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Slowly collecting all the big supercomputer companies. SGI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Graphics_International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_G

Slowly collecting all the big supercomputer companies. SGI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Graphics_International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Graphics_International) was an HP acquisition in 2016.

munk-a 7y ago
Yea... except HP is where things go to die. They have a long proud history of acquiring a company and investing some money in it - then deciding it's too expensive, shutting down the department and fire-selling any hardware they have in stock.
- milesward 7y ago
  I stand ready to buy Cray hardware at firesale prices with exceptional glee
  - Analemma_ 7y ago
    I could finally play Crysis!
    - tmountain 7y ago
      Might run into chipset compatibility issues...
      - jacquesm 7y ago
        And a rather exorbitant power bill, assuming you had enough current in the first place.
        beezischillin 7y ago
        Considering how Crysis’ biggest issue on modern hardware is that it doesn’t scale to multi-core, I doubt cramming it onto many more cores would help it, even if it ran
- zwieback 7y ago
  Notable exception: Compaq
  - subway 7y ago
    Arguably, HPE has more of a Compaq legacy than HP legacy. Much of their x86 server line has a Compaq lineage.
    - ColanR 7y ago
      My rule of thumb for buying laptops (since the mid 2000s) has been that compaq is the bottom-rung cheap brand that should always be avoided. Not sure their survival has been a good thing.
      - subway 7y ago
        The consumer gear was trash. The server lines were an entirely different story. Also worth noting that by the mid 2000s, Compaq was just a branding on the consumer side. The hardware was all the same old HP consumer junk.
        Anarch157a 7y ago
        The server line was a legacy from Digital, especially the Alpha line. It was a shame when HP killed it to go with Itanium.
        tzakrajs 7y ago
        Itanium is why we can't have nice things. (Wishes SGI would have never tried)
      - bitwize 7y ago
        In 2006, every single one of my coworkers bought a brand-new MacBook, and within a month every single one of my coworkers had a MacBook in the shop. I bought a Compaq laptop with a 64-bit CPU for under $1000. It ran flawlessly for over a decade, needing only a new battery. I eventually gave it to my parents who still have it.
- PorterDuff 7y ago
  I wonder when that all started? With Apollo maybe? A friend of mine was working in Colorado and involved in that whole deal, it did't sound super pretty.
soganess 7y ago
I have a feeling this has something to do with HPE's memputer. Perhaps it's hitting a few road blocks and they are looking for talent to solve them.
bryanlarsen 7y ago
Are there any left? Will/should this run into anti-trust concerns?
- ynnn 7y ago
  IBM.
  - BooneJS 7y ago
    They’re coming back after selling it to Lenovo.
    - ynnn 7y ago
      Selling what to Lenovo? Thinkpad? That's hardly a supercomputer. I'm not aware of any supercomputers built by Lenovo. IBM has built a lot.
      - BooneJS 7y ago
        IBM had to sell a Cray computer to NOAA after they sold their server line to Lenovo. https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-announces-significant-investment-in-next-generation-of-supercomputers https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-announces-significan...
      - subway 7y ago
        Try again: https://www.top500.org/system/179566 https://www.top500.org/system/179566 There are plenty of System X HPC installs. They just no longer come from IBM. Even when IBM still owned the line, it was being outsourced. The University of California SRCS system from ~10 years ago was an iDataPlex sold to us by IBM. Most of the boards had Asus marked on them. Also remember the System X line was sold way after the Think lines.
      - jabl 7y ago
        Check out https://top500.org/lists/2018/11/ https://top500.org/lists/2018/11/ Currently highest ranked Lenovo is #8.
spitfire 7y ago
Don't forget Tandem! The original distributed/nonstop database (in 1981 no less). And the originators of the 5-minute paper. HPE truly is where greatness goes to die. https://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-86.1.pdf https://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-86.1.pdf
- astrodust 7y ago
  True, they also absorbed DEC and Compaq ages ago.
  - microwavecamera 7y ago
    3com, Phoenix Technologies, EDS...
- z0d 7y ago
  No one remembers Palm here ? That WebOS was a fantastic OS and Apple iOS / Google copied it's gestures unceremoniously and think they innovated while still not able to perfect it like Palm. WebOS tablet, HP touchpad 10 got Android custom ROMs and still thriving. Its a shame that had to die. Android Pie on HP Touchpad - https://www.xda-developers.com/hp-touchpad-android-pie-custom-rom/ https://www.xda-developers.com/hp-touchpad-android-pie-custo...? Now WebOS lives in LG Smart TV platform. A big shame, this made me remember Tizen (Samsung WatchOS) which was reanimated from MeeGo which was made from MaeMo.

