In this video from ISC’13, Gilad Shainer from Mellanox describes the rapid adoption of FDR InfiniBand on the TOP500 supercomputer list. Read the Full Story or check out more of our exclusive coverage from the show at our ISC’13 Video Gallery.
Archives for June 2013
Scalable Informatics Delivers World-Record Single-Rack I/O performance
June 25, 2013 by
Last week at ISC’13, Scalable Informatics announced what its calling “the industry’s fastest single storage rack I/O solution.” According to the company, the siCloud single-rack storage system delivers record-breaking I/O performance using a tightly integrated system design. Based on repeatable measurements, Scalable has achieved 90 GB/s and 11M IOPs performance running on a single siCloud […]
Video: Beacon Supercomputer Pushes the Limits of Scale with TotalView
June 24, 2013 by
In this video from ISC’13, Chris Gottbrath from Rogue Wave Software and Vince Betro from the University of Tennessee discuss how TotalView software enables HPC programmers to push the limits of high performance computing. You can check out more videos at our ISC’13 Video Gallery.
Allinea Demos Unified DDT Debugger and MAP Profiler at ISC'13
June 24, 2013 by
In this video from ISC’13, Patrick Wohlschlegel from Allinea demonstrates the newly unified Allinea DDT debugger and Allinea MAP profiling tools. We’ve noticed fluidity in the workflow. A developer uses Allinea DDT to get the code right, then Allinea MAP to understand its performance, and then flicks back into Allinea DDT to uncover a performance […]
Job of the Week: HPC Renewal Consultant at Shell in the Netherlands
June 24, 2013 by
Shell in the Netherlands is seeking an HPC Renewal Consultant in our Job of the Week. The HPC Renewal Consultant role is focused on two main areas within the Shell HPC services organization. Firstly a requirement to deliver technical project management and coordination of project activities. Secondly, supporting and driving the constant ever-greening program of […]
CoolIT Takes Liquid-Cooled HPC to the Next Level at ISC'13
June 24, 2013 by
In this video from ISC’13, Geoff Lyons from CoolIT Systems decribes the company’s liquid cooling technology for the enterprise and HPC. Known for its innovative spirit and expertise, CoolIT Systems also provides flexible customization services to its customers, establishing a close relationship and making it easy to achieve the many benefits of liquid cooling, including […]
French Forecast is Looking Good for Bull
June 24, 2013 by
The first Bullx supercomputers ordered by the French weather forecasting agency have now been installed at Météo-France’s site in Toulouse and will be available for production this year. Bull says the Météo-France supercomputer is the first fully installed, equipped with the upcoming Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors, based on Ivy Bridge microarchitecture and 22nm manufacturing […]
Video: Space Weather Simulation on Intel Xeon Phi
June 23, 2013 by
In this video from ISC’13, Hans-Christian Hoppe from Intel describes a space weather simulation powered by Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors.
New Portland HPC Startup is ARMed and Dangerous
June 23, 2013 by
In a 2009 interview with insideHPC, data scientist Thomas Thurston talked about research he had done predicting ARM CPUs were on a path to disrupt X86 in HPC. This was the first time most of us had considered the idea of cell phone CPUs someday being relevant for HPC and, frankly, it caused a bit […]
Video: Asetek Showcases Innovative Hot-Water Cooling Tech at ISC'13
June 22, 2013 by
In this video from ISC’13, Steve Branton and David Garcia from Asetek describe the company’s innovative hot-water liquid cooling solutions for HPC. Asetek will highlight its direct-to-chip (D2C) RackCDU hot-water liquid cooling system with prototype servers from HP, Cisco and Fujitsu. In addition, Cray’s supercomputer CS300-LC with RackCDU will be on display. RackCDU is a […]
