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NVIDIA Works On CPU Co-Dependency Issues with Kepler GPU
NVIDIA is telling everyone that the GK110, its new Kepler GPU aimed at supercomputing, is all about improving performance per watt. But the other driving theme behind the new architecture is reducing the GPU's reliance on its CPU host. How well it accomplishes both these goals areas could determine the success of the new chip in high performance computing. Read more...
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OpenACC Starts to Gather Developer Mindshare
PGI, Cray, and CAPS enterprise are moving quickly to get their new OpenACC-supported compilers into the hands of GPGPU developers. At NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference this week, there was plenty of discussion around the new HPC accelerator framework, and all three OpenACC compiler makers, as well as NVIDIA, were talking up the technology.
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NVIDIA Launches Kepler Into HPC
NVIDIA has introduced its first Kepler-generation GPU product for high performance computing, and revealed some of the inner working of the new architecture. The announcement took place at the kickoff of the company's GPU Technology Conference taking place this week in San Jose, California.
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Intel Rolls Out New Server CPUs
Intel Corp. has launched three new families of Xeon processors, joining the Xeon E5-2600 series the chipmaker introduced in March. These latest chips span the entire market for the Xeon line, from four- and two-socket servers, down to entry-level workstations and microservers. A number of HPC server makers, including SGI, Dell, and Appro announced updated hardware based on the new silicon.
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Novel Chip Technology to Power GRAPE-8 Supercomputer
With the fastest supercomputers on the planet sporting multi-megawatt appetites, green HPC has become all the rage. The IBM Blue Gene/Q machine is currently number one in energy-efficient flops, but a new FPGA-like technology brought to market by semiconductor startup eASIC is providing an even greener computing solution. And one HPC project in Japan, known as GRAPE, is using the chips to power its newest supercomputer.
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Can Google’s Page Ranking Algorithm Cure Cancer?
5/23/2012 |
Computational biologists tweak PageRank to correlate protein markers with disease progression.
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Apple Datacenter Blooms Green Energy
5/22/2012 |
Company looks to renewable energy to power its computing infrastructure.
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NVIDIA’s Bill Dally Talks 3D Chips and More at GTC
5/16/2012 |
Chief scientist discusses memory stacks, interconnects, and US technology leadership.
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NVIDIA Unveils Virtualized GPU with Kepler-Based Board
5/15/2012 |
GPU maker conjures up visualization technology for virtual desktops.
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Zettaflops Will Happen Says HPC Analyst
5/14/2012 |
Pessimistic predictions about technology have a poor track record, according to 451's John Barr.
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Next-Gen Memory on the Horizon
5/10/2012 |
DRAM manufacturers gear up for DDR4.
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US Energy Secretary Talks Supercomputing
5/9/2012 |
Steven Chu discusses the role of supercomputing in energy research.
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Chips on the Table: Sandy Bridge versus Westmere
5/8/2012 |
Newest Intel Xeon chip proves its worth for artithmetic-heavy codes.
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Designing Faster Chips with... Faster Chips
5/3/2012 |
With the right software, GPUs can speed chip design.
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100G Network to Support Big Science
5/2/2012 |
Researchers take their datasets into the fast lane.
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Famous Physicist Predicts the End of Silicon-Based Computing
5/1/2012 |
Michio Kaku says Moore's Law is slowing and will wind down by 2022.
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Bits Are Cheaper Than Atoms
4/30/2012 |
Why one man thinks computation will “solve the world's energy problems in this century.”
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May 23, 2012
- HP Lays Off 27,000 in Restructuring Move
- ASUS Introduces Sandy Bridge Systems
- BioInformatics Researcher, Software Engineers Look to Improve Genomics Software
- Infinera to Supply Bandwidth Virtualization of GÉANT Network
- Chelsio Releases Storage Software, Enables Scaling for iSCSI Devices
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May 22, 2012
- Cornell University Updates BioInformatics Software
- Allinea Software Releases CUDA Education Pack
- PRACE Awarded 120 Million Core Hours on Hermit Supercomputer
- PRACE to Hold Summer School for Multi-Core, MIC Code Optimization
- Spectra Logic to Provide Tape Storage for Blue Waters Supercomputer
May 21, 2012
- UK Researchers Develop 'Super-Fast' Memory Chip
- Winners of Watson Academic Case Competition Announced
- Numerix Analytics Portfolio Now Available on Windows Azure
- HPC User Forum to be Held in London, Stuttgart
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May 18, 2012
- University of Southampton Builds UK's Largest Academic Supercomputer
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May 17, 2012
- Part-Time Scientists to Deliver Lunar Rover Keynote at GTC
- NextIO Closes Series F Funding Round
- Dell Donated Cluster to Support Clinical Trial for Pediatric Cancer
- Rice University Develops Low Power, Inexact Chip
May 16, 2012
- DOD Makes Multi-System Supercomputing Acquisition Totaling Four Petaflops
- Mercury Computer Systems Develops Sensor Stream Delivery Application
- HPC Project Updates Par4All Parallelization Platform
- Limit Point Systems, MBA Sciences Collaborate to Assist Oil and Gas Industry
- Nvidia Announces Availability of Tesla K10 GPU
- GE Announces Graphics Board Based on Nvidia VPX Platform
- DOE INCITE Program to Allocate Titan, Mira Compute Resources
May 15, 2012
- SGI Adds Kepler GPU-Accelerated Servers to Rackable Line
- AMAX Intros HPC Servers with New Kepler GPUs
- Nvidia Introduces GPU Virtualization Platform
- Wolfram Releases Financial Platform
- Dell Adds Quad-Socket Xeon Server to Lineup
- Nvidia Announces Kepler-Based Tesla GPUs
- OpenFabrics Alliance, Microsoft Bring RDMA to Windows Server 2012
- Penguin Computing Adds New Sandy Bridge Chips to Servers
- Caltech Research Center Using Panasas Parallel Storage
May 14, 2012
- BOXX Workstations Featuring NVIDIA Maximus Demo at GPU Technology Conference
- Registration Now Open for XSEDE12
- Blue Waters Supercomputer Debugs With Allinea DDT
- Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer Powered by New Intel Processors
- AMAX Releases Systems based on Intel E3 Family
- IBM Augments x86 Offerings
- Super Micro Shipping Servers With New Sandy Bridge Processors
- HP Updates Gen8 Servers With New Xeon Families
- SGI Confirms Support for New Xeon Chips
- Intel Adds More Chips to Xeon Lineup
- BOXX Technologies Demos Workstations at GTC
- nCore Design to Host Multicore Programming Course
- Mellanox Releases InfiniBand Driver for VMWare
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