Compute
Cray’s Ever-Expanding Compute For HPC
With choice comes complexity, and the Cambrian explosion in compute options is only going to make this harder even if it is a much more satisfying intellectual and financial challenge. …
Cray
Compute
HPC Provides Big Bang, But Needs Big Bucks, Too
Supercomputers keep getting faster, but they keep getting more expensive. This is a problem, and it is one that is going to eventually affect every kind of computer until we get a new technology that is not based on CMOS chips. …
AI
Riding the AI Cycle Instead of Building It
We all remember learning to ride a bike. Those early wobbly moments with “experts” holding on to your seat while you furiously peddled and tugged away at the handlebars trying to find your own balance. …
HPC
Japan Invests in Fusion Energy Future with New Cray Supercomputer
There are a number of key areas where exascale computing power will be required to turn simulations into real-world good. …
Compute
Supercomputing At The Crossroads
The supercomputing business, the upper stratosphere of the much broader high performance computing segment of the IT industry, is without question one of the most exciting areas in data processing and visualization. …
Compute
NOAA Weather Forecasts Stick With CPUs, Keep An Eye On GPUs
When it comes to supercomputing, more is almost always better. More data and more compute – and more bandwidth to link the two – almost always result in a better set of models, whether they are descriptive or predictive. …
AI
Samsung Invests in Cray Supercomputer for Deep Learning Initiatives
One of the reasons this year’s Supercomputing Conference (SC) is nearing attendance records has far less to do with traditional scientific HPC and much more to do with growing interest in deep learning and machine learning. …
Compute
Cray ARMs Highest End Supercomputer with ThunderX2
Just this time last year, the projection was that by 2020, ARM processors would be chewing on twenty percent of HPC workloads. …
Compute
Cray Looks Forward To Supercomputing Rebound
The general HPC market might be growing, and the very definition of HPC is expanding thanks to the addition of advanced analytics and machine learning to the HPC toolbox. …
Cloud
Cray Supercomputers One Step Closer to Cloud Users
Supercomputer maker Cray is always looking for ways to extend its reach outside of the traditional academic and government markets where the biggest deals are often made. …