Archives for December 2013

Video: Supercomputing – A Ground Based Instrument for Exploration

In this video from the Mellanox event at SC13, Bob Ciotti, Supercomputing Systems Lead Systems Architect at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division presents: Supercomputing: A Ground Based Instrument for Exploration.

Mont-Blanc Project Moves Forward with Funding through 2016

The European Commission has granted an additional €8 million Euros to extend the Mont-Blanc Project activities until September 2016. This funding comes on the heels of some significant milestones for the project, which endeavors to design a new type of energy-efficient computer architecture for Exascale systems.

Hurry! One Week Left on HPC Trivia Contest for Great Prizes

If you were disappointed by the lack of geeky gifts under the tree this year, have we got a deal for you! The good folks at Cycle Computing have posted an HPC Trivia Contest with some of the geekiest prizes you can imagine. There’s just one week left to go, so be sure to test […]

Mellanox Keynote at Annual SC13 Evening Event

In this video from SC13, Mellanox President & CEO Eyal Waldman provides an overview of how the company’s fast interconnect solutions are providing a high-performance scalable infrastructure for HPC, Web 2.0, and Cloud data centers.

ETP4HPC Forms Public-Private Partnership to Foster European HPC

The ETP4HPC has formed a Public-Private Partnership with the EC for the development of a European HPC eco-system.

Xyratex Acquired – What Does the Future Hold for Lustre?

“At this point, I think it actually really makes sense for the community as a whole to fork Lustre, rename it OpenSFS, remove all the branding IP, and make it GPL/MIT/BSD licensed. Have OpenSFS own the copyrights/IP, have vendors sign up to support it. Sort of like the Linux foundation. And what CentOS does with RedHat.”

Seagate Technology to Acquire Xyratex

Today Seagate Technology announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Xyratex in an all-cash transaction.

Micron Rolls Out Hybrid Memory Cube

In this video from SC13, Micron rolls out their Hybrid Memory Cube technology.

Job of the Week: HPC Server and Processor Architect at Broadcom

Broadcom in Santa Clara is seeking an HPC Server and Processor Architect in our Job of the Week.

New Paper Describes Next-gen Ultralow-Power Optical Interconnects

MIT Technology Review has posted details on a new generation of ultralow power optical interconnects.