Microsoft Migrates From Servers to Supercomputers

[abhi]

Once relegated to the realm of national laboratories, supercomputers
have started to move downstream. These days, any business with $25,000
to $100,000 to spare can buy a computing system capable of cranking
through very difficult tasks. And, in fact, more businesses than ever
have started to buy exactly these types of systems as competitive
pressure mounts to perform complex operations faster.

With this in mind, Microsoft’s interest in what’s known as high-
performance computing (HPC) makes a lot of sense. The world’s largest
software maker this week released a new, specialized version of its
Windows operating system built to distribute tasks across large groups
of computers.

http://www.microsoftblog.info/

[John Lockwood]

On 24/9/08 11:17, in article

Post by abhi
Once relegated to the realm of national laboratories, supercomputers
have started to move downstream. These days, any business with $25,000
to $100,000 to spare can buy a computing system capable of cranking
through very difficult tasks. And, in fact, more businesses than ever
have started to buy exactly these types of systems as competitive
pressure mounts to perform complex operations faster.
With this in mind, Microsoft¹s interest in what¹s known as high-
performance computing (HPC) makes a lot of sense. The world¹s largest
software maker this week released a new, specialized version of its
Windows operating system built to distribute tasks across large groups
of computers.
http://www.microsoftblog.info/

My theory is that this new Cray 'PC' is so that Microsoft has a computer
that can run Windows7 at a speed that will let you use it without dying of
old age waiting for the computer to boot.