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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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Optimizing Vehicle Design with Simulation
The use of simulation software for validation and testing is a well established process for many engineering companies – but advances in software, combined with...
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Fox Chase Cancer Center Adopts Bright Cluster Manager
Today Bright Computing announced that the Fox Chase Cancer Center is using Bright Cluster Manager for its new high-performance computing cluster. The 30-node cluster...
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Andrew Ng on why Artificial Intelligence is the New Electricity
“We’re making this analogy that AI is the new electricity,” Ng said. “Electricity transformed industries: agriculture, transportation, communication, manufacturing...
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Nvidia to Power Fujitsu’s New Deep Learning System at RIKEN
Today Fujitsu announced that it has received RIKEN's order for the "Deep learning system," one of the largest supercomputers in Japan specializing in AI research...
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XTREME DESIGN Startup Raises $700K in Funding for HPC Cloud Enablement
Today Tokyo-based Startup XTREME DESIGN announced it has raised $700K of funding in its pre-series A round. Launched in early 2015, the Startup's XTREME DNA software...
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Nominations Open for PRACE Ada Lovelace Award for HPC
The European PRACE initiative is now accepting nominations for the PRACE Ada Lovelace Award for HPC. "PRACE is happy to receive your nomination for the Award. The...
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Call for Technical Papers: SC17 in Denver
SC17 has issues its Call for Technical Papers. The event takes place Nov 12-17 in Denver. "The Technical Papers Program at SC is the leading venue for presenting...
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Supermicro Rolls Out New SuperBlade with EDR InfiniBand and OmniPath
"Our new SuperBlade optimizes not just TCO, but initial acquisition cost with industry-leading server density and maximum performance per watt, per square footSupermicro...
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The Long Rise of HPC in the Cloud
"As the cloud market has matured, we have begun to see the introduction of HPC cloud providers and even the large public cloud providers such as Microsoft are introducing...
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OFA Workshop Posts Session Abstracts for Austin Meeting in March
Today the OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) published the session abstracts for its 13th Annual OFA Workshop. Sponsored by Intel, the workshop takes place March 27-31OFA...
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Interview: Dr. Thomas Sterling New Approaches to Efficient Supercomputing
In this video from KAUST, Professor Thomas Sterling, Professor of Intelligent Systems Engineering at Indiana University, shares his thoughts on new approaches to...
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Mellanox ConnectX-5 Sets DPDK Performance Record with 100Gb/s Ethernet
"The I/O intensive nature of the Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) including virtual Firewall, virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC), virtual Session Border Controller...
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Exhibit Sales are Booming for SC17
SC17 is still more than eight months away, but the conference has already outsold SC16 in terms of the number of exhibits spaces sold and number of exhibitors.Exhibit...
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Podcast: Cybersecurity Challenges in a World of AI
“From home assistants like the Amazon Echo to Google’s self-driving cars, artificial intelligence is slowly creeping into our lives. These new technologies could...
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ADIOS 1.11 Middleware Moves I/O Framework from Research to Production
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced the latest release of its Adaptable I/O System (ADIOS), a middleware that speeds up scientific...
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Artificial Intelligence: It’s No Longer Science Fiction
"Computational science has come a long way with machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) in just the last year. Leading centers of high-performance computing...
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Mentor Graphics Adds Univa Grid Engine to Veloce Emulation Platform
"It is extremely important that customers using the Veloce emulation platform maximize the usability of their datacenter-based emulation resources," said Eric Selosse...
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Asetek Enters Product Development Agreement with Major Datacenter Player
Today liquid-cooling technology provider Asetek announced that the company has signed a development agreement with a "major player" in the data center space. "This...
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NSF Funds HPC Cluster at Penn State
The Penn State Cyber-Laboratory for Astronomy, Materials, and Physics (CyberLAMP) is acquiring a high-performance computer cluster that will facilitate interdisciplinary...
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