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Windows, Memory and the limits to it

First of all, no matter how much memory you put into your system, it ain't enough. And this is true for all or at least most of the operating systems. Earlier this week Mark Russinovich wrote a blog post about "Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Read More...
Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 3:02 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Resources for HPC development – not only on Windows

Phil put together a collection of resources relevant for HPC development. I hope you find these resources useful in your discovery of high performance computing on Windows . Windows HPC news and content links: Phil's developer blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/philpenn/ Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:16 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Considerations when upgrading to Windows Server 2008

My boss Neil just published a post on "Application Considerations When Upgrading to Windows Server 2008." Very nice and complete article. This should be your first read if you are in the process of evaluating Windows Server 2008. Content: Changes When Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:18 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Spark your Dreams with DreamSpark

Free software from Microsoft? No way! Wrong ! Last night Microsoft launched DreamSpark . From the Channel 8 program homepage: DreamSpark is simple, it's all about giving students Microsoft professional-level developer and design tools at no charge so Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:08 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Microsoft Office Binary Formats - Availability under OSP

Brian Jones has announced the posting of the Microsoft Office Binary Format specs on this blog . Along with these formats we have also provided a few additional format specs: Windows Compound Binary File Format Specification PDF | XPS Windows Metafile Read More...
Posted Monday, February 18, 2008 9:06 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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PGI CDK Cluster Development Kit for Windows CCS

The Portland group just released a CDK for Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS). From sys-con : "Until now, the PGI CDK has been available only for Linux-based clusters based on 32-bit and 64-bit microprocessors from AMD and Intel. The Portland Group Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:42 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Be Ready for Windows Server 2008

With the launch right around the corner (Feb 27) we receive a lot of questions from developer about how to get ready for Windows Server 2008 (WS2K8). Here are my top 10 resources: Just test your application thoroughly in Windows Server 2008 . Free, easy Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:55 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments

HPC section on MSDN Code Gallery

Phil just announced the availability of a new section on MSDN Code Gallery. This new area is dedicated to sharing code and samples focusing on High Performance Computing on Windows HPC Server 2008. Since it is very new, there's currently not too much Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:36 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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MSDN Code Gallery has launched

MSDN and the DevDiv Community Connection Team just launched the MSDN Code Gallery. Microsoft and community members can use this site to share code samples/snippets, sample applications, and other resources. Code Gallery is available here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:26 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Running a Windows HPC Server 2008 cluster on Hyper-V

Recently Giovanni posted a document on the Windows HPC community portal describing how to set up a virtual HPC cluster. The ZIP file (did he use his MacBook to write the doc? :)) contains also sample code that can be executed against the virtual cluster Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:37 AM by Volker Will | 9 Comments
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Windows HPC Resources

If you are interested in HPC on the Windows platform or want to get started, here are some useful resources for you: General Microsoft HPC landing page, www.microsoft.com/hpc Technical community portal, www.windowshpc.net Worldwide one day awareness events, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:52 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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