by Rich Brueckner on (#48SR2)
The Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany is seeking a Computer Scientist in our Job of the Week. "The institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Agrosphere contributes to an improved understanding and reliable prediction of hydrologic and biogeochemical processes in terrestrial systems. You will develop and apply advanced geoscientific simulation software in high-performance computing environments of the Jülich Supercomuting Centre."The post Job of the Week: Computer Scientist at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#48SMW)
Adrian Reber from Red Hat gave this talk at the FOSDEM'19 conference. "In this talk I want to give an introduction about the OpenHPC project. Why do we need something like OpenHPC? What are the goals of OpenHPC? Who is involved in OpenHPC and how is the project organized? What is the actual result of the OpenHPC project? It also has been some time (it was FOSDEM 2016) since OpenHPC was part of the HPC, Big Data and Data Science devroom, so that it seems a good opportunity for an OpenHPC status update and what has happened in the last three years."The post Video: OpenHPC Update appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48QSN)
Today the Barcelona Supercomputing Center announced it will foster the EUCANCan project to allow both research and cancer treatments to be shared and re-used by the European and Canadian scientific community. As demonstrated by earlier work, research that merges and reanalyzes biomedical data from different studies significantly increases the chances of new discoveries.The post BSC fosters EUCANCan Project to share and reuse cancer genomic data worldwide appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#48QM2)
Christoph Angerer from NVIDIA gave this talk at FOSDEM'19. "The next big step in data science will combine the ease of use of common Python APIs, but with the power and scalability of GPU compute. The RAPIDS project is the first step in giving data scientists the ability to use familiar APIs and abstractions while taking advantage of the same technology that enables dramatic increases in speed in deep learning. This session highlights the progress that has been made on RAPIDS, discusses how you can get up and running doing data science on the GPU, and provides some use cases involving graph analytics as motivation."The post Rapids: Data Science on GPUs appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Richard Friedman on (#48QM4)
The Intel VTune™ Amplifier Platform Profiler on Windows* and Linux* systems shows you critical data about the running platform that help identify common system configuration errors that may be causing performance issues and bottlenecks. Fixing these issues, or modifying the application to work around them, can greatly improve overall performance.The post Are Platform Configuration Problems Degrading Your Application’s Performance? appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48QM6)
The United States is making exciting changes to how computer models will be developed in the future to support the nation’s weather and climate forecast system. NOAA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have joined forces to help the nation’s weather and climate modeling scientists achieve mutual benefits through more strategic collaboration, shared resources and information.The post NOAA and NCAR team up for Weather and Climate Modeling appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48NH0)
Today Supermicro launched its Early Shipment Program for servers and storage systems that customers can validate using next-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors which are expected to be officially released later this year. "Supermicro’s entire X11 portfolio is optimized to fully leverage the next-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and future innovations including Intel Optane DC persistent memory and Intel Deep Learning Boost technology to enable more efficient AI (artificial intelligence) acceleration."The post Supermicro Early Shipments Available: Intel Xeon Servers with Optane DC Persistent Memory appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48NBR)
The ISC 2019 conference has announced the teams that will compete in their Student Cluster Competition. The annual event takes place June 16-20 in Hamburg, Germany. "Now in its eighth year, the ISC HPCAI Advisory Council Student Cluster Competition enables international STEM teams to take part in a real-time contest focused on advancing STEM disciplines and HPC skills development. To take home top honors, twelve teams will have the opportunity to showcase systems of their own design, adhering to strict power constraints and achieve the highest performance across a series of standard HPC benchmarks and applications."The post ISC 2019 Announces Lineup for Student Cluster Competition appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48NBS)
Today IBM announced an ambitious plan to create a global research hub to develop next-generation AI hardware and expand their joint research efforts in nanotechnology. As part of a $3 billion commitment, the IBM Research AI Hardware Center will be the nucleus of a new ecosystem of research and commercial partners collaborating with IBM researchers to further accelerate the development of AI-optimized hardware innovations.The post IBM Research Ai Hardware Center to Drive Next-Generation AI Chips appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48N6S)
