http://www.hpcwire.com/features RSS Feed for Features en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:18:47 GMT 2009-07-03T03:18:47Z en-us http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Book-Review-Petascale-Computing-Algorithms-and-Applications-49727607.html Petascale Computing: Algorithms and Applications, edited by David A. Bader, is the first book in CRC's Computational Science Series, edited by Horst Simon. Although the book is a collection of papers, Bader has done an excellent job of creating a compilation that holds together and covers a broad topic very well. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:18:47 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Book-Review-Petascale-Computing-Algorithms-and-Applications-49727607.html 2009-07-03T03:18:47Z http://www.hpcwire.com/features/The-Week-in-Review-20090702.html Cilk++ used in parallelization of the FP-tree algorithm for pattern mining; Istanbul benchmark results posted; and the latest on the NVIDIA Tesla shortage. John West recaps those stories and more in our weekly wrap-up. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:02:10 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/The-Week-in-Review-20090702.html 2009-07-02T22:02:10Z http://www.hpcwire.com/features/A-Trio-of-HPC-Offerings-Unveiled-at-ISC-49648192.html Last week's International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'09) was a convenient excuse for vendors to announce a raft of new products, but three, in particular, stood out. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:30:04 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/A-Trio-of-HPC-Offerings-Unveiled-at-ISC-49648192.html 2009-07-02T01:30:04Z http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Parallel-Programming-Is-Here--Are-You-Ready-48933287.html Whether you're simulating the extreme conditions inside an exploding star or designing an ergonomically innovative office chair, it's a good bet that a high performance computing (HPC) system and some brain-bending programming will be involved. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:24:52 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Parallel-Programming-Is-Here--Are-You-Ready-48933287.html 2009-07-03T00:24:52Z http://www.hpcwire.com/features/The-Week-in-Review-20090618.html Insiders reveal backstory for Wolfram|Alpha launch; commentary questions Encanto supercomputer investment; and Sun rumored to be pulling the plug on its Rock chip project. John West recaps those stories and more in our weekly wrap-up. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:43:45 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/The-Week-in-Review-20090618.html 2009-06-19T01:43:45Z http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Appro-Doubles-Up-on-Onboard-InfiniBand-48536452.html On Tuesday Appro announced the latest update to its Xtreme-X1 line of supercomputers. The new X1 has the Nehalem EPs of course (Xeon 5500s), but one of the significant innovations was the use of dual quad data rate (QDR) InfiniBand chips on the motherboard to create two InfiniBand networks (or "rails") in the system. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:59:52 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Appro-Doubles-Up-on-Onboard-InfiniBand-48536452.html 2009-06-29T22:59:52Z http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Bull-Makes-Big-Push-Into-HPC-with-New-Supercomputer-Blades-48162922.html French-owned computer maker Bull has unveiled a new family of HPC servers based on a novel blade architecture. Branded as "bullx," for extreme computing, the blades are designed for speed, density, energy efficiency and ease of management. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:04:03 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Bull-Makes-Big-Push-Into-HPC-with-New-Supercomputer-Blades-48162922.html 2009-06-16T23:04:03Z http://www.hpcwire.com/features/10GbE-Networking-for-HPC--Applications-and-Technology-Trends-48105997.html So far, 10GbE has been a high-end luxury for environments that want maximum performance regardless of cost, but that's changing fast. The per-port pricing gap between 10GbE and alternate network options is narrowing rapidly as more vendors increase the competitive pressure on pricing for related components. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:59:38 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/10GbE-Networking-for-HPC--Applications-and-Technology-Trends-48105997.html 2009-06-16T00:59:38Z http://www.hpcwire.com/features/HP-Announces-Extreme-Scale-Portfolio-47662467.html On Wednesday HP announced a new focus on what it is calling extreme scale with its Extreme Scale-Out (ExSO) portfolio. The new offering is a collection of hardware and services targeted at those, whether in very large Internet application businesses or in high performance computing, who crave quantity. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:24:38 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/HP-Announces-Extreme-Scale-Portfolio-47662467.html 2009-06-12T20:24:38Z http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Six-Core-AMD-Opteron-Processor-Top-line-Performance-Thats-Bottom-line-Efficient-47859442.html In today's tight economy, IT professionals are looking to Six-Core AMD Opteron processor-based servers to give them the performance efficiency to handle heavy workloads with maximum value and energy savings at every price point. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:53:13 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/features/Six-Core-AMD-Opteron-Processor-Top-line-Performance-Thats-Bottom-line-Efficient-47859442.html 2009-06-11T21:53:13Z