How many MIT scientists does it take to build a Linux cluster? Just one, at least in the school’s Department of Chemical Engineering. As part of his post-doctoral research at MIT, Vikram Kuppa, a Ph.D ...

The dawn of high-performance computing came in the 1970s with the development of the Cray 1 and other custom-built supercomputers running proprietary operating systems. The early 1990s saw the use of ...

Reflecting the growing popularity of Linux clusters for high-performance technical computing, two companies have secured new investments in the tens of millions of dollars. San Francisco-based Penguin ...

I recently had the opportunity to catch up with clustering pioneer Donald Becker, who started the Beowful project, and is now the CTO of Penguin Computing. I asked him a few questions about the ...

As the Linux cluster market grows, so should Panasas. Company founders Garth Gibson and Bill Courtwright set out in 2000 to meet the need for scalable Linux storage. The company launched its first ...

High-end linux clustering comes of age this week with the launch of 32- and 64-bit platforms at LinuxWorld in San Francisco. Although the promise of industrial-strength Linux clustering has been a ...

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Lineo, an embedded and high-availability Linux start-up, on Wednesday shipped its Availix Horizontal Clustering 1.3, adding to the list of vendors able to ship a system for clustering Linux servers.

Linux clustering start-up Terascala is generating interest among investors, as the Massachusetts-based company recently received a $3 million in first-round venture capital funding. Terascala is ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. and Linux clustering software vendor Linux NetworX Inc. are joining their efforts to offer powerful HP server clusters linked together with specialized management applications. In ...

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