Over at NICS, Hanneke Weitering writes researchers are developing new technologies that could help us plan for castostrophic solar storms. In this effort, Homa Karimabadi, group leader of space plasma simulations at the University of California, San Diego, has teamed up with visualization specialist Burlen Loring of LBNL to create a topological map of Earth’s […]
Archives for August 2013
NextIO Closes Down
August 26, 2013 by
NextIO, an Austin startup that developed networking technology for data centers, closed its doors after 10 years in business.
Infographic Showcases Top 10 Supercomputers
August 25, 2013 by
AIS brings us this infographic showcasting the world’s 10 fastest supercomputers as ranked by the TOP500.
NAND Flash, What Comes Next?
August 25, 2013 by
The recent Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara included some notable announcements.
Job of the Week: HPC Engineer at Nuance Communications
August 24, 2013 by
Nuance Communications is seeking an HPC Engineer in our Job of the Week.
Regional Research Projects Awarded Time on Yellowstone Supercomputer
August 24, 2013 by
NCAR has awarded 10.2 million core processor hours on the Yellowstone supercomputer for four computational research projects focused on key issues in the West.
Video: The Coming Age of the Qubit – Quantum Computing Explained
August 23, 2013 by
What makes the quantum world different and how can these differences be used to build Quantum Computers?
Intel Bolsters Hadoop Distribution with Lustre Support
August 23, 2013 by
Intel has added Lustre file system support to its new Hadoop 2.5 distribution.
Conway: To Meet Big Data Markets, HPC Architectures Need to Balance Out
August 23, 2013 by
Steve Conway writes that the rise of high-performance data analysis (HPDA) Big Data applications will require a significantly higher memory and I/O capabilities.
Video: Highlights of the 2013 Hot Interconnects Conference
August 23, 2013 by
In this video,Torsten Hoefler and Fabrizio Petrini discuss the highlights of the 2013 Hot Interconnects Conference.
