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In The Works: Windows For Supercomputers

Posted by timothy on from the tough-row-to-hoe dept.

Robert Accettura writes "According to ZDNet, Microsoft may be feeling threatened by Linux gaining ground in the High Performance Computing (HPC) arena. As a result, they have formed a HPC group to bring windows to these systems. It makes a mention of how clustered computing may be a target. I guess the only thing better than crashing 1 computer at a time is crashing an entire room full at once."

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  1. 'Windows' does not necessitate a GUI by ethnocidal · · Score: 4, Informative
    I'm amazed that people confuse the two. Can there really be zealots with their vocal organs sufficiently inserted into their nether regions who believe that Windows and the GUI used by Windows are one and the same?

    I'd invite you to look at Xbox as an example, and the operating system which that runs. There is no requirement for Windows to include a friendly GUI, animated characters, BSODs or any of these other 'hilarious' /. stalwarts.

  2. Windows Clusters available now..... by stiggle · · Score: 5, Informative
    Windows doesn't cluster? So what about those that have ranked in the Top 500 list then that run Windows?

    In the November 2003 list....
    At 68 - a Windows based system at Cornell from Dell with 640 processors (it originally started out at 320 on the list with 252 processors).
    At 128 - a Windows based system in Korea with 400 processors.

    So Windows doesn't cluster?

  3. Re:Why are you... by stiggle · · Score: 4, Informative

    More info (for the Google-less) and Links....

    Top 500 - http://www.top500.org/
    Cornell - http://www.tc.cornell.edu/
    NEC Earth Simulator -
    http://www.es.jamstec.go.jp/esc/eng/ESC/index.h tml

    The fastest is the Earth Simulator in Japan (35860/40960 Rmax/Rpeak)
    Virginia Tech as the fastest Apple cluster (as mentioned on /. previously) (10280/17600)
    Cornell has the fastest Windows cluster (1503/3073)

    As for the other questions - Google is your friend and the database on www.top500.org is searchable so should be able to answer anything else.