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July 06, 2012
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Computer memory is currently undergoing something of an identity crisis. For the past 8 years, multicore microprocessors have been creating a performance discontinuity, the so-called memory wall. It's now fairly clear that this widening gap between compute and memory performance will not be solved with conventional DRAM products. But there is one technology under development that aims to close that gap, and its first use case will likely be in the ethereal realm of supercomputing.
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The US Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) has ordered a two-petaflop "Cascade" supercomputer, Cray's next-generation HPC platform. The DOE is shelling out $40 million dollars for the system, including about 6.5 petabytes of the company's Sonexion storage. Installation is scheduled for sometime in 2013.
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Computer scientist builds intelligent machine with single-core laptop and some slick algorithms.
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Jul 10, 2012 |
Science cloud crunched data that helped build the case for the historic announcement.
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Jul 09, 2012 |
EU project offers software that makes datacenters more energy-efficient.
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Processor speed and power consumption are now at odds, which will force chipmakers to rethink their designs..
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Jul 03, 2012 |
University consortium launches with two terascale machines.
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