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Sarah Middleton from GSK gave this talk at DOE CSGF 2019. "Advances in techniques for single-cell RNA sequencing have made it possible to profile gene expression in individual cells on a large scale, opening up the possibility to explore the heterogeneity of expression within and across cell types. This exciting technology is now being applied to almost every tissue in the human body, with some experiments generating expression profiles for more than 100,000 cells at a time."The post Single-Cell Sequencing for Drug Discovery: Applications and Challenges appeared first on insideHPC.

In this Artificial Intelligence podcast with Lex Fridman, computer scientist Donald Knuth discusses Alan Turing, Neural networks, machine learning and other AI topics from ant colonies and human cognition.The post Donald Knuth on Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programming appeared first on insideHPC.

Scott Parker from Argonne gave this talk at ATPESC 2019. "Designed in collaboration with Intel and Cray, Theta is a 6.92-petaflops (Linpack) supercomputer based on the second-generation Intel Xeon Phi processor and Cray’s high-performance computing software stack. Capable of nearly 10 quadrillion calculations per second, Theta enables researchers to break new ground in scientific investigations that range from modeling the inner workings of the brain to developing new materials for renewable energy applications."The post Theta and the Future of Accelerator Programming at Argonne appeared first on insideHPC.

"It’s become a tradition at Radio Free HPC to celebrate the holidays with a video of the holiday episode. The new logo launches the video: celebrating a truly family style dinner and dreaming big (maybe too creatively, however) as the team exchanges “if-only” gifts!"The post Radio Free HPC Rings in the New Year appeared first on insideHPC.

In this video from SC19, Thierry Pellegrino from Dell Technologies describes how the company's HPC solutions are designed to simplify and accelerate customers’ HPC and AI efforts. "There’s a lot of value in the data that organizations collect, and HPC and AI are helping organizations get the most out of this data,” said Thierry Pellegrino, vice president of HPC at Dell Technologies. “We’re committed to building solutions that simplify the use and deployment of these technologies for organizations of all sizes and at all stages of deployment.”The post Dell Technologies Democratizes HPC at SC19 appeared first on insideHPC.

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center has coordinated the manufacture of the first open source chip developed in Spain. "Lagarto is an important step in the search of the BSC, led by the center's director, Mateo Valero, to develop European computing technology. This project is based on the premise that the instruction set of the future processors must be open source to ensure transparency and minimize dependence."The post RISC-V Lagarto is First Open Source Chip Developed in Spain appeared first on insideHPC.

Andrey Kudryavtsev from Intel gave this talk at the DDN User Group in Denver. "Intel Optane DC SSDs are proven technologies that have helped data centers remove storage bottlenecks and accelerate application performance for the past two years. Now, the launch of Intel Optane persistent memory and the integrated support of 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors is further shrinking the gap between storage and DRAM. Together, Intel Optane DC persistent memory and Intel Optane SSDs deliver value across four crucial vectors."The post Reimagining HPC Compute and Storage Architecture with Intel Optane Technology appeared first on insideHPC.

In this video, Oracle Sr Director Leo Leung cloud computing options by workload in 2019. "Of course there's variance when it comes to clock speeds, when it comes to the amount of memory versus storage is on board. But generally they fall in these families: CPU based instances that have storage onboard, CPU instances that require network storage, and GPU instances that require network storage."The post Cloud Compute in 2019: Workloads and Options appeared first on insideHPC.

In this video, scientists describes IBM GRAF, a powerful new global weather forecasting system that will provide the most accurate local weather forecasts ever seen worldwide. The IBM Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System (GRAF) is the first hourly-updating commercial weather system that is able to predict something as small as thunderstorms globally. Compared to existing models, it will provide a nearly 200% improvement in forecasting resolution for much of the globe (from 12 to 3 sq km).The post Video: Democratizing the World’s Weather Data with IBM GRAF appeared first on insideHPC.

