Archives for November 2012

Adaptive Computing Enhances Moab HPC Suite with Version 7.2 at SC12

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHYrJ9bVLk In this video from SC12, Brady Kimball from Adaptive Computing describes enhancements to the Moab Compute Manager 7.2 suite including: Support for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors Dual Domain Scheduling for Cray systems Streamlined RPM experience Allocation Updates Enhanced Viewpoint GUI for HPC Read the Full Story.

ArrayFire Library Speeds Code on Intel Xeon Phi

AccelerEyes has announced the latest release of ArrayFire, adding support for the new Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors. ArrayFire is an OpenCL library designed for maximum speed without the hassle of writing time-consuming OpenCL device code. Each of its functions has been hand-tuned by OpenCL experts, and the same ArrayFire code will run on the CPU […]

Slidecast: ProfitBricks IaaS is HPC in the Cloud Made Real

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfs_6dbMvzk Over at inside-Cloud, ProfitBricks USA CEO Bob Rizika writes that the world has changed since the first generation of Clouds and that high performance computing today can be a viable Infrastructure as a Service. What’s different now in Cloud computing? It’s not first generation difficult-to-use, costly, slow and limiting – but second-generation Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).  […]

Asetek Reinvents the Datacenter with Innovative Hot Water Cooling at SC12

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgFs0sBY87k In this video from SC12, Asetek founder & CEO André Eriksen describes the company’s innovated hot water cooling technologies for HPC and Cloud computing. ISAC is revolutionary, completely eliminating the need for CRAC (Computer Room Air Conditioning) in the data center. All air inside the server stays inside the server and recirculates rather than […]

Nautilus Super at University of Tennessee Brings HPC to Rookies

The University of Tennessee’s Remote Data Analysis and Visualization (RDAV) Center has recently been upgraded their Nautilus visualization and analysis system to provide an access pathway for beginning supercomputer users. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Nautilus is housed on the campus of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. RDAV has added four SGI UV […]

HPC Advisory Council Announces Student Cluster Teams for ISC’13

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzuL3Ije4I In this video from SC12, Gilad Shainer, Tong Liu, and Pak Lui from the HPC Advisory Council announce the teams that will participate in the ISC’13 Student Cluster Competition.

Early Registration Opens for 2013 Tapia Diversity in Computing Conference

Registration is now open for the 2013 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference to be held Feb. 7-10 in Washington, D.C. “Early Bird” discounts of $75 off the regular registration fees are available through Sunday, January 13. The 2013 conference is the seventh in the series and brings together diverse leading researchers to […]

Cycle Computing Spins up HPC in the Cloud in Just Minutes at SC12

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncVtBM_vjwI In this video from SC12, Jason Stowe from Cycle Computing describes how the company helps customers maximize the utilization of existing supercomputing infrastructure and bridge the gap between traditional data centers and on-demand utility supercomputing. This really is the democratization of large-scale computing,” Stowe says. “Now, even someone with a modest research grant can […]

PGI Accelerator Coming to AMD APUs

The Portland Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics and supplier of compilers for high-performance computing, has announced that PGI Accelerator Fortran, C and C++ compilers will soon target the AMD line of accelerated processing units (APUs), as well as the AMD line of discrete GPU accelerators. PGI will work closely with AMD to extend its […]

Video: Intel Parallel Studio XE Demo at SC12

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grAHTBhn_1Q In this video from SC12, Steve Lionel from Intel demonstrates the Intel Parallel Studio XE, a performance-oriented developer tool that includes Intel C++ and Fortran compilers, and threading, math, multimedia and signal processing performance libraries. Available for Linux and Windows, the studio suite eases application development for Xeon CPUs and Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors.