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Climate Science Triggers Torrent of Big Data Challenges
Aug 15, 2012 |
Supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory produce some of the world’s largest scientific datasets, many of which are related to climate change research. In this interview, Galen Shipman, data-systems architect for ORNL’s Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate and the person who oversees data management at the OLCF, discusses strategies for coping with the “3 Vs” of big data: variety, velocity, and volume.
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Supercomputers Study Singing Mice
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Rodent vocalizations could be linked to speech disorders in humans.
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Sudip Dosanjh Tapped as New NERSC Director
Aug 22, 2012 |
Sudip Dosanjh, a leader in extreme-scale computing at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, has been named director of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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NSF Project Will Fund Computing Infrastructure for Hydrologists
Aug 16, 2012 |
RENCI, the Renaissance Computing Institute at UNC Chapel Hill, will work with Utah State University and water scientists across the U.S. on a $4.5 million collaborative project funded by the National Science Foundation aimed at giving hydrologists the technology infrastructure they need to address critical issues related to water quality, quantity, accessibility, and management.
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Researchers from IBM, Zurich Announce Breakthrough in Spintronics
Aug 14, 2012 |
IBM has announced that along with researchers from Zurich, the company has revealed the first direct mapping of the formation of a persistent helix in a semiconductor. The scientists used extremely short laser pulses to capture electron spins within a small area.
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National Research Council Recommends National Photonics Initiative
Aug 13, 2012 |
The National Research Council has released a report which recommends the creation of a national photonics initiative. The initiative is set to accelerate development of technologies that rely on photonics.
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August 23, 2012
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Adapteva Unveils 64-Core Chip
Multicore chipmaker Adapteva is sampling its 4th-generation multicore processor, known as Epiphany-IV. The 64-core chip delivers a peak performance of 100 gigaflops and draws just two watts of power, yielding a stunning 50 gigaflops/watt. The engineering samples were manufactured by GLOBALFOUNDRIES on its latest 28nm process technology.
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Solid state storage specialist Nimbus Data Systems has unveiled its third-generation flash memory array, setting new benchmarks on resiliency, performance, and capacity. The new product, known as Gemini, offers up to 48 TB of capacity and over 1 million IOPS per 2U box. And despite moving to the less expensive and less reliable consumer-grade MLC flash, Nimbus has managed to double the endurance of its storage arrays.
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Analyst Weighs In on 64-Bit ARM
In a recent report in Real World Technologies, chip guru David Kanter dissects the new 64-bit ARM design and what it might mean to the IT landscape. His take on the architecture is almost uniformly positive, noting that not only did the designers manage to develop an elegant instruction set that was backwardly compatible with the existing ISA, but they also took the extra step to jettison a few of the poorly designed features of the 32-bit architecture.
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Virtual Knitting
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Researchers develop computer simulation that knits fabrics one stitch at a time.
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New Kepler GPU Greases the Wheels for MPI Applications
Aug 23, 2012 |
Hyper-Q feature designed to make MPI run faster than ever before.
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Modeling Proteins at Supercomputing Speeds on Your PC
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A clever molecular dynamics algorithm and GPU computing delivers HPC to the desktop
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Rodent vocalizations could be linked to speech disorders in humans.
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