In this video, NEC’s Oliver Tennert and AMD’s Dan Bounds describe how the two companies are developing high density computing solutions using AMD EPYC processors and liquid cooling for the aerospace and automotive industries. "More and more datacenters put a lot of efforts into reducing their cooling costs even further by making the leap to direct hot-water cooling. In this concept the water has an inlet temperature of up to 45 degrees Celsius and directly cools CPU, memory and other equipment by elements that are part of a closed water circuit. NEC works together with AMD to enable the best solution for each datacenter."The post NEC Steps Up with AMD EPYC Servers for Aerospace and Automotive appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48N2F)
In this special guest feature, Cydney Ewald Stevens from the HPC Ai Advisory Council writes that the Stanford HPC Conference will focus using technology to build a better world. "AI and HPC practitioners share passions for cutting-edge technology and breakthrough R&D at Stanford University next week at the ninth annual Stanford Conference. The two-day conference will bring leaders from academia, government and industry together to share first-hand insights on innovative research, techniques, tools and technologies that are fueling economies, productivity and progress globally."The post Stanford HPC Conference: Innovating the Way to the Future appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48K3S)
Today ThinkParQ announced its Platinum Partnership with Pacific Teck in APAC. Founded in 2013, Pacific Teck brings cutting edge technology products from around the world to the APAC region and since 2017, Pacific Teck has been paramount in the success and growth of BeeGFS in the deployments in APAC.The post BGFS File System Shows Momentum in Asia with Pacific Teck appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#48JYJ)
Eduardo Arango from Sylabs gave this talk at FOSDEM'19. "Singularity is the most widely used container solution in high-performance computing. Enterprise users interested in AI, Deep Learning, compute drive analytics, and IOT are increasingly demanding HPC-like resources. At runtime, Singularity blurs the lines between the container and the host system allowing users to read and write persistent data and leverage hardware like GPUs and Infiniband with ease."The post Video: Reproducible Science with Containers on HPC through Singularity appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48JYM)
Today WekaIO announced record performance on the IO-500 10 Node Challenge benchmark. The Virtual Institute for I/O has placed WekaIO Matrix in first place on the IO-500 10 Node Challenge list, beating out massive supercomputer installations. VI4IO republished the 10 Node Challenge list with the new rankings indicating Matrix as number one—31 percent faster than IBM Spectrum Scale and 85 percent faster than DDN Lustre.The post WekaIO Beats Big Systems on the IO-500 10 Node Challenge appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48JS1)
Professor Michela Taufer from the University of Tennessee has been selected to receive a 2019 IBM Faculty Award. "This $20,000 USD award is highly competitive and recognizes her leadership in High Performance Computing and its importance to the computing industry. As HPC and Ai converge, Dr. Taufer will lead work with IBM to bring the IBM Onsite Deep Learning Workshop to the UT campus."The post SC19 Chair Michela Taufer Selected to Receive 2019 IBM Faculty Award appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#48JS2)
The HPC Ai Advisory Council has posted the Agenda for the Stanford HPC Conference. The event takes place Feb. 14-15 in Palo Alto. "Focused on contributing to making the world a better place, our only US-based conference draws together renowned subject matter experts (SMEs) - from private and public sectors to startups and global giants, from across interests and industries in the valley and beyond - to explore the domains and disciplines fueling huge advances in new and ongoing research, innovation, and breakthrough discoveries."The post Agenda Posted for Stanford HPC Conference Next Week appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#48GM9)
Damien Francois gave this talk at FOSDEM'19. "The world of HPC and the world of BigData are slowly, but surely, converging. The HPC world realizes that there are more to data storage than just files and that 'self-service' ideas are tempting. In the meantime, the BigData world realizes that co-processors and fast networks can really speedup analytics. And indeed, all major public Cloud services now have an HPC offering. And many academic HPC centres start to offer Cloud infrastructures and BigData-related tools."The post The convergence of HPC and BigData: What does it mean for HPC sysadmins? appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48GFG)
