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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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ISC 2016 Announces Award-Winning Research Papers
Today ISC 2016 announced the awards-winning research papers for the PRACE ISC Award and the Gauss Award. The post ISC 2016 Announces Award-Winning Research Papers...
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Atos Rolls Out Bull sequana “The World’s Most Efficient Supercomputer”
"Atos is one out of three or four worldwide players having the expertise and know-how to build supercomputers today – and the only one in Europe. It is a source...
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Supermicro Showcases New GPU SuperServer at GTC 2016
In this video from the 2016 GPU Technology Conference, Jason Pai from Supermicro describes the new 1028GQ-TRT SuperServer. With support for up to four Nvidia Tesla...
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SHAPE Selects Eight Innovative HPC Projects for Access to PRACE Supercomputer
Today the SME HPC Adoption Program in Europe announced the winners from its recent Call for Proposals. SHAPE is a pan-European program supported by PRACE whichSHAPE...
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Video: GPUltima System Delivers a Petaflop in a Rack
gpultimaIn this video from the 2016 GPU Technology Conference, Jaan Mannik from One Stop Systems describes the GPUltima system at the GPU Technology Conference....
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Video: Software-Defined Networking on InfiniBand Fabrics
A design for virtual Ethernet networks over IB is described. The virtual Ethernet networks are implemented as overlays on the IB network. They are managed in aVideo...
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Video: NVMe Over Fabrics
NVMe over Fabrics is an enhancement / expansion of the NVMe specification to support remote access to NVMe storage resources via RDMA. This presentation will review...
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Job of the Week: Postdoctoral Appointee on FPGAs for Supercomputing
Argonne National Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee on FPGAs for Supercomputing in our Job of the Week. "This is an exciting opportunity for you toJob...
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SC16 Adds State-of-the-Practice Track
Over at the SC16 Blog, Dan Stanzione from TACC writes that the conference is starting a multi-year emphasis designed to advance the state of the practice in the...
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Now on Azure: Intel Cloud Edition for Lustre* Software
The Intel Cloud Edition for Lustre* Software is now available on Microsoft’s Azure platform. Intel Cloud Edition for Lustre Software on Azure is a scalable, parallel...
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Supercomputing the Zika Virus at Purdue
Researchers at Purdue University are using HPC to help fight the Zika virus. "Purdue’s award-winning Community Cluster Program played a significant role in enabling...
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Manage Reproducibility of Computational Workflows with Docker Containers and Nextflow
"Research computational workflows consist of several pieces of third party software and, because of their experimental nature, frequent changes and updates areManage...
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TYAN Rolls Out POWER8-Based 1U Server at OpenPOWER Summit
Today TYAN showcased the GT75-BP012, a new POWER8-based 1U server platform at the OpenPOWER Summit 2016 in San Jose. The 1U TYAN GT75-BP012 platform is a POWER8...
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Video: Past, Present, and Future of OpenFabrics Interfaces
"The first release of OpenFabrics Interfaces (OFI) software, libfabric, occurred in January of 2015. Since then, the number of fabrics and applications supported...
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University of New Orleans Wins Silicon Mechanics Research Cluster Grant
Today Silicon Mechanics announced that the University of New Orleans is the recipient of the company's fifth annual Research Cluster Grant (RCG). Each grant awardee...
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Register Now for SC16 Housing in Salt Lake City
Housing registration is now open for SC16 in Salt Lake City, Utah. As the world's largest gathering of supercomputing professionals, the event takes place November...
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Huawei HPC Coming to Bibliotheca Alexandrina Egypt
Today Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina library announced plans to build an HPC platform using Huawei technologies. Based on high-density FusionServer servers, the...
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Gary Grider Presents: HPC Storage and IO Trends and Workflows
"Trends in computer memory/storage technology are in flux perhaps more so now than in the last two decades. Economic analysis of HPC storage hierarchies has led...
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Nvidia Launches Tesla P100 Hyperscale Accelerator
"Our greatest scientific and technical challenges -- finding cures for cancer, understanding climate change, building intelligent machines -- require a near-infinite...
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