Microsoft takes high performance computing mainstream
eWeek | at | by Mike
At the High Performance on Wall Street conference, Microsoft's high performance computing honcho, Bill Laing announced Windows HPC Server 2008. Microsoft's goal is to take HPC mainstream and make Windows an alternative to Linux and Unix for HPC customers, particularly in the financial sector.
Underscoring the importance of the financial sector in the push to take high performance computing mainstream, Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing of its latest entry into the HPC arena, Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008, at the High Performance on Wall Street conference here.