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May 26, 2012
Heterogeneous Processing: Trite or Trend?
Heterogeneous processing or co-processing on chips other than the CPU is the most recent trend in HPC. To some extent there has always been a small fringe element pursuing this direction, but in the past few years, there has been a rich diversity of efforts and support from major HPC vendors.
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Feature Articles from isc09
A Trio of HPC Offerings Unveiled at ISC
(07/01/2009)
- Last week's International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'09) was a convenient excuse for vendors to announce a raft of new products, but three, in particular, stood out.
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Welcome to Year 1 AP
(06/23/2009)
- HPC guru Thomas Sterling has labeled 2009 as "Year 1 AP -- After Petaflops." HPCwire got the opportunity to ask Thomas to expand on that theme and talk about where high performance computing is headed next.
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Julich Supercomputing Center Keeps Germany on the Cutting Edge of HPC
(06/22/2009)
- Thomas Lippert, director of the Jülich Supercomputing Center in Germany, is speaking at this year's International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg about his experiences with the exotic systems that lead the TOP500 list of the HPC community's preeminent supercomputers, and the scientific breakthroughs that they enable. We caught up with Dr. Lippert by email before the conference to get a sneak peak at his thoughts on working at the extremes of computation.
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An Interview with ISC'09 Keynote Speaker Andy von Bechtolsheim
(06/21/2009)
- When 1,500 leading members of the world’s high performance computing community convene June 23-26 at the 2009 International Supercomputing Conference, The opening keynote address will be presented by Andreas “Andy” von Bechtolsheim, the legendary co-founder of Sun Microsystems and founder and Chief Development Officer of Arista Networks. Von Bechtolsheim will discuss “The Evolution of Interconnects for High Performance Computing.”
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HPC Globalization Fuels ISC Growth
(06/19/2009)
- This year's International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'09) in Hamburg, Germany, promises to offer some respite from the gloomy news affecting the HPC community in these tough economic times.
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Bigger and Better, International Supercomputing Conference Moves to Hamburg
(03/25/2009)
- The 24th International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) convenes June 23-26 in the Congress Center Hamburg, and organizers are expecting more than 1,500 participants and about 120 exhibitors from around the world. As final preparations are being made, Prof. Hans Meuer took a break from his duties as general conference chair to discuss the event's new venue in Hamburg as well as this year's highlights.
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Special Commentary from isc09
Michael Feldman
High Performance Cloud Computing Still an Oxymoron
The grand unification of supercomputing and cloud computing still has a ways to go. Read more...
Michael Feldman
Podcast: ISC Impressions, Nehalem Shining Star, NVIDIA Owns GPU Computing, Euro HPC
Michael and Addison give their impressions on the news surrounding ISC and the buzz on the show floor. Read more...
Michael Feldman
Podcast: ISC Special Edition - TOP500; InfiniBand vs. Ethernet, Getting to Exaflops by 2020
ISC Special Episode 1 of 2! Michael and Addison on location at International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, discuss the TOP500, InfiniBand vs. Ethernet, the road to Exaflops, and more... Read more...
Michael Feldman
IBM Stays Atop TOP500 By Sitting Tight
A rare event occurred in the TOP500 saga today at the International Supercomputing Conference. Read more...
Michael Feldman
The Essential ISC
Wondering what the can't-miss activities will be at ISC? Here is one man's opinion. Read more...
