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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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Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab to Install D-Wave 2000Q System
Today D-Wave Systems announced that Google, NASA, and Universities Space Research Association (USRA) have elected to upgrade to the new D-Wave 2000Q system. The...
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Ethernet Alliance to Demo 400G Networks at OFC 2017
Today the Ethernet Alliance announced plans of details of its upcoming OFC 2017 interoperability demo featuring the full spectrum of Ethernet speeds from 1 Gigabit...
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SUSE Adds HPC Module for ARM-based Systems
Over at the SUSE Blog, Jay Kruemcke writes that the High-Performance Computing Module (HPC Module) for SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES) is now available for 64-bitSUSE...
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PBS Works User Group comes to Las Vegas May 22-25
Altair will host the PBS Works User Group May 22-25 in Las Vegas. This four-day event (including 2 days of user presentations, round table discussions and surrounded...
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Day-Long Deep Learning Track Comes to ISC 2017
Today ISC 2017 announced a day-long Deep Learning track on June 21 as part of its technical program. The full conference takes place June 18-21 in Frankfurt, Germany...
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Flatiron Institute to Repurpose Gordon Supercomputer
The majority of SDSC’s data-intensive Gordon supercomputer will be used by Simons for ongoing research following completion of the system’s tenure as an NSF resource...
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Intel Xeon Phi Memory Mode Programming (MCDRAM) in a Nutshell
'In this article, James Reinders discusses one of the “mode” options that Intel Xeon Phi processors have to offer unprecedented configurability: memory modes. For...
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vScaler to Showcase OpenHPC & Deep Learning at Cloud Expo Europe 2017
Today vScaler announced plans to showcase their HPC cloud platform March 15-16 at the upcoming Cloud Expo Europe Conference in London. Supported by two of its strategic...
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D-Wave Collaborates with Virginia Tech on Quantum Computing
Today D-Wave Systems and Virginia Tech announced a joint effort to provide greater access to quantum computers for researchers from the Intelligence Community and...
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Top Weather and Climate Sites run on DDN Storage
"DDN’s unique ability to handle tough application I/O profiles at speed and scale gives weather and climate organizations the infrastructure they need for rapid...
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Next-Generation Sequencing Altering the Patient Care Landscape
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) tools produce vast quantities of genetic data which poses a growing number of challenges to life sciences organizations. Accelerating...
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Altair Releases HyperWorks 2017 Comprehensive Simulation Platform
Altair just released HyperWorks 2017, the "most comprehensive, open architecture CAE simulation platform in the industry, offering the best technologies to design...
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Call for Abstracts: FLOW-3D Americas Users Conference
The 2017 FLOW-3D Americas Users Conference has issued its Call for Abstracts. The event takes place Sept. 20-21 in Santa Fe, NM. "The call for abstracts for isCall...
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Future Technologies on the Rise for HPC
"2017 will see the introduction of many technologies that will help shape the future of HPC systems. Production-scale ARM supercomputers, advancements in memory...
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Moving to Exascale – Closer Than We Think?
"Back in 2013 I wrote the following blog expressing my opinion that I doubted we would reach Exascale before 2020. However, recently it was announced that the world...
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E4 Computer Engineering’s Showcases New Petascale OCP Platform
Today E4 Computer Engineering from Italy showcased a new PetaFlops-Class Open Compute Server with "remarkable energy efficiency" based on the IBM POWER architecture...
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Atos Bullion Breaks Record for SPEC Performance
Today Atos announced record SPEC benchmark performance on its bullion x86 servers. Performed with a 16-socket configuration, this benchmark demonstrates that the...
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Intel Joins iRODS Consortium to Better Integrate Lustre
Today the integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (iRODS) Consortium announced that Intel Corporation has joined their membership-based foundation. "As a consortium...
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Will ECMWF Move Supercomputing to Italy?
Weather and climate simulation services could soon be run in Europe rather than the UK as it was announced that the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts...
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