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May 16, 2012
- DOD Makes Multi-System Supercomputing Acquisition Totaling Four Petaflops
- Mercury Computer Systems Develops Sensor Stream Delivery Application
- HPC Project Updates Par4All Parallelization Platform
- Limit Point Systems, MBA Sciences Collaborate to Assist Oil and Gas Industry
- Nvidia Announces Availability of Tesla K10 GPU
- GE Announces Graphics Board Based on Nvidia VPX Platform
- DOE INCITE Program to Allocate Titan, Mira Compute Resources
May 15, 2012
- SGI Adds Kepler GPU-Accelerated Servers to Rackable Line
- AMAX Intros HPC Servers with New Kepler GPUs
- Nvidia Introduces GPU Virtualization Platform
- Wolfram Releases Financial Platform
- Dell Adds Quad-Socket Xeon Server to Lineup
- Nvidia Announces Kepler-Based Tesla GPUs
- OpenFabrics Alliance, Microsoft Bring RDMA to Windows Server 2012
- Penguin Computing Adds New Sandy Bridge Chips to Servers
- Caltech Research Center Using Panasas Parallel Storage
May 14, 2012
- BOXX Workstations Featuring NVIDIA Maximus Demo at GPU Technology Conference
- Registration Now Open for XSEDE12
- Blue Waters Supercomputer Debugs With Allinea DDT
- Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer Powered by New Intel Processors
- AMAX Releases Systems based on Intel E3 Family
- IBM Augments x86 Offerings
- Super Micro Shipping Servers With New Sandy Bridge Processors
- HP Updates Gen8 Servers With New Xeon Families
- SGI Confirms Support for New Xeon Chips
- Intel Adds More Chips to Xeon Lineup
- BOXX Technologies Demos Workstations at GTC
- nCore Design to Host Multicore Programming Course
- Mellanox Releases InfiniBand Driver for VMWare
- NVIDIA Intros GPU Application Development Environment for Linux, Mac-OS
May 11, 2012
May 10, 2012
- EMC Acquires XtremIO
- National Computational Science Institute, XSEDE Offer Workshops to Educators
- Rogue Wave Acquires IBM Visualization Products
- Kove Storage Claims Sustained Low Latency Performance
May 09, 2012
- Microsoft, Fusion-io, Mellanox Demonstrate Performance Gains with InfiniBand
- Benchmark Measures Mellanox Ethernet Performance
- Open Source Compiler Adds Support for Nvidia GPUs
- Myricom, Emulex Collaborate to Create Family of Network Products
- SGI Tapped to Supply Air Force Research System
- HPC Project, Cenaero Announce Strategic Partnership
- NoMachine Software Enables Remote Access for Medical Professionals
May 08, 2012
- Emulex Introduces New Family of Networking Devices
- Dell Announces Microserver Customers
- Super Micro to Display GPU Servers, Workstations at Nvidia Conference
- Penguin Computing Introduces New Xeon Servers
May 07, 2012
- XSEDE12 Introduces New Sponsor Levels Aimed at Nonprofits, Education Groups
- Mellanox Exceeds $1 Billion in Accumulated Revenue
- Paradigm Updates Seismic Application Suite
- TACC Data Repository Now Available to Texas Researchers
- PRACE Scientific Conference 2012 Details
- Opscode Named Best of Show at Bio-IT World
May 04, 2012
May 03, 2012
- ISC'12 to Feature Top500 List in Sessions
- New Supercomputer to be Installed Near Paris
- Open Fabrics Recommends Linux-Specific Distributions of RDMA Middleware
- LBNL Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
- Server Farm Realty, NantWorks Partner to Create Datacenters
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- Intel Makes a Deal for Cray's Interconnect Assets
- Novel Chip Technology to Power GRAPE-8 Supercomputer
- Some Thoughts on Intelâs Acquisition of Cray's Interconnect Technology
- ESnet Launches Architecture to Help Researchers Deliver on Data-Intensive Science
- Cray Brings In New CTO to Drive Supercomputing, Big Data Integration
- The Last Mile of Virtualization
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- Open Fabrics Recommends Linux-Specific Distributions of RDMA Middleware
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Feature Articles
NVIDIA Launches Kepler Into HPC
NVIDIA has introduced its first Kepler-generation GPU product for high performance computing, and revealed some of the inner working of the new architecture. The announcement took place at the kickoff of the company's GPU Technology Conference taking place this week in San Jose, California.
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Intel Rolls Out New Server CPUs
Intel Corp. has launched three new families of Xeon processors, joining the Xeon E5-2600 series the chipmaker introduced in March. These latest chips span the entire market for the Xeon line, from four- and two-socket servers, down to entry-level workstations and microservers. A number of HPC server makers, including SGI, Dell, and Appro announced updated hardware based on the new silicon.
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Novel Chip Technology to Power GRAPE-8 Supercomputer
With the fastest supercomputers on the planet sporting multi-megawatt appetites, green HPC has become all the rage. The IBM Blue Gene/Q machine is currently number one in energy-efficient flops, but a new FPGA-like technology brought to market by semiconductor startup eASIC is providing an even greener computing solution. And one HPC project in Japan, known as GRAPE, is using the chips to power its newest supercomputer.
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Around the Web
NVIDIAâs Bill Dally Talks 3D Chips and More at GTC
May 16, 2012 |
Chief scientist discusses memory stacks, interconnects, and US technology leadership.
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NVIDIA Unveils Virtualized GPU with Kepler-Based Board
May 15, 2012 |
GPU maker conjures up visualization technology for virtual desktops.
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Zettaflops Will Happen Says HPC Analyst
May 14, 2012 |
Pessimistic predictions about technology have a poor track record, according to 451's John Barr.
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Next-Gen Memory on the Horizon
May 10, 2012 |
DRAM manufacturers gear up for DDR4.
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US Energy Secretary Talks Supercomputing
May 09, 2012 |
Steven Chu discusses the role of supercomputing in energy research.
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