Today the European EGI Federation announced that it has reached 1,000,000 million cores of high-throughput compute capacity for research. Headquartered in the Netherlands, EGI is a federation of almost 300 data centers worldwide and 21 cloud providers united by a mission to support research activities at all scales, from individuals to small research groups and large collaborations.The post EGI Federation Reaches 1,000,000 Cores appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48GAM)
Today DDN announced that RAID Inc. has been named a preferred reseller of DDN’s distribution of Lustre. "As the primary developer, maintainer and technical support provider for Lustre software, DDN implements solutions for extreme, data-intensive environments,†said Paul Bloch, president and co-founder, DDN. “Having RAID Inc. so closely aligned with us provides a real advantage in delivering the most powerful solutions to customers.â€The post RAID Inc. Becomes Preferred Lustre Reseller for DDN Whamcloud appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48GAN)
Today Atos announced that the Hartree Centre will soon become the home of the first Atos Quantum Learning Machine in the UK. "We’re thrilled to be enabling UK companies to explore and prepare for the future of quantum computing," said Alison Kennedy, Director of the STFC Hartree Centre. "This collaboration will build on our growing expertise in this exciting area of computing and result in more resilient technology solutions being developed for industry.â€The post Atos to Deploy Quantum Learning Machine at STFC Hartree Centre appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48EAH)
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang will deliver the opening keynote address at the 10th annual GPU Technology Conference, being held March 17-21, in San Jose, Calif. "If you’re interested in AI, there’s no better place in the world to connect to a broad spectrum of developers and decision makers than GTC Silicon Valley,†said Greg Estes, vice president of developer programs at NVIDIA. “This event has grown tenfold in 10 years for a reason — it’s where experts from academia, Fortune 500 enterprises and the public sector share their latest work furthering AI and other advanced technologies.â€The post NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to Keynote World’s Premier AI Conference appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#48EAJ)
In this podcast, Peter Braam looks at how TensorFlow framework could be used to accelerate high performance computing. "Google has developed TensorFlow, a truly complete platform for ML. The performance of the platform is amazing, and it begs the question if it will be useful for HPC in a similar manner that GPU’s heralded a revolution."The post Video: TensorFlow for HPC? appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48E02)
SkyScale's Tim Miller contends that the recent combination of One Stop Systems and Bressner create an ideal European ‘AI on the Fly’ embedded HPC partner for OEMs addressing the growing HPC at the Edge and HPC on the move markets. In this guest post, Miller explores how high performance embedded computing can address the growing HPC at the Edge and HPC on the move markets.The post High Performance Embedded Computing appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#48E03)
Prof. Dr. Dieter Kranzlmüller from the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Germany gave this talk at the Intel User Forum. "The next generation of supercomputing has arrived at LRZ with SuperMUC-NG. Learn how LRZ scientists and researchers are using a supercomputer driven by Intel Xeon Scalable processors and optimizing the system for power and storage."The post Video: The Quest for the Highest Performance – Supporting Science with SuperMUC-NG appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48BZN)
The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology will host the second HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge February 22-24, 2019. This life sciences hackathon brings together students and professionals who attempt to solve challenges using an emerging technology, and apply it to biotech and the life sciences. "The HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge is a great opportunity to introduce genomics, genetics and biotech to existing and emerging leaders in computer science and technology,†said Adam Hott, EdD, digital applications lead at HudsonAlpha."The post HudsonAlpha to host BioTech Hackathon in Huntsville appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#48BZQ)
In this podcast, Doug Kothe from the Exascale Computing Project describes the 2019 ECP Annual Meeting. "Key topics to be covered at the meeting are discussions of future systems, software stack plans, and interactions with facilities. Several parallel sessions are also planned throughout the meeting."The post Podcast: Doug Kothe Looks back at the Exascale Computing Project Annual Meeting appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48AFC)
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team takes a second look at China’s plans for the Tianhe-3 exascale supercomputer. "According to news articles, Tianhe-3 will be 200 times faster than Tianhe-1, with 100x more storage. What we don’t know is if these comparisons are relative to Tianhe-1 or Tianhe 1A. The later machine weighs in at 2.256 PFlop/s which means that Tianhe-3 might be as fast as 450 PFlop/s when complete. We also made a reference to a past episode, which we know you remember vividly, where we discussed China’s three-pronged strategy for exascale."The post Podcast: China Tianhe-3 Exascale machine is coming appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#48AC2)
