If you look at the very long history of Cray, the company has done a remarkable job expanding its market, not just participating in it. … “Shasta Sets Up Cray For Commercial HPC And Supercomputing Expansion”
When it comes to weather forecasting and climate modeling, supercomputer maker Cray has plenty of stories to tell. … “Weather Service Doubles Up on Cray Supercomputer”
Historically, high performance computing has operated in a closed loop, enclosed in its own software cocoon. … “Bursting the HPC Bubble”
History and economics – as if you could separate the two – are burgeoning with examples of products being developed for one task and then being used, perhaps after some tweaking, for an entirely new and usually unexpected task. … “Will The Harmonic Convergence Of HPC And AI Last?”
Earlier this week, the RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) announced that in August it will pull the plug on its flagship HPC system, the K computer. … “Japan’s K Computer Shutdown Marks the End of an Era”
In 2018 the Leadership Computing Facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee installed Summit, the world’s most powerful supercomputer ever built, to help it break new ground in scientific research. … “Summit Supercomputer Boldly Goes to Where the Stars Die”
Moore’s Law has underwritten a remarkable period of growth and stability for the computer industry. … “The Era of General Purpose Computers is Ending”
TensorFlow, probably the most popular of the dozen or so deep learning frameworks, is typically used to develop neural networks on small or medium-sized clusters, and sometimes on just a single GPU-accelerated node. … “Running TensorFlow at Petascale and Beyond”
A research collaboration between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is demonstrating the value of using machine learning to overcome daunting computational challenges. … “Stage Set for Richer Machine Learning-Infused HPC”
“We build the most powerful and efficient computer possible and make it available to scientists based on the quality of their proposals,” says Jack Wells, director of science at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing facility in Tennessee. … “Take a Peek Inside ORNL’s GPU-Powered “Summit” Supercomputer”
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