2014 International Supercomputing Conference Archives

Bull Charges Ahead in Supercomputing Despite Big Data Refocus

In many ways, Bull has been a mirror, reflecting companies like Cray from across the Atlantic. One on the one hand, both companies have deep roots in supercomputing, with particularly strong cont …

By Nicole Hemsoth

A Slice of Green with Accelerators On Top

On the heels of a successful ISC14 in Leipzig, Germany, last week, the latest Green500 list was just published, and once again the TSUBAME-KFC is the world's greenest supercomputer with an energ …

By Tiffany Trader

New HPC Benchmark Delivers Promising Results

One of the undisputed themes at ISC14 was the continued speculation about how the Top500 Linpack benchmark will keep pace with evolving system and application demands. We have been following prog …

By Nicole Hemsoth

Are Supercomputing’s Elite Turning Backs on Accelerators?

Now that this year’s Top500 has been released and analyzed, we wanted to take a step back to look at a few emerging trends. One of the elements of the last couple of lists that caught our eye i …

By Nicole Hemsoth

Off The Wire
Breaking News

Student Supercomputing Competition Embraces GPU-Power

June 26, 2014

The third and final day of ISC14 concluded with a ceremony honoring one of the week's most popular events, the Student Cluster Challenge. Taking home first priz Read more…

By Tiffany Trader

Thursday’s Top ISC14 Twitter Roundup

June 26, 2014

As ISC14 comes to a close, we're excited, and a little sad, to present some of the final tweets from the event. However, since our readers have expressed grea Read more…

By Thomas Ayres

ISC14 Video Highlights

June 25, 2014

It's the third and final day of ISC14, but there is still much to unwrap in the way of news, content and insight. To highlight some of the most memorable moment Read more…

Wednesday’s Top ISC14 Twitter Roundup

June 25, 2014

Here at HPCwire, we want to help keep the HPC community as up-to-date as possible on some of the most captivating news items that were tweeted throughout the Read more…

By Thomas Ayres

Iconic Supercomputing Vendor Charts Comeback

June 24, 2014

Today at ISC14 Cray announced a $54 million contract with the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) for two next-generation Cray XC supercomputers and a Cr Read more…

By Tiffany Trader

Tuesday’s Top ISC14 Twitter Roundup

June 24, 2014

Here at HPCwire, we want to help keep the HPC community as up-to-date as possible on some of the most captivating news items that were tweeted throughout the Read more…

By Thomas Ayres

IBM Offers Glimpse into Future of HPC Investments

June 24, 2014

This week at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC14) one of the more frequent topics of conversation has been the revised role that some expect IBM Read more…

By Nicole Hemsoth

Micron, Intel Reveal Memory Slice of Knight’s Landing

June 24, 2014

As we move into the pre-exascale era, issues of power consumption, network bandwidth, I/O and other issues will continue to push increasing integration. This wa Read more…

By Nicole Hemsoth

Monday’s Top ISC14 Twitter Roundup

June 23, 2014

Here at HPCwire, we want to help keep the HPC community as up-to-date as possible on some of the most captivating news items that were tweeted throughout the Read more…

By Thomas Ayres

GPUs Add Up For ARM Chips In HPC

June 23, 2014

The first wave of credible 64-bit ARM processors are coming to market late this year or early next, and as is usually the case, the high-performance computing c Read more…

By Timothy Prickett Morgan

Breaking: Detailed Results from Today’s Top 500 Fastest Supercomputers List

June 23, 2014

Greetings from Germany and the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC14) where, as happens each year, the bi-annual list of the top 500 fastest supercompu Read more…

By Nicole Hemsoth

Sunday’s Top ISC14 Twitter Roundup

June 22, 2014

Here at HPCwire, we want to help keep the HPC community as up-to-date as possible on some of the most captivating news items tweeted throughout the day at ISC14 Read more…

By Thomas Ayres

ISC Beyond the Hans Meuer Era

June 19, 2014

Hans Werner Meuer (1936 - 2014†) and his legacy need little introduction within the high-performance computing (HPC) community. In Europe, he is known as the Read more…