Cray X1 Supercomputer Has Highest Reported Scores on Government-Sponsored HPC Challenge Benchmark Tests
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| | Cray Inc. announced that overall customer-reported scores for the Cray X1 supercomputer system are the best for any high-performance computing (HPC) system on the new HPC Challenge benchmark tests. The new set of tests, co-sponsored by the DARPA HPCS ...continue
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The Fast Path to High Performance Computing
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| | The key lies in leveraging HPC hardware without altering current application or process investments
Kurt Ziegler and Andrew H. Sherman, Ph.D.
The high performance computing (HPC) landscape is being heavily altered today with new innovative approaches that use parallel computing hardware architectures. These bring researchers and scientists timelier and more affordable avenues to detailed quantitative analysis for a wide range of pharmaceutical processes — from molecular analysis, protein synthesis and genomics, to pharmacokinetics and the design and analysis of clinical trials ...continue
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Scientific Computing’s HPC Special Edition
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| | Suzanne Tracy, Editor in Chief
Scientific Computing’s HPC Special Edition presents solutions that help to optimize workflows and expedite operations
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New Tools Help HPC Buyers Make More Informed Decisions
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| | Obtaining realistic measurements of high performance computing systems
Nathan Wichmann
Here's a hypothetical: Imagine you have to buy a new car, sight unseen. Would you base your decision solely on horsepower? Of course not. You'd want to compare several other factors, such as performance, ride handling, safety rating and fuel system. Even more critical would be choosing the right car ...continue
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The Changing Face of HPC
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| | Remarkable growth in line with Moore's Law
Larry Jones
High performance computing (HPC) has been around for as long as the computer. While HPC has been a part of government and research institutes — such as NASA, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense ...continue
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Innovative HPC System Architectures Needed to Meet Demands of Earth Sciences Community
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| | Improved simulation accuracy and execution time vital in disaster mitigation
Per Nyberg & Ilene Carpenter
The Earth Sciences have traditionally played a key role in defining the requirements of high performance computing (HPC) platforms. As early HPC adopters, scientists studying the weather and climate pushed HPC systems to their limits ...continue
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HPC – What’s in a Name?
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| | Making the right Supercomputing Investment
Rob Farber
High Performance Computing is virtually synonymous with supercomputers and parallel computing. So, what distinguishes HPC from other forms of computing, such as Cloud Computing and TeraGrid? ...continue
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Panasas Partners with Penguin Computing to Bring High-performance Storage to the Cloud
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| | Panasas, a provider of storage for the world's most performance-intensive applications, announced it has secured a partnership with Penguin Computing to provide high-performance parallel storage that will power Penguin Computing's high-performance cloud computing service ...continue
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Will Any Answer Do?
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| | Andrew Jones
Can supercomputers make simulation answers more accurate?
Computer modeling now supports nearly every area of scientific research and, in many cases, is the most (or only) viable method of getting useful predictions to explore phenomena and test hypotheses ...continue
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Probing OER's Huge Potential
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| | The world needs good teachers — maybe you can help
Rob Farber
I would like to focus on how we educate and bring more excellent technical people into HPC. The people at Open Educational Resources (OER) are offering the HPC community the opportunity to educate the next-generation workforce with their Open Education Cup competition ...continue
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Is HPC Going Green?
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| | Looking at how we can change the power equation
Horst D. Simon, Ph.D.
In the discussion of "The Greening of HPC — Will Power Consumption Become the Limiting Factor for Future Growth of HPC?", an international panel of experts will address the questions of what are the power limitations of current technology, and how can we change the equation to assure the future rapid growth of HPC performance without contributing even more to carbon emissions and global warming ...continue
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Heterogeneous Processing with Increased User Productivity
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| | Maximizing your return from parallel computing
Ilya Mirman
Scientists and engineers in virtually every field are turning to high-performance computing (HPC) to solve some of today’s most important and complex problems. With simulation replacing physical testing, more complex phenomena being modeled, and whole products or systems being simulated, technical computing — whether in the life sciences, manufacturing, energy, intelligence, defense or earth sciences — has become both more prominent and more challenging ...continue
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Emerging HPC Trends
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| | High performance computing joins the mainstream
Suzanne Tracy, Editor in Chief
The door on the high performance computing world is opening to new and exciting solutions. Once restricted to high-level researchers and academia, HPC is rapidly moving toward more mainstream applications. Recently, an expert panel came together to explore the significant shift that is occurring in the state of the industry, take a close look at recent trends, and provide insight into changes that are occurring in today’s user experience ...continue
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Linux Networx Hires HPC Veterans
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| | Linux Networx announced the addition of two new executives as part of its long-term growth strategy to expand the company's presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and in worldwide government markets. ...continue
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HECToR Maintains UK’s Strong Research Role
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| | Bolstering Edinburgh University's supercomputing facility keeps the UK in high HPC standing
Tim Studt
In Greek mythology, Hector was one of the strongest and greatest fighters in the Trojan War. Hector could always be counted on to lead the Trojan warriors into battle. A current-day Hector has garnered a similar type of respect in the research community. This HECToR (High-End Computing Terascale Resources) is one of the largest and most ambitious high performance computing (HPC) initiatives in Europe. (Note: the UK term, high-end computing [HEC], is mostly synonymous with the more international term ...continue
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Meeting Research Needs in a Changing HPC Landscape
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Ken Edgecombe, Ph.D.
A look at adapting environments through hybrid, clustered, open IT architectures
Research institutions and businesses alike must work to dissolve the barriers that have traditionally slowed time-to-market and to ensure the correct tools and infrastructure are in place to achieve maximum business results ...continue
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Technical Computing Throws a New Challenge to Science Budgets
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Andrew Jones
Investments in software engineering can be the make-or-break factor
For many years, scientists have been able to rely on computer technology doubling in speed roughly every 18 months — usually referred to as a result of Moore’s Law ...continue
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A New Model for Application Development
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| | Maximizing your return from parallel computing
Ilya Mirman
Scientists and engineers in virtually every field are turning to high-performance computing (HPC) to solve some of today's most important and complex problems. With simulation replacing physical testing, more complex phenomena being modeled, and whole products or systems being simulated, technical computing — whether in the life sciences, manufacturing, energy, intelligence, defense or earth sciences — has become both more prominent and more challenging ...continue
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Blade Webcast
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