httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQGsq5gJ3k In this video, Nvidia’s Ian Buck describes recent advancements in GPU computing including the new Kepler architecture, Cuda 5, and Dynamic Parallelism. Recorded at ISC’12 in Hamburg.
Archives for June 2012
Mellanox FDR InfiniBand Pushes PCI-Express 3.0 to the Limits
June 28, 2012 by
By Timothy Prickett Morgan • Get more from this author If you want to try to choke a PCI-Express 3.0 peripheral slot, you have to bring a fire hose. And that is precisely what InfiniBand and Ethernet switch and adapter card maker Mellanox Technology has done with a new Connect-IB server adapter. Mellanox was on hand at […]
Ciara Innovates with Liquid Cooling for Personal Supercomputers
June 28, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djk8oHsv49I In this video, Patrick Scateni from Ciara Technologies describes the company’s new liquid-cooled, Nexxus C high-density line of hybrid personal supercomputers. Ciara is Canada’s largest server manufacturer, and their ih-house industrial-design is world-class. Purpose-built for engineering offices, laboratories, or university departments, the NEXXUS C Series makes supercomputing personal again.” said Patrick Scateni, vice-president Sales […]
Cray Nabs $40 Million Cascade Supercomputer Contract with NERSC
June 27, 2012 by
NERSC announced today that it will install a next-generation “Cascade” supercomputer computing system and next-gen Cray Sonexion storage. When completed in 2012, the $40 million system is expected to a have a peak performance of over 2 Petaflops. From energy efficient batteries to climate change, NERSC’s 4,500 users are tackling problems that are of vital […]
Interview: SGI’s Big Brain Supercomputer Enables Scientific Discovery
June 27, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMjQ00-dUos In this video, Bill Mannel from SGI discusses the new “Big Brain” SGI Altix UV 2supercomputer. He also describes the company’s new Sandy Bridge clusters solutions, TOP500 results, and a recent win in Finland for a container-based SGI Ice Cube Air supercomputer. The new design advancement demonstrated in this next-generation SGI UV platform is […]
HPC Advisory Council Spain Workshop Coming to Malaga on Sept. 13
June 27, 2012 by
The HPC Advisory Council is continuing its series of workshops in a very special place this September. The next meeting will be at the University of Malaga on September 13th, 2012. Co-hosted by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, the conference will focus on HPC education, recent developments, and leading Exascale-related projects in Spain and Europe. The […]
Video: How Panasas Parallel Storage Tames the Big Data Beast
June 27, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4l1rYF0ewY In this video, Geoffrey Noer from Panasas discusses how the company’s parallel storage solutions helps custtomers tame the Big Data Beast. Recorded at ISC’12 in Hamburg. The use of big data to create business value has been around for over a decade in advanced research laboratories and advanced engineering research centers within large corporations. […]
Sifting Through a Trillion Electrons
June 27, 2012 by
What happens when your scientific instrument generates more data than you can decipher? Linda Vu writes that Berkeley researchers are designing new strategies for extracting interesting data from massive scientific datasets. In a recent case, a team ran a state-of-the-art plasma physics code called VPIC on NERSC’s Cray XE6 “Hopper” supercomputer that generated a 3D […]
Video: An Update on Virtualization Technologies for HPC
June 26, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLrQen6JRGA In this video, Josh Simons from VMware discusses how virtualization technologies are making inroads into traditional HPC. Simons has been working on the project for two years as a representative for VMware’s CTO office. Recorded at ISC’12 in Hamburg. You can follow progress on this effort at the Josh Simons blog.
Sponsored Post: Visualize the Future with Allinea Software and ISC
June 26, 2012 by
Allinea Software demonstrates cutting-edge debugging at ISC’12 with Allinea DDT 3.2 previews and their early support for future Intel® Xeon® Phi™ products. With a record 2,403 attendees and 175 exhibitors, ISC’12 was rife with excitement, amongst which Allinea Software highlighted: Sneak preview demonstrations of Allinea DDT 3.2, which showcased new features such as integration with […]
