httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDGuyHDVvA0 In this slidecast, Allan Evans and Al Wegener present: APAX Application Acceleration. Samplify Systems is leveraging their advanced compression algorithms to reduce the amount of data that needs to be moved and stored in high performance computing. Read the Full Story. Download the MP3 * Subscribe on iTunes * Subscribe on other podcast players. […]
Archives for January 2012
Nanomappers – Harvard and PSC Chart Brain Connections
January 24, 2012 by
In a move towards developing a complete wiring diagram of the brain, Harvard and the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center have developed study approach that makes it possible to identify the function of individual brain cells and map the connections between them. We’ve just begun to scratch the surface,” says Clay Reid, professor of neurobiology at the […]
Podcast: Eurotech Leverages Mfg Excellence for HPC Market
January 24, 2012 by
In this this podcast Giovanbattista (Giovanni) Mattiussi from Eurotech discusses the company’s push into the HPC market and their growing presence at the annual SC and ISC conferences. Widely known for their embedded manufacturing capabilities, Eurotech is receiving accolades for their high-density Aurora Intel-based clusters. Download the MP3 * Subscribe on iTunes * Subscribe on […]
Video: Jack Dongarra on What Makes ISC Special
January 24, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j_uTUiqx0Q In this video, Jack Dongarra from the University of Tennessee talks about how the annual ISC conference in Germany brings the HPC community together from around the globe.
Intel Upsets Apple Cart, Snaps Up QLogic’s InfiniBand Biz
January 24, 2012 by
By Timothy Prickett Morgan • Get more from this author The high-performance networking market just got a whole lot more interesting, with Intel shelling out $125m to acquire the InfiniBand switch and adapter product lines from upstart QLogic. Intel has made no secret that it wants to bolster its Data Center and Connected Systems business by getting […]
Luxtera Opens Processes, Spurs Silicon Photonics Ecosystem
January 23, 2012 by
Luxtera is looking to spur a new ecosystem by opening up its unique Silicon CMOS Process, which integrates photonics with transistor-based electronics. Today the company announced it will open its CMOS Photonics device library to Optoelectronic Systems Integration in Silicon (OpSIS), a foundry service that “provides access to optoelectronic integrated circuits to the community at […]
Mellanox to Ride Industry Wave with New 10 GbE Price Points
January 23, 2012 by
In a move to prime their Ethernet products for the upcoming Intel Romley/Sandy Bridge chips with PCI Express 3.0, Mellanox today announced a new pricing structure and expanded channel for their end-to-end 10 Gigabit Ethernet solutions. With newly announced prices as low as $188 per port, Mellanox is looking to ride “significant movement towards 10GbE” […]
Intel Acquires InfiniBand Business from QLogic
January 23, 2012 by
Today Intel announced that the company has acquired the InfiniBand business from QLogic for $125 million in cash. According to the release, a number of QLogic employees have received offers from Intel to join the company. At the International Supercomputing Conference 2011, Intel unveiled a bold vision to redefine HPC performance and break the Exascale […]
Video: Panasas Hosts Panel Discussion on The Road to Exascale
January 23, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03-5hwAt5J8 In this video, Panasas hosts a panel discussion: The Road to Exascale. The panelists: Panasas founder and CTO, Garth Gibson; Deputy Division Leader, HPC Division at LANL, Gary Grider; Chief Executive Officer and CTO of Instrumental, Inc., Henry Newman; and Addison Snell, Chief Executive Officer of Intersect360 Research. Recorded at SC11 in Seattle.
Researchers Discover Faster than Fast Fourier Transform
January 22, 2012 by
MIT researchers have discovered a way to increase the speed of Fourier Transform, a method for representing an irregular signal and one of the most fundamental concepts in the information sciences. At the Association for Computing Machinery’s Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA) this week, a group of MIT researchers will present a new algorithm that, in a […]
