NASA has picked computer maker Silicon Graphics Inc. and chipmaker Intel to develop a major supercomputer based on Linux to simulate space exploration and conduct other research, SGI announced Tuesday ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for data centers, 3M Corp. today announced a new cooling fluid for large computer systems that reduces the need for powerful air conditioners and slashes energy ...

Hello everybody. Well, come Tuesday I am expecting an SGI 320 to show up. Bought it off of a fellow for 90 bucks shipped- a bit cheaper then they seem to go for on fleabay anyway. This whole thing ...

SGI (SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that NASA’s Ames Research Center has selected an SGI(R) UV(TM) 2000 shared memory system to support more than a thousand active ...

I had a chance to speak with NASA and SGI at the SC07 supercomputing convention in Reno this week where I saw one of the biggest super computers in the world. Pictured left is a 1024-core version of ...

The troubled computer maker selects a financial firm to help it get its Cray supercomputer unit on its own feet. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...

Rackable, Fremont, Calif., said it has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of SGI for about $25 million, plus the assumption of certain liabilities related to the acquired ...

IDG News Service: With your Altix systems, you have been able to build incredibly large shared-memory Linux servers. It seems that that kind of technology could be used in the commercial space, as ...