In this Chip Chat podcast, Intel's Alexei Bastidas describes the technology behind making maps from satellite images. "Good maps rely on good data. The Red Cross’ Missing Maps Project leverages AI to provide governments and aid workers with the tools they need to navigate disasters like hurricanes and floods. Using a wealth of satellite imagery and machine learning, the Missing Maps Project is working to make villages, roads, and bridges more accessible in the wake of devastation."The post Mapping Disasters with Artificial Intelligence appeared first on insideHPC.

Adaptive Computing has released NODUS Cloud OS 4.0 to help organizations simplify the deployment of cloud-hosted resources and gain access to the virtually unlimited capacity of High-Performance Computing in the cloud. In addition to offering enhanced cloud bursting configurations and capabilities, NODUS Cloud OS 4.0 is breaking down the barriers to entry into the world of advanced computing for corporations and organizations of any size.The post Adaptive Computing Releases NODUS Cloud OS 4.0 appeared first on insideHPC.

Anders Ynnerman from Linköping University gave this invited talk at SC19. "This talk will present and demonstrate the NASA funded open source initiative, OpenSpace, which is a tool for space and astronomy research and communication, as well as a platform for technical visualization research. OpenSpace is a scalable software platform that paves the path for the next generation of public outreach in immersive environments such as dome theaters and planetariums."The post SC19 Invited Talk: OpenSpace – Visualizing the Universe appeared first on insideHPC.

ASRC Federal in Maryland is seeking a Sr. HPC System Administrator in our Job of the Week. "This position is a member of an HPC Support team focusing on storage hardware and software for two supercomputing clusters. You will specialize in both the monitoring and management of storage systems and storage-related network management for a large supercomputer."The post Job of the Week: Sr. HPC System Administrator at ASRC Federal appeared first on insideHPC.

Intel's Mike Davies describes Intel’s Loihi, a neuromorphic research chip that contains over 130,000 “neurons." "To be sure, neuromorphic computing isn’t biomimicry or about reconstructing the brain in silicon. Rather, it’s about understanding the processes and structures of neuroscience and using those insights to inform research, engineering, and technology."The post Podcast: The Evolution of Neuromorphic Computing appeared first on insideHPC.

Andreas Dilger from Whamcloud gave this talk at LAD'19 in Paris. "For a number of years, a majority of the world’s 100 fastest supercomputers have relied on Lustre for their storage needs. If you need lots of data fast and reliably, and value the flexibility of using a wide choice of block storage and want to become part of a world-wide open community, then Lustre is a good choice."The post Video: Lustre Features and Future appeared first on insideHPC.

A research team from the University of Pisa seeks your participation in their Data Science Survey. The survey is mainly addressed at those who work every day in the field of data science, either on their own or for a company. "This questionnaire will provide the starting point for defining a common framework among those working in data science. We think we will make the results of the questionnaire public 100%, so that the community can benefit from it."The post Take the Data Science Survey from the University of Pisa appeared first on insideHPC.

Glenn Lockwood from NERSC gave this talk at ATPESC 2019. "Systems are very different, but the APIs you use shouldn't be. Understanding performance is easier when you know what's behind the API. What really happens when you read or write some data?"The post Video: I/O Architectures and Technology appeared first on insideHPC.

In this edition of Let's Talk Exascale, Christian Trott of Sandia National Laboratories shares insights about Kokkos, a programming model for numerous Exascale Computing Project applications. "Kokkos is a programming model being developed to deliver a widely usable alternative to programming in OpenMP. It is expected to be easier to use and provide a higher degree of performance portability, while integrating better into C++ codes."The post An Alternative to OpenMP and an On-Ramp to Future C++ Standards appeared first on insideHPC.

Lin Gan from Tsinghua University gave this invited talk at SC19. "In recent years, many complex and challenging numerical problems, in areas such as climate modeling and earthquake simulation, have been efficiently resolved on Sunway TaihuLight, and have been successfully scaled to over 10 million cores with inspiringly good performance. To carefully deal with different issues such as computing efficiency, data locality, and data movement, novel optimizing techniques from different levels are proposed, including some specific ones that fit well with the unique architectural futures of the system and significantly improve the performance."The post SC19 Invited Talk: HPC Solutions for Geoscience Application on the Sunway Supercomputer appeared first on insideHPC.

