Sir Alan Sugar unveils East End supercomputer
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| The e-Science HPC cluster will run on Linux and be powered by AMD's
| 284 dual processor, dual core nodes which might be seen by some as
| a bold move away from long-term Viglen partners Microsoft and Intel.
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| He said the move into Linux could be described as his attempt to
| "get out of the clutches of my friend Mr Gates", and added that "what
| the end-user doesn't realise is that the largest benefactor is
| Microsoft. But we don't need to have our hands tied like that".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/03/sugar_viglen_cluster/
Related:
Univa Launches Open Source Cluster Solution
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| Available on multiple operating systems including Red Hat Enterprise
| Linux, the release of Univa Globus Cluster Edition 2.0 represents
| the culmination of a multi-person year design and development process
| during which Univa identified key cluster components, then extensively
| evaluated and tested leading open source technologies, and bundled them
| into the commercially supported solution it is delivering to market today.
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http://www.sys-con.com/read/369335_p.htm
Top 500 Supercomputer Sites - November 2006
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| Operating system Family: Linux
| Count: 376
| Share %: 75.20%
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http://top500.org/lists/2006/11
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| Microsoft only had a brief moment on the Top 500 supercomputer list before
| the machine was rebooted as a Linux cluster last fall.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=B2413430-EEAF-455C-9D85-706DC25D148D
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