httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM_YzGt-90c In this video, Bruce Toal from Convey Computer discusses how the company’s hybrd-core systems provide superior performance on graph computing applications. Recorded at SC11 in Seattle. There is little doubt that memory systems are an ‘Achilles Heel’ of handling big data applications. Today’s commodity systems are optimized for sequential memory accesses, not the random […]
Archives for November 2011
Video: ScaleMP Foundation 4.0 Aggregates Big SMPs, Clusters, and Clouds at SC11
November 28, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wooceE9jZ-A In this video, Shai Fultheim from ScaleMP discusses the company’s new Foundation 4.0 software, which allows customers to aggregate servers into a single system image. CPU speeds have advanced much more quickly than other server components. As a result, HPC systems today tend to be unbalanced – with very fast CPUs, but not enough […]
Video: Mellanox Showcases FDR InfiniBand at SC11
November 28, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vODQXH6IKM In this video, Gilad Shainer from Mellanox discusses the impact FDR InfiniBand is making on the HPC and TOP500 landscape. He also describes new virtualized GPU technology enabled by IB’s low latency as well as new MPI communication libraries including ScalableSHMEM 2.0 and ScalableUPC 2.0. Mellanox InfiniBand interconnect solutions continue to demonstrate leading performance, […]
Video: Altair's PBS Pro Powers CILEA Consortium at SC11
November 27, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFVy9IQO2ao In this video, Dr. Claudio Arlandini describes how the CILEA consortium in Italy uses PBS Pro software from Altair to manage its supercomputing workloads. Recorded at SC11 in Seattle. PBS Professional is powerful and flexible when it comes to scheduling policies, and this has definitely improved in its latest versions,” says Arlandini. “It allows […]
Video: Terascala Demos TISIS 3.0 Lustre Management Software at SC11
November 27, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcTehURP-p4 In this video, Oz Rentas from Terascala demonstrates the company’s TISIS 3.0 software, a “wrapper” that makes Lustre easier to manage. Recorded at SC11 in Seattle. The TISIS architecture is based on a unique approach to Fast Data storage optimization, which combines a number of typically separate data sources. With the ability to monitor […]
Video: Beowulf Bash at SC11
November 27, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-mMgQX-IM Our Video Sunday feature continues with this reel from the Beowulf Bash at SC11. Get ready for best party ever coming to SC12 in Salt Lake City!
Solarflare Application Acceleration at SC11
November 27, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhTcytxNhdA In this video, Solarflare President and CEO Russel Stern describes the company’s kernel bypass technology designed to deliver exremely low latency for extreme application performance. Solarflare has enjoyed great success in financial markets at places like the New York Stock Exchange and is now taking their solutions to the general HPC marketplace. Solarflare offers […]
Video: Penguin Computing Talks APU Supercomputing at SC11
November 27, 2011 by
In this video, Penguin Computing CTO Phil Pokorny discusses the company’s latest innovation–an APU-based supercomputer deployed at Sandia National Labs. Recorded at SC11 in Seattle.
Argonne's Mira Supercomputer Will be Faster than 58 Million iPads
November 26, 2011 by
One of the 10 Petaflop supercomputers in the works is the Mira system coming to Argonne National Las. In this interview, Megan Taylor Morrison discusses the Blue Gene/Q system with Michael Papka, deputy associate laboratory director for Computing, Environment and Life Sciences at Argonne. So how fast is Mira? You can compare Mira to an […]
Video: LexisNexis at SC11 – Open Source HPCC Solves Big Data Challenges
November 25, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDbydrhRTxY In this video, John Holt from LexisNexis describes the company’s HPCC Open Source Solution designed to solve complex data queries and big data challenges for HPC. The core of the HPCC Systems is the Enterprise Control Language (ECL), which is a declarative, data-centric programming language optimized for large-scale data management and query processing, which […]
