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Archives for June 2015
New HP Apollo 4000 Systems Fulfill Booming Big Data Analytics & Object Storage Requirements
June 25, 2015 by
Caterpillar & NCSA Expand Collaboration for Realistic Simulations
June 24, 2015 by
Today Caterpillar Inc. announced it will expand its collaboration with NCSA to develop more realistic simulations that can lead to improved product designs.
Video: Petascale Supercomputing for Space-Based Earth Science
June 24, 2015 by
“We have made substantial progress towards three transformative contributions: (1) we are the first team to formally link high-resolution astrodynamics design and coordination of space assets with their Earth science impacts within a Petascale “many-objective” global optimization framework, (2) we have successfully completed the largest Monte Carlo simulation experiment for evaluating the required satellite frequencies and coverage to maintain acceptable global forecasts of terrestrial hydrology (especially in poorer countries), and (3) we have evaluated the limitations and vulnerabilities of the full suite of current satellite precipitation missions including the recently approved Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. This work illustrates the tradeoffs and consequences of a collapse in the current portfolio of rainfall missions.
Supercomputing Flow of Carbon Emissions in Deep Oceans
June 24, 2015 by
A new computer model developed by scientists at LANL increases global climate simulation accuracy through a better representation of the vast eddies that swirl across hundreds of miles of open ocean.
Video: Satoshi Matsuoka on HPC Trends from PASC15
June 24, 2015 by
In this video from PASC15, Torsten Hoefler from ETH Zurich discusses HPC trends with Satoshi Matsuoka from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Along the way, Matsuoka describes lessons learned during this multi-disciplinary conference about application requirements on the road to exascale.
Ancillary Events Line up for ISC 2015 in Frankfurt
June 24, 2015 by
With ISC 2015 coming up in July, a number of ancillary events have been scheduled in Frankfurt to take advantage of this annual gathering of over 2500 supercomputing professionals. On deck are special events from DDN, HP, IDC, Intel, and Mellanox.
Asetek’s Liquid Cooling to Enable Highest Performance on POWER Based Systems
June 23, 2015 by
Today Asetek announced that the company has joined the OpenPOWER Foundation, an open development community based on the POWER microprocessor architecture.
GE and Cascade Optimize Gas Turbine Simulation
June 23, 2015 by
Today GE announced a multi-year joint development agreement with Cascade Technologies to improve combustion simulation software. With new visualaztion capabilities, engineers can virtually look inside a gas turbine as it operates and gain a better understanding of the turbulent fluid, chemical and acoustic processes occurring within advanced, low-emissions gas-turbine combustion systems.
Interview: PBS Pro 13 is Biggest Release Ever for Altair
June 23, 2015 by
“The industry needs to accomplish a lot in the coming years to deliver a working, useful exascale machine. PBS Pro is only one piece of the puzzle… but it’s an important piece. Job scheduling and workload management are core capabilities – a “must have” for every HPC system – ensuring HPC goals are met by enforcing site-specific use policies, enabling users to focus on science and engineering rather than IT, and optimizing utilization (of hardware, licenses, and power) to minimize waste.”
Altair Launches PBS Pro 13
June 23, 2015 by
Today Altair announced the general availability of PBS Professional 13.0, the latest version of the market-leading software product for high-performance computing workload management and job scheduling on clusters and supercomputers.
