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SC08 Video: Put a Green Supercomputer on Your Desk
I’m intrigued by the idea of personal supercomputers such as the Cray CX1, which was unveiled earlier this year, as well as the Dell Workstation that was given a teraflop boost using an Nvidia Telsa...
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Supercomputing: It's All About the Software
At the SC 08 show that ends today in Austin, I was struck by how much the lines between supercomputing and corporate computing have blurred. The show even had a panel on high-performance computing and...
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TI Wants to Use DSPs for Low-power Computing
Texas Instruments is looking to hop on the trend of using non x86 processors in the data center, according to Kathy Brown, general manager of the company’s wireless base station infrastructure...
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Big Computer Brains Need Big Memory Bandwidth
As semiconductors try to get faster without breaking the laws of physics (not that researchers aren’t trying that, too) multicore processors have become all the rage. Quad-core chips are commonplace in...
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On the Block: SiCortex's DeLorean-Style Green Supercomputer
SiCortex, a company that makes a green supercomputer using proprietary chips and some “Back to the Future” styling, is seeking to sell its assets by the end of June. (Check out what’s for sale here.)...
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SiCortex Co-Founder on Intel and Shutting Down
Even as times get tough for pioneering startups building semiconductors and computing equipment, the chip industry needs to maintain its biodiversity, says Matt Reilly, a co-founder of the recently...
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How Will We Keep Supercomputing Super?
Cray’s Jaguar supercomputer is the fastest machine on the planet, according to the Top 500 list of supercomputers published today by four researchers in the computing industry. It marks the first time...
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Is Verari Shutting Down?
Verari's FOREST Container Twitter, InsideHPC and others are indicating that blade server and storage startup Verari Systems is being shut down today. My calls to the company were answered by a...
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Ooyala Names Jay Fulcher CEO
Video platform startup Ooyala tonight named Jay Fulcher its new president and CEO and member of its board of directors. The move is not a surprise, as Ooyala’s founding first-time CEO Bismarck Lepe had...
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Nook Reviews Vary From Cover to Cover, But it’s an Early Edition
The first Barnes & Noble Nook e-book devices have landed and there are quite a few page turners in the form of reviews available. I’ve read several and nearly all share a common theme — the device...
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Infrastructure Winners and Losers of 2009
As the year winds to close, GigaOM Pro’s crack team of contributors takes a look back at what went right, what went wrong, and for whom.
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SC08 Video: Put a Green Supercomputer on Your Desk
I’m intrigued by the idea of personal supercomputers such as the Cray CX1, which was unveiled earlier this year, as well as the Dell Workstation that was given a teraflop boost using an Nvidia Telsa...
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Verizon pushes Android 5.0 Lollipop to the Samsung Galaxy S5
Good news for Samsung Galaxy S5 owners on the Verizon network in the U.S.: Android 5.0 is ready for your device and Verizon has made it available. A notification should appear on your handset to...
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Motorola sales double in 2014 as the brand re-enters China
Lenovo reported its earnings for the past quarter on Tuesday. During the quarter, the company officially completed its $2.91 billion acquisition of Motorola from Google. Lenovo announced its smartphone...
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Check out Shadow: A portable panic button that phones for help
In an emergency situation, your best friend might be your smartphone. But what if your personal security is threatened and you simply don’t have time to dig for your handset, unlock the device and...
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No, it wasn’t just you: Netflix went down Tuesday afternoon
Netflix experienced an extended outage this Tuesday afternoon, with users reporting on Twitter that it went down around 3:40pm PT, according to Downdetector.com. Netflix’s website remained inaccessible...
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YouTube experiments with multiple camera angles for performances
Multiple camera angles are coming to YouTube, if only as an experiment: YouTube added a first live music performance with four camera angles to its site Wednesday, allowing users to switch back and...
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Apple spotted driving sensor-equipped vehicles in the Bay Area
San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX has been following a mysterious minivan tooling around Concord, California, with a roof rack fool of advanced sensors. Checking in with the Department of Motor...
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Goodlatte revives Innovation Act to curb patent trolling
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va) has reintroduced a patent reform bill, known as the Innovation Act, that enjoyed bipartisan support last year, but was killed by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt). The prospects...
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Twitter beats on earnings but misses on user growth
Twitter’s stock rose slightly today after the company announced its fourth quarter earnings. It beat by a significant amount, although it missed in terms of what analysts expected for user growth. Here...
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