Xoreax Software announced recently that diamond-producer Sarin Technologies has has adopted the company’s IncrediBuild-XGE acceleration software. Sarin is using IncrediBuild-XGE to accelerate the performance of Sarin Advisor, a specialized diamond analysis application that maximizes the value of raw diamonds. The software calculates millions of potential diamond cutting options and identifies optimal cutting patterns based on […]
Archives for May 2012
Slidecast: ScaleMP Update on Server Aggregation
May 25, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkc19eExSRc In this slidecast, Shai Fultheim from ScaleMP provides an update on the company’s virtualization software solutions for HPC. The company is preparing a big announcement at ISC’12. You can hear some of the details here or check out their booth #303 in Hamburg. The innovative Versatile SMP (vSMP) architecture aggregates multiple x86 systems into […]
Drug Discovery through Molecular Matchmaking at TACC
May 24, 2012 by
Researchers are using TACC supercomputers to target a small group of molecules for therapeutic use, saving significant time and money. As described in the February 2012 edition of the Journal of Structural Biology, the process uses information from electron microscopy and knowledge about drug binding to create 3D models and to simulate the interactions of […]
Allinea DDT CUDA Education Pack for Student Programmers
May 24, 2012 by
This week Allinea Software announced the launch of a new DDT CUDA Education pack, designed to help teach the art of debugging CUDA. This is a big step forward in educating the programmers of the future on GPU computing. It gives students access to a robust and powerful debugging tool within their institution’s budget,” added […]
3D Supernova Simulations on Jaguar
May 24, 2012 by
In an effort to measure the size of the universe, researchers are using the Jaguar supercomputer at ORNL to simulate the explosions of white dwarf star supernova. The physics of supernova explosions is something astrophysicists have been trying to figure out for about 50 years now,” said Stan Woosley, principal investigator of an Innovative and […]
Boomer Super Comes Online at University of Oklahoma
May 24, 2012 by
The University of Oklahoma powered up its new Boomer supercomputer today. The 109-Teraflop Dell system will power a variety of research with emphasis on weather forecasting, molecular dynamics and high-energy physics. For the past decade, OU has been a national leader in supporting the computational research and education needs of local students, faculty and staff,” […]
ISC’12 Ramps up to 175 Exhibitors
May 23, 2012 by
The good folks at ISC’12 are out with their latest newsletter and it looks like this year’s exhibition will be a record breaker with a total of 175 companies and research organizations from around the world. The conference runs June 17-21 in Hamburg, Germany. Hot Topics at ISC’12: Energy Efficient HPC Centers Future Heterogeneous Architectures […]
Warewulf Cluster Manager is “Howlingly Great”
May 23, 2012 by
Over at HPC Admin, Dell’s Jeff Layton has posted an in-depth look into the open source Warewulf Cluster Manager. In this article, I want to discuss the one I have been using for a long time: Warewulf. It pioneered many of the stateless methods that other tools use today and is considered the standard stateless […]
ARCHIE Boosts Research at Scottish Universities
May 23, 2012 by
A high-performance computer that can tackle complex calculations to solve major challenges in science and engineering, including drug development, energy systems and space technologies research, has been installed at the University of Strathclyde, UK. The computer is at the core of a new £1.6 million regional Supercomputing Centre, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences […]
Video: Programming Heterogeneous Many-cores Using Directives
May 23, 2012 by
In this Part 1 of this video, Francois Bodin from CAPS presents: Programming Heterogeneous Many-cores Using Directives. Directive-based programming is a very promising technology to deal with Many-Core. In this context, HPC users can rely on emerging standards such as OpenACC and OpenHMPP. CAPS will introduce OpenACC and HMPP directive-based programming models with companion tools […]