Penguin Computing has upgraded the Corona supercomputer at LLNL with the newest AMD Radeon Instinct MI60 accelerators. Based on the Vega 7nm architecture, this upgrade is the latest example of Penguin Computing and LLNL’s ongoing collaboration aimed at providing additional capabilities to the LLNL user community. "With the MI60 upgrade, the cluster increases its potential PFLOPS peak performance to 9.45 petaFLOPS of FP32 peak performance. This brings significantly greater performance and AI capabilities to the research communities."The post Penguin Computing Upgrades Corona Cluster with 7nm AMD GPU Technology appeared first on insideHPC.

A nationwide alliance of national labs, universities, and industry launched today to advance the frontiers of quantum computing systems designed to solve urgent scientific challenges and maintain U.S. leadership in next-generation information technology. "The Quantum Information Edge will accelerate quantum R&D by simultaneously pursuing solutions across a broad range of science and technology areas, and integrating these efforts to build working quantum computing systems that benefit the nation and science.”The post Sandia and LBNL to lead Quantum Information Edge Strategic Alliance appeared first on insideHPC.

In this video from the DDN User Group at SC19, Gael Delbray from CEA presents: Optimizing Flash at Scale. "The major challenges that the HPC will face in the coming years are manifold, such as the development of hardware and software architectures able to deliver very high computing power, modelling methods combining different scales and physical models and the management of huge volumes of numerical data."The post Video: Optimizing Flash at Scale at CEA appeared first on insideHPC.

In this TACC podcast, UC Berkeley scientists describe how they are using powerful supercomputers to uncover the mechanism that activates cell mutations found in about 50 percent of melanomas. "The study's computational challenges involved molecular dynamics simulations that modeled the protein at the atomic level, determining the forces of every atom on every other atom for a system of about 200,000 atoms at time steps of two femtoseconds."The post XSEDE Supercomputers Advance Skin Cancer Research appeared first on insideHPC.

IBM and the University of Tokyo have announced an agreement to partner to advance quantum computing and make it practical for the benefit of industry, science and society. "Under the agreement, an IBM Q System One will be installed in an IBM facility in Japan. It will be the first installation of its kind in the region and only the third in the world following the United States and Germany. The Q System One will be used to advance research in quantum algorithms, applications and software, with the goal of developing the first practical applications of quantum computing."The post IBM Launches Quantum Computing Initiative for Japan appeared first on insideHPC.

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC recaps the recent CHPC National Conference in South Africa. "Now a 5-day conference with two days of workshops as book-ends, multiple tracks and many speakers, and yes, a very exciting Student Cluster Competition, the CHPC National Conference has developed into a very important event in the HPC/AI world. Dan Olds takes us through what he saw, who won, and what we can expect at the competition at ISC in 2020, and just how impressive the whole thing was."The post CHPC Student Cluster Winners Get Ready to take ISC by Storm appeared first on insideHPC.

Jeffrey Vetter from ORNL gave this talk at ATPESC 2019. "In this talk, I'm going to cover some of the high-level trends guiding our industry. Moore’s Law as we know it is definitely ending for either economic or technical reasons by 2025. Our community must aggressively explore emerging technologies now!"The post The Coming Age of Extreme Heterogeneity in HPC appeared first on insideHPC.

In this video, Mark Lindsay from the University of Western Australia describes how his research enables Australia's mining industry to efficiently explore for important mineral deposits called e-minerals once associated with electric cars and lithium-ion batteries. His research interests include complexities of uncertainty and ambiguity in 3D geological and mineral exploration modelling, and the process and psychology of data interpretation.The post Video: Using Supercomputers to Explore the Earth’s Crust appeared first on insideHPC.

The University of Arkansas is seeking a Research Computing Technical Facilitator in our Job of the Week. "The Research Computing Technical Facilitator is an integral member of the University of Arkansas central IT Services research computing support team, collaborating with diverse and talented team members to help solve multidimensional information technology problems, improve customer experience, and generate value for our campus stakeholders across a broad base of departments and constituencies."The post Job of the Week: Research Computing Technical Facilitator at University of Arkansas appeared first on insideHPC.

