AI
Machine Learning on Stampede2 Supercomputer to Bolster Brain Research
In our ongoing quest to understand the human mind and banish abnormalities that interfere with life we’ve always drawn upon the most advanced science available. …
TACC
HPC
Knights Landing Upgrade Will Push TACC Supercomputer to 18PF
During a trip to Dell in Austin, Texas this week, little did The Next Platform know that the hardware giant and nearby Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) had major news to share on the supercomputing front. …
Compute
Research Codes a Next Frontier for FPGA Systems
FPGAs might be the next big thing for a growing host of workloads in high performance and enterprise computing, but for smaller companies, not to mention research institutions, the process of onboarding is not simple—or inexpensive. …
Compute
Staying On The Cutting Edge At TACC
By definition, the national HPC labs are on the very bleeding edge of supercomputing technology, which is necessary given the scope and scale of the problems they are trying to solve through simulation and analysis and enabled by the largesse of their budgets. …
HPC
TACC Supercomputers Render Artificial Heart Valves
Hearts really do take a beating. A human heart beats about 3 billion times in a person’s life. …
HPC
Still Shrouded in Stealth, DSSD Proves Early Performance at Scale
Around this time last year, EMC announced the acquisition of DSSD, a storage acceleration startup founded by a slew of ex-Sun leads, including Andy Bechtolsheim (one of the original Sun founders), Jeff Bonwick (co-creator of Sun’s ZFS file system) and led by Bill Moore as CEO (former head of storage at Sun). …