Windows HPC Server now integrates with Excel workbooks and harnesses the power of idle Windows 7 desktops. Microsoft made its latest Windows HPC Server software available Monday, saying new features ...

Microsoft Monday said it would ship Windows HPC Server 2008 on Nov. 1 with designs on challenging Linux for supplying high-performance computers and specifically taking aim at ailing Wall Street ...

Several years ago, Microsoft made its first serious foray into the high performance computing market, offering Windows as an alternative operating system in the Linux-dominated space. When Microsoft ...

Microsoft this week announced two product betas of note for high-performance (HPC) computing professionals. Betas for Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, as well as Excel 2010, are now available, according to ...

Windows HPC Server 2008, released in September, has achieved its first milestone. The Windows HPC Server team has something to celebrate today: it has finally gotten Microsoft on the list of the top ...

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On Monday at the High Performance Computing Financial Markets conference in New York City, Microsoft unveiled Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, an update that comes with expanded modeling and simulation ...

Microsoft this week made the Community Technical Preview (CTP) of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 available in order to give those interested an early preview. To grab the release, or if you just want to ...

High performance computing (HPC) is traditionally considered the domain of large, purpose built machines running some *nix operating system (predominantly Linux in recent years). Windows is given ...

This is a contributed piece by Randall Hand, a regular reader and the publisher of VizWorld.com. It was back in November when Microsoft released Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Beta 1 to the world. In the ...

A Windows HPC Server installation is ranked as the 23rd fastest supercomputer in the world according to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. The machine, which has over 9,472 nodes, ...

Microsoft made its latest Windows HPC Server software available Monday, saying new features that integrate with Excel workbooks and harness the power of idle Windows 7 desktops will expand the reach ...