Shining Light on Quantum Computers
Brisbane, QLD, Australia (Scicasts) – An Australian-American team has shone light ― literally ― onto the question of whether quantum computers are actually more powerful than conventional counterparts.
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New Discovery Could Improve Memory Chips
Ann Arbor, MI (Scicasts) – According to a report from the University of Michigan, Engineering researchers at the Institute have found a way to improve the performance of ferroelectric materials, which have the potential to make memory devices with more storage capacity than magnetic hard drives and faster write speed and longer lifetimes than flash memory.
Revolutionizing Computer Memory
Raleigh, NC (Scicasts) – According to a report from North Carolina State University, researchers fat the Institute have developed a new device that represents a significant advance for computer memory, making large-scale “server farms” more energy efficient and allowing computers to start more quickly.
CESCA Uses SGI Altix UV for Scientific Research
Reading, UK (Scicasts) - SGI a provider of technical computing, has announced that the CESCA (Catalonia Supercomputing Centre) has selected SGI Altix UV 1000 for its high performance computing (HPC) system to enable advanced scientific research in the areas of medical and environmental research, and astronomy.
The Next-Generation, Lightning Fast Internet Technology Unveiled by Cisco
Maxiwill.com -- Cisco today announced the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS), a major advancement in Internet networking designed to serve as the foundation of the next-generation Internet and set the pace for the astonishing growth of video transmission, mobile devices and new online servicesfor the coming decades.
With over 12 times the traffic capacity of the nearest competing system, the company says that Cisco CRS-3 is designed to transform the broadband communication and entertainment industry by accelerating the delivery of compelling new experiences for consumers, new revenue opportunities for service providers, and new ways to collaborate in the workplace.
SGI Unveils Cyclone Cloud Computing
Fremont, CA (Scicasts) - SGI, a provider of HPC and data centre solutions, has announced the immediate availability of Cyclone, a large-scale, on-demand cloud computing service specifically dedicated to technical applications.
Imperial College London Selects SGI for Academic Research
Fremont, CA and Reading, UK (Scicasts) - SGI, a global provider of HPC and data centre solutions, has announced that Imperial College London has selected the SGI Altix ICE 8200 EX, a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) solution, to add to its central high performance computing (HPC) service.
Stanford University, Berkeley Lab, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Select Convey Computer Corporation’s Hybrid-Core Systems
Portland, Oregon (Scicasts) - Convey Computer Corporation, a hybrid-core computing company, has announced that three prominent scientific organizations – the Stanford Center of Computational Earth and Environmental Science (CEES), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – have selected the company’s Convey HC-1 computers to power a fresh wave of scientific discovery.
SGI Announces Availability of CloudRack X2
Fremont, CA (OBBeC) - SGI has announced the immediate availability of CloudRack X2, a new generation of scalable workgroup clusters for HPC, graphics and Internet applications.
SGI Secures Top Rankings in New Survey of TOP500 Supercomputer Sites
Fremont, CA (OBBeC) - SGI has unveiled that in the latest semi-annual ranking of the world's TOP500 Supercomputer Sites, the SGI Altix ICE cluster at the U.S. Army Research Lab was heralded as the industry's "greenest" supercomputer, as measured by performance efficiency. The results were presented by TOP500 researchers at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) on June 23 in Hamburg, Germany.
Cray Adds Additional Storage Options for the Cray CX1 Deskside Supercomputer
Seattle, WA (OBBeC) - Global supercomputer provider Cray has announced that customers who purchase a Cray CX1 deskside supercomputer can now personalize their systems with new storage features. Available immediately, Cray CX1 customers now have two more options in configuring their deskside supercomputers -- solid-state drives (SSDs) and large capacity, fixed-drive storage blades.
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Puts Cray XT5 Supercomputer Into Production
Seattle, WA (OBBeC) - According to a recent report from the Global supercomputer provider Cray, the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has put the country's first Cray XT5 supercomputer into production. The new system features Cray's ECOphlex liquid-cooling technology and is approximately 11 times faster than the Cray XT3 supercomputer installed at JAIST in 2005.
Researchers Harness Cloud Computing for Data-intensive Research on Oceans and Galaxies
Private companies, universities and government agencies are joining forces to bring scientific research into the era of "cloud computing," the name for massive clusters of computers connected through the Internet.
New University of Louisville Uses IBM Supercomputer to Advance Research
Louisville, KY and Armonk, NY (OBBeC) - The University of Louisville and IBM have announced the delivery of a new supercomputer to the university's Belknap campus.
More Chip Cores Can Mean Slower Supercomputing, Says Sandia Simulation
Albuquerque, NM (OBBeC) - According to a report from Sandia simulations, the worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips has unexpectedly worsen the performance for many complex applications.
"Jaguar" Breaks Sustained Petaflops Record
Seattle, WA (OBBeC) - Supercomputer provider Cray has announced that the Cray XT supercomputer at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has set a new world record for computer speed with sustained performance of over a petaflops (quadrillion mathematical calculations per second) on two scientific applications.
Star-P Supports Windows HPC Server 2008
Waltham, MA (OBBeC) - Interactive Supercomputing (ISC) has announced that its Star-P software will support Microsoft's Windows HPC Server 2008. According to the announcement, these technologies can make high performance computing ubiquitous, affordable and much easier to use for a wider range of technical computing users.
Star-P is an application development platform that allows scientists, engineers and analysts to code algorithms and models on their Windows desktops using familiar mathematical software packages such as The MathWorks' MATLAB or Python, and run them instantly and interactively on parallel clusters and servers running Windows HPC Server 2008. It eliminates the need to re-program in complex languages like C or FORTRAN, or use MPI (message passing interface) to run in parallel, which squelches user productivity and time-to-discovery.
"Products like Star-P are critical to bringing high performance computing to the mainstream," said Vince Mendillo, director of HPC marketing at Microsoft Corp. "Star-P's support of Windows HPC Server 2008 helps ensure that our customers will be able to tap the power of parallel processing from their desktops with a familiar Windows platform and easy-to-use tools."
Windows HPC Server 2008 can scale to thousands of processing cores and provides a comprehensive set of deployment, administration, and monitoring tools that are easy to deploy, manage, and integrate into existing infrastructures.
"Most of our customers use Windows on their desktops, for many server based functions, and are already skilled in management and administration of Windows operating systems," said David Rich, ISC vice president of marketing. "Star-P running on Windows HPC Server 2008 will make it seamless and easy for them to harness the power for parallel computing through a familiar Windows environment without requiring specialized training or skills."