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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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The Hyper-Converged Approach to Storage – a Natural Next Step
In this week's Industry Perspectives, Laura Shepard, Sr. Director Vertical and Product Marketing at DDN looks at trends in commodity hardware, specifically a converged...
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NICE to Demo Technical Computing Apps in the Cloud at SC15
Today Italy's NICE Software announced plans to demonstrate their latest remote visualization technologies at SC15 in Austin. Enhanced products include new release...
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Podcast: Dell Panels on NSCI and the Convergence of Big Data Coming to SC15
In this podcast, Stephen Sofhauser from Dell describes what’s coming up at the company’s exhibit at SC15 in Austin. With a 50×50 exhibit and two booth theaters,...
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TACC to Speed Lonestar Supercomputer with DDN SFA14K
Today DDN announced that the Texas Advanced Computing Center has selected the company's new SFA14KTM to deliver the performance, capacity and density needed for...
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Seagate SSDs Boost Analytics on Comet Supercomputer
The San Diego Supercomputer Center is adding 800GB Seagate SAS SSDs to significantly boost the data analytics capability of its Comet supercomputer. To expand its...
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With APEX, National Labs Collaborate to Develop Next-Gen Supercomputers
Today Los Alamos, Lawrence Berkeley, and Sandia national laboratories announced the Alliance for Application Performance at Extreme Scale (APEX). The new collaboration...
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CycleCloud V5 Enables Single Dashboard for Major Cloud Service Providers
Today Cycle Computing unveiled the latest version of its flagship product CycleCloud v5. This version contains a number of enhancements including a single dashboard...
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Nvidia Releases Machine Learning Products for Hyperscale Datacenters
“The artificial intelligence race is on,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Machine learning is unquestionably one of the most important developments...
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insideHPC Special Report on HPC Weather Forecasting and Climate Research
In the pantheon of HPC grand challenges, weather forecasting and long term climate simulation rank right up there with the most complex and computationally demanding...
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HPC Thought Leaders Headline Intel Community Hub at SC15
"Looking for the HPC community thought leaders at SC15? You will find many of them at the Intel Community Hub where hourly interactive discussions will featureHPC...
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LSU Deploys IBM Power8 Delta Supercomputer
Today LSU announced the deployment of a POWER8-based supercomputer to advance big data research in Louisiana. Named Delta, the new supercomputer's unique design...
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X-ISS to Bring ManagedHPC to Europe
Today eXcellence in IS Solutions (X-ISS) announced plans for European expansion. With details to be unveiled at the SC15, X-ISS will expand its signature ManagedHPC...
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A Foodie’s Guide to Restaurants and Entertainment in Austin
With SC15 in Austin this year, we all have a lot of good food and entertainment in store. In this special guest feature from the Print 'n Fly Guide to Austin, William...
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SC15 Diversity Sessions Coming to Austin
The SC15 Blog has published a listing of Diversity Sessions not to miss. Just a week away, the SC15 conference runs Nov. 15-20 in Austin. The post SC15 Diversity...
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SGI’s CEO Jorge Titinger Recognized as Top 100 Hispanic Leaders in Technology
Today SGI announced that Jorge Titinger, president and CEO of SGI, was named by the Hispanic IT Executive Council to the HITEC 100, a comprehensive list of theSGI’s...
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Interview: Brent Gorda from Intel on the Keys to Startup Innovation for HPC
"Successful startups are the ones who have knowledge and a strong focus on a problem to solve. Knowledge comes from experience and there is no better way to accumulate...
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TACC Speeds Big Data Analytics with Nomadic Computing
Researchers at TACC have developed a new tool to analyze bigger datasets using supercomputers and machine learning algorithms. Called NOMAD, the tool can pull insights...
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How to Move HPC Forward in Europe
"With a differentiated strategy, sufficient investment, and political will, Europe has what it takes to be a global player and to achieve this ambitious goal. We...
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DEEP Project Unveils 500 Teraflop Prototype
The EU-funded DEEP Project has unveiled their innovative HPC platform: a 500 TFlop/s prototype system that implements a Cluster-Booster concept that has a lot in...
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