Cluster Resources develops workload and resource management software including the Moab Cluster Suite, Moab Grid Suite, and Maui Scheduler. Here’s the 4-1-1. Who: Incorporated in 2001, Cluster Resources, Inc. began initial development in the mid-1990s by the founders of the company under the name Supercluster Development Group. Before it became Cluster Resources, The Supercluster Development […]
Archives for January 2008
Latest INCITE awards at 265 million hours
January 21, 2008 by
The DOE announced last week that they’ve awarded 265 million hours of HPC time to 55 projects. This is the largest number of hours ever awarded by the DOE: 3 times last year’s total awards. The projects-with applications from aeronautics to astrophysics, and from climate change to combustion research-were chosen based on their potential breakthroughs […]
SGI Installs China's Largest Shared Memory Machine
January 21, 2008 by
In order to ensure the success of China’s new polar-orbiting meteorological satellite program, the China National Satellite Meteorological Center [NMSC] has deployed SGI high performance computing and storage equipment. The resulting system ranks as the largest shared-memory computer in China, and the fourth fastest in the country. The SGI Altix 4700 is comprised of 1,280 […]
AMD reports Q4 losses of $1.7B
January 21, 2008 by
Earlier last week we reported on Intel’s Q4 (reminder: they made almost $2B but their stock tanked; details here). AMD’s news was much more on the “leap out of a window” side of things. AMD reported late last week that they lost $1.722B in Q4, compared to $576M in Q4 a year ago. For the […]
Your wait is over! The "What is HPC?" presentation enters beta
January 18, 2008 by
You read that right. Now you can show up at your next tour or high school science fair judging with a confident swagger, knowing you have a secret weapon: the best darn presentation ever about what HPC is all about, and why everyone should care. Read more about it, and download a copy for yourself, […]
Call for Papers: 3rd Workshop on Virtualization in HPC and Grid Computing
January 18, 2008 by
Call for papers for the 3rd Workshop on Virtualization in High Performance and Grid Computing Virtual machine monitors are reaching wide-spread adoption in a variety of operating systems as well as scientific educational and operational usage areas. With their low overhead, hypervisors allows for concurrently running large numbers of virtual machines, providing each encapsulation, isolation […]
Daily Takeout for January 17
January 17, 2008 by
In today’s Takeout we talk about the acquisition of MySQL by Sun, and what it might mean for HPC. You can find the original story at http://insidehpc.com/2008/01/16/sun-to-buy-mysql-for-1b/. Download the podcast. Subscribe to the podcast feed. Subscribe in iTunes. Listen [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/insidehpc/insideHPC_Daily_Takeout_01172008.mp3]
96-Core Multi-Threaded Array Processor Compiler
January 17, 2008 by
ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv has announced a marriage of its CoSy compiler development system and the Clearspeed CSX600 accelerator cards. The combination has yielded a multi-threaded array processor compiler capable of powering Clearspeed’s 96 core CSX600 accelerator cards. ACE has made several modifications and extensions to their CoSy compiler development system in order to […]
FieldView getting an overhaul for HPC Server [UPDATE]
January 17, 2008 by
Last week Intelligent Light announced it was working on a newly parallelized version of its FieldView products for Win CCS and HPC Server. With the goal of expanding access to high-performance computing resources for CFD and CAE practitioners worldwide, Intelligent Light is working with Microsoft to deliver new capabilities for the mid-range technical computing market. […]
PSC buys new SGI supers
January 17, 2008 by
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center has announced they’ve put ink on paper for the purchase of some new gear from SGI The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has contracted with SGI to acquire two SGI Altix 4700 systems. One of the new systems (768 processors, 1.5 terabytes of memory, 5.0 teraflops peak performance) will be integrated into […]
