I’m intrigued by the idea of personal supercomputers such as the Cray CX1, which was unveiled earlier this year, as well as the Dell Workstation that was given a teraflop boost using an Nvidia Telsa card. So I jumped at the chance to chat with SiCortex, a maker of high-performance computing systems that in March announced a 72-core workstation that runs at 300 watts. The company just closed a $37 million round of funding in September and also has a larger HPC system as well. For more, check out the video.
SC08 Video: Put a Green Supercomputer on Your Desk
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I’m intrigued by the idea of personal supercomputers such as the Cray CX1, which was unveiled earlier this year, as well as the Dell Workstation that was given a teraflop boost using an Nvidia Telsa card. So I jumped at the chance to chat with SiCortex, […]
[...] trying to muscle in with low-power options. Texas Instruments and Tensilica are using DSPs, while HPC company SiCortex told me last week it may broaden its market beyond supercomputing in the next year with its [...]
[...] | Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 4:00 PM PT | 0 comments SiCortex, a company that makes a green supercomputer using proprietary chips and some “Back to the Future” styling, is seeking to sell its [...]