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Future technologies
1 February 2017
Robert Roe investigates the use of technologies in HPC that could help shape the design of future supercomputers
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Managing energy efficiency at NASA
1 February 2017
Robert Roe learns that the NASA advanced supercomputing division (NAS) is optimising energy efficiency and water usage to maximise the facility’s potential to deliver computing services to its user community
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A cloud is forming
1 February 2017
Robert Roe investigates the growth in cloud technology which is being driven by scientific, engineering and HPC workflows through application specific hardware
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Tooling up for exascale
1 December 2016
Robert Roe investigates some of the European projects focusing on preparing today’s supercomputers and HPC programmers for exascale HPC
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A question of scale
1 December 2016
The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany has been operating supercomputers of the highest performance class since 1987. Tim Gillett talks to Norbert Attig and Thomas Eickermann
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Modular HPC goes mainstream
1 October 2016
William Payne investigates the growing trend of using modular HPC, built on industry standard hardware and software, to support users across a range of both existing and emerging application areas
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Energy efficient supercomputing
1 October 2016
The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) is driving the development of new energy-efficient practices for HPC, as Robert Roe discovers
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Data dissection
1 August 2016
Developments in bioinformatics are putting pressure on those tasked with data analysis and interpretation, writes Sophia Ktori
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Providing an HPC blueprint
1 August 2016
Robert Roe discovers that the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) is laying the foundation for application-driven HPC – through a programme of training, education and hardware procurement
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Memories of the future
1 August 2016
Robert Roe investigates developments in memory technology aimed at the next generation of HPC applications
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Robert Roe reports on developments in AI that are helping to shape the future of high performance computing technology at the International Supercomputing Conference
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James Reinders is a parallel programming and HPC expert with more than 27 years’ experience working for Intel until his retirement in 2017. In this article Reinders gives his take on the use of roofline estimation as a tool for code optimisation in HPC
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Sophia Ktori concludes her two-part series exploring the use of laboratory informatics software in regulated industries.
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As storage technology adapts to changing HPC workloads, Robert Roe looks at the technologies that could help to enhance performance and accessibility of
storage in HPC
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By using simulation software, road bike manufacturers can deliver higher performance products in less time and at a lower cost than previously achievable, as Keely Portway discovers