On-Chip Network Makes Processor Run Like a Cluster Kevin Fogarty, February 10, 2014 3 min read Intel combines circuit- and packet-switching to let core run at different rates. Intel Labs is demonstrating a...
Silicon Brains That Think as Fast as a Fly Can Smell Kevin Fogarty, January 29, 2014 4 min read Silicon chip designed to mimic the features and functions of a brain cell. Researchers in Germany have discovered...
Supercomputers Find Bacterial ‘Off’ Switch Kevin Fogarty, December 18, 2013 6 min read Simulation of the molecular 'switch' that tells E. coli to turn itself off. The comparatively recent addition of...
Supercomputing.org Asks Why HPC Matters Kevin Fogarty, November 22, 2013 5 min read SC13 attendees hear a NASA presentation on HPC's impact on space exploration. Judging only by the patter during...
12-Core ‘Supercomputer Class Laptop’ is 12-Pound ‘Mobile’ Server Kevin Fogarty, November 21, 2013 4 min read Eurocom's 12-core Panther 5SE "supercomputing laptop" (AKA:portable server) Europe-based OEM Eurocom has announced...
NVIDIA Supercomputer GPU Counters AMD’s Challenge Kevin Fogarty, November 18, 2013 5 min read NVIDIA claims huge performance increases with the K40x, versus its K20x. Video-game developers who take it as a...
Fast Interconnect is Key to Next-Gen Supercomputer Kevin Fogarty, November 15, 2013 4 min read Next-gen supercomputer will run 1,000 times faster than the 20-Petaflop Sequoia. The market for supercomputers may...
IBM Wants to Make Watson the Next Big App Platform Nick Kolakowski, November 15, 2013 3 min read Watson apps could give smartphones a bit of (cloud-based) supercomputing power. IBM’s Watson supercomputing...
Human Brain Project Launches in Switzerland Nick Kolakowski, October 7, 2013 3 min read The Human Brain Project kicks off this week with a gathering of researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale...
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...