A leading resource for scientists, researchers and technicians all over the globe who rely upon computing to help them with their work. http://www.scientific-computing.com/ Copyright Europa Science Science and scientific computing can buy us time to cope with the demographic timebomb of population growth, says Felix Grant http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=263 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=263 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Contract laboratories must constantly adapt to meet the requirements of their clients and employ flexible data management solutions to do so, as Greg Blackman finds out http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=264 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=264 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 General-purpose graphical processing units (GPGPUs) have been making inroads into HPC applications, but with the release of chips optimised for scientific computations rather than just graphics processing, this branch is poised to make major market inroads. Paul Schreier examines what's behind this upcoming jump in performance, and its implications http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=265 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=265 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Stephen Mounsey discovers how high performance computing contributes to atmospheric science and improves the accuracy of weather forecasts http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=266 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=266 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Arthur 'Buddy' Bland, project director for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, describes the rise from terascale to petascale computing and the road to exascale http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=267 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=267 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 With wireless capabilities being built into an enormous variety of products and gadgets, the challenges facing antenna designers are greater than ever. Paul Schreier examines how modelling software has improved to aid them along every step of the development and implementation trail http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=268 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=268 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Cleve Moler, co-founder of The MathWorks, believes the benefits of parallel computing should be open to all scientists and engineers, regardless of their expertise as computer programmers http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=269 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=269 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Felix Grant assesses the applications of data analysis software in the energy sector http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=257 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=257 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 In the design of their servers, computer manufacturers are combating the need for power at every level: from processors, to power supplies, to cooling methods and everything in between. Paul Schreier checked with some major suppliers to investigate what they've been up to http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=258 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=258 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Stephen Mounsey examines some of the applications of HPC within the automotive industry http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=259 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=259 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Xi Zili is director of Shanghai Supercomputer Center, providing services for both science and industry http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=260 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=260 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Vendors of analysis/CAE software are creating tight interfaces to CAD software; CAD firms are buying up CAE technology. Paul Schreier examines these trends and looks at what they mean to users and where they could take us http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=261 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=261 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Mike Dewar, chief technical officer at NAG, says improving hardware necessitates big changes in software authoring http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=262 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=262 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Felix Grant fishes for data analysis applications among the mysteries of the deep http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=251 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=251 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 Greg Blackman looks at how data management software is used in the petrochemical industry http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=252 http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=252 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100