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Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instance: Supercomputer Power For Every Task

Calling it a "nuclear-powered bulldozer", yesterday, Amazon announced and blogged about its newest cloud infrastructure service, the "Cluster GPU Instance", which delivers supercomputer calculation power for as little as $2.10 per hour. The new instance type employs the same NVIDIA Tesla processor used in three of the five fastest supercomputers. . It is rated at 515 gigaflops (515 billion double-precision floating point calculations per second) and each Amazon instance employs two of them, giving each instance more than one teraflop of processing power. Amazon further allows instances to be clustered "up through and above 128 nodes" for even more power. Theoretically, a 128-node cluster of the new Amazon EC2 instances would qualify as the 50th fastest computer in the world. The new instance type enables a wide variety of calculation-intensive workloads for applications that include energy exploration, weather prediction, graphics rendering, and video transcoding. And, oh, it is also good for enabling encryption code breaking and identity theft. The link for this article located at Web Security Journal is no longer available. . Experience unparalleled computing power with Azure's cutting-edge GPU Node, delivering over 2 teraflops of performance for merely $2.50 per hour—powered by advanced AMD Radeon technology.. Cluster GPU Instance, High Performance Computing, NVIDIA Tesla. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Nov 18, 2010 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Cryptography
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Recent Cyber Intrusion On University Supercomputers Reveals Risks

Apparently, no actual damage was done to the systems and the hackers' access was brief. But they "could clearly have done severe damage," says TruSecure analyst Russ Cooper. The amount of bandwidth they controlled "far exceeded" several hundred personal computers connected to the Internet via cable modems. . . .. Apparently, no actual damage was done to the systems and the hackers' access was brief. But they "could clearly have done severe damage," says TruSecure analyst Russ Cooper. The amount of bandwidth they controlled "far exceeded" several hundred personal computers connected to the Internet via cable modems. Hackers have gained access to supercomputers and large computer networks at numerous university and research organization facilities in the last few weeks. The infiltrations, which are still under investigation, temporarily gave the attackers sufficient computing power to attack large portions of the Internet. . Recent breaches in academic institutions exposed weaknesses in infrastructure. Cyber intruders might have caused major disruptions.. Cyber Attack Response, University Network Security, Hack Threat Analysis. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Apr 14, 2004 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Hacks/Cracks
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SDSC TeraFLOP Resource Analysis: 207 Billion Hashes Cracked

Tom Perrine and Devin Kowatch of the San Diego Supercomputer Center have issued "Teracrack: Password cracking using TeraFLOP and PetaByte Resources." Using SDSC's prodigious computing facilities, they precomputed 207 billion crypt() hashes in 80 minutes. . .. Tom Perrine and Devin Kowatch of the San Diego Supercomputer Center have issued "Teracrack: Password cracking using TeraFLOP and PetaByte Resources." Using SDSC's prodigious computing facilities, they precomputed 207 billion crypt() hashes in 80 minutes ." The link for this article located at SDSC is no longer available. . Tom Perrine and Devin Kowatch of the San Diego Supercomputer Center have issued 'Teracrack: Password. perrine, devin, kowatch, diego, supercomputer, center, issued, 'teracrack, password. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Dec 08, 2003 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Cryptography
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