Reservoir Labs is seeking a Research Engineer in our Job of the Week. We are working on some of the most interesting and challenging problems related to high-performance computing and compilers, cybersecurity, advanced algorithms, and high-performance data analytics. "You will be closely guided and mentored by one of our experienced researchers, providing you with an unparalleled learning experience. You will have the opportunity to publish your own research papers, attend client meetings and academic conferences."The post Job of the Week: Research Engineer at Reservoir Labs in New York appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#485MR)
Lustre is a widely-used parallel file system in the High Performance Computing (HPC) market. It offers the performance required for HPC workloads, with its parallel design, flexibility, and scalability. This sponsored post explores HPE scalable storage and the Lustre parallel file system, and outlines 'a middle ground' available via solutions that offer the combination of Community Lustre within a qualified hardware solution.The post HPE Scalable Storage for Lustre: The Middle Way appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#488HR)
In this special guest post, Thomas Francis writes that the Cloud is stepping up to answer the computational challenges of Ai and HPC. "Cloud delivers cost savings and efficiencies which are nice to have. But the reason companies are adopting the cloud is because suddenly it is a competitive advantage. And conversely, using your company's precious resources on buying and managing aging hardware is a disadvantage."The post Why HPC Cloud is your Competitive Advantage appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#488C1)
In this video from the Intel User Forum at SC18, Prabhat from NERSC presents: Performance and Productivity in the Big Data Era. "At the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, HPC and AI converge and advance with Intel technologies. Explore how technologies, trends, and performance optimizations are applied to applications such as CosmoFlow using TensorFlow to help us better understand the universe."The post Video: Performance and Productivity in the Big Data Era appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#486JP)
Today the Revolution In Simulation announced that the Aras Corporation has joined their technology alliance a new sponsor for 2019. "As a non-profit seeking initiative, our sponsors are critical in fueling the Democratization of Simulation movement," said RevSim.Org co-founder, Rich McFall. "We are excited to see Aras joining other market leaders who are demonstrating their revolutionary thought leadership by supporting RevSim.Org with their expertise, resources and funding that benefits industrial users of simulation technologies.â€The post Aras Joins the Revolution in Simulation Technology Alliance appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#486EZ)
Sandia National Laboratories researchers are looking to shape the future of computing through a series of quantum information science projects. As part of the work, they will collaborate to design and develop a new quantum computer that will use trapped atomic ion technology. "Quantum information science represents the next frontier in the information age," said U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry this fall when he announced $218 million in DOE funding for the research.The post Sandia steps up to New Quantum Computing Projects appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#485RX)
The next big supercomputer is out for bid. An RFP was released today for Crossroads, an 18 Megawatt system that will support the nation’s Stockpile Stewardship Program. "Los Alamos National Laboratory is proud to serve as the home of Crossroads. This high-performance computer will continue the Laboratory’s tradition of deploying unique capabilities to achieve our mission of national security science,†said Thom Mason from LANL."The post LANL Solicits Bids for 18 MW Crossroads Supercomputer for Delivery in 2021 appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#483TY)
NVIDIA is making deploying state-of-the-art AI data centers easier with their NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program and the help of a growing lineup of NVIDIA partners. "With the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program, customers get access to world-class data center services offered through a qualified network of NVIDIA colocation partners. Through colocation, these customers can avoid getting mired in the challenges of facilities planning and instead focus on gaining insights from and innovating with their data. Using the program, businesses can deploy NVIDIA DGX systems and recently announced DGX reference architecture solutions from DDN, IBM Storage, NetApp and Pure Storage, with speed, simplicity and an affordable op-ex model."The post New NVIDIA DGX-Ready Program Allows Data Centers to Deploy AI with Ease appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#483B3)
