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Watson Takes on Science

IBM’s supersystem gives the research scientist encyclopedic knowledge of all papers written on a specific topic.

HPC 2015 Call for Papers

High Performance Computing symposium will encourage innovation in modeling and simulation.

IBM Develops Big Data Infrastructure for Science

Big Blue will collaborate with DESY institute in Germany to develop an architecture capable of processing 20 gigabytes of data per second.

NFS Launches New Cloud Initiative

Two large research projects will explore advanced techniques for integrating cloud computing with academic research.

NERSC Gets Ready for Exascale

New program encourages exascale coding techniques to prepare for the next-generation Cori supercomputer, which goes online in 2016.

IBM Announces New Chip Modeled on the Brain

Innovative design mimics the behavior of synapses and neurons to usher in a new era of cognitive computing.

New Supercomputing Journal Offers Free Online Distribution

The Journal for Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations (JSFI) provides immediate open access to peer-reviewed technical articles on the latest supercomputing research.

New Call for Climate Research

Sustainability project is part of President Obama’s Climate Data Initiative.

AMD Announces New APUs

Chip vendor takes another step in its quest to integrate CPU and GPU functions in a single unit.

Vendors Launch 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium

New industry group imagines 25-gigabit single-lane performance for clusters and data centers.