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SC21 (November 14-19) has announced that registration (both on-site and online) is now open for this year’s conference, to be held for the first time in St. Louis. “We understand there may be unforeseeable events related to COVID-19 that may impact attendee travel or on-site participation,” conference organizers said in their announcement. “If you are […]The post Registration Now Open for SC21 appeared first on insideHPC.

The everlasting rat’s nest that is scientific computing data management, the permanent quest for more advanced-level processing power, and investments in new fabs for advanced chips are HPC topics in the news this week. Taking on data management at the upper reaches of data-intensive workloads is Harvard University Associate Professor Stratos Idreos, who two years […]The post HPC in the News: Data Management Automation and Faster Processor Gates; Intel and TSMC in Arizona, Europe appeared first on insideHPC.

With hope of making quantum computing an automotive innovative engine, BMW today invited researchers, start-ups and companies from the quantum computing community to propose solutions for industrial challenges to the BMW Group Quantum Computing Challenge. In collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) and its Braket managed quantum computing service, the challenge entrants will develop […]The post BMW Kicks Off Crowd-sourced Quantum Challenge with AWS; Sept. 24 Deadline appeared first on insideHPC.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), preeclampsia, or pregnancy-related hypertension, occurs in roughly one in 25 pregnancies in the United States. The causes are unknown and childbirth is the only remedy, which can sometimes lead to adverse perinatal outcomes, such as preterm delivery. To better understand this serious pregnancy complication, which reduces blood supply to the fetus, researchers used Comet at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego to conduct cellular modeling to detail the differences between normal and preeclampsia placental tissue.The post Modeling on SDSC’s Comet Supercomputer Reveals Findings on Pregnancy-related Hypertension appeared first on insideHPC.

The recent proliferation of new hardware technologies has galvanized the high-performance computing (HPC) community and created the ability to deliver the nation’s forthcoming exascale-capable supercomputers and data centers. It has also made LLVM-based compiler technology the default gatekeeper to these new systems. LLVM, an open-source collection of compiler and toolchain technologies, serves as a test bed for proposed parallelization extensions (e.g., the interoperability directive in OpenMP 5.1) and as a vehicle to provide production-quality parallel compiler implementations. Johannes Doerfert, a researcher at Argonne National Laboratory, notes that “LLVM is a vehicle to provide performant implementations of OpenMP....The post LLVM Holds the Keys to Exascale Supercomputing appeared first on insideHPC.

The Pentagon’s cancellation of the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract won in 2019 by Microsoft – the biggest tech story of the week and surely one of the biggest of the year – has major implications for the HPC and Big AI sectors. Though just what they are or will be is, for now, […]The post Pentagon Document Shows HPC Key to DoD’s Post-JEDI Cloud Strategy; Early Co-favorites: AWS and Azure appeared first on insideHPC.

This is episode 82 of the Let’s Talk Exascale podcast, provided by the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project, exploring the expected impacts of exascale-class supercomputing. This is the third in a series on sharing best practices in preparing applications for the upcoming Aurora exascale supercomputer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. The series highlights […]The post Let’s Talk Exascale Code Development: WDMAPP—XGC, GENE, GEM appeared first on insideHPC.

Researchers at Ghent University, Amsterdam University of Medicine, National Chiao Tung University, UNSW Sydney, Illumina, and the Baylor College of Medicine have built one of the most comprehensive catalogs of the human transcriptome ever. By combining complementary sequencing techniques, they have deepened our understanding of the function of known ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules and discovered […]The post TACC’s Stampede2 HPC Helps ID New RNA Molecules for Disease Study appeared first on insideHPC.

Announced last October, NVIDIA today launched Cambridge-1, calling it the United Kingdom’s most powerful supercomputer. Enabling scientists and healthcare experts to use the combination of AI and simulation to accelerate the digital biology revolution, Cambridge-1 represents a $100 million investment by NVIDIA. Cambridge-1 brings together NVIDIA’s work in accelerated computing, AI and life sciences, where […]The post NVIDIA Claims Install of UK’s Top Supercomputer, for Research in AI and Healthcare appeared first on insideHPC.