Today Intel announced that their new 28-core Intel Xeon W-3175X processor is now available. "Built for handling heavily threaded applications and tasks, the Intel Xeon W-3175X processor delivers uncompromising single- and all-core world-class performance for the most advanced professional creators and their demanding workloads. With the most cores and threads, CPU PCIe lanes, and memory capacity of any Intel desktop processor, the Intel Xeon W-3175X processor has the features that matter for massive mega-tasking projects such as film editing and 3D rendering."The post Intel steps up with 28 core Xeon Processor for High-End Workstations appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#483B5)
In this video from the 2019 EasyBuild User Meeting, Kenneth Hoste from the University of Ghent presents: EasyBuild State of the Union. "EasyBuild is a software build and installation framework that allows you to manage (scientific) software on HPC systems in an efficient way. The EasyBuild User Meeting includes presentations by both EasyBuild users and developers, next to hands-on sessions."The post Video: EasyBuild State of the Union appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#48354)
In this video, scientists simulate the formation of a solar flare, including for the first time the spectrum of light emissions known to be associated with such flares. "This work allows us to provide an explanation for why flares look like the way they do, not just at a single wavelength, but in visible wavelengths, in ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, and in X-rays," said Mark Cheung, a staff physicist at Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory and a visiting scholar at Stanford University. "We are explaining the many colors of solar flares."The post Video: A comprehensive Simulation of a Solar Flare appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#480Y3)
Hyperion Research has posted the Speaker Agenda for the HPC User Forum, which takes place April 1-3 in Santa Fe. "Key topics will include updates from senior officials on America's Exascale Computing Project, Japan and the EuroHPC exascale initiative, along with using clouds for HPC workloads, metadata and archiving, STEM education, HPDA-AI, and quantum computing."The post Agenda Posted: April HPC User Forum in Santa Fe appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#480S7)
NVIDIA Quadro Virtual Workstations are now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, enabling virtual workstation performance for more artists, engineers and designers. "Starting today, Microsoft Azure cloud customers in industries like architecture, entertainment, oil and gas, and manufacturing can easily deploy the advanced GPU-accelerated capabilities of Quadro Virtual Workstation (Quadro vWS) whenever, wherever they need it."The post NVIDIA Quadro Comes to the Microsoft Azure Cloud appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#480S9)
In this talk from the Intel User Forum at SC18, Dan Stanzione from TACC presents: Computing for the Endless Frontier. "Coming to TACC in 2019, the Frontera supercomputer will be powered by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. It will be the first major HPC system to deploy the Intel Optane DC persistent memory technology for a range of HPC and AI uses. Anticipated early projects on Frontera include analyses of particle collisions from the Large Hadron Collider, global climate modeling, improved hurricane forecasting, and multi-messenger astronomy."The post Video: Computing for the Endless Frontier at TACC appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#47YK3)
Last week in Finland, Mellanox announced that its 200 Gigabit HDR InfiniBand solutions were selected to accelerate a multi-phase supercomputer system at CSC – the Finnish IT Center for Science. The new supercomputers, set to be deployed in 2019 and 2020 by Atos, will serve the Finnish researchers in universities and research institutes, enhancing climate, renewable energy, astrophysics, nanomaterials and bioscience, among a wide range of exploration activities. The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) will have their own separate partition for diverse simulation tasks ranging from ocean fluxes to atmospheric modeling and space physics.The post 200 Gigabit HDR InfiniBand to Power New Atos Supercomputers at CSC in Finland appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#47YDX)
New research based on simulations using the Blue Waters supercomputer at NCSA reveals that when galaxies assemble extremely rapidly -- and sometimes violently -- that can lead to the formation of very massive black holes. In these rare galaxies, normal star formation is disrupted and black hole formation takes over. "We on the Blue Waters Project are very excited about this accomplishment and very pleased that Blue Waters, with its unique capabilities, once again enabled science that was not feasible on any other system,†said Bill Kramer, the Blue Waters Principal Investigator and Director.The post Supercomputing the Formation of Black Holes appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#47YDZ)
