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Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman Top 10 Hits and Misses for 2009
Post Date: December 18, 2009 @ 10:02 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: From the Editor

Highlights and lowlights of the year in HPC.

Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman Japan Looks to Reinstate Supercomputer Funding
Post Date: December 16, 2009 @ 10:35 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: From the Editor

Next-generation supercomputer project gets a reprieve.

Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman Verari Systems in Limbo
Post Date: December 14, 2009 @ 1:21 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: From the Editor

Server maker looking to "restructure the business."

Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman Analysts Speculate on Larrabee Flap
Post Date: December 11, 2009 @ 7:35 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: From the Editor

Intel's GPU work stoppage gets scrutinized.

Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman Exaflops Needed to Solve Climate Crisis?
Post Date: December 10, 2009 @ 2:04 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: From the Editor

Exascale computing. What is it good for? Certainly not to solve problems that need solving today.

Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman IBM Cat Brain Simulation Research Called a "PR Stunt"
Post Date: November 24, 2009 @ 3:20 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: From the Editor

Has Big Blue coughed up a hair ball?

Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman IBM Cuts Cell Loose
Post Date: November 24, 2009 @ 9:56 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: From the Editor

The roadmap not taken.

Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman A Pervasive GPU Computing Strategy
Post Date: November 23, 2009 @ 1:25 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Blog: From the Editor

NVIDIA connects the GPGPU dots.

Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman Vendors to Watch
Post Date: November 23, 2009 @ 9:49 AM, Pacific Standard Time
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The SC09 exhibitors are gone, but not forgotten.

Michael FeldmanMichael Feldman Big Blue Simulates Little Brain
Post Date: November 18, 2009 @ 11:31 PM, Pacific Standard Time
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Bigger brains on the way.

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Saddling Phi for TACC’s Stampede

The Xeon Phi coprocessor might be the new kid on the high performance block, but out of all first-rate kickers of the Intel tires, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) got the first real jab with its new top ten Stampede system.We talk with the center's Karl Schultz about the challenges of programming for Phi--but more specifically, the optimization...
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Running Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Cloud

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Computing the Physics of Bubbles

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Floating Funding to Exascale Island

May 09, 2013 | The Japanese government has revealed its plans to best its previous K Computer efforts with what they hope will be the first exascale system...
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HPC and the True Cost of Cloud

May 08, 2013 | For engineers looking to leverage high-performance computing, the accessibility of a cloud-based approach is a powerful draw, but there are costs that may not be readily apparent.
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