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Supercomputing a Cure
Wednesday, May 07 @ 15:34 EDT
Nathan Baker’s research group uses Lonestar to explore medicines and membranes: It is impossible to talk about medicine without mentioning the membrane, the lipid bi-layers lining our cells, whose selective permeability keeps the cytoplasmic materials in and the foreign matter out.
NASA, Intel, SGI Plan to 'Soup Up' Supercomputer
Wednesday, May 07 @ 14:25 EDT
NASA, Intel Corp., and SGI today announced the signing of an agreement establishing intentions to collaborate on significantly increasing the space agency's supercomputer performance and capacity.
SGI to Supply NASA's Next Major Supercomputer
Wednesday, May 07 @ 08:30 EDT
More than 20,000 Intel Xeon Processor Cores to Give Scientists Unprecedented Resource for New Generation of Research and Engineering: NASA has chosen SGI to supply its next major supercomputer, a 20,480-core SGI Altix ICE system, after a competitive evaluation the space agency launched last year.
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HP Labs Opens Research Opportunities to Academia
Wednesday, May 07 @ 08:19 EDT
HP today made it possible for colleges, universities and research institutions worldwide to participate in joint research with HP Labs, the company’s central research facility, through an open and competitive process.
HP Introduces 'Extreme' Storage for Online, Digital Media Businesses
Tuesday, May 06 @ 14:12 EDT
HP today announced a highly scalable storage system designed to simplify the management of multiple petabytes of data at an affordable cost, making it ideal for online and digital media businesses.
Landmark introduces Panasas solutions to accelerate seismic-processing
Tuesday, May 06 @ 10:03 EDT
New offering addresses need for powerful storage technologies to process seismic data at high input/output levels: Landmark, a product service line of Halliburton's Drilling and Evaluation Division, today announced that it is introducing a parallel storage system that addresses the E&P industry’s need for powerful new technologies to process seismic data more quickly.
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Berkeley Lab Researchers Propose a New Breed of Supercomputers
Tuesday, May 06 @ 13:48 EDT
Three researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have proposed an innovative way to improve global climate change predictions by using a supercomputer with low-power embedded microprocessors, an approach that would overcome limitations posed by today’s conventional supercomputers.
Astrophysical fluid mechanics: A new method for simulating supersonic turbulence
Tuesday, May 06 @ 09:26 EDT
Using DEISA’s computational resources within the DECI framework, the FEARLESS project team has developed a new method for simulating turbulent fluids, which will open up new perspectives in the field of astrophysics.
Cray supercomputer users gather in Helsinki
Tuesday, May 06 @ 09:18 EDT
The CUG (Cray User Group) conference in Helsinki assembles 150 Cray supercomputer users and administrators from supercomputer centers around the world. The present CUG 2008 conference is hosted by CSC, the Finnish IT center for science, administered by the Ministry of Education. CSC's most powerful supercomputer Cray XT4 (Louhi) was introduced a year ago.
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Academia News
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Call Me! SAGE Visualcasting Enables Linked Collaborators to Work Together
Thursday, May 08 @ 12:19 EDT
Advanced networks are giving rise to a new kind of collaborative laboratory, or collaboratory, comprised of scientists in far-flung locations working together and sharing information as if in the same room, in real time, and aided by high-resolution imagery and high-definition (HD) video conferencing.
NCAR Installs 76 Teraflops Supercomputer
Thursday, May 08 @ 09:13 EDT
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has taken delivery of a new IBM supercomputer that will advance research into severe weather and the future of Earth's climate. The supercomputer, known as a Power 575 Hydro- Cluster, is the first in a highly energy-efficient class of machines to be shipped anywhere in the world.
California Assemblyman Tours SDSC
Wednesday, May 07 @ 14:41 EDT
California Assemblyman Martin Garrick toured the San Diego Supercomputer Center and related areas of the UC San Diego campus on May 2 as part of the center’s overall effort to brief elected officials on new systems and technologies that could have a positive impact on several state programs in the areas of education, emergency services, and transportation.
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Financials and Personnel
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AvarSYS Expands High Performance Computing Capabilities with Key Hires
Friday, May 09 @ 10:10 EDT
Avarsys, Inc. has secured additional sales and technical expertise for the company’s High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions. The company added new staff to focus on solution sales, services and implementation for its cluster computing, grid computing and visualization solutions. These hires greatly expand the company’s reach into key markets, including Petroleum, Scientific and Engineering, Pharmaceutical, Finance and Government sectors.
Supermicro Surpasses $2 Billion in Cumulative Revenue Since Founding
Thursday, May 08 @ 10:21 EDT
Super Micro Computer today announced that the company has surpassed the $2 billion milestone in cumulative sales revenue since it was founded in 1993. Supermicro's annual growth rate during the last five fiscal years was several times faster than the server industry growth rate, as the company has consistently posted double-digit growth figures year after year.
Bill Poduska joins Interactive Supercomputing board of directors
Wednesday, May 07 @ 12:14 EDT
Dr. John William Poduska, Sr. has joined Interactive Supercomputing Inc.’s (ISC) board of directors. The former NASA engineer and entrepreneur, who helped launch everything from the Apollo Space Mission to the modern day technical workstation, brings a wealth of business experience in helping to transform ISC into a major software company.
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Product News
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GigOptix Announces 4x10Gbps SiGe Chipsets for Optical Interconnect
Friday, May 09 @ 15:21 EDT
GigOptix today announced that the HXR4104, a 4x10.3Gbps Transimpedance Limiting Amplifier (TIA/LA) and the HXT4104, the industry’s lowest power 4x10.3Gbps Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VSCEL) driver are available now as a chipset.
TGrid 5.0 Advances Automatic, High-Quality Meshing Tools
Friday, May 09 @ 09:51 EDT
Release from ANSYS Introduces Key New Technologies in Surface and Volume Meshing: ANSYS today announced the release of version 5.0 of its TGrid advanced mesh generation software. TGrid technology is a specialized pre-processor for fluid flow analysis. It is used to create large unstructured tetrahedral and hex-core meshes for complex geometry. The software is utilized heavily in large-scale automotive and aerospace applications, in which advanced meshing techniques are required for the computational analysis of fluid flow. This latest version of TGrid software introduces new tools and enhanced capabilities to generate high-quality meshes more efficiently. In addition, this release exhibits a continued commitment by ANSYS to deliver best-in-class meshing technology.
QLogic 2500 Series of 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters Qualified by EMC
Thursday, May 08 @ 11:59 EDT
QLogic 8Gb Host Bus Adapters Also Now Available Through EMC Select Program: QLogic today announced that the QLogic 2500 Series of 8Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) are qualified by EMC as E-Lab Tested for use with EMC CLARiiON, EMC Celerra and EMC Symmetrix networked storage systems. With E-Lab qualification, EMC customers can use QLogic and EMC technology to deploy highly scalable, high performance 8Gb Fibre Channel networks. The highly comprehensive E-Lab qualification process tests configurations that replicate real-world environments to help ensure customer satisfaction. In addition, EMC now offers the QLogic 2500 Series of 8Gb Fibre Channel adapters as part of its EMC Select Program. EMC Select is designed to make it easier for customers to acquire best-in-class infrastructure products to complete their EMC storage solutions and to help enable businesses to implement information infrastructure solutions.
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