Nvidia is elbowing its way into supercomputers
Published in PC Hardware


By the grace of Huang

Nvidia has been showing how it is elbowing its way into the CPU market starting with a new supercomputer based in the UK that will run on 384 of its Grace CPU Superchips.

HPE announces new cloud-native server
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 29 June 2022 11:49

HPE announces new cloud-native server


Uses Ampere chips

Former maker of expensive printer ink Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced today that it will offer a new cloud-native server in Q3 of 2022 using Ampere chips.

US Supreme Court tells Oracle to give up on Itanium case
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It will have to pay HPE $3 billion in damages


The US Supreme Court took time out from its busy schedule of trying to turn back the clock on US abortion law to refuse to hear Oracle's appeal to overturn a ruling ordering the IT giant to pay $3 billion in damages.

Supremes chuck out Oracle's appeal
Published in News
Friday, 01 October 2021 13:08

Supremes chuck out Oracle's appeal


Has to pay HPE

The Supreme Court of California has thrown out Oracle's appeal against a decision to award $3 billion damages to HPE in a case which dates back a decade and relates to Big Red's commitment to develop on Itanium hardware.

HPE says no way San Jose
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Wednesday, 02 December 2020 11:17

HPE says no way San Jose


Moving to Texas

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is to shift away from Silicon Valley and will relocate its headquarters from San Jose, California, to Houston, Texas.

AMD and HPE score another big supercomputer win
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More Epyc results in Finland

AMD and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced another big super computer based around AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct GPUs.

Los Alamos sets new HPE supercomputer onto coronavirus
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Chicoma powered by shedloads of EPYC cores

Los Alamos Laboratory has completed the installation of a next-generation high performance computing platform, with aim to enhance its ongoing R&D efforts in support of the nation’s response to COVID-19.

HPE warns of SSDs about to fail
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 26 March 2020 11:30

HPE warns of SSDs about to fail


Shut down after 40,000 hours of operation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) issued a security advisory last week warning customers about a bug in the firmware of some SAS SSDs (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drives) that will fail after reaching 40,000 hours of operation.

HPE supercomputer returns to earth
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 07 June 2019 10:17

HPE supercomputer returns to earth


Calls itself V'Ger wants to merge with its creator

HPE's Spaceborne Computer has returned to Earth after 615 days onboard the International Space Station as the first commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) supercomputer system on the ISS.

HPE servers stuck in space
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 28 February 2019 11:23

HPE servers stuck in space


Above the cloud

Two Hewlett Packard Enterprise servers on the International Space Station have still not come back to Earth, three months after their intended return.