Compute
BSC Keeps Its HPC Options Open With MareNostrum 4
When it comes to supercomputing, you don’t only have to strike while the iron is hot, you have to spend while the money is available. …
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Intel Declares War on GPUs at Disputed HPC, AI Border
In Supercomputing Conference (SC) years past, chipmaker Intel has always come forth with a strong story, either as an enabling processor or co-processor force, or more recently, as a prime contractor for a leading-class national lab supercomputer. …
Compute
How Nvidia’s Own Saturn V DGX-1 Cluster Stacks Up
Not all of the new and interesting high performance computing systems are always in the upper echelons of the Top 500 supercomputing list, which was announced at the opening of the SC16 supercomputing conference in Salt Lake City this week. …
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InfiniBand Breaks Through The 200G Barrier
Moore’s Law may be slowing down performance increases in compute capacity, but InfiniBand networking did not get the memo. …
Code
Chasing The Dream Of Code HPC Once, Run Anywhere
In many ways, enterprises and hyperscalers have it easy. Very quickly in the wake of its announcement more than two decades ago, the Java programming language, a kind of virtualized C++, became the de facto standard for coding enterprise applications that run the business. …
Compute
Opening Up The Server Bus For Coherent Acceleration
When IBM started to use the word “open” in conjunction with its Power architecture more than three years with the formation of the OpenPower Foundation three years ago, Big Blue was not confused about what that term meant. …
Compute
Applied Micro Finds ARM Server Footing, Reaches Higher
One of the frustrating facts about peddling any new technology is that the early adopters that discover a strategic advantage in that technology want to keep that secret all to themselves. …
Compute
Exascale Might Prove To Be More Than A Grand Challenge
The supercomputing industry is accustomed to 1,000X performance strides, and that is because people like to think in big round numbers and bold concepts. …
Compute
AMD Strikes A Balance – And Strikes Back – With Zen
Being too dependent on one source for a key component is not just a bad idea because of supply chain risks, but because it can result in higher prices. …
HPC
The Middle Ground for the Nvidia Tesla K80 GPU
Although the launch of Pascal stole headlines this year on the GPU computing front, the company’s Tesla K80 GPU, which was launched at the end of 2014, has been finding a home across a broader base of applications and forthcoming systems. …