NSF Hosts Workshop on Building Virtual Organizations

Dec 07, 2007 | Dec. 6 -- We invite you to participate in a NSF sponsored workshop, "Building Effective Virtual Organizations." This meeting will be held in Washington, DC, Jan. 15-16, with a reception...
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New IBM Technology Could Shrink Supercomputers

Dec 07, 2007 | Advancement in using light instead of wires for building supercomputers-on-a-chip
    
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Dec. 6 -- Supercomputers that consist of thousands of individual processor "brains"...
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CEI Awarded SBIR Phase I to Study CFD Co-Processing

Dec 07, 2007 | APEX, N.C., Dec. 4 -- Computational Engineering International Inc. (CEI) was recently awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I Award from the United States Army.

Buckyball Bowling with BigBen and Wiimo in Reno

Dec 07, 2007 | PSC scientists adapt the Wii remote controller to steer molecular dynamics

Mechdyne Installs Immersive Visualization Displays in Wales

Dec 07, 2007 | Dome and PowerWall displays support real-time stereo imaging of scientific, engineering images for academic and industry researchers

Research Forecasts Increased Chances for Stormy Weather

Dec 07, 2007 | Researchers who study severe weather and climate change joined forces to study the effects of global warming on the number of severe storms in the future and discovered a dramatic increase in potential storm conditions for some parts of the United States. The Purdue University-led team used climate models to examine future weather conditions favorable to formation of severe thunderstorms -- those that produce flooding, damaging winds, hail and sometimes spawn tornadoes.
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ACM Names 38 Fellows for Computing and IT Innovations

Dec 07, 2007 | NEW YORK, Dec. 3 -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has recognized 38 of its members for their contributions to computing technology that have brought advances in...
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Scientists Solve Cosmological Puzzle

Dec 07, 2007 | HAMILTON, Ontario, Nov. 30 -- Researchers using supercomputer simulations have exposed a very violent and critical relationship between interstellar gas and dark matter when galaxies are born --...
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Chevron Selects Petrel Software From Schlumberger

Dec 07, 2007 | HOUSTON, Nov. 29 -- Schlumberger announced today that Chevron has selected Petrel seismic-to-simulation software as one of its next generation interpretation and earth modeling frameworks.

Supercomputer Simulation Aids in Search for Missing Matter

Dec 07, 2007 | Much of the gaseous mass of the universe is bound up in a tangled web of cosmic filaments that stretch for hundreds of millions of light-years, according to a new supercomputer study by a team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. The team performed one of the largest cosmological supercomputer simulations ever, cramming 2.5 percent of the visible universe inside a computer to model a region more than 1.5 billion light-years across.
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ACM Taps 20 Members for Achievements in Computing

Dec 07, 2007 | NEW YORK, Dec. 6 -- ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) has named 20 of its members as recipients of a recently created recognition program for their contributions...
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Financing Announced for New HPC Facility at Argonne

Dec 07, 2007 | CHICAGO, Dec. 4 -- Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced a significant investment that will enable the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to house the...
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IBM Donates Blue Gene/P Super to South African Institute

Dec 07, 2007 | IBM announced that it will donate a 14-teraflop Blue Gene/P system to the Meraka Institute which will be hosted by the Center for High Performance Computing in Cape Town, South Africa, in an effort to spark scientific and socio-economic progress in the region. The supercomputer will be available free of charge to any qualifying African institution for use on advanced scientific projects.
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University of Nebraska Opens New Computing Center

Dec 07, 2007 | OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 5 -- Through dynamic and forward leaning partnerships, The Peter Kiewit Institute (PKI) will conduct the "virtual" opening of one of the world's largest and most powerful...
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Platform Computing Announces Platform Symphony 4

Dec 07, 2007 | Platform Computing announced the next version of its financial services software Platform Symphony 4, a solution designed to lower the barrier to adoption of high performance computing in the financial services industry.
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Force10 Networks Awarded Patents

Dec 07, 2007 | SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 4 -- Force10 Networks, the pioneer in building and securing reliable networks, today announced that it has received two additional patents for its innovations in high...
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Forum to Upgrade MPI Standard

Nov 30, 2007 | Nov. 29 -- A group of end users and computer scientists from universities, national laboratories, and industry has restarted the MPI Forum to update the decade-old Message Passing Interface (MPI)...
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Presagis Teams with HP, Intel and Microsoft

Nov 30, 2007 | ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 27 -- Presagis, a leading provider of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation and embedded display graphics software for the aerospace and defense industry, today announced that it...
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LSU Provided Storm Surge Models in Advance of Cyclone Sidr

Nov 30, 2007 | Supercomputing capabilities at university pinpointed at-risk locations and saved lives

Desktop Supercomputer Gets a Name

Nov 30, 2007 | COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 28 -- The next big leap in advanced computing technology just got a new name. The University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of...
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NCSA to Host Workshop on Datacenter Design

Nov 30, 2007 | Nov. 26 -- Facilities dedicated to high-performance computing, networking, and data storage present unique challenges. How will these facilities evolve to meet the need for greater capacity while mitigating environmental...
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Concurrent Releases RedHawk Cluster Manager

Nov 30, 2007 | Concurrent Computer Corporation has announced the general availability of RedHawk Cluster Manager software for its line of commercial off-the-shelf x86 based systems including iHawk multiprocessor systems and ImaGen visual servers.
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TIBCO Unveils Latest Ultra-Low Latency Messaging Software

Nov 30, 2007 | PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 27 -- TIBCO Software Inc. today announced the general availability of TIBCO Rendezvous 8.0, the latest release of its leading low latency messaging software. The latest...
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SGI Gathers Accolades at Supercomputing 2007

Nov 30, 2007 | SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 28 -- SGI today announced that its SGI Altix systems continue to garner honors for performance and innovation.

FDA Selects Genedata Bioinformatics Platform

Nov 30, 2007 | WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 28 -- Genedata, a leading provider of in silico solutions for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, today announced an agreement with the National Center...
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