Archives for September 2008

Integrating CUDA and Visual C++

In case the Windows IDE is the way you roll, Sarath has a post about integrating CUDA into Visual C++ on a Windows box. Details here.

Poring over the books

Joe Landman has a pair of posts on financials at SGI and ClearSpeed. I’m frankly jealous of his financial acumen — perhaps its time to crack open my “Essentials of Corporate Finance.” From the SGI piece, which has a very accessible analysis You can see them here. $93,8M revenue, $29.5M gross profit. COGS of $64.4M. […]

Craig Mundie outlines future of computing

Not HPC-specific, but you may be interested nonetheless. From a story at c|net Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie on Thursday offered a long-term view of where Microsoft and the world of computing are heading over the next few decades. Speaking at the MIT Emerging Technology Conference here, Mundie envisioned a 3D virtual […]

SC08 Conference 'Challenges' HPC Community

Found at HPCwire, details on the four Challenges at this year’s SC The Bandwidth Challenge, now in its ninth year, is an annual competition for leading-edge network applications developed by teams of researchers from around the globe. This year’s Challenge will focus on real-world applications and data movement issues, and will include live demonstrations across […]

LSU Appoints CCT Interim Co-Directors

LSU announced today that they have appointed two new co-directors for the LSU Center for Computation and Technology [CCT].  LSU Provost Astrid Merget and Vice Chancellor Brooks Keel appointed professors Stephen David Beck and Jorge Pullin to the posts. Beck currently heads the CCT Lab for Creative Arts and Technology and holds a post as […]

SiCortex Teams with Purdue for SC08 Cluster Challenge

HPCWire: Purdue has just announced that it has teamed with SiCortex for the Supercomputing 2008 Cluster Challenge competition.  One can certainly understand why they chose SiCortex.  One of the major driving requirements in the annual Cluster Challenge is power.  The teams are limited to two power drops each. I am confident that the talented members […]

MPI standard updated for first time since 1997, more updates coming

From HPCwire Ratified September 4 in Dublin, Ireland, MPI version 2.1 introduces modest changes to the standard in anticipation of more ambitious revisions expected in the next couple of years. According to MPI Forum Chairman Rich Graham of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s National Center for Computational Sciences, the 600-page MPI 2.1 is primarily an attempt […]

Tech brief on the HPC career outlook

The Texas State Technical College has posted a TechBrief on the career outlook for HPC. I don’t think it’s new, judging by the dates in the text, but interesting stuff if you’re in the market for a new job or hoping to lure a few high school students to come over to the HPC side […]

Video tour of new Intel datacenter

Data Center Knowledge has posted a video wherein Intel trundles a camera through a recently converted fab shop to showcase a high density datacenter transformation. It’s like Extreme Makeover for Geeks. Here’s an interesting data center retrofit: Intel Corp. converted one of its silicon chip fabrication facilities into a high-density data center, and has provided […]

NY sinks more money into HPC despite troubled past

The New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) announced yesterday that it has awarded a 3 year, $3M grant for the development of the High Performance Computation Consortium (HPC2). The consortium will provide hands on assistance, through their scientists and engineers to the broader New York State user community, both to ease […]