Archives for April 2013

Video: OFS for the Intel Xeon Phi

In this video from the 2013 Open Fabrics Developer Workshop, Robert Woodruff from Intel presents: OFS for the Intel Xeon Phi. Download the slides (PDF). You can check out more OFA videos at our Open Fabrics Workshop Video Gallery.

Predicting Twisters with HPC

Over at the National Institute for Computational Sciences, Scott Gibson writes that researchers are using HPC to enhance tornado prediction capabilities. We hope that with a more accurate prediction and improved lead time on warnings, more people will heed the warnings, and thus loss of life and property will be reduced,” said Amy McGovern of […]

Video: InfiniBand Scalable Subnet Administration

In this video from the 2013 Open Fabrics Developer Workshop, Sean Hefty from Intel presents: InfiniBand Scalable Subnet Administration – An OFA Project. You can check out more OFA videos at our Open Fabrics Workshop Video Gallery.

Allinea DDT Goes to 4.0, Brings HPC Software Development Closer to Home

The new Allinea DDT 4.0 release is designed to make it easier for scientists to debug and optimize HPC code even when they’re on the road. We’ve got a lot of academics, lab people, and industry people who are on the road a lot for conferences and meetings. It’s important for them to be able […]

Video: Hadoop MapReduce over Lustre

In this video from the Lustre User Group 2013 conference, Omkar Kulkarni from Intel presents: Hadoop MapReduce over Lustre. Download the slides (PDF).You can check out more Lustre presentations at our LUG 2013 Video Gallery.

TotalView Debugger Shortens App Development Cycles at European Universities

Today Rogue Wave Software announced that TotalView has been selected by both the University of Luxembourg and University of Strasbourg to debug complex, multi-threaded applications. TotalView is a scalable and intuitive debugger for parallel applications written in C, C++, and Fortran. Designed to improve developer productivity, TotalView simplifies and shortens the process of developing, debugging, […]

Evolving OFS for the Modern World – A Challenge to OpenFabrics Workshop Attendees

In this video from the 2013 Open Fabrics Developer Workshop, Paul Grun from Cray presents: Evolving OFS for the Modern World – A Challenge to Attendees. Download the slides (PDF). You can check out more OFA videos at our OpenFabrics Workshop Video Gallery.

Podcast: Hot Interconnects 2013 Conference Looks to the Future of Networking

In this podcast, the program co-chairs of the 2013 Hot Inteconnects Conference discuss how the annual symposium covers cross-cutting issues spanning computer systems, networking technologies, and communication protocols for high-performance interconnection networks. Program guests: Madeleine Glick (APIC Corporation) Torsten Hoefler (ETH Zurich) Fabrizio Petrini (IBM TJ Watson) Hot Interconnects takes place in San Jose, California […]

Video: Warp Mechanics ZFS Array

In this video from the Lustre User Group 2013 conference, Josh Judd from Warp Mechanics presents: Warp Mechanics ZFS Array. The WARP Mechanics 39830 is a turnkey network-attached non-volatile RAM + SSD system with industry-leading price, performance, and scalability. This system maximizes the IOPs performance for the most demanding application profiles. It is an ultra-dense […]

Sign Up for the Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing, July 28-August 9

Computational scientists are invited to register for the upcoming Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC). The event will take place in the greater Chicago area from July 28-August 9, 2013. The program provides intensive hands-on training on the key skills, approaches, and tools to design, implement, and execute computational science and engineering applications on […]