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15 November 2008

Microsoft Breaks Into Top 10 of World’s Largest Supercomputers!

Read the press release | Dawning Chooses Windows HPC Server 2008 over Linux
Austin, TX — November 18, 2008 — Today at the Supercomputing 2008 conference, Microsoft Corp. debuted in the top 10 of the world’s most powerful supercomputers with Shanghai Supercomputer Center and Dawning Information Industry Co. Ltd.

Microsoft recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

Austin, TX — Nov. 17, 2008 - Microsoft has been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, presented at the 2008 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC08), in Austin, Texas. Diane Lieberman, publisher of HPCwire, revealed the list of winners at the HPCwire booth at the event being held at the Austin Convention Center. Microsoft was recognized with the following honor(s):
- Editors' Choice Best HPC Software Product or Technology: Windows HPC Server
- Editors' Choice Top 5 Vendors to Watch in 2009
- Editors' Choice Best HPC Collaborations between Government and Industry: Universal Parallel Computing Research Centers - University of Calif., Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp
Windows HPC Experience Counts Academic Program

No matter the topic - the inner workings of the universe or the economy; the spawning of a hurricane or urban development - HPC has become a key driver of the type of research that leads to groundbreaking insights. With Windows HPC Experience Counts Academic Program - starting November 1, 2008 - you can register to receive a special academic discount while sharing your HPC experience and learning from your counterparts around the world. Apply here.

What they're saying

“We’re basically talking about changing the wheels on a racecar while it’s speeding around the track, rather than waiting for a pit stop. Windows HPC Server will help us to do that.”

- Jon-Carlos Mayes, IT Director, CCP Games

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In the Spotlight

When to Choose Windows HPC Server 2008 for your Computing Cluster
Carl Claunch, Vice-President and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner
When should enterprises install Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 as the operating system for their computer clusters?
Find more here.
- Newly emergent applications are often built for the Windows environment and are easier to transition to a Windows-based cluster than a Linux-based setup.
- Most implementations of Windows in computing clusters establish an alternative mode for some work and are not deployed to displace Linux entirely.
Ferrari Takes Windows HPC Server for a Spin
MARANELLO, Italy, Oct. 15 — Two of the most dynamic, high-performance companies in the world joined forces today when Ferrari SpA decided to use Microsoft Corp.'s newest high-performance computing (HPC) technology to push the boundaries of automotive engineering, design and development.
Dassault Systèmes Announces Accelerated Simulation Performance with Microsoft's Windows HPC Server 2008
"With Windows HPC Server 2008, Microsoft has made huge advancements in performance and scaling that give users of realistic simulation solutions more IT flexibility,” stated Brian Kucic, VP of Business Development for R Systems. “Using the analysis model provided by Dana and the same 32-node compute cluster, we evaluated the performance of Abaqus FEA software on both Linux and Windows. Switching between the two operating systems was straightforward and the performance of Windows HPC Server 2008 was highly competitive."
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