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Fujitsu Unveils Processor Details for Post-K Computer
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Fujitsu Unveils Processor Details for Post-K Computer

The Fujitsu Journal has posted details on a recent Hot Chips presentation by Toshio Yoshida about the instruction set architecture (ISA) of the Post-K processor...

ARM Ramps up for HPC with SVE Scalable Vector Extensions
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ARM Ramps up for HPC with SVE Scalable Vector Extensions

Over at the ARM Community Blog, Nigel Stephens writes that the company has introduced scalable vector extensions (SVE) their A64 instruction set to bolster high...

Tutorial: GPU Performance Nuggets
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Tutorial: GPU Performance Nuggets

In this video from the 2016 Blue Waters Symposium, GPU Performance Nuggets – Carl Pearson and Simon Garcia De Gonzalo from the University of Illinois present: GPU...

Video: Combining Simulation & Experiment for Nanoscale 3-D Printing
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Video: Combining Simulation & Experiment for Nanoscale 3-D Printing

In this video, ORNL researchers use supercomputers to simulate nanomanufacturing, the process of building microscopic devices atom by atom. Simulated here is the...

SC16 Welcomes Families with On-Site Childcare
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SC16 Welcomes Families with On-Site Childcare

For the first time, SC16 will offer childcare in the convention center to registered attendees and exhibitors. "This will provide an opportunity for the familySC16...

OpenPOWER Summit Europe Comes to Barcelona Oct. 26-28
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OpenPOWER Summit Europe Comes to Barcelona Oct. 26-28

Today the OpenPOWER Foundation announced that their inaugural OpenPOWER Summit Europe will take place Oct. 26-28 in Barcelona, Spain. Held in conjunction with OpenStack...

Video: What is Driving Heterogeneity in HPC?
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Video: What is Driving Heterogeneity in HPC?

Wen-mei Hwu from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign presented this talk at the Blue Waters Symposium. "In the 21st Century, we are able to understand...

Radio Free HPC Looks at IDF 2016
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Radio Free HPC Looks at IDF 2016

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team reviews the recent 2016 Intel Developer Forum. “How will Intel return to growth in the face of a declining PC market? At...

SC16 Facing Housing Crunch in Salt Lake City
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SC16 Facing Housing Crunch in Salt Lake City

Over at the SC16 Blog, Elizabeth Leake writes that there will be a bit of a housing crunch in Salt Lake City this year during the world's largest supercomputing...

Nvidia Donates DGX-1 Machine Learning Supercomputer to OpenAI Non-profit
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Nvidia Donates DGX-1 Machine Learning Supercomputer to OpenAI Non-profit

This week Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang hand-delivered one of the company's new DGX-1 Machine Learning supercomputers to the OpenAI non-profit in San Francisco. “The...

Taming Heterogeneity in HPC – The DEEP-ER take
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Taming Heterogeneity in HPC – The DEEP-ER take

Norbert Eicker from the Jülich Supercomputing Centre presented this talk at the SAI Computing Conference in London. "The ultimate goal is to reduce the burden on...

Video: Intel Sneak Peek at Knights Mill Processor for Machine Learning
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Video: Intel Sneak Peek at Knights Mill Processor for Machine Learning

In this video from the 2016 Intel Developer Forum, Diane Bryant describes the company's efforts to advance Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Along the...

New iBook brings us 72 Beautiful Galaxies
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New iBook brings us 72 Beautiful Galaxies

A new iBook by Dr. Stephen Perrenod looks at 72 Beautiful Galaxies. With a Foreword written by our own Rich Brueckner from insideHPC, the iPad "book" offers anNew...

Hot Interconnects Conference Comes to Santa Clara Aug 24-26
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Hot Interconnects Conference Comes to Santa Clara Aug 24-26

There is still time to register for the 2016 Hot Interconnects Conference, which takes place August 24-26 at Huawei in Santa Clara, California. The keynote speaker...

Video: The Coming Quantum Computing Revolution
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Video: The Coming Quantum Computing Revolution

In this video, D-Wave Systems Founder Eric Ladizinsky presents: The Coming Quantum Computing Revolution. "Despite the incredible power of today’s supercomputers...

Video: Parallel I/O Best Practices
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Video: Parallel I/O Best Practices

In this video from the 2016 Blue Waters Symposium, Andriy Kot from NCSA presents: Parallel I/O Best Practices. The post Video: Parallel I/O Best Practices appeared...

Podcast: Supercomputing Better Soybeans
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Podcast: Supercomputing Better Soybeans

In this TACC Podcast, Researchers describe how XSEDE supercomputing resources are helping them grow a better soybean through the SoyKB project based from the University...

SC16 to Feature 38 HPC Workshops
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SC16 to Feature 38 HPC Workshops

Today SC16 announced that the conference will feature 38 high-quality workshops to complement the overall Technical Program events, expand the knowledge base of...

DOE to Invest $16 Million in Supercomputing Materials
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DOE to Invest $16 Million in Supercomputing Materials

Today the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it will invest $16 million over the next four years to accelerate the design of new materials through use ofDOE...

Nvidia Disputes Intel’s Maching Learning Performance Claims
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Nvidia Disputes Intel’s Maching Learning Performance Claims

"Few fields are moving faster right now than deep learning," writes Buck. "Today’s neural networks are 6x deeper and more powerful than just a few years ago. There...
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