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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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Silicon Catalyst Announces Three Newly Admitted Startups to Semiconductor Incubator
Today the Silicon Catalyst announced the admission of three early-stage companies into the semiconductor industry’s highly acclaimed incubation program. "It’s with...
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NCSA to help build world’s most powerful geospatial system
NCSA has announced a new collaboration to produce digital elevation models (DEM) of the entire Earth, among other geospatial research projects. "This is the beginning...
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Nimbix HPC Cloud Powers US Sailing Team
Today Nimbix announced their collaboration with the US Sailing Team (USST) as the “Official Compute Partner of the US Sailing Team.” For us, it is all about providing...
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OSU Invests $2.6 million in AI Computing Resources
Oregon State University’s College of Engineering is accelerating its work in artificial intelligence, robotics, driverless vehicles and other areas by acquiring...
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XSEDE Campus Champions to Focus on Research Collaboration
XSEDE has selected five Campus Champions Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year. These exceptional researchers will have the opportunity to work side-by-side with...
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Defense Department is testing a Shipping Container Supercomputer
The Defense Department is testing a Shipping Container Supercomputer. "The $12 million contract provides for a supercomputing system housed in a shipping container...
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Singularity 3.3.0 Goes GA
Today Sylabs announced the Generally Available Release of Singularity 3.3.0. As the premier Container platform for performance-sensitive workloads, this release...
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Considerations for Managing HPC Resources
In this special guest feature, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World writes that companies faced with increasing complexity are developing new services and...
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Advania Launches First HPC cloud service based on Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 processors
Today Advania Data Centers (ADC) announced the industry’s first HPC cloud service based on Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 processors. This combination provides unprecedented...
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Active Archive Alliance Report: Solving Data Growth Challenges
According to this new report, “Archival data is piling up faster than ever as organizations are quickly learning the value of analyzing vast amounts of previously...
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Ciena Bolsters Janet Network in the U.K. for Education and Research
Jisc in the UK is deploying Ciena’s Packet Networking platforms to enhance its Janet Network and provide high-speed connectivity across the UK. “Ciena’s platforms...
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SDSC Awarded NSF Grant for Triton Stratus
The National Science Foundation has awarded SDSC a two-year grant worth almost $400,000 to deploy a new system called Triton Stratus. "Triton Stratus will provide...
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Video: Supercomputing Sediment Transport in Estuaries
In this video, Salme Cook from the University of New Hampshire describes how she is using NCSA's Blue Waters supercomputer to model estuaries. One of the big challenges...
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Podcast: Is Cloud too expensive for HPC?
Is Cloud too expensive for HPC? Enquiring minds want to know, as does the HPC community whose single-minded obsession with maximum price-performance is notorious...
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Supercomputing Heat Transfer between 2D Electronic Components
Researchers are using XSEDE supercomputing resources in the search for new materials for power-efficient electronics. "Using a combination of calculations on XSEDE...
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CRAG Adopts Pure Storage for Agricultural Genomics
The Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) in Spain has announced plans to deploy Pure Storage solutions to improve its high performance computingCRAG...
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Bill Kramer to Lead Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
William Kramer has been selected as the next director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. "It’s our great fortune to recruit Bill, who is known and honored...
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Fujitsu to Deploy Gadi Supercomputer at NCI in Australia
Today Fujitsu announced a contract to upgrade the Australia's fastest supercomputer at NCI. Called "Gadi," the new supercomputer will replace the NCI's currentFujitsu...
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Virginia Tech researchers lead breakthrough in quantum computing
Large, error-correcting quantum computers envisioned today could be decades away, yet experts are vigorously trying to come up with ways to use existing and near...
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