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Webinar: Free Webinar Series: Intel® Parallel Studio XE and Intel® Fortran Studio XE
Aug 27, 2012
This free Intel webinar series for C, C++, and Fortran developers is designed to help you efficiently produce fast, scalable, reliable applications throughout the development lifecycle. Starts September 18, 9 a.m. PDT. Register now>>
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Webinar: Michael Wolfe Webinar: PGI Accelerator with OpenACC
Jul 10, 2012
Join Michael for a look at the first PGI Accelerator Fortran and C compilers to include comprehensive support for OpenACC, the new open standard for programming accelerators using compiler directives.
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Video: Take a Look Inside the Analytics 2011 Conference
Feb 15, 2012
In this Inside Analytics 2011 video series, you will hear from a number of key conference participants on topics including high-performance analytics and why it is a game-changer for businesses, the development of the SAS® High-Performance Analytics suite and how to empower the analytical expert.
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Video: 'First of a Kind' Experimental Cluster based on Intel® MIC Architecture – Part 2
Aug 16, 2012
Learn how Appro and Sandia National Laboratories collaboration will help develop applications for current and future co-processor computational systems, and develop new system software capabilities that can support the efficient movement of data between cores in the Intel® MIC and Intel® Xeon® heterogeneous compute node.
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Video: 'First of a Kind' Experimental Cluster based on Intel® MIC Architecture – Part 1
Aug 02, 2012
Learn more about the Appro and Sandia National Laboratories collaboration to develop a "first of a kind" experimental cluster using the Intel® Many Integrated Core Architecture (Intel® MIC) and next-generation Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer architecture. Examples of the system configuration and implementation will be discussed.
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Video: Gordon Supercomputer surpasses every initial benchmark set forth by the SDSC
Jun 01, 2012
Listen to an interview with SDSC and hear about the most powerful data intensive supercomputer configuration based on the latest Intel® Xeon® processor. Gordon supercomputer, listed as one of the fastest Top500 supercomputers in the world offers excellent memory bandwidth and has achieved an outstanding benchmark data-intensive application results which was not possible with traditional computing methods.
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Video: Appro Chief Technology and Software Engineer Discusses the Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer
Feb 03, 2012
The Appro next generation Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer recently launched has made headlines across the nation over the past month. In this interview we sit down with Appro CTO, Giri Chukkapalli to discuss the new system design of the Xtreme-X™ supercomputer to support future technologies. In addition, he also talks about the Appro Cluster Engine™ (ACE) management software suite, part of Appro’s cluster software stack that is tightly integrated with the new Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer.
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Video: Appro Video Blog: Interview with Sandia about Intel MIC Experimental Cluster
Feb 03, 2012
Doug Eadline, Editor of Cluster Monkey had a chance to sit down with Jim Ang, Technical Manager at Sandia National Laboratories for an interview about the “First of a Kind” Experimental Cluster, Appro Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer ,using Intel’s Knights Ferry (KNF) Software Development Platform for the Intel® Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture. Just for the record, Knights Ferry is available only to select individuals including Jim Ang’s group at Sandia and represents a potential new direction in HPC.
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Video: TLCC2 – Appro Deploys Multi-Million Dollar Procurement to 3 Major National Labs
Feb 03, 2012
As a multi-million and multi-year contract, the TLCC2 project was awarded to Appro as a joint procurement offered by the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) where Appro has begun delivering the Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer to 3 major national Laboratories including Sandia (SNL), Los Alamos (LANL) and Lawrence Livermore (LLNL). Matt Leininger of LLNL and Appro’s VP of Advanced Technology, John Lee, discuss the TLCC2 in further detail as the project is underway.
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Video: Turbocharging HPC Applications - Appro’s Next Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer
Feb 03, 2012
Power, performance, and scalability are just a few enhancements of Appro’s next generation Xtreme-X™ Supercomputer which addressed four HPC workload configurations including capacity, hybrid, data intensive, and capability computing. Appro sustains its position as a leading HPC solutions provider by offering the complete package with innovative products based on industry-level standards and exceptional professional services. The new Xtreme-X™ supercomputer is your solution to a better future.
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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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A Petabyte of Flash in a Rack
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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Petascale Supercomputer Under Development in Russia
Aug 24, 2012 |
The Russian Academy of Sciences is looking to boost the country's supercomputing standing with a 10-petaflop machine.
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Virtual Knitting
Aug 23, 2012 |
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
Aug 21, 2012 |
A clever molecular dynamics algorithm and GPU computing delivers HPC to the desktop
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