Rice University’s Ken Kennedy Institute will host the 12th annual Rice Oil and Gas High Performance Computing Conference (OGHPC) in Houston, Texas on March 4 - 6, 2019. "With the end of Moore’s law, challenges are mounting around a rapidly changing technology landscape," said Jan E. Odegard, Executive Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute. "The end of one era is an opportunity for advancements and the beginning of a new era – a renaissance for system architectures that highlights the need for investments in workforce, algorithms, software, and hardware to support system scalability.â€The post Rice Oil & Gas Conference in March to look for ways to meet HPC Demand appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#47Y93)
In this slidecast, Greg Stewart from Novel Therm describes how the company provides HPC As a Service using geothermal energy. As a wholesale provider of Geothermal HPC Data Centers, Novel Therm is a truly renewable energy source option for your HPC data center. "Tell us what you need and we will create a fixed price, wholesale, green energy solution for your data center needs. We will save you money and time while saving the planet. Low Impact Geothermal Energy Is At The Core Of What We Do."The post Slidecast: Novel Therm Powers HPC as a Service with Geothermal Energy appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#47WD3)
In this video from the Intel User Forum at SC18, Raj Hazra from Intel presents: Our Journey…Accelerating. "This talk highlights the innovations needed at the infrastructure, compute, and programming level to realize the “fourth paradigm.†See how Intel’s unmatched data-centric compute platform, as well as innovations in memory and storage technologies, enable the capabilities needed to meet current and future demands in the convergence of HPC and AI. Uncover performance results across a range of HPC and AI benchmarks and real applications on the recently announced Cascade Lake advanced performance processor including the design win at HLRN."The post Raj Hazra from Intel presents: Our Journey… Accelerating appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#47WAA)
In this special guest feature, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World writes that a whole new set of processor choices could shake up high performance computing. "While Intel is undoubtedly the king of the hill when it comes to HPC processors – with more than 90 per cent of the Top500 using Intel-based technologies – the advances made by other companies, such as AMD, the re-introduction of IBM and the maturing Arm ecosystem are all factors that mean that Intel faces stiffer competition than it has for a decade."The post Choice Comes to HPC: A Year in Processor Development appeared first on insideHPC.
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by Rich Brueckner on (#47TWA)
The American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an HPC Computational Scientist in our Job of the Week. "American University of Sharjah (AUS) invites applications for an HPC computational scientist position commencing in the Fall 2019 semester at the latest. AUS is seeking a highly motivated senior programmer with proven experience in developing software for research applications, with emphasis on utilizing open source tools and platforms. The successful applicant is expected to promote and support the development of research-oriented applications that utilize the AUS HPC cluster in a variety of domains that include all engineering disciplines, biology and bioengineering, finance and more."The post Job of the Week: HPC Computational Scientist at the American University of Sharjah appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#47TSK)
In this episode of Radio Free HPC, Dan, Henry, and Shahin start with a spirited discussion about IBM's recent announcement of a "crowd sourced weather prediction application." Henry was dubious as to whether Big Blue could get access to the data they need in order to truly put out a valuable product. Dan had questions about the value of the crowd sourced data and how it could be scrubbed in order to be useful. Shahin was pretty favorable towards IBM’s plans and believes that they will solve the problems that Henry and Dan raised.The post Podcast: Weather Forecasting Goes Crowdsourcing, Q means Quantum appeared first on insideHPC.
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by staff on (#47RRV)
In this Intel Chip Chat podcast, Dr. Pradeep Dubey, Intel Fellow and director of its Parallel Computing Lab, explains why it makes sense for the HPC and Ai to come together and how Intel is supporting this convergence. "AI developers tend to be data scientists, focused on deriving intelligence and insights from massive amounts of digital data, rather than typical HPC programmers with deep system programming skills. Because Intel architecture serves as the foundation for both AI and HPC workloads, Intel is uniquely positioned to drive their convergence. Its technologies and products span processing, memory, and networking at ever-increasing levels of power and scalability."The post Podcast: How AI and HPC Are Converging with Support from Intel Technology appeared first on insideHPC.
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