December 2008/January 2009
MODELLING ACOUSTICS
The sound of software
Paul Schreier explores how scientific software has allowed some remarkable advances in the area of acoustics, which in turn have led to some very innovative products
DATA ANALYSIS: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Data across the divide
Felix Grant assess how data analysis packages cope with technology transfer
GREEN COMPUTING
An energy crisis in HPC
Green computing is becoming important for HPC, not only for reasons of energy conservation and cost reduction, but also because data centres are reaching the limits of power available to them. Paul Schreier examines steps being taken to cut HPC power requirements
HPC IN F1
Racing ahead
Gemma Church takes a look at how HPC technology is assisting F1 teams at the cutting edge of the sport
HPC DIRECTOR
Driving NASA missions
Rupak Biswas, chief of NASA's Advanced Supercomputing Division, explains the challenges he faces running one of the most high-profile establishments in the world
INSIDE VIEW
The future of discovery informatics platforms
Mark Bayliss, vice president and chief technical officer, Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs)
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