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With the Launch of the AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series Processors, Cray Makes Multiple Supercomputer Upgrades
It’s clear that Cray as well as our Cray XE6 and Cray XK6 customers are very excited about the new AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series processor. In fact, we have already issued a number of announcements about the new processors with various supercomputing centers around the world including plans to upgrade to Cray systems at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the University of Edinburgh (HECToR) and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory – where the Cray XT5 supercomputer nicknamed “Jaguar” will be upgraded to a new Cray XK6 supercomputer nicknamed “Titan.” Continue reading
Rising to the Top
Interesting statistics that show the strength of the AMD Opteron™ processor for high performance computing (HPC). Continue reading
Big Data In HPC: Back To The Future
By Guest Blogger, Steve Conway, IDC Research Vice President, High Performance Computing Data-intensive applications for things like cryptography and weather forecasting have been part of high performance computing (HPC) from the start, ever since the 1950s. But the power of … Continue reading
Saving Gas
I rant a lot about how AMD Opteron™ processors can help enterprises save on power costs, but what about gas? I have spent so many weeks on the road recently that my car doesn’t move much. I am actually writing … Continue reading
The Resource Center
I went to grade school in the 1970’s. Back then, education was going through a transformation, away from the rote memorization of the past, teachers began exploring ideas like “new math.” Even the library was going under a transformation; suddenly … Continue reading
Power to the People
My life used to be simple back in the day. I worked in the tech industry and my wife was on the other end of the spectrum – she sold stuffed animals. Now, before you think I am making fun … Continue reading
Horn o’ Plenty
It is 80 degrees outside and the leaves are falling, that can only mean one thing – Thanksgiving in Austin. I know it is Thanksgiving time because the only channel to inexplicably stop working on my brand new digital cable … Continue reading
How to Find AMD at SC10
AMD is very active at SC10 this year. Here’s an overview of where we’ll be and what we’ll be up to Continue reading
Simply Spectacular Virtualization – The Value 4P “Magny Cours” Edition
Servers and blades based on the AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform (formerly known by the code name “Magny Cours”) are popping up all around “ the cloud.” The Cray XE6 supercomputer is making headlines with new customers wins. The mainstream … Continue reading
The Software Community Said “Bring on the Cores” – And The AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform Is Meeting the Challenge
Now that servers based on our AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processors (known by the codename “Magny-Cours”) are on the market, it’s a good time to take a look at the state of all those cores in the world of software. … Continue reading
