A new European Commission-funded project aims to tackle the energy-efficiency implications of increasing investment in new HPC datacenters. On the heels of the EC announcement of increased HPC investments in the region, the main goal of the three-year CoolEmAll Consortium is to increase understanding of how different factors impact energy-efficiency. The project will develop two […]
Archives for February 2012
SGI Appoints New CEO
February 23, 2012 by
Today SGI announced the that Jorge Luis Titinger will become the company’s new president and CEO, effective on February 27, 2012. With more than 25 years of relevant industry experience, Titinger most recent role was as CEO of Verigy, makers of semiconductor testing solutions. SGI is at the forefront of technical computing. The most influential […]
Cray Forms China Subsidiary
February 23, 2012 by
Today Cray Inc. announced that the company has formed new wholly-owned subsidiary in China with offices in Beijing’s Haidian district. Cray Computing Equipment (Beijing) Co. Ltd. will reportedly be hiring in the region, with a focus on selling the company’s supercomputing systems and storage. Cray believes the Company needs to expand its supercomputing capability and […]
IDC’s 2012 Predictions Pave Way for Next HPC User Forum
February 23, 2012 by
This week Steve Conway, Earl Joseph, and Chirag DeKate presented a webinar entitled: IDC’s Top 10 HPC Market Predictions for 2012. It was a good talk, and these guys always keep things lively and moving along quickly. A replay session is available on demand (registration required). In related news, IDC’s 45th HPC User Forum will […]
Demo Video: One-Click HPCC Thor Cluster on AWS
February 22, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMIi5A4GiRU In this video, Charles Kaminski from Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions demonstrates how easy it is to launch an HPCC Thor Cluster on AWS for Big Data analytics. HPCC (High Performance Computing Cluster) is a cluster computing platform used to solve Big Data problems. Its unique architecture and simple yet powerful data programming language (ECL) makes […]
FAST Report: Flash to Run out of Gas by 2024
February 22, 2012 by
A new report from UCSD and Microsoft Research casts doubt on the future of NAND Flash technology. According the to paper, the life and performance of flash will degrade to the point that it will no longer be a viable performance solution by 2024. In this work, we present our empirical data collected from 45 […]
Torsten Hoefler Wins 2012 SIAG/Supercomputing Junior Scientist Prize
February 21, 2012 by
NCSA’s Torsten Hoefler, who leads application and system performance modeling and simulation efforts for the Blue Waters project, has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 SIAG/Supercomputing Junior Scientist Prize. The award honors distinguished contributions in the field of algorithms research and development for parallel scientific and engineering computing. Hoefler’s research revolves around performance-centric […]
Exascale by 2018: Crazy …or Possible?
February 21, 2012 by
By Dan Olds, Gabriel Consulting • Get more from this author I recently saw some estimates that show we should hit exascale supercomputer performance by around 2018. That seems a bit ambitious – if not stunningly optimistic – and the search to get some perspective led me on an hours-long meander through supercomputing history, plus what I […]
Job of the Week: Software Developer at Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
February 21, 2012 by
The University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute is seeking a Software Developer in our Job of the Week. MSI seeks to hire a person with a programming background to join a dynamic group that provides support for researchers in scientific computation and informatics. This position will be responsible for: independently assessing needs and creating effective software […]
PRACE Launches Advanced Training Centres
February 20, 2012 by
PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, has selected six of its member’s sites as the first PRACE Advanced Training Centres. The mission of the PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs) is to carry out and coordinate training and education activities that enable the European research community to utilise the computational infrastructure available through the […]
