“When we integrate the fabric structure for future HPC systems, there are a number of benefits we can discuss from an end-user perspective. Fundamentally it’s power, cost and capability. First, by bringing fabric integration to work-class silicon, we give it the advantage of Moore’s Law – an advantage it might not have elsewhere. The densest transistors in the world, the best performing logic transistors, are now also the transistors driving more complicated logic that drives the NIC and the interconnect. This has a direct impact on both the power requirements and the total cost.”
Archives for May 2013
Video: Science as Voyage – Ian Foster at TEDxCERN
May 27, 2013 by
In this video from the TEDxCERN event, Ian Foster takes us on a journey of Big Process for Big Data, with a call to action for the kind of collaborative processes we need.
Job of the Week: HPC Systems Administrator at Weill Cornell Medical College
May 27, 2013 by
Weill Cornell Medical College is seeking an HPC Systems Administrator in our Job of the Week. Under direction, the Systems Administrator will apply technical expertise and background to work within a team of systems administrators, genomics scientists and software engineers to consult for and support scientific researchers served by the Applied Bioinformatics Core (ABC) at […]
Video: HPC Drives Life Science Research at TACC
May 26, 2013 by
In this video, from Joe Maglitta from Go Parallel sits down with Oscar Jiao from TACC. Jiao is the center’s life science computing specialist, and he describes how researchers are using the nine-petaflop Stampede supercomputer to pursue new discoveries in their fields.
Rick Stevens Makes the Case for Exascale
May 26, 2013 by
Over at the ScaleOut Blog, Rob Mitchum writes that Argonne’s Rick Stevens made a great case for Exascale at the recent hearing on Capitol Hill. We have identified five major hurdles that must be overcome if we are to achieve our goal of pushing the computing performance frontier to the Exascale by the end of […]
Whitepaper: Creating a Raspberry Pi-Based Beowulf Cluster
May 25, 2013 by
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card-sized single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic computer science in schools. But could this ARM-based device be used to teach supercomputing as well? Joshua Kiepert, a doctoral student at Boise State’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department, […]
The Path to Exascale Starts with Better Use of HPC Today
May 24, 2013 by
The HPC industry is involved in a worldwide arms race to build Exascale systems. The next generation of HPC systems will be much more challenging for users, with millions of heterogeneous processor cores, complex memory hierarchies and different programming approaches. The UK is addressing these issues to keep its industry at the forefront of HPC use. In recent years the UK government has been lobbied by the HPC community to fund systems to help smooth the transition towards the next generation of HPC hardware and software. The UK e-Infrastructure has been refreshed in order to support academic use, and to increase economic output through the industrial exploitation of HPC. Using large scale HPC facilities can enable scientists and engineers to do things that were not possible before, such as adding new capabilities to an application, or increasing the fidelity of modelling used – which can in turn lead to the development of better, lighter, stronger products that are less expensive to manufacture.
Podcast: Pete Beckman on the Rise of the Super Smart Supercomputer
May 24, 2013 by
In this podcast from WBEZ in Chicago, Pete Beckman from Argonne explains how math and supercomputers are accelerating scientific discovery and helping us predict the future. From discovering the secret inner workings of the universe to developing cars that can drive themselves, technology and science are fueling a new breed of massive, smart supercomputers that […]
Slidecast: Univa Partners with Europe's science + computing to Bolster Digital Manufacturing
May 24, 2013 by
In this slidecast, Gary Tyreman from Univa describes the company’s new partnership with Europe’s science + computing. Our customers operate technical computing environments where infrastructure software like Univa Grid Engine is a key component. This partnership allows us to support our customers on all levels, giving them more options to use their compute clusters in […]
Intel: The Path to Exascale is Inevitable
May 24, 2013 by
“When we talk about what we can do to the healthcare industry, thanks to the investments in supercomputing, that’s what I think will be the big game changer. The application of the technology that we are all collectively investing in, and applying that technology to real-world change.”