Global Unichip Corp. has adopted ANSYS to support its unmatched combination of advanced technology, low-power and embedded CPU design capabilities. "GUC is committed to providing world-class custom ASICs to help elevate prospective systems and integrated circuit (IC) companies’ market-leading positions," said Louis Lin, senior vice president, GUC. "As IC manufacturing processes become more complex, there are more elements to simulate and compute during chip design and verification to ensure reliability and minimize power loss. ANSYS helps us minimize this complexity, speed our time to market and reduce development costs. Our partnership with ANSYS has been a cornerstone in helping our clients succeed in the IC market."The post ANSYS Accelerates Electronic Product Design at GUC appeared first on insideHPC.

Today Synopsys announced that NEC has selected Synopsys' ZeBu Server 4 as its emulation solution for the verification of its SX-Aurora TSUBASA high-performance compute solution products. "Developing super computers requires running and analyzing many software applications on the new HPC architecture," said Akio Ikeda, deputy general manager, AI Platform Division at NEC Corporation. "ZeBu Server 4 enabled execution of our HPC host software without modifications and running billions of software cycles prior to tapeout. We selected ZeBu Server 4 because of its superior performance and very fast bring-up time."The post NEC Selects Synopsys ZeBu Server 4 Emulation Environment for Supercomputer Verification appeared first on insideHPC.

In this episode of Let’s Talk Exascale, Hartwig Anzt from the University of Tennessee describes how the ECP Ginkgo Library Project is developing a vision for multiprecision algorithms. "Anything reducing the data transfer volume while still communicating the information can help make use of the software more efficient. Benefits are available even if the decreased data transfer volume comes at the cost of additional operations."The post Podcast: Developing Multiprecision Algorithms with the Ginkgo Library Project appeared first on insideHPC.

Inspur recently launched all-flash storage systems with dual-port Intel Optane SSDs. "With the Optane SSD as the high-speed cache layer, AS5000G5-F combines innovative technologies such as intelligent data layering, on-board hardware acceleration and online compression/deduplication, which achieves up to 8 million IOPS and a latency of 0.1ms, representing one of the highest performing mid-range storage systems available in the industry."The post Intel Optane comes to new Inspur Storage Products appeared first on insideHPC.

Today GIGABYTE announced two new single socket ATX motherboards ready for Intel’s new Xeon W-3200 processor. This new platform is purpose built and optimized for advanced workstation professionals, enabling fast visualization, simulations and renderings with up to 28 cores, 56 threads, a maximum base frequency of 3.7 GHz and a maximum turbo frequency of 4.6GHz in a single socket solution. The MU71-SU0 can also be used instead for a single 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Family processor that features support for Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Modules.The post GIGABYTE Launches Intel Xeon W-3200 & Xeon Scalable Workstation & Server Motherboards appeared first on insideHPC.

Today the PASC20 conference announced that Vivien Kendon from Durham University will deliver a keynote talk on quantum computing. With a theme of New Challenges, New Computing Paradigms, the event takes place June 29 - July 1 in Geneva, Switzerland. "Quantum computing promises more efficient computation for some important types of problems, such as simulation of quantum systems, non-convex optimization, and (famously) factoring large semi-primes. However, the first useful quantum computers will be limited in what they can do. Applying them to bottlenecks that are hard for classical computers is key to extracting the best performance out of combined classical and quantum hardware."The post Vivien Kendon from Durham University to Keynote PASC20 in Geneva appeared first on insideHPC.

"This years BoF will follow this traditional format and present detailed analyses of the TOP500 and discuss the changes in the HPC marketplace during the past years. Results from the Green500 and the HPCG benchmark will also be discussed. The BoF is meant as an open forum for discussion and feedback between the TOP500 authors and the user community."The post Video: SC19 BoF session on TOP500 supercomputers appeared first on insideHPC.

