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Archives for March 2014
Will Big Data Drive HPC to the Cloud?
March 23, 2014 by
“There is a shift underway where researchers, engineers, and analysts, can change the very way they think about problems. Previously, we have been limited by the computing resources we have — the clusters we have on premise. Today, we can change the very way we ask our questions. Ask the right questions — and use the Cloud to create the size of system needed to answer your questions.”
Video: Towards an Exascale Operating System
March 22, 2014 by
In this video from the PRACE Winter School 2014, Ely Levy from Hebrew University presents: Towards an Exascale Operating System.
GPU Boost for the Tesla K40
March 22, 2014 by
GPU Boost is a relatively simple way to increase performance by up to 17.5%.
Piz Daint – Europe’s Most Powerfull Supercomputer Cleared for Users
March 21, 2014 by
Today CSCS inaugurated the Piz Daint supercomputer in Lugano, Switzerland. As part of the the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, Piz Daint is currently the most powerful computer in Europe.
Gordon Supercomputer Speeds Whole-Genome Sequencing
March 21, 2014 by
Researchers are using the Gordon supercomputer at SDSC to battle rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic disease that affects as many as 52 million Americans.
Job of the Week: Systems Administrator at University of Georgia
March 21, 2014 by
The University of Georgia is seeking a Systems Administrator in our Job of the Week.
Video: Chippewa Falls–The Birthplace of Supercomputing
March 21, 2014 by
In this episode of Around the Corner with John McGivern, the PBS program explores Chippewa Falls–the birthplace of Supercomputing and Cray Research. The show has Rich Brueckner reminiscing about being mistaken for local celebrity John Leinenkugel.
This Week in HPC: Japan’s Exascale Plans and HPC Conference March Madness
March 20, 2014 by
In this episode of This Week in HPC, Michael Feldman and Addison Snell from Intersect360 Research discuss Japan’s Exascale plans from the Big Data and Extreme-scale Computing (BDEC) conference. After that, the topic switches to the coming Springtime Tsunami of HPC conferences.
Adaptive Computing Announces Moabcon 2014 Conference Keynotes
March 20, 2014 by
Today Adaptive Computing announced the speaker lineup for Moabcon 2014, the company’s annual user conference.
