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The Story Behind a Failed HPC Startup

Posted by kdawson on from the build-it-and-they-will-come-if-you-don't-run-out-of-money-first dept.

jbrodkin writes "SiCortex had an idea that it thought would take the supercomputing world by storm — build the most energy-efficient HPC clusters on the planet. But the recession, and the difficulties of penetrating a market dominated by Intel-based machines, proved to be too much for the company to handle. SiCortex ended up folding earlier this year, and its story may be a cautionary tale for startups trying to bring innovation to the supercomputing industry."

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  1. Re:Commodity by coaxial · · Score: 0, Troll

    Many years ago, I wrote a paper for my business class that using DRAM industry as a commodity industry. The ignint professor gave me a C for that cuz he insisted DRAM is not a commodity. That dude at the time was a young one, too.

    You're right that DRAM is a commodity. Clearly the reason why you got the C is because the prof was thinking of traditional commodities, and you didn't support your premise.