An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have announced they’ve signed a contract with Cray Computing for the NNSA’s first exascale supercomputer, “El Capitan.” El Capitan’s job will be to will perform essential functions for the Stockpile Stewardship Program, which supports U.S. national security missions in ensuring the…
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AMD Poses ‘Major Challenge’ to Intel’s Server Leadership
Rob Enderle reports on the excitement at AMD’s Epyc processor launch in San Francisco: I’ve been at a lot of AMD events, and up until this one, the general message was that AMD was almost as good as Intel but not as expensive. This year it is very different; Intel has stumbled badly, and AMD is moving to take the leadership…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise To Acquire Supercomputer Maker Cray for $1.3 Billion
Hewlett Packard Enterprise will be buying the supercomputer maker Cray for roughly $1.3 billion, the companies said this morning. Intending to use Cray’s knowledge and technology to bolster their own supercomputing and high-performance computing technologies, when the deal closes, HPE will become the world leader for supercomputing technology. From a report: Cray of course needs no introduction. The current leader in…