httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAniNH4O1O0 In this video, Jay Boisseau discusses how Supercomputing has become the third pillar of science over the coarse of the last 30 years. Today TACC announced that it will deploy a new 10 Petaflop system called Stampede, which will be built by TACC in partnership with Dell and Intel to support for four years the […]
Archives for September 2011
Data-intensive Computing Harkens 'Dawn of a New Age'
September 22, 2011 by
Dr. Scott Yockel at the University of North Texas writes that data-intensive computing is transforming research at UNT: We are also at the dawn of a new age of computing on campus which is not numberically intensive, but data intensive. A pilot program for a centralized large-scale research storage solution has also begun that will […]
Yale Supercomputer to Bulldog Ivy League
September 22, 2011 by
Zoe Gorman writes that Yale’s fastest supercomputer ever will soon come online. With 704 nodes, the “Bulldog O” supercomputer will deliver somewhere in the neighborhood of 52.5 Tflops of performance. Researchers are already lining up to use the system: David Frioni, ITS’s manager of high performance computing said ITS has configured a “queueing system” based […]
HP Storage Hobbled by Board's Indecision
September 22, 2011 by
By Chris Mellor • Get more from this author Opinion The future of HP’s vibrant storage business has been made uncertain by HP CEO and board shenanigans, culminating with the latest uncertainty over CEO Leo Apotheker. Before his dismissal, former CEO Mark Hurd relaid the foundations of the storage business by hiring David Donatelli away from EMC, buying […]
Slidecast: Riverbed High Performance Cloud Applications
September 22, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDtpoJHLmaY In this slidecast, Kosten Metreweli from Riverbed describes the company’s new High Performance Cloud Applications. Riverbed recently acquired Zeus and its Traffic Manager software, which enables enterprises to deliver fast, secure and available applications across any combination of physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures. Download the MP3 * Subscribe on iTunes * Subscribe on other […]
Job of the Week: Head of HPC Solutions at CSCS
September 21, 2011 by
The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre CSCS is seeking a Head of HPC Solutions in our Job of the Week: New hire will be managing the technical team that is responsible for HPC systems that are tailored to the requirements for certain customers or research projects. Current customers of the group include the Swiss meteorological survey […]
IBM and HP Dominate Top50 Supercomputing in Russia
September 21, 2011 by
CNews is reporting that the latest Top50 list of Russian supercomputers is dominated by IBM and HP. At the top of the list is the T-Platforms supercomputer installed in Lomonosov Moscow State University, which was upgraded in March to a peak performance of 1.3 Petaflops. MSU now has four supercomputers on the list. For the […]
Exclusive: Free Subscription to The Exascale Report for insideHPC Readers
September 21, 2011 by
Clipped from: theexascalereport.com (share this clip) We are pleased to announce that insideHPC readers are eligible for a free, limited-time subscription to The Exascale Report. The Exascale Report is the first publication to focus solely on the next great challenge and breakthrough in HPC: exascale levels of computation. This subscription-based newsletter contains hard-to-get, insider’s […]
Video: Data-intensive Computing at the San Diego Supercomputer Center
September 21, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3pHK_PR0qM In this video, Allan Snavely presents: Data-intensive Computing at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. The presentation was recorded at the HPC User Forum in San Diego on Sept. 7, 2011.
DDN Rolls Out "World’s Fastest Integrated Block and File Storage Appliance"
September 21, 2011 by
This week DataDirect Networks unveiled what it called the “World’s Fastest Integrated Block and File Storage Appliance.” The DDN SFA10K-X is a high-performance, scalable solution that will meet the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s data-intensive organizations,” said Alex Bouzari, CEO and cofounder, DataDirect Networks. “Our relentless focus on solving the challenges of the Big Data […]
