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X-ISS Launches CloudHPC Service
From insideHPC

X-ISS Launches CloudHPC Service

Today X-ISS rolled out CloudHPC, a consulting service created to guide organizations through the complex process of moving their HPC systems into the cloud environment...

Cray Scales Fluent to 129,000 Compute Cores
From insideHPC

Cray Scales Fluent to 129,000 Compute Cores

Today Cray announced a world record by scaling ANSYS Fluent to 129,000 compute cores. "Less than a year ago, ANSYS announced Fluent had scaled to 36,000 cores with...

Intel HPC Developer Conference Coming to SC15
From insideHPC

Intel HPC Developer Conference Coming to SC15

The first annual Intel HPC Developer Conference is coming to Austin Nov. 14-15 in conjunction with SC15. "The Intel® HPC Developer Conference will bring together...

The Security Risks of Third-party Data
From Schneier on Security

The Security Risks of Third-party Data

Most of us get to be thoroughly relieved that our emails weren't in the Ashley Madison database. But don't get too comfortable. Whatever secrets you have, even...

Best Practices for Maximizing GPU Resources in HPC Clusters
From insideHPC

Best Practices for Maximizing GPU Resources in HPC Clusters

HPC developers want to write code and create new applications. The advanced nature of HPC often requires that this process be associated with specific hardwareBest...

Seeing Hololens VR in Space
From The Eponymous Pickle

Seeing Hololens VR in Space

In Tech Review: Have seen several demonstrations of space use of virtual reality applications.   In one way it expands the ability to display data and interaction...

Samsung Smart Things
From The Eponymous Pickle

Samsung Smart Things

In AdAge:     Samsung to Roll Out Smart Home Product This Month .... Smart Things Will Compete With Google's Nest and Apple's Home Kit ... " 

How the QPACE 2 Supercomputer is Solving Quantum Physics with Intel Xeon Phi
From insideHPC

How the QPACE 2 Supercomputer is Solving Quantum Physics with Intel Xeon Phi

In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Tilo Wettig from the University of Regensburg in Germany describes the unusual design of a supercomputer...

IOT Central
From The Eponymous Pickle

IOT Central

New:   IOT Central, from the folks that brought you Data Science Central (DSC)."  .... We are very excited to announce the official launch of a brand new community...

Complicated Solutions To Simple Problems
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Complicated Solutions To Simple Problems

I found this on the Internet today via Twitter.It works. Well more or less. I can imagine cases where it might not but they include other problems. It’s not very...

CS Principles and Creativity
From Computer Science Teachers Association

CS Principles and Creativity

Students will likely need exposure to, and practice with the CS Principles big Idea “Creativity” many, many times before a “creative – innovative – mindset” isContinue...

Value of Virtual Shopping Experiences
From The Eponymous Pickle

Value of Virtual Shopping Experiences

In Cisco Blog:   Note the mention of collaborative experts in store,  AKA a virtual assistant.  Covered much recently here.   Consider carving out the assistant...

Video: Scalable High Performance Systems
From insideHPC

Video: Scalable High Performance Systems

In this video, Alexandru Iosup from the TU Delft presents: Scalable High Performance Systems. "During this masterclass, Alexandru discussed several steps towards...

Cache or Scratchpad? Why choose?
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Cache or Scratchpad? Why choose?

The following is a special contribution to this blog by CCC Executive Council Member Mark D. Hill of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Full disclosure: He had...

Marketing and On Line Video at Zero Moment of Truth
From The Eponymous Pickle

Marketing and On Line Video at Zero Moment of Truth

In Think With Google:  Stats and thoughts about using online video for marketing.  Varies significantly with category,  but clearly engaging and influential.  'moment...

New Pentagon High Tech Venture: Embedded Sensors
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Pentagon High Tech Venture: Embedded Sensors

In CIO Today.    A direction that will create new floods of data.Dense Secretary Ash Carter [announced that] the Pentagon is funding a new venture to develop cutting...

Podcast: Preemptible VMs Lower Cost of Cancer Research at Broad Insitutue
From insideHPC

Podcast: Preemptible VMs Lower Cost of Cancer Research at Broad Insitutue

In this podcast, Jason Stowe from Cycle Computing describes how the Broad Institute is mapping cancer genes with CycleCloud. According to Stowe, Cycle Computing...

GoPro Now Selling 3D Rig
From The Eponymous Pickle

GoPro Now Selling 3D Rig

On the Verge: The idea is to capture a 3D video space with sixteen video cameras arranged in a ring.   Could be used for commercial VR applications and 3D filmmaking...

Job Creating Machines
From The Eponymous Pickle

Job Creating Machines

Technology and People: The Great Job Creating Machine, Via Jim SpohrerWith discussion.A concise piece that provides a good introduction to basic interactions mechanisms...

Reducing Your Data Center “Water Guilt”
From insideHPC

Reducing Your Data Center “Water Guilt”

Concerns over data center water usage have become topical both in the industry and even in the general press of late. This is not a bad thing as data center water...
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