Nvidia Uses Crop Circle to Launch ‘Supercomputing’ GPU Kevin Fogarty, January 6, 2014 5 min read Nvidia's "super" Tegra K1 CPU and the crop circle stunt/omen of its coming. It's never good when the CEO of a big...
Cray Builds Big Data Supercomputer Kevin Fogarty, November 4, 2013 6 min read Cray's modified CS300 big-data supercluster Supercomputing pioneer Cray has changed course with a new...
Supercomputer Makes 80-Ton Dinosaur Walk Kevin Fogarty, October 31, 2013 3 min read Argentinosaurus walks, with the help of supercomputers and simulation software. Supercomputers that always seemed...
Supercomputers Invade Corporate Datacenters Kevin Fogarty, October 25, 2013 6 min read Oak Ridge National Lab.'s Cray supercomputer Titan For most of this decade, the standard of corporate computing has...
NSF Grant Funds Virtualized Supercomputer Aimed at ‘The Masses’ Kevin Fogarty, October 3, 2013 5 min read Heavily virtualized supercomputing cluster "Comet" will join SDSC's flash-heavy "Gordon" by 2015. The National...
National Weather Service Upgrades Storm-Tracking Supercomputers Nick Kolakowski, July 31, 2013 2 min read The National Weather Service uses that hardware for projects such as the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting...
Supercomputers and Analytics: Figuring Out the Human Brain Nick Kolakowski, June 14, 2013 4 min read The brain remains one of humanity’s enduring mysteries, despite centuries’ worth of research into its innermost...
T-Platforms Blacklist Reportedly Attracts Putin’s Eye Mark Hachman, May 2, 2013 4 min read Russian president Vladimir Putin appears to be interjecting himself into the controversy over T Platforms, the Russian...
U.S. Gov’t Blocks Sales to Russian Supercomputer Maker Mark Hachman, April 11, 2013 4 min read Supercomputers are sometimes used in nuclear-weapons research, a point of contention when it comes to trading and...
Will Fujitsu’s New CEO Stimulate Stagnant Sales? Mark Hachman, March 28, 2013 3 min read Supercomputers remain an essential part of the company's bottom line. There’s now a possible explanation for why...