IBM finalized the spinoff of its System x X86 server business to Lenovo Group back in October, and the first quarter of 2015 is the first glimpse that we have of a Big Blue that is focused solely on its Power Systems and System z mainframes. …
In the wake of today’s announcement of the codes selected to be tuned for the 2018 Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Lab, questions around how application teams are thinking about the massive amount of memory across new tiers, the swapping out of PCIe for a new interconnect, and the pervasive GPUs were first to mind. …
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. …
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. …
Tailoring systems for specific jobs is one of the foundational themes of The Next Platform, so we like to keep an eye on the segments of the systems market that have a particular platform bend to them. …
Over the last couple of years, Docker has become an increasingly popular tool for web-scale companies like eBay, but it appears to finally be catching on for some supercomputing centers. …
It has been about a year since the OpenPower Foundation was formed to provide a development locus for systems based on the Power8 processor and its varied I/O technologies. …
Evaluating the true performance of HPC systems has never been quite as simple as tracking incremental improvements across processor generations, but is increasingly focused on how these tweaks affect the entire stack–and whether such gains are even useful from a memory or I/O perspective. …
When the OpenPower Foundation was formed a year and a half ago, IBM had a number of reasons, driven by enlightened self-interest, for fostering a partnerships with Google, Nvidia, Mellanox Technologies, and Tyan. …
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. …
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