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Florida State Gives Virtual SMPs a Spin

Mar 10, 2010 | The prospects for virtual SMP technology got another boost last month when Florida State University announced it had installed a new HPC system from 3Leaf Systems. The servers are being housed at the university's HPC facility and will be used across a range of scientific disciplines.
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The Week in Review

Mar 04, 2010 | Cray and Microsoft Research partner on cloud computing project; IBM donates a POWER7-based supercomputer to Rice University; and the Kavli Foundation hosts a dialogue on the convergence of nanoscience and neuroscience. We recap those stories and more in our weekly wrapup.
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The Week in Review

Feb 25, 2010 | A safer nuclear reactor could be on the horizon thanks to computer modeling; and the National Science Foundation awards $24.5 million to UC Berkeley researchers engaged in reducing the power draw of electronics. We recap those stories and more in our weekly wrapup.
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IBM Invents Short-Cut to Assessing Data Quality

Feb 25, 2010 | In what IBM is characterizing as a "breakthrough," researchers have developed an algorithm that cuts the computational costs of assessing data quality by two orders of magnitude. The new algorithm has potentially far-reaching applicability, extending to nearly all types of analytics applications as well as scientific modeling and simulation.
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The Week in Review

Feb 18, 2010 | Mellanox introduces flexible remote boot technology; Carnegie Mellon University adds newest cluster to cloud computing test bed Open Cirrus, and Barbie doll turns techie. We recap those stories and more in our weekly wrapup.
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The Week in Review

Feb 11, 2010 | The Victorian State Government of Australia and IBM establish a life sciences research collaboratory at the University of Melbourne; and Cray's mid-range systems attract new business. We recap those stories and more in our weekly wrapup.
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Can Free Software Drive the Fourth Paradigm?

Mar 09, 2010 | Free Software Magazine | Data-driven computing will need open software.
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US Scientists Analyze First LHC Data Through the Open Science Grid

Feb 24, 2010 | Symmetry Magazine | Large Hadron Collider gives computing infrastructure a workout.
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Junctionless Transistor Could Simplify Chip Making, Say Researchers

Feb 23, 2010 | EE Times | Irish researchers claim semiconductor breakthrough.
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Supercomputer Creates Virtual 3-D Classrooms

Feb 22, 2010 | Bizjournals.com | New Mexico's biggest super at center of statewide academic network.
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Energy Savings Front and Center at ORNL Supercomputing Center

Feb 18, 2010 | NCCS.gov | Energy conservation strategies makes for efficient supercomputing.
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Berkeley Discusses Progress in Parallel Programming

Feb 15, 2010 | EE Times | Manycore programmming research starts to show some results.
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Astrophysicists, Cosmologists to Tap Power of Blue Waters

Mar 19, 2010 | Scientists and engineers who are eager to tap the sustained-petaflop powerhouse, Blue Waters, for breakthrough research are already working closely with the Blue Waters project team to prepare their codes.
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Nine PRACE Prototypes are Available for Testing

Mar 19, 2010 | PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, invites researchers from academia and industry to test applications on prototypes of potential future HPC petascale systems.
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NCSA Visualizations Featured in Hubble 3D

Mar 19, 2010 | High-resolution 3D visualizations of galaxies, nebulae and newborn stars created at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) appear in Hubble 3D, a 43-minute IMAX 3D documentary narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio.
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PRACE Grants 4.3 Million Core Hours to Prototype Systems

Mar 18, 2010 | Six projects, two from France and one from Norway, Denmark, UK, and the Netherlands, have been granted access to the PRACE prototype systems.
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EDGeS@Home Helps Solve the World's Energy Crisis

Mar 18, 2010 | The combined processing power of the EDGeS@Home project will be used to predict and optimize the behavior of nuclear fusion reactions.
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PRACE Held a Workshop on New Languages and Future Technology Prototypes

Mar 18, 2010 | PRACE organized a workshop on new languages, hardware accelerators and energy efficiency in high performance computing.
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C-DAC announces plans for a petaflop system; IBM researchers are working on vertical integration techniques to extend Moore's Law another 15 years. We recap those stories and more in our weekly wrapup.
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Moscow State University Supercomputer Has Petaflop Aspirations

The Moscow State University supercomputer, Lomonosov, has been selected for a high-performance makeover, with the goal of tripling its processing power to achieve petaflop-level performance in 2010. T-Platforms, who developed and manufactured the supercomputer, is the odds-on favorite to lead the project.
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Intel Ups Performance Ante with Westmere Server Chips

Right on schedule, Intel has launched its Xeon 5600 processors, codenamed "Westmere EP." The 5600 represents the 32nm sequel to the Xeon 5500 (Nehalem EP) for dual-socket servers. Intel is touting better performance and energy efficiency, along with new security features, as the big selling points of the new Xeons.
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Australia Commissions Cray Supercomputer

Mar 19 | OfficialWire | New super to support intelligence work Down Under. Read more...

Intel Partners See 'Easy' Upgrade Path With Xeon 5600 Chips

Mar 18 | ChannelWeb | Westmere parts already showing up in HPC machines. Read more...

AMD: OEMs primed for Opteron 6100s

Mar 17 | The Register | But what about the tier ones? Read more...

Arrival of the Desktop Supercomputer

Mar 17 | Cadalyst Magazine | A new generation of workstations is changing the nature of technical computing. Read more...

Scheduling HPC In The Cloud

Mar 17 | Linux Magazine | Latest iteration of Sun Grid Engine able to tap into Cloud. Read more...

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