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The Bespoke Supercomputing Architecture That Stood the Test of Time

December 4, 2023 Nicole Hemsoth Prickett 7

In the history of computing, there has been an endless push and pull between the need for general-purpose versus fine-tuned custom systems and software. …

Compute

The Huge Payoff Of Extreme Co-Design In Molecular Dynamics

August 25, 2021 Timothy Prickett Morgan 1

When money is really no object, and the budget negotiations involve taking a small slice of your personal net worth of $7.5 billion out of one pocket and putting it into another, and you have the technical chops to understand the complexities of molecular dynamics, and have a personal mission to cure disease, then you can build any damned supercomputer you want. …

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The Evolution of NAMD: A Scalability Story from Single-Core to GPU Boosted

February 26, 2018 0

On today’s episode of “The Interview” with The Next Platform, we take a look at the evolution of the NAMD molecular dynamics and how the introduction of GPU computing upended performance expectations and set the stage for new metrics now that the Volta GPU architecture will be available on large supercomputers like the Summit machine coming to Oak Ridge National Lab. …

Compute

A MapReduce Accelerator to Tackle Molecular Dynamics

August 8, 2017 Nicole Hemsoth Prickett 0

Novel architectures are born out of necessity and for some applications, including molecular dynamics, there have been endless attempts to push parallel performance. …

Compute

Anton Sequel Makes Stronger Case for Custom Supercomputing

February 4, 2016 Nicole Hemsoth Prickett 4

D.E. Shaw Research, the company founded by quantitative finance pioneer, professor, and entrepreneur, David E. …

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