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Sep 2, 2010

Intel Flexes Parallel Programming Muscles

Intel Corp has released Parallel Studio 2011, a set of four tools designed to mainstream software development on multicore x86 architectures. The update folds in a number of parallel programming technologies that the company has acquired or developed independently over the past few years, including the Cilk Arts and RapidMind technologies, and Intel's own Ct data parallel language framework. Read more...

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Startup Makes Liquid Cooling an Immersive Experience

There's nothing like a blazing hot summer to focus one's attention on the best ways to keep cool. That goes for datacenter operators as well, who are equally worried about keeping their servers properly chilled. While there is no shortage of innovative cooling solutions being proffered by various vendors, a new liquid immersion cooling solution from startup Green Revolution Cooling could end up being the best of them all.
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The Week in Review

Researchers from TACC and MIT created lightweight supercomputing application for smart phone; and the tug of war over 3PAR continues, as Dell and HP both present counter-offers. We recap those stories and more in our weekly wrapup.
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AMD Blazes New Path with Bulldozer

Advanced Micro Devices is hoping Bulldozer, the company's first x86 microarchitecture redesign in seven years, will bring back the glory days for the Opteron. AMD revealed additional details about the new architecture this week during the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University.
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High Frequency Trading in Japan on the Uptick

High frequency trading (HFT), often called algorithmic or low latency trading, relies on fast computers and even faster networks to execute trades in sub-second and even sub-millisecond timeframes. It has generated massive profits for those firms skilled enough to handle the complexities of the software and hardware. As such, it has become the dominant method for equity trading in the US, but it's popularity is expanding worldwide, especially Asia. HPCwire got the opportunity to ask Chuck Chon, chief technology officer of SBI Japannext, about the HFT business in Japan.
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TED Talks for the IT Crowd

9/1/10 | A hand-picked selection of video presentations from the TED conference -- because the next big thing has to start somewhere. Read more...

LHC Compute Grid Teaches Some Valuble Lessons

8/30/10 | CERN project adapts its computation and storage strategy as hardware gets cheaper and better. Read more...

Godson CPUs Groomed for Supercomputing Duty

8/26/10 | Chinese-made chip adds vector SIMD unit; delivers 128 gigaflops in 40 watts. Read more...

Power7 Hub Chip Key to IBM's PERCS Super

8/25/10 | Hot Chips presentation offers insights on supercomputer design. Read more...

South Koreans Develop High-Performance Software Router

8/24/10 | Researchers employ GPGPUs to accelerate networking. Read more...

Microsoft Tees Up Dryad For Commercial Launch

8/23/10 | Software giant pushes parallel programming project out of the lab. Read more...

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Podcast: Chips are Hot at Hot Chips; Bidding War for 3PAR Heats Up
Michael and Addison recap some of news from AMD, Intel, and IBM at the Hot Chips conference and offer some perspective on Dell's and HP's pursuit of 3PAR.
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