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New Kepler GPU Greases the Wheels for MPI Applications

Aug 23, 2012 | NVIDIA website | Hyper-Q feature designed to make MPI run faster than ever before.
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GPU Computing Gets Jolt of Java

Aug 13, 2012 | bit-tech | Free compiler allows Java developers to target GPU accelerators.
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Adapteva Rolls Out Early Release of OpenCL SDK

Aug 23, 2012 | Adapteva has announced their OpenCL SDK for the Epiphany multicore architecture. The release was developed along with Brown Deer technology.
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Adapteva Announces 4th Generation Multicore Chip Along with OpenCL Compiler

Aug 22, 2012 | Adapteva is sampling the fourth generation of its Epiphany multicore architecture, and has announced a new OpenCL, SDK to program the processor.
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PGI Updates OpenCL Compiler for ARM

Aug 21, 2012 | The Portland Group has announced the release of PGCL 12.7. PGCL is PGI's framework for multi-core ARM chips.
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New Xcelerit SDK Adds Support for NVIDIA Kepler GPU

Aug 16, 2012 | Xcelerit announced the release of the latest version of its Software Development Kit (SDK).
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NVIDIA Releases CUDA 5

Aug 16, 2012 | NVIDIA has announced the release of CUDA 5 release candidate. New features include GPU object linking, which enable application developers to construct libraries that run exclusively on the GPU.
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Numerical Algorithms Group Updates Fortran Compiler

Aug 15, 2012 | The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) has announced version 5.3 of their NAG Fortran Compiler. The update includes support for OpenMP and additional language features.
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Adapteva Unveils 64-Core Chip

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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Supercomputers Study Singing Mice

Aug 14, 2012 | Rodent vocalizations could be linked to speech disorders in humans.
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