Engineers from the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) have developed an innovative access mechanism that is helping researchers to bridge the chasm between the convenience of a web interface and the complexity of HPC systems. At the XSEDE conference in San Diego this week, they’re showing how OSC OnDemand provides researchers with a “one-stop shop” for […]
Archives for July 2013
Video: Wright-Patterson Fires Up Fastest Supercomputer in the DoD
July 24, 2013 by
In this video, local news channel WDTN looks at the new SGI Spirit supercomputer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. As the fastest supercomputer in the Department of Defense, it is not only meant to save lives but also save money in military spending. As one of the world’s fastest distributed memory platforms, the SGI ICE […]
OpenFabrics Alliance to Host Training Courses in August
July 23, 2013 by
Today the OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) announced it will host two training classes in August. The two-day courses, instructed by Dr. Robert D. Russell and Rupert Dance, will provide attendees with hands-on training InfiniBand Fabric administration in addition to coding applications directly to the VERBS API using OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) and related software tools. InfiniBand […]
Symmetric Computing Teams with Penguin for Affordable Large-Memory HPC
July 23, 2013 by
Today Penguin Computing announced a partnership with Symmetric Computing to bring the power of large shared memory, high core-count HPC to the market at a reduced cost. We have broken the price/performance barrier that previously existed for large shared memory/high core count. No longer do you need the budget of major government funded research facilities […]
Radio Free HPC Looks at Interconnects, Exascale, and Latency Tolerance
July 23, 2013 by
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team discusses interconnect requirements for applications outside of the current Exascale mission profile. Henry is concerned that these hyperscale machines are getting so physically large that the latency will be a showstopper for applications that have to wait for data. The speed of light is not going to change, […]
Registration Opens for IEEE Cluster 2013 Conference
July 23, 2013 by
Registration for the IEEE Cluster 2013 conference is now open. The event takes place September 23-27 in Indianapolis. The Cluster 13 conference is an international event designed to highlight the latest accomplishments and developments in the world of cluster computing,” said Craig Stewart, Cluster 13 general chair and PTI executive director. “We anticipate an […]
Video: HPC – The Essential Tool for a Knowledge Economy
July 22, 2013 by
In this video from the Intel Datacenter Day, Raj Hazra presents: HPC – The Essential Tool for a Knowledge Economy. Hazra describes how HPC has become a fundamental capability for Discovery & Insight and how Intel is investing broadly to address future needs. Earlier in the day, Intel’s Diane Bryant revealed details the next-generation Intel […]
H. Edward Seidel to Take the Helm at NCSA
July 22, 2013 by
H. Edward Seidel has been named the director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pending approval of the U. of I. Board of Trustees. Dr. Seidel is a world-renowned researcher in high-performance computing and relativity and astrophysics, and he has an outstanding track record as a researcher […]
500 Physicists to Converge at Lattice Field Theory Symposium
July 22, 2013 by
How stabile is the universe? More than 500 physicists are expected to ponder that question at the 31st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory to be held in Mainz from next week. Sponsored by Nvidia and Megware, the annual symposium brings together a global community of researchers who employ numerical and computational methods to study […]
PRACE Touts Contributions to High-Impact Science
July 22, 2013 by
The European PRACE infrastructure has posted a summary of the impressive sponsored research from the past year in their 7th Regular Call for Proposals. For projects ranging from climate research to neuroscience, PRACE awarded 3x more time this year on their six supercomputer systems than ever before. It is clear that the scientific community as […]
