Systems - HPCwire

First All-Petaflops Top500 List Debuts; US Maintains Performance Lead

With the kick-off of the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Frankfurt this morning, the 53rd Top500 list made its debut, and this one's for petafloppers only. The entry point for th …

By Tiffany Trader

Nvidia Embraces Arm, Declares Intent to Accelerate All CPU Architectures

As the Top500 list was being announced at ISC in Frankfurt today with an upgraded petascale Arm supercomputer in the top third of the list, Nvidia announced its intention to make Arm a full citiz …

The Spaceborne Computer Returns to Earth, and HPE Eyes an AI-Protected Spaceborne 2

After 615 days on the International Space Station (ISS), HPE’s Spaceborne Computer has returned to Earth. The computer touched down onboard the same SpaceX Dragon capsule that brought it to the …

By Oliver Peckham

MareNostrum Supercomputer Boosts SEAT’s Vehicle Aerodynamics

Spain’s MareNostrum 4, housed at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), is helping to design the aerodynamics of every new car that Spanish automobile manufacturer SEAT is building, optimiz …

By Mariana Iriarte

Off The Wire
Breaking News

HPCwire’s People to Watch

HPCwire Unveils 2019 People to Watch

RFI: Help U.S. Catalyze Quantum Information Science

June 10, 2019

Quantum information science is likely to have applications in many domains stretching from sensor technology and communications to quantum computing. Building a Read more…

By John Russell

FPGAs’ Reputation for Security May Belie Vulnerability in Cloud

June 7, 2019

Thanks to their flexibility, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are often a first choice during system development – however, a new report by scientists f Read more…

By Oliver Peckham

Quantum Upstart: IonQ Sets Sights on Challenging IBM, Rigetti, Others

June 5, 2019

Until now most of the buzz around quantum computing has been generated by folks already in the computer business – systems makers, chip makers, and big cloud Read more…

By John Russell

Exploring Exascale Science: Fusion Energy, X-ray Free-Electron Lasers, Quantum Chromodynamics

May 28, 2019

While 10^18 flops hardware is super exciting, this series of articles from the Exascale Computing Project, by science writer Scott Gibson, reminds us once again, the really cool and important stuff is what you can do with all those (ones and) zeros. Read more…

By Staff report

EuroHPC Summit Week Highlights Europe’s Plan for Supercomputing Leadership

May 28, 2019

The European Union’s EuroHPC Summit Week was held last week in Poznań, Poland, hosted by the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC). At the even Read more…

By Oliver Peckham

RIKEN Post-K Supercomputer Named After Japan’s Tallest Peak

May 23, 2019

RIKEN President Hiroshi Matsumoto announced that the successor to the K computer will be named Fugaku, another name for Mount Fuji, which is the tallest mountai Read more…

By Tiffany Trader

Cray’s Emerging Market & Technology Director Arti Garg Peers Around HPC/AI Corner

May 23, 2019

In her position as emerging market and technology director at Cray, Arti Garg doesn't just have a front-row seat to the future of computing, she plays an active role in making that future happen. Key to Garg's role is understanding how deep learning scientists are using state-of-the-art HPC infrastructures and figuring out how to push those limits further. Read more…

By Tiffany Trader

Combining Machine Learning and Supercomputing to Ferret out Phishing Attacks

May 23, 2019

The relentless ingenuity that drives cyber hacking is a global engine that knows no rest. Anyone with a laptop and run-of-the-mill computer smarts can buy or re Read more…