Articles about Supercomputers

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Scientists turn to the cloud to streamline supercomputer calculations for chemistry

A team led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is finding new ways to accelerate the pace of… Read More

Amazon and Microsoft join White House team to unleash high-performance computing on COVID-19

Less than a week after the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy organized a consortium to focus the… Read More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise selected to support supercomputer brain simulation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise says it’s been selected to build a supercomputer designed to simulate the inner workings of the mouse… Read More

U.S. makes its pitch to wrest the world’s supercomputer top spot from China

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory staked its claim to retake the lead from China in the… Read More

Researchers are figuring out how to pack a supercomputer into a nanosatellite

Putting a supercomputer in a package that’s roughly the size of a loaf of bread is one thing. Making sure… Read More

One small teraflop: HPE’s supercomputer takes a giant leap on the space station

The most powerful computer ever sent into space proved its mettle this month by registering a processing speed in excess… Read More

SpaceX sends a supercomputer and lots more science experiments to space station

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has sent a robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station with three tons of… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray cutting 14% of workforce, 190 jobs, seeking to save $25M per year

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray plans to cut 190 jobs, representing about 14 percent of its global workforce, as part of… Read More

China's Taihu Light supercomputer is the most powerful computer in the world as of November 2016, capable of hitting 93 peta-flops (floating-point operations per second). (Top 500 photo)

These six tech companies are getting $258M from the DOE to research exascale computing

Hoping to beat China to the development of the first production-ready exascale computer, the U.S. Department of Energy plans to… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray posts $20.3 million profit for Q4

Seattle-based supercomputer company, Cray Inc., posted fourth quarter profits of $20.3 million today and revenue of $267.5 million, beating analyst expectations of $263.4… Read More

Cray supercomputers to power more than 60% of world’s weather forecasts after landing Danish deal

Supercomputer maker Cray has secured a $6 million contract with the Danish Meteorological Institute to provide massive computing power that enables… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray inks $30M deal with Department of Defense

Cray Inc. today landed a $30 million deal with the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program, the latest in… Read More

Cray wins $128M contract with U.K. weather agency, largest international deal in company history

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray Inc. today announced that it has received a contract spanning multiple years from the Met Office in… Read More

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Supercomputer maker Cray lands $26M contract with Department of Defense

The Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program has awarded Seattle-based supercomputer maker Cray Inc. with a $26 million… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray wins $30M contract from German university

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray announced today that it has signed a $30 million deal to expand its XC30 system at… Read More

German agency seals $23M deal for high-powered Cray supercomputers to improve the science of weather predictions

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray Inc. has sealed a $23 million deal to deliver two XC30 supercomputers and two Sonexion 1600 storage… Read More

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray revises outlook

Shares of Seattle supercomputer maker Cray Inc. fell Friday morning after it announced preliminary results for 2012, noting that it… Read More

Supercomputer deal: Cray to acquire Appro for $25M

Seattle-based Cray is aiming to improve its position in high-performance computing with a $25 million cash acquisition of Appro International… Read More

Cray boosts revenues as it awaits word on $150M order

Supercomputer maker Cray Inc. today reported net income of $147.4 million on revenue of $84.2 million, a “strong quarter” in… Read More

Cray supercomputer tackles age-old dilemma of how to make ice cream more delicious

Science. So useful. So life-enhancing. And now even more delicious. The scientific powers of a supercomputer from Seattle-based Cray are being put… Read More

Cray to deliver ‘Cascade’ supercomputer to DOE researchers in $40M deal

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray announced today that it has won a $40 million contract to deliver its next-generation supercomputer, code-named “Cascade”… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray expands in China

Cray announced today that it has established a new subsidiary in China in order to sell the company’s large supercomputing… Read More

Supercomputer maker Cray forms YarcData, a new unit to capitalize on ‘big data’

One of the tech buzzwords du jour right now is “Big Data,” the idea of companies mining ever-increasing data sets… Read More

Shares of Cray tank after supply issues push maker of supercomputers to a loss

The up and down story of Cray continues with the company saying today that revenues will fall below original expectations.… Read More

Cray hooks huge $188 million supercomputer contract with University of Illinois

Leaders in the field of supercomputing are arriving in Seattle this week for SC11, one of the biggest confabs for… Read More

Seattle supercomputer maker Cray loses veteran CTO

Steve Scott, who worked for Cray since 1992, most recently serving as senior vice president and chief technology officer, is… Read More