Today Mississippi State University and the NOAA celebrated one of the country’s most powerful supercomputers with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Orion supercomputer, the fourth-fastest computer system in U.S. academia. Funded by NOAA and managed by MSU’s High Performance Computing Collaboratory, the Orion system is powering research and development advancements in weather and climate modeling, autonomous systems, materials, cybersecurity, computational modeling and more.The post Orion Supercomputer comes to Mississippi State University appeared first on insideHPC.

Today NVIDIA announced that it will provide the transportation industry with access to its NVIDIA DRIVE deep neural networks (DNNs) for autonomous vehicle development. "NVIDIA DRIVE has become a de facto standard for AV development, used broadly by automakers, truck manufacturers, robotaxi companies, software companies and universities. Now, NVIDIA is providing access of its pre-trained AI models and training code to AV developers. Using a suite of NVIDIA AI tools, the ecosystem can freely extend and customize the models to increase the robustness and capabilities of their self-driving systems."The post NVIDIA Provides Transportation Industry Access to its DNNs for Autonomous Vehicles appeared first on insideHPC.

The ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge 2020 (ASC20) officially kicked off its event at SC19 in Denver, announcing the location and timeline for the upcoming event. "The ASC cluster competition is the biggest in the world with 20 university teams of undergraduate students competing to build the most powerful cluster while keeping power consumption under 3,000 watts. Inspur provides servers to the competitors who then configure their own cluster designs, put them together, and then optimize them and tune the benchmarking and HPC/AI applications for maximum performance."The post 2020 Asia Student Cluster Competition Kick-Off appeared first on insideHPC.

Today NVIDIA introduced NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin, a highly advanced software-defined platform for autonomous vehicles and robots. "The platform is powered by a new system-on-a-chip (SoC) called Orin, which consists of 17 billion transistors and is the result of billions of dollars in R&D investment over a four-year period. The Orin SoC integrates NVIDIA’s next-generation GPU architecture and Arm Hercules CPU cores, as well as new deep learning and computer vision accelerators that, in aggregate, deliver 200 trillion operations per second—nearly 7x the performance of NVIDIA’s previous generation Xavier SoC."The post NVIDIA Unveils Advanced, Software-Defined Platform for Autonomous Machines appeared first on insideHPC.

An extensive collaboration led by Argonne won the Inaugural SCinet Technology Challenge at the SC19 conference by demonstrating real-time analysis of light source data from Argonne’s APS to the ALCF. "Accelerator-based light sources — large-scale instruments used to investigate the fundamental properties of matter — generate large amounts of data that require computational analysis. The Argonne team won by designing an innovative method to support such investigations."The post Argonne-led team wins SCinet Technology Challenge at SC19 appeared first on insideHPC.

The convergence of HPC and AI is driving a paradigm shift in computing. Learn about Intel’s software-first strategy to further accelerate this convergence and extend the boundaries of HPC as we know it today. oneAPI will ease application development and accelerate innovation in the xPU era. Intel delivers a diverse mix of scalar, vector, spatial, and matrix architectures deployed in a range of silicon platforms (such as CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs), and specialized accelerators—each being unified by an open, industry-standard programming model. The talk concludes with innovations in a new graphics architecture and the capabilities it will bring to the Argonne exascale system in 2021.The post Intel HPC Devcon Keynote: Exascale for Everyone appeared first on insideHPC.

Today Nortek Air Solutions celebrated the completion of its first manufactured StatePoint Liquid Cooling (SPLC) system, billed as “The World’s First Sustainable Data Center Cooling Technology.” SPLC technology was co-developed through a partnership with Facebook. "StatePoint Liquid Cooling provides a data center cooling option that facilitates our ‘To Create a Better Tomorrow Every Day’ mission by reducing carbon emissions and water consumption versus other digital environment HVAC methods,” said Bruno Biasiotta, CEO, Nortek Air Solutions, who signed the first manufactured SPLC system with other attending NAS executives. “HVAC equipment is expected to increase the world’s carbon emissions from today’s 15-percent to 25-percent by 2030. Water is also a precious commodity that is limited supply. Therefore, StatePoint is an HVAC solution that will ultimately promote a conscientious stewardship of our planet.”The post Nortek Builds First StatePoint Liquid Cooling System appeared first on insideHPC.

