Check out this assemblages’ reflections on last week’s virtual SC20. Their thoughts range from big-picture insights on how the event reflects the state of HPC to the keynotes, sessions and announcements they think were particularly notable (and worth going back and watching, if you missed them). Among the topics covered: The convergence of the Top500 and Green500 supercomputer lists, the emerging earmarks of machine learning HPC workloads and the validity of supercomputing predictions made at SC in 2006 over against predictions for 2035.
Virtual SC20 Retrospective: Thinkers’ Thoughts on HPC Today and Tomorrow
November 25, 2020 by Leave a Comment
At SC20: Intel Provides Aurora Update as Argonne Developers Use Intel Xe-HP GPUs in Lieu of ‘Ponte Vecchio’
November 18, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In an update to yesterday’s “Bridge to ‘Ponte Vecchio'” story, today we interviewed, Jeff McVeigh, Intel VP/GM of data center XPU products and solutions, who updated us on developments at Intel with direct bearing on Aurora, including the projected delivery of Ponte Vecchio (unchanged); on Aurora’s deployment (sooner than forecast yesterday by industry analyst firm Hyperion Research); on Intel’s “XPU” cross-architecture strategy and its impact on Aurora application development work ongoing at Argonne; and on the upcoming release of the first production version of oneAPI (next month), Intel’s cross-architecture programming model for CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and other accelerators.
Where to Go and What to Do at Virtual SC20: These HPC Experts Give Guidance
November 18, 2020 by Leave a Comment
As you plan for this week’s Virtual SC20, we thought it would be helpful to ask four HPC industry experts for guidance regarding the sessions, trends, news and other highlights worthy of your attention coming out of what one of our panelists, Dr. Thomas Sterling of the University of Indiana (and of Beowulf cluster pioneering […]
At SC20: Hyperion Sees COVID HPC Impact Sharp but Short; HPE in Server Lead; Aurora 12+/- Months Late; Cloud HPC Heating Up
November 17, 2020 by Leave a Comment
One thing – another thing – regular SC conference attendees have to do without this pandemic year is industry analyst firm Hyperion Research’s annual HPC market update breakfast, always held in a large hotel function room before a well-fed, SRO crowd. Instead, Hyperion delivered its update virtually, and much of the discussion, not surprisingly, revolved […]
At SC20: GigaIO Launches PCIe 4.0 Accelerator Pooling Appliance for the Composable Data Center
November 17, 2020 by Leave a Comment
CARLSBAD, CA – November 17, 2020 – GigaIO Networks, creators of data center network architecture and connectivity solutions, today announced their new Hydra product line, which the company said is the industry’s first fully managed PCI Express (PCIe) Gen 4.0 Pooling Appliance, a high-performance expansion chassis for the disaggregating and pooling of PCIe accelerator devices. […]
At SC20: A Bridge to ‘Ponte Vecchio’: Argonne Aurora Developers Using Substitute Intel Xe-HP GPUs
November 17, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Intel and Argonne National Laboratory said today they are using GPUs based on Intel’s Xe-HP microarchitecture and Intel oneAPI toolkits for development of scientific applications to be used on the Aurora exascale system — in anticipation of later delivery of Intel 7nm ‘Ponte Vecchio’ GPUs, which will drive Aurora when the delayed system is deployed […]
Where to Go and What to Do at Virtual SC20: These HPC Experts Give Guidance
November 13, 2020 by Leave a Comment
As you plan for next week’s Virtual SC20, we thought it would be helpful to ask four HPC industry experts for guidance regarding the sessions, trends, news and other highlights worthy of your attention coming out of what one of our panelists, Dr. Thomas Sterling of the University of Indiana (and of Beowulf cluster pioneering fame), described as “a diverse and rich” program agenda.
Stäubli to Highlight New Cooling Connectors at Virtual SC20
November 11, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Duncan, SC (Nov. 9, 2020) — At virtual SC20, held online November 17 -19, Stäubli, a manufacturer of quick-release coupling systems for IT/liquid cooling, will be digitally highlighting the new DAG coupling this year. The DAG range has been designed for perfect integration in installations such as data centers or super computers, combining three major […]
Western Digital Expands Flash Portfolio for Scaling Data-Centric Architectures in the Zettabyte Era
November 9, 2020 by Leave a Comment
SAN JOSE – Nov 9, 2020 Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced a suite of new NVMe SSDs for enabling next-generation, data-centric architectures for data centers, industrial IoT, automotive and client applications. The new family includes the Ultrastar® DC ZN540 ZNS NVMe™ SSD for designing a more efficient data center storage tier with competitive TCO; the Western Digital® IX […]
PSSC Labs Named Nvidia Preferred Solution Partner
November 9, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Lake Forest, CA, Nov. 10, 2020 – PSSC Labs, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI), high performance computing (HPC) and big data computing solutions, today announced that Nvidia, inventor and leading provider of GPUs for AI and machine learning, has named PSSC Labs a Preferred Partner. Through this partnership PSSC Labs will provide custom configured […]
