HPC
OpenCL Optimizations Make Case for FPGAs in HPC
The use of FPGAs in HPC is limited less by the capabilities of current hardware and more by the challenges in programming them without sacrificing performance. …
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Compute
FPGAs, OpenHMC Push SKA HPC Processing Capabilities
Astronomy is the oldest research arena, but the technologies required to process the massive amount of data created from radio telescope arrays represents some of the most bleeding-edge research in modern computer science. …
Cloud
FPGAs Glimmer on the HPC Horizon, Glint in Hyperscale Sun
At the last five annual Supercomputing Conferences, an underlying theme has been the potential of accelerators. …
Compute
FPGAs Held Back in HPC, But Hope on the Horizon
The accelerator story for top supercomputers is a strong one, starting with GPUs, which were snapped in as coprocessors on some of the world’s largest systems over the last five years. …
Cloud
Time in the Sun Coming for Cloud FPGAs
Keeping an eye on how the largest cloud providers choose to invest in hardware is always interesting but it does not often shed much light on how emerging workloads are driving new investments. …
Compute
Could FPGAs Outweigh CPUs In Compute Share?
Over a decade ago we would not have expected accelerators to have be commonplace in the datacenter. …
HPC
HPC In 2020: Acquisitions And Mergers As The New Normal
After a decade of vendor consolidation that saw some of the world’s biggest IT firms acquire first-class HPC providers such as SGI, Cray, and Sun Microsystems, as well as smaller players like Penguin Computing, WhamCloud, Appro, and Isilon, it is natural to wonder who is next. …
HPC
HPC In 2020: Compute Engine Diversity Gets Real
The choice of processors available for high performance computing has been on growing for a number of years. …
HPC
Doing The Math On Fractal HPC
At every key leap in processing capacity in high performance computing – and just rattling off more than two decades from teraflops through petaflops, and now on the verge of exaflops in two years or so – there has been this tension between custom-built systems that break through performance barriers and more general purpose machines based on more off of the shelf components that cost less and tend to be fast followers. …
Cloud
Public Cloud Giants Fight For HPC Supremacy
Microsoft Azure has been able to put actual Cray XC series supercomputers and CS Storm clusters in the public cloud for more than two years now, and it is unclear how many companies have commissioned Cray, now part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to do so. …