High Performance Computing News

An anonymous reader writes " Commodity ARM CPUs are poised to to replace x86 CPUs in modern supercomputers just as commodity x86 CPUs replaced vector CPUs in early supercomputers.

Washington, May 25: Computer simulations of galaxies have shown that cold gas - fuel for stars - spirals into their cores along filaments and rapidly make its way towards their centers.

HOLYOKE -- The tax-exempt high performance computing center downtown would pay the city $80,000 a year in lieu of taxes under a new agreement.

Created with the help of supercomputers, this simulation shows the formation of a massive galaxy during the first 2 billion years of the universe.

Bright Computing , the leading, vendor-independent provider of cluster and cloud management solutions, has been named a Winner of Red Herring's 2013 Top 100 North America Award.

Looking at historical trends and performance benchmarks, a team of researchers in Spain have concluded that smartphone chips could one day replace the more expensive and power-hungry x86 processors used in most of the world's top supercomputers.

The 2012 hurricane season was one of the worst and costliest on record, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the 2013 hurricane season could be even worse.

The Illinois Medical District is planning an expansion that could create 2,500 to 4,500 jobs and more than $300 million in new revenue in the next 10 years, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Plans include the development of 55 vacant acres and building a high-speed fiber optic line linking researchers to the University of Illinois' supercomputer ... (more)

The acclaimed young playwright tackles the epic chess battle between grandmaster Garry Kasparov and computer Deep Blue in The Machine The 1997 match between chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov and IBM supercomputer Deep Blue is a crucial moment in the history of humans and technology.

In a new twist on what Raspberry Pi devices are capable of, they're being chained together to form supercomputers and powerful clusters.

SGI , the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that NASA's Ames Research Center has selected an SGI UVTM 2000 shared memory system to support more than a thousand active users around the country who are doing research for earth, space and aeronautics missions.

Internet2 has established a direct peering relationship with two Microsoft cloud services: Windows Azure and Microsoft Office 365 Education.

Rather than treat grid, cloud, and high-performance computing as separate and distinct approaches, this month's CN theme focuses more on interoperability among these methodologies - and the issues that arise along the way.

It may be a world-wide first--a Tulsa supercomputer was unveiled Thursday, and it's open to the public.

Fluid dynamics Particle physics Medicine Structural engineering , dams, bridges, and more) Realize that the government does a huge amount for science.

Since the 18th Century, scientists have been aware that the Sun oscillates between periods of high and low solar activity in an 11-year cycle.

Surely a somewhat trimmed-down version of this same GPU would be used to power a less expensive product before long, right? Well, yep.

Cardiff, UK. 23 May 2013: IQE plc announces that vertical cavity surface emitting laser devices using wafers produced at its Cardiff, UK facility have broken the 40 Gbit/s barrier at high temperatures.

The power of all the computers networked together to maintain the digital currency's system far exceeds the combined processing strength of the top 500 most powerful supercomputers.

IBM's Watson supercomputer has been riding high for the past couple of years. It won a game of Jeopardy , went to university and did a stint at a cancer lab .