Compute
New NNSA Supercomputers Highlight Evolving HPC Demands
When it comes to national priorities for funding leading class supercomputers, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) tends to have a strong case to make. …
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The Unstoppable Intel Datacenter Group
Intel’s decades-long hard work in vanquishing most of the competing processor architectures from most of the workloads in the datacenter is paying off. …
Compute
Supercomputing Strategy Shifts in a World Without BlueGene
Last week when we broke the news about the upcoming 180-plus petaflops Aurora supercomputer set to be installed at Argonne National Lab in 2018, we spent our time scrambling for whatever feeds and speeds we could muster. …
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Neuromorphic Processors Leading a New Double Life
Not so many years ago, the promise of neuromorphic processors as the key to ultra-efficient computing was being touted, especially following work between DARPA and IBM on new chips that emulated the synaptic system of the human brain. …
Compute
Show Me The Money: What Bang For The HPC Buck?
Ever-increasing Greek prefixes of flops is what makes the simulations and models of the world hum, but we at The Next Platform like money. …
Compute
Building New Bridges Across the Memory Gap
There is little doubt that the memory ecosystem will heat up over the next five to ten years, with emerging technologies still in development that promise massive bandwidth, capacity, and price advancements. …
HPC
Future Intel Chips Shine in 180 Petaflops Argonne Supercomputer
Update: 5:08 p.m. Eastern – We have been able to dig into more details about the system architecture and confirm Knights Hill architecture and other interconnect/system details. …
Compute
Prototype ARM Clusters Muscle Into HPC
Server maker Lenovo might have just shelled out billions of dollars to acquire IBM’s System x X86 server business, but don’t be confused. …