Boston, MA 06/13/2014 (wallstreetpr) – The supercomputer of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), known as Watson is about to get its competitor in the form of Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)’s own supercomputers called Apollo. One of the two supercomputers of HP will directly take on Watson.
Important Announcement just a day before annual HP Discover customer event
The announcement of Apollo, the supercomputers from Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), came a just before the company had its annual HP Discover customer event where approximately 10000 customers attended 500 sessions that were sponsored by HP.
About the HP Supercomputers
One of the two supercomputers from HP- the HP Apollo 6000, is basically an amalgamation of around 160 low-end servers, all stacked in one rack. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) explained that this configuration will help in offering high performance while making use of just half the energy. According to the Wall Street Journal, the supercomputers like these sell from less than $100000 to up to $500000. The HP Apollo 6000 computer is said to lower the operational costs for the users in a considerable way.
The second supercomputer by HP is known as HP Apollo 8000 and this would be the first completely liquid-cooled supercomputer of the world. This can be priced anywhere from $500000 to millions of dollars. It is this computer of HP that will directly take on Cray as well as IBM in this forte of the market. HP Apollo 8000 is said to be extremely energy efficient, but HP risked with its potential adoption.
Statement from the Hewlett-Packard’s head of servers and networking
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)’s head of servers and networking, Antonio Neri, said that the company was planning to redefine the data centers’ energy.
Limited Market of supercomputers
No matter what, but the market of supercomputers is very restricted, simply because of the extremely high cost of the equipment. The customers of supercomputers therefore include just the huge corporations as well as government agencies that require a lot of computing power.
