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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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Spectra Logic Celebrates Ten Years of Profitability
Today Spectra Logic announced its tenth consecutive year of profitability at the close of calendar year 2016. Spectra Logic’s success is rooted in investing inSpectra...
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Hexagon to Acquire MSC Software
Today Hexagon AB from Sweden announced an agreement to acquire MSC Software, a leading provider of computer-aided engineering solutions, including simulation software...
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Microsoft Releases Batch Shipyard on GitHub for Docker on Azure
"Available on GitHub as Open Source, the Batch Shipyard toolkit enables easy deployment of batch-style Dockerized workloads to Azure Batch compute pools. AzureMicrosoft...
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ANSYS Enterprise Cloud goes with Cycle Computing for HPC
“Our collaboration with Cycle Computing enables the ANSYS Enterprise Cloud to meet the elastic capacity and security requirements of enterprise customers,” said...
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Asetek Achieves 200 Million Hours of Fault-Free Pump Operations at DataCenters
Today Asetek announced that its server pump has achieved 200 million hours of reliable operation in real world use. Installed at end-user locations as diverse as...
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Digital Human Software Added to Altair Partner Alliance
“At Altair, we believe human-centered design is more than just mechanical fit; rather, it’s an exploration of the entire experience of users with a product, including...
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Univa Unisight 4.1 Software Informs IT Purchasing Decisions
Today Univa announced the general availably of its Unisight v4.1 product, providing simple and extensible metric collection for all types of Univa Grid Engine data...
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Cheyenne Supercomputer Triples Scientific Capability at NCAR
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is launching operations this month of one of the world's most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputers,Cheyenne...
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25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium Validates Multi-Vendor Interoperability
"In order to handle the increasing amount of data, server architectures all too often require multiple 10G ports. 25G Ethernet arrives just in time and has started...
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Intel FPGAs Break Record for Deep Learning Facial Recognition
The test took place in Nanjing City, China, where ZTE’s engineers used Intel’s midrange Arria 10 FPGA for a cloud inferencing application using a CNN algorithm....
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A Look at the CODAR Co-Design Center for Online Data Analysis and Reduction at Exascale
Ian Foster and other researchers in CODAR are working to overcome the gap between computation speed and the limitations in the speed and capacity of storage byA...
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RCE Podcast Looks at iRODS Data Management Software
In this RCE Podcast, Brock Palen and Jeff Squyres speak with the creators of iRODS: Jason Coposky and Terrell Russell. Also known as the Integrated Rule-Oriented...
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Intel Xeon Phi Processor Programming in a Nutshell
In this special guest feature, James Reinders looks at Intel Xeon Phi processors from a programmer's perspective. "How does a programmer think of Intel Xeon Phi...
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IBM Adds TensorFlow Support for PowerAI Deep Learning
Today IBM announced that its PowerAI distribution for popular open source Machine Learning and Deep Learning frameworks on the POWER8 architecture now supportsIBM...
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Podcast: Supercomputing Cancer Research and the Human Brain
In this WUOT podcast, Jack Wells from ORNL describes how the Titan supercomputer helps advance science. "The world’s third-most powerful supercomputer is located...
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Wolfgang Dreyer to Head Up New Rescale Office in Munich
"Europe has always been a crucial market for Rescale,” said Rescale co-founder and CEO Joris Poort. “We are thrilled to be establishing a solid regional foundation...
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Apply Now for PRACE HPC Summer School Programs
The European PRACE organization is now accepting applications for the following expense-paid educational programs: The 2017 International Summer School on HPC Challenges...
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D-Wave Rolls Out 2000 Qubit System
"D-Wave's leap from 1000 qubits to 2000 qubits is a major technical achievement and an important advance for the emerging field of quantum computing," said Earl...
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GIGABYTE Selects Cavium QLogic FastLinQ Ethernet Solutions
"GIGABYTE servers - across standard, Open Compute Platform (OCP) and rack scale form factors - deliver exceptional value, performance and scalability for multi-tenant...
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