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Ethernet Fabrics Offer Way Forward for Seismic Applications

Mar 24, 2009 | Ethernet technology has served the industry well over the past few decades. But given the growing demands on oil and gas datacenters -- particularly in terms of compute, storage, and bandwidth requirements -- traditional datacenter networks are becoming inhibitors in the race to stay ahead.
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HPC User Forum Wrap-Up

Oct 12, 2007 | About 100 people participated in IDC's recent HPC User Forum in Santa Fe, N.M. on Sept. 26-27. The attendees represented government, industry and academia, as well as all the major HPC vendors. Each User Forum has a theme; this one focused on the use of HPC in the energy industry.
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The Microsoft of FPGAs

Oct 27, 2006 | HPC and modern computing in general has a seemingly insatiable demand for more performance, better efficiency and scalability. Now with the expansion of computing to practically every commercial and non-commercial endeavor, an additional requirement is to apply these attributes to a much wider range of applications. At Celoxica, they believe that the FPGA is the solution that can meet both sets of challenges.
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3D Visualization for Oil and Gas Evolves

Oct 20, 2006 | 3D visualization has been the key to increased success and efficiency in many areas of exploration and production (E&P). In this industry visualization plays a critical role in gaining insight from data. But often when we discuss visualization, we are talking only about the actual rendering of images on the screen. In fact, the visualization challenge for E&P is characterized by computationally expensive algorithms, a very large number of diverse data sets, and a need for greater interactivity and collaboration. To meet this challenge, we must make data management, computation and rendering work together smoothly and efficiently.
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HPC Keys Gulf of Mexico Discovery for Chevron

Sep 15, 2006 | Chevron and two of its partners recently discovered a new field in Gulf of Mexico deepwater that could yield 3-15 billion barrels of oil, boosting U.S. reserves by up to half. At the Council on Competitiveness' HPC Users Conference on September 7, Chevron CTO, Dr. Donald Paul, gave an impromptu talk about the discovery and the crucial role HPC played.
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Linux Clusters Target Oil & Gas Applications

Aug 25, 2006 | The oil & gas industry operates in an increasingly challenging environment. The new challenges include more than high risk and high capital commitments, or declining fields and complex operations. One also wants to be smart. The good news is that smart is a lot cheaper than it used to be. Specifically, high performance computers are a lot less expensive than they used to be, and a lot more powerful. This article discusses how cutting-edge Linux clusters are tackling tough exploration, drilling and production problems for oil and gas companies.
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Accelerating 3D Seismic Data Analysis on Desktop Workstations

Feb 01, 2010 | Engineer Live | A new range of graphical processors can bring server cluster performance onto the desktop for under $10,000.
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Petroleum Engineering Students to Have Rare Access to Software

Oct 27, 2009 | Daily Toreador | Schlumberger donates $42M of seismic simulation software to students.
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3D Seismic Data: Taking a Smarter Approach to Interpretation

Jul 09, 2009 | Engineer Live | The demand for computational tools to underpin the 3D seismic interpretation process has never been more apparent.
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AMD Gets New Order From CNPC Subsidiary

Jan 21, 2009 | China Daily | Opteron-based Sun servers will be used in a new HPC cluster for geophysical service provider CNPC BGP.
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Finding Huge Potential in Rocks’ Tiniest Cracks

Dec 31, 2008 | Houston Chronicle | A Houston-based company is using supercomputing power to reveal how gas and oil flows through underground rocks.
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Hybrid Systems on Course to Speed Corporate Apps

Jul 28, 2008 | Computerworld | The type of hybrid computing that has been built into the IBM Roadrunner has attracted the attention of IT managers in a variety of industries.
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High Performance Computing Workshop at Rice University Advances Case for Education

Mar 05, 2010 | Tim Mattson, an applications programmer at Intel, delivered an impassioned plea at Rice University Thursday to audience members who may be in the market for high-performance computing resources: Make manufacturers play nice.
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Shell and IBM Target Oil and Natural Gas Recovery

Feb 26, 2010 | Shell and IBM today announced a research collaboration that aims to extend the life of oil and natural gas fields.
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Saudi EXPEC Computer Center Deploys Supercomputer

Feb 24, 2010 | The EXPEC Computer Center installed a new supercomputing system in late 2009 with a huge disk storage capacity to support Saudi Aramco's exploration in the frontier areas and the Red Sea.
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Paradigm Introduces Academic Software Program for Universities Worldwide

Feb 23, 2010 | Paradigm announced today the introduction of the Paradigm Academic Software Program, which will provide institutions of higher learning with access to Paradigm E&P software.
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Shell and HP to Develop Ultrahigh-Resolution Seismic Sensing Solution

Feb 16, 2010 | At International Petroleum Week 2010, HP and Shell today announced a collaboration to develop a wireless sensing system to acquire extremely high-resolution seismic data on land.
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Bright Computing, PCPC Direct Sign Reseller Agreement

Nov 13, 2009 | Bright Computing and PCPC Direct have signed a reseller agreement to offer Bright Cluster Manager software preinstalled with HPC clusters and server farms from PCPC Direct.
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The Week in Review

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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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

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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...

Tailoring Medicine with Supercomputers

Mar 16 | Bio-IT World | Biotech firm builds genetic models from patient data. Read more...

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