We further develop system-aware parallel graph algorithms that enable runtime optimizations for faster and safer processing, hence bridging high-performance computing and big data analytics. Finally, ...

See cloud computing. (2) A parallel processing architecture in which CPU resources are shared across a network, and all machines function as one large supercomputer.

Businesses will soon be able to tap into the power of a virtual supercomputer by harnessing the energy of idle PCs anywhere in the world thanks to breakthroughs in so-called grid computing. The ...

Erica P. Johnson The young field of proteomics has quickly risen to match physics and meteorology in its huge appetite for computational capacity. According to Sylvie Langevin, development group ...

The company signs a deal with GridIron Software that will enable its After Effects Professional video effects software to tap into spare computing power on a network. Adobe software to plug into ...

Corey Klaasmeyer defines grid computing and contrasts it with cluster computing. This article also leads the reader through a simple Globus Toolkit 4 grid service implementation.

Wolfram Research has released gridMathematic, a parallel computing solution for dedicated grids or clusters. It can run on any cluster of machines including Mac OS X, Unix, Linux and Windows via ...

The Facts . Critics of grid computing point out that interenterprise grids face considerable security hurdles (see “Power Pool,” Emerging Technology, April 1, 2002).

Oracle has emphatically rejected claims by a leading figure in the European grid research community that vendor grid computing offerings were "overhyped". Roland Slee, Oracle Asia Pacific's senior ...