http://www.hpcwire.com/ Copyright 2012, Tabor Communications Wed, 23 May 2012 23:32:46 EDT Wed, 23 May 2012 23:32:46 EDT Xtenit http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us HPC Wire: Applications http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-23/can_google’s_page_ranking_algorithm_cure_cancer_.html Computational biologists tweak PageRank to correlate protein markers with disease progression. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:35:10 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-23/can_google’s_page_ranking_algorithm_cure_cancer_.html Txchnologist Robert Gelber Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-23/bioinformatics_researcher_software_engineers_look_to_improve_genomics_software.html Genomics researcher Daniel Janies and software engineers at the Ohio Supercomputing Center are partnering up to improve SUPRAMAP. The software is a web-based analysis tool used to track the spread of infectious diseases. Wed, 23 May 2012 13:00:52 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-23/bioinformatics_researcher_software_engineers_look_to_improve_genomics_software.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-22/cornell_university_updates_bioinformatics_software.html Cornell University announced an update to their bioinformatics software. The program, named CatchAll, is freely available to download on Linux, Mac OS and Windows platforms Tue, 22 May 2012 17:24:01 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-22/cornell_university_updates_bioinformatics_software.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-21/numerix_portfolio_now_available_through_windows_azure.html Numerix, maker of analytics and risk management software has enabled their product for cloud users. The Numerix Porfolio software is now available on Windows Azure. Mon, 21 May 2012 12:09:22 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-21/numerix_portfolio_now_available_through_windows_azure.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-16/mercury_computer_systems_develops_sensor_stream_delivery_application.html Mercury Computer Systems has announced StreamDirect, a software focused on improving delivery of sensor streaming data to GPGPUs. Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:18 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-16/mercury_computer_systems_develops_sensor_stream_delivery_application.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-15/wolfram_releases_financial_platform.html Wolfram Research has announced the release of its finance platform. the company aims to the financial market through data analysis, visualization and reporting. Tue, 15 May 2012 17:01:26 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-15/wolfram_releases_financial_platform.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-15/openfabrics_alliance_microsoft_bring_rdma_to_windows_server_2012.html The Open Fabrics Alliance has announced that Microsoft has worked with the alliance community to bring RDMA capabilities to Windows Server 2012. Support includes RDMA support for remote file access with SMB version 3 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:20:15 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-15/openfabrics_alliance_microsoft_bring_rdma_to_windows_server_2012.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-14/ncore_design_to_host_multicore_programming_course.html nCore will be hosting a multicore programming course. The course, named NCT-500, will take place in Houston, TX from June 11-12. Mon, 14 May 2012 10:48:28 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-14/ncore_design_to_host_multicore_programming_course.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-10/novel_chip_technology_to_power_grape-8_supercomputer.html <img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/eASIC_logo_small.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="34" />With the fastest supercomputers on the planet sporting multi-megawatt appetites, green HPC has become all the rage. The IBM Blue Gene/Q machine is currently number one in energy-efficient flops, but a new FPGA-like technology brought to market by semiconductor startup eASIC is providing an even greener computing solution. And one HPC project in Japan, known as GRAPE, is using the chips to power its newest supercomputer. Thu, 10 May 2012 20:47:34 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-10/novel_chip_technology_to_power_grape-8_supercomputer.html Michael Feldman Feature http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-10/rogue_wave_acquires_ibm_visualization_products.html Rogue Wave Software has announced that it will acquire IBM's VLOG visualization for C++ products. Thu, 10 May 2012 12:01:20 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-10/rogue_wave_acquires_ibm_visualization_products.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-09/us_energy_secretary_talks_supercomputing.html Steven Chu discusses the role of supercomputing in energy research. Wed, 09 May 2012 18:14:57 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-09/us_energy_secretary_talks_supercomputing.html Forbes Robert Gelber Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-09/microsoft_fusion-io_mellanox_demonstrate_performance_gains_with_infiniband.html Mellanox in collaboration with Microsoft and Fusion-io have demonstrated performance gains in Windows Server 2012. According to the companies, the benchmark test showed a 5X application performance increase. Wed, 09 May 2012 11:59:55 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-09/microsoft_fusion-io_mellanox_demonstrate_performance_gains_with_infiniband.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-09/hpc_project_cenaero_announce_strategic_partnership.html The HPC project and Cenaero have joined in a strategic partnership. Cenaero will provide their software and experience to the HPC project. Wed, 09 May 2012 11:29:44 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-09/hpc_project_cenaero_announce_strategic_partnership.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-09/nomachine_software_enables_remote_access_for_medical_professionals.html The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is utilizing NoMachine software to enable remote access for their medical professionals. Employees can now access HPC, analysis and administrative resources remotely. Wed, 09 May 2012 11:18:15 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-09/nomachine_software_enables_remote_access_for_medical_professionals.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-08/chips_on_the_table:_sandy_bridge_versus_westmere.html Newest Intel Xeon chip proves its worth for artithmetic-heavy codes. Tue, 08 May 2012 20:35:59 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-08/chips_on_the_table:_sandy_bridge_versus_westmere.html Colfax International Robert Gelber Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-07/thomas_sterling:_i_think_we_will_never_reach_zettaflops_.html <img style="float: left;" src="http://media.hpcwire.com/images/Thomas_Sterling1.jpg" alt="" width="86" height="110" />As supercomputing makes its way through the petascale era, the future of the technology has never seemed so uncertain. HPC veteran Thomas Sterling takes us through some of the most critical developments in high performance computing, explaining why the transition to exascale is going to be very different than the ones in the past and how the United States is losing its leadership in HPC innovation. Mon, 07 May 2012 18:58:49 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-07/thomas_sterling:_i_think_we_will_never_reach_zettaflops_.html Feature http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-07/paradigm_updates_seismic_application_suite.html Paradigm has announced an update to their 2011 application suite. The software is used to compute seismic attributes. Mon, 07 May 2012 11:15:24 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-07/paradigm_updates_seismic_application_suite.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-03/designing_faster_chips_with..._faster_chips.html With the right software, GPUs can speed chip design. Thu, 03 May 2012 18:27:58 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-03/designing_faster_chips_with..._faster_chips.html EE Times Michael Feldman Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-01/rogue_wave_updates_debugger_supports_cray_systems.html Rogue Wave Software has announced the release of their debugger, TotalView 8.10. The application has added support for Cray supercomputers. Tue, 01 May 2012 09:15:44 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-05-01/rogue_wave_updates_debugger_supports_cray_systems.html Off the Wire http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-04-30/bits_are_cheaper_than_atoms.html Why one man thinks computation will “solve the world's energy problems in this century.” Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:18:57 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-04-30/bits_are_cheaper_than_atoms.html Technology Review Robert Gelber Top Headline