Weekly Twitter Roundup (Sept. 29, 2016)

By Thomas Ayres

September 29, 2016

Here at HPCwire, we aim to keep the HPC community apprised of the most relevant and interesting news items that get tweeted throughout the week. The tweets that caught our eye this past week are presented below. Check back in next Thursday for an entirely updated list.

The Tweet of the Week goes to @jamesdotcuff for his cool photo of the Comet supercomputer. Congratulations and keep the HPC tweets coming!

https://twitter.com/jamesdotcuff/status/780936172528820224

https://twitter.com/DrJeffWarren/status/781132937022562305

https://twitter.com/jamesdotcuff/status/781516687828848640

https://twitter.com/jamesdotcuff/status/780908788853252096

https://twitter.com/hpcnotes/status/781488389229010944

Click here to view the tweets from last week. If you have a tweet that should be included in next week’s list, email [email protected] or tweet us at @HPCwire. We look forward to hearing from you!

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