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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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Univa Grid Engine adds UberCloud Parallel MPI to Docker Containers
Today Univa announced the integration of UberCloud parallel application containers with Univa Grid Engine. In May of last year, Univa, a leading innovator of workload...
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Volunteers Ready High Speed SCinet for SC17
At SC17 in Denver, volunteers have already started the installation of SCinet, the high-capacity network that supports the revolutionary applications and experiments...
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Asetek Partners with E4 Computer Engineering, Announces Installation at CINECA
Today Asetek announced E4 Computer Engineering as a new datacenter OEM partner. E4 Computer Engineering has utilized Asetek RackCDU D2C (Direct-to-Chip) liquidAsetek...
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RCE-Podcast Looks at Project Jupyter for Interactive Data Science
In this RCE Podcast, Brock Palen and Jeff Squyres discuss Jupyter with Dr. Brian Granger from Cal Poly State University. "Jupyter is a non-profit, open-source project...
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Ellexus Container Checker looks to Revolutionize Cloud Container Use
Ellexus has launched Container Checker on Amazon Web Services’ Marketplace, a pioneering cloud-based tool that provides visibility into the inner workings of Docker...
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“The Ultimate Trading Machine” from Penguin Computing sets Record for Low Latency
The world of High Frequency Trading is all about reducing latency to make money. At the recent STAC Summit in Chicago, a Penguin Computing device called The Ultimate...
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Supermicro Showcases Volta GPU Systems at GTC Washington DC
This week at GTC DC, Supermicro is showcasing GPU server platforms that support NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCI-E and V100 SXM2 GPUs. “Our high performance computing solutions...
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NVIDIA Expands Deep Learning Institute
Today NVIDIA announced a broad expansion of its Deep Learning Institute (DLI), which is training tens of thousands of students, developers and data scientists with...
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Asetek Announces NEC as New Datacenter OEM Partner
Today Asetek announced NEC Corporation as a new data center OEM partner. NEC Corporation, through its subsidiary NEC Fielding, Ltd., will deploy Asetek RackCDUAsetek...
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NVIDIA GPUs Power Fujitsu AI Supercomputer at RIKEN in Japan
Today Fujutsu announced the deployment of a new AI supercomputer at RIKEN in Japan. Called RAIDEN (Riken AIp Deep learning ENvironment), the GPU-accelerated Fujitsu...
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The Inflection Point of Wattage in HPC, Deep Learning and AI
Magnified in 2017 by machine learning and AI, there is a heightened concern in the HPC community over wattage trends in CPUs, GPUs and emerging neural chips required...
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Pawsey Centre in Australia Upgrades Zeus Cluster
Today the Pawsey Supercomputing Center in Australia announced plans to expand its Zeus cluster from a pre/post processing cluster to a mid-range compute cluster...
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Now Shipping: Intel Optane SSDs with 4x Performance of NAND-Based Devices
Today Intel announced the launch of the Intel Optane SSD 900P Series, the first SSD for desktop PC and workstation users built on Intel Optane technology. "Up to...
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New Subsea Cable Lowers Network Costs from Iceland to North America by 90%
The cost of moving HPC workloads to Iceland is coming down in a big way. Today Verne Global and Tele Greenland announced that the 12.4-Tbps upgrade to the Greenland...
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SC17 Session Preview: “Taking the Nanoscale to the Exascale”
Brian Ban continues his series of SC17 Session Previews with a look at an invited talk on nanotechnology. "This talk will focus on the challenges that computational...
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Agreement Ensures Ongoing HPC Funding for Climate Research at DKRZ in Germany
Today German officials signed a contract for the long-term financing of a new supercomputer for DKRZ. The new machine will be used for climate research. "We need...
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NCI Doubles Raijin Supercomputer Throughput with IBM POWER8
Today NCI in Australia announced that it has adopted IBM’s Power8 architecture as part of Raijin, the system fastest supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere.NCI...
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NVIDIA GPU Cloud comes to AWS with Volta GPUs
"In just a few steps, the NVIDIA GPU Cloud (NGC) container registry helps developers get started with no-cost access to a comprehensive, easy-to-use, fully optimized...
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Versity names Meghan McClelland VP of Product
Today Versity Software announced the addition of Meghan McClelland as Vice President of Product. Meghan will oversee the launch of Versity’s next generation cloud...
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