Off the Wire from isc09
- SGI Secures Top Rankings on TOP500 List - (07/07/2009)
- T-Platforms Showcased HPC Developments at ISC'09 - (07/07/2009)
- KAUST's IBM Supercomputer Middle East's Fastest - (06/25/2009)
- Zarlink Intros New ZLynx Active Optical Cable - (06/25/2009)
- AMD Continues to Support GPU Acceleration - (06/25/2009)
- Voltaire Strengthens InfiniBand Leadership - (06/24/2009)
- Eurotech Presents Aurora Supercomputer - (06/24/2009)
- Voltaire Introduces Open MPI Accelerator Software - (06/24/2009)
- Four ORNL Supercomputers Among 25 Fastest - (06/24/2009)
- Boston Limited Launches 1U Server with 4 AMD FireStream GPUs - (06/24/2009)
- TOP500 List Announced in Hamburg - (06/23/2009)
- SGI Announces InfiniteStorage 6120 at ISC - (06/23/2009)
- Partec Helps Propel Juropa Cluster to Number 10 Spot - (06/23/2009)
- Mellanox InfiniBand Provides Efficiency to TOP500 Systems - (06/23/2009)
- Voltaire Supports New HP ExSO Portfolio - (06/23/2009)
- STORDIS, FalconStor to Create InfiniBand-Based Storage Appliance - (06/23/2009)
- Supermicro Showcases Green HPC Solutions at ISC '09 - (06/23/2009)
- DataDirect Announces New Storage Architecture - (06/23/2009)
- Mellanox Solutions Power Network Demonstration at ISC'09 - (06/23/2009)
- Visual Numerics Supports IBM BlueGene/P - (06/23/2009)
- Intel Chips Dominate Top Supers - (06/23/2009)
- PGI, NVIDIA Team To Deliver CUDA Fortran Compiler - (06/23/2009)
- IBM Achieves 10th Straight Number One Showing on TOP500 - (06/23/2009)
- Supermicro Highlights Energy Efficient Servers at ISC'09 - (06/23/2009)
- Supermicro Demos SuperServer at ISC'09 - (06/23/2009)
- Top Supercomputers Leverage AMD Opterons - (06/23/2009)
- Sun Unveils Enhancements To Constellation System - (06/23/2009)
- CSCS Upgrades Cray Super, LSI Storage - (06/22/2009)
- Mellanox Announces IS5000 InfiniBand Switch - (06/22/2009)
- Finisar Intros 150 Gbps Parallel Active Optical Cable - (06/22/2009)
- Voltaire Announces Grid Director 4700 - (06/22/2009)
- Allinea, ORNL to Develop Debugging Tool - (06/22/2009)
- Luxtera to Power ISCnet InfiniBand Network - (06/22/2009)
- Panasas Releases New Software - (06/22/2009)
- T-Platforms to Become First Russian Exhibitor at ISC - (06/22/2009)
- Supermicro Showcases GPU-Accelerated Servers - (06/22/2009)
- Arista's Andreas Bechtolsheim to Keynote at ISC'09 - (06/17/2009)
- SGI to Display Leading HPC Solutions at ISC'09 - (06/17/2009)
- ScaleMP to Demo Aggregation Technology at ISC'09 - (06/17/2009)
- QLogic to Demo QDR InfiniBand Solutions at ISC'09 - (06/17/2009)
- Fraunhofer SCAI Presents New Software Licensing - (06/16/2009)
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May 25, 2012
- University of Delaware Prof. to Join HPC Consortium
- Texas Researchers Use TACC Supercomputers to Accelerate Drug Design
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May 24, 2012
- Fastest Academic Supercomputer In Oklahoma Begins Operation
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chooses Gnodal Ethernet Switches for HPC Facility
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May 23, 2012
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May 18, 2012
- University of Southampton Builds UK's Largest Academic Supercomputer
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- Part-Time Scientists to Deliver Lunar Rover Keynote at GTC
- NextIO Closes Series F Funding Round
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- Rice University Develops Low Power, Inexact Chip
May 16, 2012
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- DOE INCITE Program to Allocate Titan, Mira Compute Resources
May 15, 2012
- SGI Adds Kepler GPU-Accelerated Servers to Rackable Line
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- Dell Adds Quad-Socket Xeon Server to Lineup
- Nvidia Announces Kepler-Based Tesla GPUs
- OpenFabrics Alliance, Microsoft Bring RDMA to Windows Server 2012
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Podcast: HP Downsizes; Fujitsu Gears Up for Growth
HP announces plans to shed 8 percent of its workforce, while Fujitsu looks to expand its HPC presence in Europe and elsewhere.
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NVIDIA pushes Kepler into HPC and beyond. And Intel adds three new families of Xeon chips.
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Contributors:
James Reinders
James Reinders is a senior engineer for Intel and has helped develop supercomputers, microprocessors and software tools for 25 years. James focuses on parallel programming models and is the author of a number of books on the topic.
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Gary Johnson
Gary M. Johnson is the founder of Computational Science Solutions, LLC, and a specialist in HPC management as well as the development of national science and technology policy. He is also involved in the creation of education and research programs in computational engineering and science.
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Andrew Jones
Andrew Jones has over 15 years of experience in HPC, in supercomputer center management and as a research user in industry. He now leads the HPC Services & Consulting at Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG).
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Addison Snell is the CEO of Intersect360 Research and a veteran of the high performance computing industry. During his tenure, he has established Intersect360 Research as a premier source of market information, analysis and consulting.
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Michael Wolfe
Michael Wolfe has developed compilers for over 30 years in both academia and industry, and is now a senior compiler engineer at The Portland Group, Inc.
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