As the medical community marks the start of National Cancer Awareness Month, scientists around the world are pursuing new approaches to diagnosing and treating cancer with the help of breakthrough technologies from Silicon Graphics . Leading research institutions — including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute, and Robarts Research Institute — have turned to SGI computing, visualization and storage solutions to treat and potentially prevent some of the most lethal illnesses known to man.
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A supercomputer in Rochester — Blue Gene/L — recently claimed the title of fastest computer in the world. Minnesota’s history of building the fastest and most powerful computers in the world dates back to the early 1960s. The supercomputer industry fell on hard times in the 1990s, but now may be poised for a renaissance.
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Hewlett-Packard is easing out of its partnership with Intel in the design of the Itanium processor and details of the breakup are scheduled to be spelled out in greater detail soon.
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Silicon Graphics plans to overhaul its high-performance Altix computers a year from now to accommodate dual-core Itanium processors from Intel. SGI, which specializes in machines for high-performance technical computing jobs such as aerodynamics simulations, plans to release its next-generation Altix model at the same time Intel releases its new “Montecito” version of Itanium, said Dave Parry, senior vice president of SGI’s server and platform group. That processor is scheduled to debut in the second half of 2005.
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On January 13, Sony Pictures will present the first-ever showing of a major studio motion picture using Sony’s revolutionary new “4K” digital projection system at a screening of Columbia Pictures’ blockbuster Spider-Man(R) 2. The uncompressed “4K” digital cinema content for the projection system will be powered by advanced visualization and shared storage systems from Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI).
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