http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors RSS Feed for Processors en-us Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:24:21 GMT 2009-06-30T18:24:21Z en-us http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Virage-Logic-Sees-Strong-Adoption-of-40nm-Product-Portfolio-49521877.html Virage Logic Corp. today announced that since being named TSMC's 40-namomenter (nm) early development partner in 2007, the company has seen strong adoption of its extensive 40nm product portfolio. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:24:21 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Virage-Logic-Sees-Strong-Adoption-of-40nm-Product-Portfolio-49521877.html 2009-06-30T18:24:21Z http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/vSMP-Foundation-Supports-HP-ProLiant-BL280c-G6-Blade-49512522.html ScaleMP completed certification of vSMP Foundation for HP ProLiant BL280c G6 server blades offering the new Intel Xeon Processor 5500 series. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:49:04 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/vSMP-Foundation-Supports-HP-ProLiant-BL280c-G6-Blade-49512522.html 2009-06-30T15:49:04Z http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Supercomputers-Go-From-Biggest-to-Cheapest.html The bottom of the TOP500 reveals the coming revolution in truly accessible high-end computing. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:57:47 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Supercomputers-Go-From-Biggest-to-Cheapest.html 2009-06-29T15:57:47Z http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Scientists-Create-First-Electronic-Quantum-Processor-49433182.html A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:57:25 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Scientists-Create-First-Electronic-Quantum-Processor-49433182.html 2009-06-29T15:57:25Z http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Lightwave-Logic-Completes-Private-Placement-49186342.html Lightwave Logic, Inc. announced today that it has completed its most recent capital raise. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:33:39 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Lightwave-Logic-Completes-Private-Placement-49186342.html 2009-06-26T16:33:39Z http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/AMD-Continues-to-Support-GPU-Acceleration-49094886.html AMD announced that AMD FireStream 9250 compute accelerators are now qualified as part of the HP Accelerator Program to deliver the significant performance benefits of GPU acceleration to a wide array of enterprise and high performance computing customers using HP ProLiant DL385 G5p and DL160 G6 servers. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:04:03 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/AMD-Continues-to-Support-GPU-Acceleration-49094886.html 2009-06-25T16:04:03Z http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Boston-Limited-Launches-1U-Server-with-4-AMD-FireStream-GPUs-49053261.html Boston Limited launched their highly optimised CPU & GPU compute solution based around AMD's next generation FireStream GPU technologies in conjunction with one of the SS6016XT series servers from Super Micro Computer, Inc. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:02:30 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Boston-Limited-Launches-1U-Server-with-4-AMD-FireStream-GPUs-49053261.html 2009-06-25T04:02:30Z http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Heterogeneous-Processing-Trite-or-Trend-49029591.html Heterogeneous processing or co-processing on chips other than the CPU is the most recent trend in HPC. To some extent there has always been a small fringe element pursuing this direction, but in the past few years, there has been a rich diversity of efforts and support from major HPC vendors. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:33:45 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Heterogeneous-Processing-Trite-or-Trend-49029591.html 2009-06-29T15:33:45Z http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Ga-Researchers-Develop-Programming-Tools-for-Defense-Needs-49021801.html Researchers in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are developing programming tools to enable engineers in the defense industry to utilize the processing power of GPUs without having to learn the complicated programming language required to use them directly. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:02:02 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Ga-Researchers-Develop-Programming-Tools-for-Defense-Needs-49021801.html 2009-06-24T18:02:02Z http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Welcome-to-Year-1-AP-48967731.html HPC guru Thomas Sterling has labeled 2009 as "Year 1 AP -- After Petaflops." HPCwire got the opportunity to ask Thomas to expand on that theme and talk about where high performance computing is headed next. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:36:48 GMT http://www.hpcwire.com/topic/processors/Welcome-to-Year-1-AP-48967731.html 2009-06-29T03:36:48Z