Archives for August 2011

GPU Technology Conference Heads to Beijing, Dec. 14-15, 2011

Clipped from: www.gputechconf.cn (share this clip) Today Nvidia announced the dates and venue for GTC Asia, the next major event in NVIDIA’s international series of GPU Technology Conference (GTC) events, which focus on the latest advances and research in science, academic and commercial fields enabled by GPU computing. The event will take place at the […]

NVIDIA GPUs to Accelerate Gaussian Quantum Chemistry App

Today NVIDIA announced plans with Gaussian, Inc., and The Portland Group (PGI) to develop a future GPU-accelerated release of Gaussian, the world’s leading software application for quantum chemistry. The addition of support for NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and compilers from PGI in a future release of Gaussian software will provide researchers with a powerful, more efficient […]

Mellanox Launches World’s Highest-Density 64-Port L2/L3 10GbE Switch

Today Mellanox announced the SX1016, a top-of-rack, 1U, 64-port 10GbE switch based on the company’s SwitchX technology, which delivers up to 1.28Tb/s of switching bandwidth, extreme port density, and low 1.8W per port power consumption. Today’s data centers need a dense networking infrastructure that provides faster, more efficient connectivity of the server and storage infrastructure,” […]

HPC Analyst Crossfire to Wrap Up SC11

I am very pleased to announce that SC11 will wrap with HPC Analyst Crossfire. As part of the official conference program, this fast-paced panel session will be moderated by Addison Snell, a leading HPC analyst with Intersect360 Research. Panelists: Donald Becker – Systems Software Architect, NVIDIA Earl Dodd – Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Center Keith […]

HPC User Forum to Kick Off Sept. 6 in San Diego

The HPC User Forum kicks off Sept. 6 in San Diego. We will be on site to bring you in-depth coverage of the event, which is running with the theme: Using HPC to Drive Economic and Scientific Competitiveness. Don’t miss this chance for deep dives into important HPC sectors, opportunities and trends. Including materials science across […]

Video: Cognitive Computing: The DARPA SyNAPSE Project

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=renM2mXq0Uo In this video, IBM’s Dr. Dharmendra S. Modha presents Cognitive Computing: The DARPA SyNAPSE Project. Dr. Dharmendra S. Modha is founding manager of the Cognitive Computing group at IBM’s Almaden Research Center and is currently the Principal Investigator for DARPA SyNAPSE team of IBM Research – Almaden, IBM Research – Watson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, […]

Video: Time-Lapse Super Installation at Boulder

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_y7WZnOk3E Our Video Sunday feature continues with this time-lapse installation of a Dell Container datacenter at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Video: Building an AWS Cluster in 10 Minutes

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfCgK1bmCjw In this video, Amazon Web Services demonstrates how you can build a cluster on their service in about 10 minutes. Simply amazing.

Spectra Logic Steps up to Protect Data Under Threat of Hurricane Irene

With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the Eastern seaboard, Spectra Logic has initiated its Storage Crisis Lifeline program, first introduced in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina, to assist its customers nationwide whose East Coast data center operations are affected by the storm. While our customers along Hurricane Irene’s path prepare to protect their homes and families, […]

Video: IBM Deep Thunder Simulates Hurricane Irene

In this video, IBM’s “Deep Thunder” simulation shows an 84-hour forecast for NYC starting from Aug. 24. At the end of the video you can see increase in clouds, some precipitation and the wind arrows lining up because of Hurricane Irene’s circulation.