HPC 2014-15

End-user scientists and engineers fear the complexity of running jobs in HPC. But there are software tool-kits available to help, as Tom Wilkie discovers

The era of data-centric HPC is upon us. Robert Roe investigates how data storage companies are rising to the challenge

The way Europe has joined up its networks not only supports supercomputing on the continent, but also offers a model for international cooperation that might have lessons for the development of next-generation technology, as Tom Wilkie discovers

Lindsay Botten and Neil Stringfellow explain how Australia has developed a national HPC strategy to address the countrys unique challenges in science, climate, and economic development

John Barr surveys the technologies that will underpin the next generation of HPC processors and finds that software, not hardware, holds the key.