Today the Internet2 advanced technology community announced it has selected CenturyLink’s new low-loss fiber network to transform its research and education network. The improved network performance that results will benefit researchers within the community as they strive to further our understanding of our world and the universe. "This acquisition will upgrade Internet2’s Network with new fiber optimized to support the demands of its new all-coherent open-line system. CenturyLink has also been selected to provide the professional services to migrate Internet2 to its new platform, which will be equipped with a flex-grid open-line system being provided by Ciena."The post Internet2 to Maximize Research Network Performance with CenturyLink’s Advanced Optical Fiber appeared first on insideHPC.

In this special guest feature, IBM's VP of AI Research Sriram Raghavan shares the company's predictions for AI in 2020. "In 2020, three themes will shape the advancement of AI: automation, natural language processing (NLP), and trust. Broadly, we’ll see AI systems work more quickly and more easily for data scientists, businesses, and consumers through automation."The post IBM Research AI Predictions for 2020 appeared first on insideHPC.

Cisco is announcing its intent to acquire Exablaze, a privately held, Australia-based designer and manufacturer of advanced network devices. Exablaze’s design and manufacturing innovation offer customers the latest Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology with the required flexibility and programmability for environments where ultra-low-latency and high performance is critical. These next-generation products include advanced ultra-low latency FPGA-based switches and network interface cards (NICs), as well as picosecond resolution timing technology. "In the case of the high frequency trading sector, every sliver of time matters. By adding Exablaze’s segment leading ultra-low latency devices and FPGA-based applications to our portfolio, financial and HFT customers will be better positioned to achieve their business objectives and deliver on their customer value proposition."The post Cisco to Acquire Exablaze appeared first on insideHPC.

In this video from LAD'19 in Paris, Peter Jones from Whamcloud presents: Lustre Community Release Update. "Lustre is a vibrant Open Source project with many organizations working on new features and improvements in parallel. We coordinate those efforts primarily through OpenSFS and EOFS. Meeting development target dates is a difficult task for any software project, but doubly so in a globally distributed Open Source project."The post Video: Lustre Community Release Update appeared first on insideHPC.

On December 5, OpenSFS announced Lustre 2.13.0 Release has been declared GA and is available for download. The Lustre file system is a open source, parallel file system that supports the requirements of leadership class HPC and Enterprise environments worldwide. Lustre provides a POSIX compliant interface and scales to thousands of clients, petabytes of storage, and has demonstrated over a terabyte per second of sustained I/O bandwidth. "New features include: Persistent Client Cache, Multi-Rail Routing, Overstriping, and self-extending layouts."The post OpenSFS Announces Lustre 2.13.0 Release appeared first on insideHPC.

Today Intel announced it has acquired Habana Labs, an Israel-based developer of programmable deep learning accelerators for the data center for approximately $2 billion. "This acquisition advances our AI strategy, which is to provide customers with solutions to fit every performance need – from the intelligent edge to the data center.”The post Intel Acquires AI Chipmaker Habana Labs appeared first on insideHPC.

In this Let's Talk Exascale podcast, Kathryn Mohror LLNL and Sarp Oral of ORNL provide an update ECP’s ExaIO project and UnifyFS. "UnifyFS can provide ECP applications performance-portable I/O across changing storage system architectures, including the upcoming Aurora, Frontier, and El Capitan exascale machines. “It is critically important that we provide this portability so that application developers don’t need to spend their time changing their I/O code for every system."The post Podcast: UnifyFS Software Project steps up to Exascale appeared first on insideHPC.

Scientists are getting better at modeling the complex tangle of physics properties at play in one of the most powerful events in the known universe: the merger of two neutron stars. "We’re starting from a set of physical principles, carrying out a calculation that nobody has done at this level before, and then asking, ‘Are we reasonably close to observations or are we missing something important?’” said Rodrigo Fernández, a co-author of the latest study and a researcher at the University of Alberta.The post Supercomputing a Neutron Star Merger appeared first on insideHPC.