httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J8E01UDaDE In this video, Dr. Alan Gray describes how scientists at the University of Edinburgh are using a supercomputer to research – at the molecular level – how to improve the texture and shelf life of the world’s favorite frozen concoction. The team conducted early research on a huge Cray supercomputer with over 200,000 CPU […]
Archives for July 2012
Job of the Week: Sequencing Informatics Leader at Joint Genomics Institute
July 26, 2012 by
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is seeking a Sequencing Informatics Leader in our Job of the Week. The DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in Walnut Creek, CA (a division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) has an exciting opportunity available for an experienced technical leader. Will lead Sequencing Informatics comprised of approximately 27 full-time Software Developers […]
Submissions Open for ISC’13 Student Cluster Competition
July 25, 2012 by
Clipped from: hpcadvisorycouncil.com (share this clip) Student team submissions are now open for the ISC’13 Student Cluster Competition. Entering its second year at the International Supercomputing Conference, the Student Cluster Challenge will take place June 16-19, 2013 as an opportunity to showcase student expertise in a friendly yet spirited competition. The competition will feature small […]
Video: Neelie Kroes on the European Race to Exascale
July 25, 2012 by
In this video, Neelie Kroes, VP of the European Commission describes how France has supported PRACE with the CURIE petascale supercomputer. The commission is committed to make Europe is a leader in the Exascale race and a center of excellence in terms of innovation and scientific research.
Samsung Wins Bid for Energy-efficient Memory for SuperMUC
July 25, 2012 by
This week Samsung Electronics announced that it is now the sole supplier of low-power memory interface technology for the Leibniz Supercomputing Center, which hosts SuperMUC, the most powerful supercomputer in Europe. The company said that it has won the order to produce 30 nm, 4-gigabyte DDR3 SDRAM) modules, applying the green memory in advanced computing […]
Grid Engine Evolution Summit Comes to Regensburg, Oct. 1 & 2
July 25, 2012 by
Would you like to become the Grid Engine guru for your HPC environment? The 2012 Univa Grid Engine User Group Summit will take place Oct. 1 & 2 in Regensburg, Germany. This two-day summit is designed to offer attendees highly specialized and focused information from Univa, our customers and our partners. This event is a […]
Video: The Mudslide Hypothesis of Science
July 25, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv5tsyPb5Og In this video, Kaitlin Thaney from Digital Science presents: The Mudslide Hypothesis of Science. The Web has transformed not only the way we approach modern day science, but a number of other facets of the research cycle: tools for analysis, mediums which now serve as “information inputs”, how we exchange ideas and even discover […]
Slidecast: First-ever Bootable Native PCIe Flash from TMS
July 24, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFxOBTYLGig In this slidecast, Eric Eyberg from Texas Memory Systems describes the company’s new RamSan-70 native-bootable PCIe Flash devices. Customers have been enjoying industry-leading performance from our PCIe Flash storage systems for over three years, and now with this firmware upgrade, we can allow large-scale customers to simplify and consolidate everything around Flash,” said Dan […]
HECToR Supercomputer Gains New Storage Environment
July 24, 2012 by
Providing 7.8PB of storage and an additional 19.5PB of backup capability, a new storage environment has been added to the HECToR (High-End Computing Terascale Resource) supercomputer, boosting long-term data storage for hundreds of UK researchers. Designed to out-live HECToR, the new storage environment has been built independently to complement the supercomputer’s existing 1PB of disk […]
Video: Keynote on HPC in the Cloud
July 24, 2012 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwv07Tb8uJ4 In this video, Dejan Milojicic from the Open Cirrus Cloud Computing Testbed at HP Labs keynotes on HPC in the Cloud. Recorded at Cloud 2012 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
