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Webinar: Watch SC09 Birds of a Feather Video: Scalable Fault-Tolerant HPC Supercomputers

Jan 11
Learn about scalable fault-tolerant architectures and examples of energy efficient and scalable supercomputing clusters using dual QDR InfiniBand to combine capacity computing with network failover capabilities with the help of programming languages such as MPI and a robust Linux cluster management package.
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Webinar: Virtualized Data Center Roundtable

Jan 11
Join this online panel discussion for live Q&A with leading industry experts, analysts, and end-users to discuss the latest innovations, best practices, barriers to implementation, and measurable benefits of server virtualization with a particular focus on today's real world solutions.
Join Data Center Roundtable now...

Video: Meet Fermi - The Brand New GPU

Nov 18
LIVE@SC09: Andy Keane, General Manager for the Tesla GPU Computing Business Unit at NVIDIA talks about the recent launch of their new GPU specificially designed for HPC. On the show floor, Andy demonstrates how Fermi unlocks the power of the GPU and how anybody can now get access to parallel computing. Can’t make it to SC09? Check out the NVIDIA booth online at www.NVIDIA/com/SCO9 - winners of 3 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards!
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Video: More Storage And A Smaller Footprint

Nov 18
LIVE@SC09: Derek Burke, EMEA Marketing and Channel Director at Panasas announces their first HPC scalable storage solution that includes solid state drives to add performance and capacity in a modular fashion. Looking to expand your simulations into new areas? Be sure to visit www.Panasas.com for all their SC09 annoucements and listen to live video now!
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Video: Supercomputers on Wheels

Nov 18
LIVE@SCO9: Fabio Gallo, VP and Director for Extreme Computing at Bull (winners of two HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards) discusses Mobull – the new mobile data center solution featuring significant processing power, very high levels of density and flexibility, and rapid implementation. See all the Bull SCO9 announcements online at www.bull.com and take a look at this live video right from the show floor in Portland, OR.
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Video: Convey's Hybrid-Core Computers

Nov 18
LIVE@SCO9: Bruce Toal, CEO, President and Co-Founder of Convey Computer demonstrates how their hybrid-core computing technology delivers significantly higher performance at much lower power. And how, with their proprietary adaptive architecture, servers can dynamically and transparently reload different "personalities” that are optimized for different applications. Convey (www.conveycomputer.com) was presented with an HPCwire Editors’ Choice Award as a top vendor “positioned to lead FPGAs out of the HPC wilderness”. Take a look at their virtual booth video live from SC09.
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Feature Articles

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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Top Headlines

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...

Featured Whitepapers

Virtualization for Aggregation And The vSMP Architecture™

Jan 12 | | In-depth look at vSMP Foundation server virtualization technology, technical implementation, use cases and capabilities. The technical whitepaper provides an architectural overview and details on the three vSMP Foundation products: vSMP Foundation for SMP, vSMP Foundation for Cluster and vSMP Foundation for Cloud.

Copper Cable Technologies for High Performance Computing

Jan 18 | | This white paper discusses Gore’s copper cable assemblies, and how they continue to exceed the standards for providing reliable, cost-effective solutions for high-performance computer applications.

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