Startup Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has launched what it said is the UK’s first commercially available quantum computing-as-a-Service. OQC said its proprietary quantum technology will be available to enterprises via its private cloud. OQC’s partner, Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC), will be the first to be given access to the private cloud to demonstrate its IronBridge […]The post Oxford Quantum Circuits Claims UK’s First Quantum Computing as-a-Service appeared first on insideHPC.

This insideHPC technology guide, “insideHPC Guide to HPC Fusion Computing Model – A Reference Architecture for Liberating Data,” discusses how organizations need to adopt a Fusion Computing Model to meet the needs of processing, analyzing, and storing the data to no longer be static. Fusion computing provides a reference architecture with multiple configurations. “We went back to evaluate the first principles of why we store and move data. The Fusion Computing Model looks at a broader integration of capabilities to put agility back at the data center model.”The post insideHPC Guide to HPC Fusion Computing Model – A Reference Architecture for Liberating Data (Part 3) appeared first on insideHPC.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) has awarded 16 projects totaling 6.75 million node-hours at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF). Each year, the ASCR program, which manages some of the world’s most powerful supercomputing facilities, selects ALCC projects in areas that aim to further DOE […]The post ALCF Computing Time Awarded to 16 projects appeared first on insideHPC.

This podcast from the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) examines the ExaGraph Project, an ECP co-design center, tasked with developing efficient implementation of graph algorithms. Along with technical aspects of graph algorithms, the podcast looks at the significance of graph algorithms and their widespread use. Taking part in the podcast are ExaGraph Project […]The post Exascale Computing Project and Exagraph: Applying Graph Algorithms appeared first on insideHPC.

insideHPC offers a rich lineup of video events and interviews for virtual ISC 2021, including off-hours events designed to enlighten and entertain along with a host of vendor interviews with HPC companies. Today at 3:30 pm Eastern Time/midnight CET we offer an off-hours event: ISC Retrospective: HPC Experts Discuss the Highpoints of ISC 2021, a […]The post insideHPC’s ISC Video Lineup: Experts Talk ISC Highlights, ‘HPC Shark Tank’ and Our Vendor Interviews appeared first on insideHPC.

This insideHPC technology guide, "insideHPC Guide to HPC Fusion Computing Model – A Reference Architecture for Liberating Data," discusses how organizations need to adopt a Fusion Computing Model to meet the needs of processing, analyzing, and storing the data to no longer be static. Fusion computing provides a reference architecture with multiple configurations. “We went back to evaluate the first principles of why we store and move data. The Fusion Computing Model looks at a broader integration of capabilities to put agility back at the data center model.”The post insideHPC Guide to HPC Fusion Computing Model – A Reference Architecture for Liberating Data (Part 2) appeared first on insideHPC.

Research by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicist and a group of collaborators is shedding light on one of the major challenges to realizing the potential of quantum computing — error correction. In a new paper published in Nature and co-authored by LLNL physicist Jonathan DuBois, scientists examined quantum computing stability, particularly what causes errors and […]The post Quantum Errors Not Random, Tied to Cosmic Rays, Researchers Say appeared first on insideHPC.

insideHPC offers a rich lineup of video events and interviews for virtual ISC 2021, including off-hours events designed to enlighten and entertain along with a host of vendor interviews with HPC companies. We currently feature an ISC Off-Hours Event aired yesterday: insideHPC’s “HPC Shark Tank” — insideHPC hosts a TV gameshow-like event as two start-ups […]The post insideHPC’s ISC Video Lineup: ‘HPC Shark Tank,’ Experts Talk ISC Highlights and Our Vendor Interviews appeared first on insideHPC.

The new edition of the Top500 saw the Japanese Fugaku supercomputer solidify its number one status in a list that the list organizers said shows a somewhat static and flattening performance growth curve. Just one new system made it into the top 10 (here’s the complete list). Fugaku performance is now at 442 petaflops on […]The post Fugaku Stays on Top of Top500 Supercomputer List – But Is China Hiding Something? appeared first on insideHPC.

Atos, with its BullSequana line of supercomputers, will no doubt be a prominent player at this year’s ISC conference. While ISC is an international HPC event, it has, after all, a strong European flavor – even if this year’s edition isn’t in Frankfurt but instead is virtual (for the last time, we hope). Atos has […]The post Atos Comes into ISC off Strong Year in HPC appeared first on insideHPC.