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Computed Tomography Software Taps Into NVIDIA GPUs
Minnesota-based North Star Imaging, a firm that specializes in industrial X-rays for nondestructive testing and analysis, is employing NVIDIA GPUs to accelerate 3D renderings in their CT (computed tomography) software. Julien Noel, the company's CT product manager, says the exceptional computational power afforded by CUDA and Tesla hardware is increasing customer productivity and transforming their workflow.
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The Next Big Thing in Humanities, Arts and Social Science Computing: 18thConnect
For the humanities scholar who may have only recently mastered library and archival finding aids beyond the archaic card catalog, the possibility of retrieving source materials at the flash of a keystroke (well maybe a few...) is very heady stuff.
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HPC Clouds -- Alto Cirrus or Cumulonimbus
The "cloud" model of exporting user workload and services to remote, distributed and virtual environments is emerging as a powerful computing paradigm. Yet, one domain that challenges this model in its characteristics and needs is high performance computing.
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Dawning 6000 to Use Chinese-Made Loongson Processor
Nov 28 | People's Daily Online | Currently under development, the Dawning 6000 HPC system will be based on the Chinese-made "Loongson" microprocessor. Read more...
Can Supercomputers Help Save the Economy?
Nov 27 | Computerworld | The use of supercomputers to increase the industrial might of the U.S. has amounted to little more than an asterisk from a financial standpoint in both the federal budget and the economy as a whole. Read more...
IBM to Establish 'Collaboratory' in Dublin
Nov 26 | Science Business | IBM is getting ready to set up a supercomputing research “collaboratory” in Dublin, Ireland. Read more...
Texan Prof Sees Big Future for Graphene Storage
Nov 25 | The Register | A Rice University professor believes that his proposed graphene arrays could be many times denser and faster than existing storage tech, and they'd be more reliable too. Read more...
Super Micro Computer: A One-Man, or at Least One-Family, Powerhouse
Nov 24 | The New York Times | Server maker Super Micro Computer lives by two principles: give customers what they want, and do it as fast as humanly possible. Read more...
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