DiRAC Selects NVIDIA HDR InfiniBand Connected HGX Platform to Accelerate Scientific Discovery at Its Four Sites SANTA CLARA, Calif. - ISC—NVIDIA today announced that its NVIDIA HGX™ high performance computing platform will power Tursa, the new DiRAC supercomputer to be hosted by the University of Edinburgh. Optimized for computational particle physics, Tursa is the … [Read more...] about NVIDIA Powers Next-Generation Supercomputer at University of Edinburgh
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Your Computer Can Help Scientists Seeking Potential COVID-19 Treatments
IBM's World Community Grid hosts Scripps Research project to help scientists virtually screen chemical compounds that might help fight COVID-19 IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that anyone in the world with a PC, laptop or Mac and an Internet connection could help scientists seek chemical compounds that might be effective against COVID-19. To do so, volunteers' devices … [Read more...] about Your Computer Can Help Scientists Seeking Potential COVID-19 Treatments
Atos supercomputer to enhance weather prediction capabilities for leading European numerical weather centre ECMWF
Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, has signed a new four-year contract worth over €80 million (approximately £67.8 million) with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) to supply its BullSequana XH2000 supercomputer, which is one of the most powerful meteorological supercomputers in the world. It will increase ECMWF’s computing power by a … [Read more...] about Atos supercomputer to enhance weather prediction capabilities for leading European numerical weather centre ECMWF
200G HDR InfiniBand to Accelerate the New European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Supercomputer
The HDR InfiniBand Connected Supercomputer Will Increase the Center’s Weather and Climate Research Compute Power by Five Times, Enabling Enhanced and Far More Accurate Forecast and Predictions Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced … [Read more...] about 200G HDR InfiniBand to Accelerate the New European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Supercomputer
Supercomputing 2019: Intel Unveils New GPU Architecture with High-Performance Computing and AI Acceleration, and oneAPI Software Stack with Unified and Scalable Abstraction for Heterogeneous Architectures NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
At Supercomputing 2019, Intel unveiled its vision for extending its leadership in the convergence of high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) with new additions to its data-centric silicon portfolio and an ambitious new software initiative that represents a paradigm shift from today’s single-architecture, single-vendor programming models. Addressing … [Read more...] about Supercomputing 2019: Intel Unveils New GPU Architecture with High-Performance Computing and AI Acceleration, and oneAPI Software Stack with Unified and Scalable Abstraction for Heterogeneous Architectures NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
NSF-funded leadership-class computing center boosts U.S. science with largest academic supercomputer in the world
Today, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) launched Frontera, the fastest supercomputer at any university and the fifth most powerful system in the world. The system is the result of a $60 million investment by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance the next generation of leadership class computing. Joined by … [Read more...] about NSF-funded leadership-class computing center boosts U.S. science with largest academic supercomputer in the world
Computex 2018: TYAN Showcases HPC, Storage and Cloud Server Platforms Based on Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
TYAN®, an industry-leading server platform design manufacturer and a MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation subsidiary, is exhibiting a full line of HPC, cloud computing and storage server platforms that are optimized for HPC, Artificial Intelligence and Datacenter markets at Computex 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan, through June 9. "TYAN's leading portfolio server platforms are … [Read more...] about Computex 2018: TYAN Showcases HPC, Storage and Cloud Server Platforms Based on Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Market Insight: Quantum Meets HPC in the Cloud
While quantum computing technology is still years from maturity stage the hybrid quantum-HPC systems emerge as intermittent solution combining the best of both worlds and enabling researchers to solve complex problems more efficiently by distributing tasks between quantum device and high performance computing system. The hybrid quantum-HPC market is happening right now, this is … [Read more...] about Market Insight: Quantum Meets HPC in the Cloud
Supercomputers and Superintelligence
NSCI Seminar: This talk has been canceled. In recent years the idea of emerging superintelligence has been discussed widely by popular media, and many experts voiced grave warnings about its possible consequences. This talk will use an analysis of progress in supercomputer performance to examine the gap between current technology and reaching the capabilities of the human … [Read more...] about Supercomputers and Superintelligence
HPC Startup Cornami Raises $3 Million
Cornami, a high-performance computing company, has closed Series B financing round of $3 million. Yatish Mishra, the company president & COO, says: “Cornami has developed a disruptive technology for efficient multi-core processing that will change the way we build and utilize computers in data centers for big data. The gains are seen in performance for significantly increased … [Read more...] about HPC Startup Cornami Raises $3 Million
HPC in the Cloud Provider Rescale Raises $6.4 Mln
Rescale Inc., San Francisco based provider of HPC infrastructure in the cloud, raises $6.4 million. Market Research Media forecasts that the HPC in the cloud market segment will reach $1.5 Bln by 2017, growing at CAGR 19% in 2015-2020. "The High Performance Computing is becoming more ubiquitous. The borderline is fading between the HPC domain and data center. Governments … [Read more...] about HPC in the Cloud Provider Rescale Raises $6.4 Mln
Chinese ‘Tianhe-1A’ Supercomputer May Trigger a New Arms Race in HPC space
Worldwide Defense High Performance Computing (HPC) Market Forecast 2010-2015 The announcement that Chinese high-performance computing researchers have achieved a performance of 2.5 petaflops using their Tianhe-1A supercomputer might trigger a new arms race High Performance Computing space. The Tianhe-1A machine is now the world’s most powerful computer, 40% faster than the … [Read more...] about Chinese ‘Tianhe-1A’ Supercomputer May Trigger a New Arms Race in HPC space