron, June 20, 2018, 6:07 AM
Hardware Industry At 200 petaflops, the US once again owns the world's fastest supercomputer Summit is powered by more than 27,000 Nvidia GPUs By Shawn Knight, June 8, 2018, 4:00 PM 25 comments
Hardware Industry China moves ahead of US on Top 500 supercomputer list; Linux now found on every machine Two milestones for the Top 500 By Rob Thubron, November 15, 2017, 8:50 AM
Hardware Industry Summit supercomputer nears completion, will be fastest in the world Oak Ridge's Summit supercomputer will pack 10PB of RAM, offer 150-300 petaflops By William Gayde, October 25, 2017, 4:36 PM 20 comments
Microsoft The Web Azure cloud adds Cray supercomputers for high performance workloads Cray to bring XC, CS, and ClusterStor products into Azure By William Gayde, October 23, 2017, 7:00 PM
Science Tech Culture Supercomputer used to create the largest ever simulation of the universe By Shawn Knight, June 12, 2017, 6:45 PM 31 comments
Hardware Industry HP Enterprise shows off prototype of new computing architecture called "The Machine" It's 8000 times faster than your home computer By William Gayde, December 6, 2016, 8:15 AM 12 comments
Electronics Japan plans to build the fastest supercomputer in the world next year Japan's supercomputer will be capable of 130 petaflops By Rob Thubron, November 28, 2016, 9:00 AM 8 comments
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: Doom 3 gets VR mod, how to make a home flight simulator, Samsung PCs no more? Thanksgiving holiday weekend edition By Matthew DeCarlo, November 27, 2016, 12:00 PM
Hardware Industry China still has the two fastest supercomputers in the world, but the US is catching up The 93 petaflop Sunway TaihuLight remains the unchallenged #1 By Rob Thubron, November 15, 2016, 9:15 AM 15 comments
Science Google Quantum computers may revolutionize chemistry By Shawn Knight, July 19, 2016, 12:45 PM 8 comments
Industry Hardware New Chinese machine built with homegrown technology tops fastest supercomputer list By Rob Thubron, June 20, 2016, 7:30 AM
Industry Hardware China nearly triples number of supercomputers, still possesses the fastest machine in the world By Rob Thubron, November 17, 2015, 11:30 AM
Hardware Industry Intel's second generation Xeon Phi co-processor slated for Q1 2016 launch By Shawn Knight, November 16, 2015, 1:30 PM
Industry Hardware Obama wants the US to build the world's first exascale supercomputer By Rob Thubron, July 30, 2015, 10:15 AM
Industry Hardware Supercomputers have exhibited same slowing trend as consumer PCs By Shawn Knight, July 13, 2015, 11:45 AM
Hardware Electronics PuzzlePhone will use old smartphone modules to build supercomputers By Shawn Knight, January 26, 2015, 1:00 PM 10 comments
Industry IBM, Nvidia draw $325 million US Energy Department supercomputer contract By Shawn Knight, November 14, 2014, 1:45 PM
Hardware Intel announces next-generation Xeon Phi chips, codenamed Knights Landing By Shawn Knight, June 23, 2014, 4:15 PM 16 comments
Industry HP launches Apollo supercomputer brand with liquid cooling By Shawn Knight, June 10, 2014, 2:30 PM
Industry IBM acquires virtual assistant software startup Cognea for Watson Group By Shawn Knight, May 20, 2014, 1:45 PM
Hardware Intel and SGI trial submerging servers in liquid to cool them By Tim Schiesser, April 9, 2014, 8:30 AM 23 comments
Hardware Intel's new 800 Gbps MXC cable will speed up data centers By Tim Schiesser, March 11, 2014, 10:30 AM
Software Industry IBM forms new Watson business unit, invests $1 billion By Himanshu Arora, January 10, 2014, 12:30 PM