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3 ways to advance sustainability in high performance computing

CIO Business Intelligence

There are three ways to do this: Maximize hardware energy efficiency Consolidate infrastructure Use renewable energy sources Deploying Energy-Efficient Hardware The Hyperion Research study found three geo-specific motivations for the heightened prioritization of sustainability in HPC deployments.

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Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online

The Verge

Microsoft developed the first Xbox with x86 hardware in mind, but the Xbox kernel was based on a custom and stripped down version of Windows 2000 with DirectX 8 support. support ended in December 2001, the operating system is only used in a small number of systems worldwide so a source code leak isn’t a significant security issue.

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Sega and Microsoft announce strategic alliance to develop ‘Super Game’ initiative on Azure

GeekWire

It was previously a console manufacturer, but ended its hardware business in 2001 after the unfortunate failure of the Dreamcast. Sega is a Tokyo-based video game developer and publisher that might be best-known for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, which celebrated its 30 th anniversary this year.

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Former Microsoft exec Ed Fries shares behind-the-scenes stories from the original Xbox project

GeekWire

The four generations of Xbox hardware, as of 2020. The Xbox project was a money sink on both the hardware and software sides, with Fries estimating it lost $1 billion per year for Microsoft until he left the company. The original Xbox is in the back left. GeekWire Photo/Thomas Wilde). Thanks for all your comments and support!

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Qubit by qubit, the quantum computers of tomorrow are coming into being

Vox

The Quantum System Two looks forbidding, like some offspring of the supercomputer from 2001: A Space Odyssey , minus HAL’s eerie red eye. The qubits that do the real work of quantum computing inside the System Two are as sensitive and as prone to error as the hardware itself looks indestructible. But appearances can be deceiving.

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Nintendo is finally creating officially-licensed esports tournaments for ‘Super Smash Bros.’

GeekWire

Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch and its 2001 GameCube predecessor Super Smash Bros. Nintendo has teamed with Panda Global, a Detroit-based esports brand, to create an as-yet-unnamed championship circuit for players of both Super Smash Bros.

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Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

GeekWire

This included going through every game released for any version of the Game Boy hardware, many of which went off the market when Nintendo shut down its digital storefronts for the 3DS and Wii-U in March of this year.

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