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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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NASA Optimizes Climate Impact Research with Cycle Computing
Today Cycle Computing announced its continued involvement in optimizing research spearheaded by NASA’s Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) and the University of...
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TYAN Showcases NVMe Servers and Storage Platforms at IDF 2016
"In order to address data intensive workloads in need of higher performance for storage, TYAN takes full advantage of Intel NVMe technology to highlight hybridTYAN...
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Trinity Supercomputer Wiring Reconfiguration Saves Millions
LANL reports that a moment of inspiration during a wiring diagram review has saved more than $2 million in material and labor costs for the Trinity supercomputer...
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Podcast: Intel Steps Up to Machine Learning with Nervana Systems Acquisition
In this Intel Chip Chat Podcast, Nidhi Chappell, the Director of Machine Learning Strategy at Intel discusses the company's planned acquisition of Nervana Systems...
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Pete Ungaro Presents: Blue Waters & the Cray Roadmap
Peter Ungaro presented this talk at the 2016 Blue Waters Symposium. "Built by Cray, Blue Waters is one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, and is...
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Bill Gropp Named Acting Director of NCSA
"I am honored to have been asked to drive NCSA’s continuing mission as a world-class, integrative center for transdisciplinary convergent research, education, and...
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University of Oxford Develops Logic Gate for Quantum Computing
Researchers at the University of Oxford have achieved a quantum logic gate with record-breaking 99.9% precision, reaching the benchmark required theoretically to...
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Video: How the HPC Environment is Different from the Desktop (and Why)
"High performance computing has transformed how science and engineering research is conducted. Answering a question in 30 minutes that used to take 6 months can...
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Post K Supercomputer Delayed in Japan
Nikkei in Japan writes that the Post K supercomputer is facing 1-2 year delay for deployment as part of the Flagship2020 project. Originally targeted for completion...
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Radio Free HPC Looks at HPE’s Pending Acquisition of SGI
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks HPE's pending acquisition of SGI. "Will the acquisition be good for SGI and HP customers? Our RFHPC team is in unprecedented...
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New Report Looks at European Exascale Projects
"Between 2011 and 2016, eight projects, with a total budget of more than €50 Million, were selected for this first push in the direction of the next- generation...
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Video: The Impact of the Computing and Data Revolution on Science an Society
Ed Seidel from NCSA presented this talk at The Digital Future conference in Berlin. "The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is a hub of transdisciplinary...
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Nvidia Expands GTC to Eight Global Events
Nvidia is expanding its popular GPU Technology Conference to eight cities worldwide. "We’re broadening the reach of GTC with a series of conferences in eight cities...
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Acquire SGI
Today SGI announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for $7.75 per share in cash, a transaction valued...
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Agenda Posted for HPC User Forum in Oxford
IDC has published the preliminary agenda for the next international HPC User Forum. The event will take place Sept. 29-30 in Oxford, UK. The post Agenda PostedinsideHPC...
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Creating Balance in HPC on the Piz Daint Supercomputer
The flagship supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), Piz Daint, named after a mountain in the Alps, currently delivers 7.8 petaflops of...
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Call for Participation: Lustre User Group at NCI in Australia
NCI in Australia has issued its Call for Participation for the the Down-Under version of the 2016 Lustre User Group. The event will be held Sept. 7-8 on the campus...
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Video: Stampede II Supercomputer to Advance Computational Science at TACC
In this video, Dan Stanzione from TACC describes how the Stampede II supercomputer will driving computational science. "Announced in June, a $30 million NSF award...
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Mangstor MX6300 NVMe SSDs Power One Stop Systems FSAe-4 Flash Storage Array
Today One Stop Systems announced the 4U Flash Storage Array with Mangstor MX6300 NVMe SSDs. OSS' FSAe-4 can accommodate 32 of the MX6300 providing up to 172TB of...
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