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HP and IBM go head-to-head in supercomputing race

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Things are heating up at the high end again - a good thing, considering the growing need of supercomputers for intense number crunching in climate simulation, financial processing, and more. Hewlett-Packard is taking on IBM in high-end supercomputers , the latest sign that H-P is doubling down on technology hardware while IBM pulls back from the market.

That's a big surprise coming from HP, whose recent financial tribulations have led some to wonder if they'll even pull out of hardware all together .

Instead, HP is releasing two big systems: the Apollo 6000, consisting of a network of small machines, and the bigger, water-cooled Apollo 8000, which will compete with IBM and Cray for the prize. Whoever takes the prize, it will permit this latest round of super-charged computing power to allow guys like this one to use research computers to mine bitcoin. Brilliant, dude.

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2014-06-16 16:09
HP and IBM go head-to-head in supercomputing race
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Things are heating up at the high end again - a good thing, considering the growing need of supercomputers for intense number crunching in climate simulation, financial processing, and more. Hewlett-Packard is taking on IBM in high-end supercomputers , the latest sign that H-P is doubling down on technology hardware while IBM pulls back from the market.

That's a big surprise coming from HP, whose recent financial tribulations have led some to wonder if they'll even pull out of hardware all together .

Instead, HP is releasing two big systems: the Apollo 6000, consisting of a network of small machines, and the bigger, water-cooled Apollo 8000, which will compete with IBM and Cray for the prize. Whoever takes the prize, it will permit this latest round of super-charged computing power to allow guys like this one to use research computers to mine bitcoin. Brilliant, dude.
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