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Jul 30, 2010

HPC Startup Takes a Shine to Lustre

Lustre, the much-beloved open-source file system technology used by many of the top supercomputers in the world, has a new friend. Actually a whole new company. Whamcloud, a venture-funded startup based in upscale Danville, California, came out of hiding on Wednesday and announced its intentions to help carry the Lustre torch forward on Linux. Read more...

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The Week in Review

Cray announces first multi-cabinet XE6 shipment; and SIGGRAPH brings raft of visualization-related announcements. We recap those stories and more in our weekly wrapup.
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GPGPU Computing Demand Spurs Cloud Offering

The world's largest public GPGPU computing on-demand service was launched this week at the Siggraph International Conference in Los Angeles. PEER 1 Hosting, a provider of IT infrastructure, has constructed a 128-GPU compute cloud that incorporates NVIDIA Tesla gear and mental image's RealityServer 3D Web platform.
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NOAA-ORNL Climate Research Collaboration Sets Lofty Goals for New Supercomputer

A year ago, NOAA and DOE signed an agreement calling for closer cooperation between NOAA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Jim Rogers, director of operations for the National Center for Computational Sciences at ORNL, discusses the agreement and the goals for the Climate Modeling and Research System (CMRS), the initial supercomputer chosen for the collaborative work.
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The Week in Review

Dell partners with the University of Cambridge to launch an HPC Solution Center; a Dutch university supercomputer runs Bright Cluster Manager; and Fixstars Releases Yellow Dog Linux for CUDA. We recap those stories and more in our weekly wrapup.
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Vanderbilt HPC Center to Add GPU Cluster

7/29/10 | University opts for GPGPU technology to support scientific research. Read more...

Intel Demos 50 Gbps Silicon Photonics Prototype

7/27/10 | Chip maker aims to revolutionize computing with integrated photonics devices. Read more...

Processor Cycles for Free

7/26/10 | Share of compute cycles from GPUs dwarfs contribution from x86 CPUs. Read more...

Nvidia: Intel Has No Particular Advantages in Heterogeneous Multi-Core Technologies

7/23/10 | Nvidia Fellow David Kirk takes a swipe at Intel's heterogeneous computing plans. Read more...

The Trouble With Multicore

7/22/10 | Multicore processors are racing forward, but software is lagging -- and may never catch up. Read more...

Predicting Success with Niwa Supercomputer

7/22/10 | New Zealand super will be devoted to weather forecasting and bioscience. Read more...

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Postcards From the Edge of Parallel Computing
HotPar workshop spotlights latest work in parallelism.
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Podcast: Flash Storage Startup Makes Play for HPC; Intel, AMD Power Up Earnings
Addison and Michael review the latest good earnings reports from Intel and AMD. They also discuss flash storage vendor Nimbus Data Systems, a newcomer to the HPC space.
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