HPC News

StackIQ Updates Rocks+

23.02.2012 18:23

The updated version of Rocks+ makes managing “Big Data” clusters easier with the addition of new Hadoop graphical management features.

Engineers Boost Computer Processor Performance 20 Percent

16.02.2012 19:19

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate – boosting processor performance by an average of more than 20 percent.

Advanced Computing Training Centers Selected

15.02.2012 12:38

European HPC training sites announced.

Pentaho Open Sources Big Data Capabilities

02.02.2012 16:52

Pentaho Kettle 4.3 is open-sourced to Apache License v2.0.

Power Profiles for Microprocessors

26.01.2012 15:44

Detailed power profiles of processors with different software and chip architectures could help software designers optimize for power consumption.

HPC-18 Conference Registration Open

19.01.2012 21:31

Registration is now open for the 18th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPC-18).

Oracle Announces Big Data Appliance

17.01.2012 20:03

Oracle Big Data Appliance combines hardware and software to allow the acquisition, organization, and analysis of large data sets.

AMD Launches Fastest Single-GPU Graphics Card

04.01.2012 22:29

AMD recently released the AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics card for desktop PCs, hailing it as the world’s fastest single-GPU graphics card and the only GPU based on 28nm production technology.

NVidia Opens CUDA Compiler Code

27.12.2011 22:38

Source code for the NVidia CUDA LLVM-based compiler is available to qualified academic researchers and software tools developers.

XSEDE Conference Announced

27.12.2011 22:32

The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment conference of 2012 to be held in Chicago, Illinois, USA.