munk-a 7y ago

Yea... except HP is where things go to die. They have a long proud history of acquiring a company and investing some money in it - then deciding it's too expensive, shutting down the department and fire-selling any hardware they have in stock.

milesward 7y ago
I stand ready to buy Cray hardware at firesale prices with exceptional glee
- Analemma_ 7y ago
  I could finally play Crysis!
  - tmountain 7y ago
    Might run into chipset compatibility issues...
    - jacquesm 7y ago
      And a rather exorbitant power bill, assuming you had enough current in the first place.
      - beezischillin 7y ago
        Considering how Crysis’ biggest issue on modern hardware is that it doesn’t scale to multi-core, I doubt cramming it onto many more cores would help it, even if it ran
zwieback 7y ago
Notable exception: Compaq
- subway 7y ago
  Arguably, HPE has more of a Compaq legacy than HP legacy. Much of their x86 server line has a Compaq lineage.
  - ColanR 7y ago
    My rule of thumb for buying laptops (since the mid 2000s) has been that compaq is the bottom-rung cheap brand that should always be avoided. Not sure their survival has been a good thing.
    - subway 7y ago
      The consumer gear was trash. The server lines were an entirely different story. Also worth noting that by the mid 2000s, Compaq was just a branding on the consumer side. The hardware was all the same old HP consumer junk.
      - Anarch157a 7y ago
        The server line was a legacy from Digital, especially the Alpha line. It was a shame when HP killed it to go with Itanium.
        tzakrajs 7y ago
        Itanium is why we can't have nice things. (Wishes SGI would have never tried)
    - bitwize 7y ago
      In 2006, every single one of my coworkers bought a brand-new MacBook, and within a month every single one of my coworkers had a MacBook in the shop. I bought a Compaq laptop with a 64-bit CPU for under $1000. It ran flawlessly for over a decade, needing only a new battery. I eventually gave it to my parents who still have it.
PorterDuff 7y ago
I wonder when that all started? With Apollo maybe? A friend of mine was working in Colorado and involved in that whole deal, it did't sound super pretty.

soganess 7y ago

I have a feeling this has something to do with HPE's memputer. Perhaps it's hitting a few road blocks and they are looking for talent to solve them.

bryanlarsen 7y ago

Are there any left? Will/should this run into anti-trust concerns?

ynnn 7y ago
IBM.
- BooneJS 7y ago
  They’re coming back after selling it to Lenovo.
  - ynnn 7y ago
    Selling what to Lenovo? Thinkpad? That's hardly a supercomputer. I'm not aware of any supercomputers built by Lenovo. IBM has built a lot.
    - BooneJS 7y ago
      IBM had to sell a Cray computer to NOAA after they sold their server line to Lenovo. https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-announces-significant-investment-in-next-generation-of-supercomputers https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-announces-significan...
    - subway 7y ago
      Try again: https://www.top500.org/system/179566 https://www.top500.org/system/179566 There are plenty of System X HPC installs. They just no longer come from IBM. Even when IBM still owned the line, it was being outsourced. The University of California SRCS system from ~10 years ago was an iDataPlex sold to us by IBM. Most of the boards had Asus marked on them. Also remember the System X line was sold way after the Think lines.
    - jabl 7y ago
      Check out https://top500.org/lists/2018/11/ https://top500.org/lists/2018/11/ Currently highest ranked Lenovo is #8.

spitfire 7y ago

Don't forget Tandem! The original distributed/nonstop database (in 1981 no less). And the originators of the 5-minute paper. HPE truly is where greatness goes to die. https://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-86.1.pdf https://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-86.1.pdf

astrodust 7y ago
True, they also absorbed DEC and Compaq ages ago.
- microwavecamera 7y ago
  3com, Phoenix Technologies, EDS...
z0d 7y ago
No one remembers Palm here ? That WebOS was a fantastic OS and Apple iOS / Google copied it's gestures unceremoniously and think they innovated while still not able to perfect it like Palm. WebOS tablet, HP touchpad 10 got Android custom ROMs and still thriving. Its a shame that had to die. Android Pie on HP Touchpad - https://www.xda-developers.com/hp-touchpad-android-pie-custom-rom/ https://www.xda-developers.com/hp-touchpad-android-pie-custo...? Now WebOS lives in LG Smart TV platform. A big shame, this made me remember Tizen (Samsung WatchOS) which was reanimated from MeeGo which was made from MaeMo.