Nvidia Uses Crop Circle to Launch ‘Supercomputing’ GPU Kevin Fogarty, January 6, 2014 With 192 SMP cores, the mobile Tegra K1 is reportedly a huge leap in GPU power. …
Cray Builds Big Data Supercomputer Kevin Fogarty, November 4, 2013 More dynamic memory per node is just one of the features that gives the new Cray enhanced number-crunching analytical abilities. …
Supercomputer Makes 80-Ton Dinosaur Walk Kevin Fogarty, October 31, 2013 Simulations of the largest animal ever to walk on Earth confirm… that it walked very slowly. …
Supercomputers Invade Corporate Datacenters Kevin Fogarty, October 25, 2013 Demand for more sophisticated big data analytics and other business functions is driving growth of HPC and supercomputer sales, IDC reports. …
NSF Grant Funds Virtualized Supercomputer Aimed at ‘The Masses’ Kevin Fogarty, October 3, 2013 The $12 million grant will fund a 2-petaflop, heavily virtualized cluster designed for “99 percent” of analytical researchers. …
National Weather Service Upgrades Storm-Tracking Supercomputers Nick Kolakowski, July 31, 2013 The “Tide” supercomputer—along with its “Gyre” backup—are capable of operating at a combined 213 teraflops. …
Supercomputers and Analytics: Figuring Out the Human Brain Nick Kolakowski, June 14, 2013 The OpenfMRI project is using medical imagery and analytics to figure out how we tick. …
T-Platforms Blacklist Reportedly Attracts Putin’s Eye Mark Hachman, May 2, 2013 In March, the U.S. Department of Commerce added T-Platforms’ businesses in Germany, Russia and Taiwan to the “Entity List.” …
U.S. Gov’t Blocks Sales to Russian Supercomputer Maker Mark Hachman, April 11, 2013 U.S. government suspects T-Platforms, which designed the world’s 26th largest supercomputer, of aiding Russia’s military and nuclear weapons programs. …
Will Fujitsu’s New CEO Stimulate Stagnant Sales? Mark Hachman, March 28, 2013 Fujitsu America names a former Genpact exec to oversee U.S. operations, including cloud, data center, and mobile sales. …