http://www.hpcwire.com/ Copyright 2013, Tabor Communications Tue, 21 May 2013 11:13:40 EDT Tue, 21 May 2013 11:13:40 EDT Xtenit http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us HPC Wire: Top Headlines http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-16/running_computational_fluid_dynamics_in_the_cloud.html When it comes to cloud, long distances mean unacceptably high latencies. Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany examined those latency issues of doing CFD modeling in the cloud by utilizing a common CFD and its utilization in HPC instance types including both CPU and GPU cores of Amazon EC2. Thu, 16 May 2013 12:56:13 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-16/running_computational_fluid_dynamics_in_the_cloud.html Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-15/computing_the_physics_of_bubbles.html Supercomputers at the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) have worked on important computational problems such as collapse of the atomic state, the optimization of chemical catalysts, and now modeling popping bubbles. Wed, 15 May 2013 13:27:56 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-15/computing_the_physics_of_bubbles.html Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-10/internet2_awards_program_seeks_innovative_applications_for_100g_networks.html Program provides cash awards up to $10,000 for the best open-source end-user applications deployed on 100G network. Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:46 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-10/internet2_awards_program_seeks_innovative_applications_for_100g_networks.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-09/floating_funding_to_exascale_island.html The Japanese government has revealed its plans to best its previous K Computer efforts with what they hope will be the first exascale system... Thu, 09 May 2013 13:01:14 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-09/floating_funding_to_exascale_island.html Nicole Hemsoth Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-08/hpc_and_the_true_cost_of_cloud.html 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. Wed, 08 May 2013 19:23:28 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-08/hpc_and_the_true_cost_of_cloud.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-08/world_s_smallest_movie_has_big_(data)_implications.html A team of IBM researchers created the world's smallest movie using the essential building-blocks of matter, atoms. Wed, 08 May 2013 17:07:47 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-08/world_s_smallest_movie_has_big_(data)_implications.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-08/speaking_many_languages_into_the_mic.html Traditional HPC languages, Fortran, C and C++, have little native control over hardware capabilities such as SIMD operations, multi-core availability and prefetch instructions. The burden of optimization is therefore... Wed, 08 May 2013 10:23:42 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-08/speaking_many_languages_into_the_mic.html Nicole Hemsoth Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-07/university_of_florida_opens_hipergator_jaws.html UF formally introduced their newest teraflopper, a Dell-built and Opteron-powered cluster of 256 nodes. We talked with Dell's Tim Carroll briefly to track the.... Tue, 07 May 2013 17:31:48 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-07/university_of_florida_opens_hipergator_jaws.html Nicole Hemsoth Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-06/sequoia_hits_warp_speed.html Chalk up another win for Sequoia and high-performance computing. The IBM Blue Gene breaks two more records. Mon, 06 May 2013 20:39:50 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-06/sequoia_hits_warp_speed.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-06/new_hpc_tome_tells_modern_history_of_supercomputing.html A new book for the shelves of supercomputing aficionados has emerged, which covers a rather impressive swath of topic areas—from analyses of current top systems like Sequoia and... Mon, 06 May 2013 14:28:38 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-06/new_hpc_tome_tells_modern_history_of_supercomputing.html CRC Press Nicole Hemsoth Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-03/blue_waters:_security_at_scale.html For the largest computer systems in the world, keeping IT assets safe presents a unique set of challenges. Fri, 03 May 2013 18:35:39 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-03/blue_waters:_security_at_scale.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-01/mind_the_gap:_bridging_the_gender_divide.html What can be done to address gender inequality in computer science? Wed, 01 May 2013 17:04:16 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-05-01/mind_the_gap:_bridging_the_gender_divide.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-30/cuda-designed_robot:_it_s_a_hit_.html Japanese project marries brain research and robotics for big-time implications. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:37:26 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-30/cuda-designed_robot:_it_s_a_hit_.html NVIDIA Blog Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-29/finnish_researchers_welcome_new_cray_super.html Meet Sisu. The flagship of Finnish supercomputing is now in production. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:14:40 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-29/finnish_researchers_welcome_new_cray_super.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-24/hpc_center_meets_green_mandate.html For HPC centers all over the world, providing high-levels of compute power is job number one, but they also must be as energy-efficient as possible. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:29:44 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-24/hpc_center_meets_green_mandate.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-23/revolutionizing_tornado_prediction.html University of Oklahoma researcher zeros in on why some storms generate tornadoes while others don't. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:42:43 EDT http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-23/revolutionizing_tornado_prediction.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-22/supercomputing_s_golden_age_.html Compared to overall IT spending, the supercomputing market is quite healthy. Is this the expected evolution of Moore's Law or is it something else entirely? 2013-04-22 http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2013-04-22/supercomputing_s_golden_age_.html Tiffany Trader Top Headline