Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Cray have announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which HPE will acquire Cray for approximately $1.3 billion.
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Data issues and lack of skills 'hindering AI'
15 May 2019
Artificial intelligence in life sciences is being held back by data issues and skills shortage, according to research
GCS appoints Professor Dieter Kranzlmüller as chair of the board
14 May 2019
The Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS) announces Professor Dieter Kranzlmüller as its new Chair of the Board of Directors
IDT launches new NGS software tools
10 May 2019
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has announced an expansion to its next generation sequencing (NGS portfolio) with the launch of Custom NGS Adapters that are designed to provide an easy and flexible customised adapter solution directly to scientists
Next Oak Ridge supercomputer announced by Cray and AMD
07 May 2019
The US Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has announced details of its latest supercomputer alongside Cray and AMD
BioCity invests in INCUS Performance
07 May 2019
BioCity, a life science incubator and business collective, has announced investment in INCUS Performance. Founded in 2016, INCUS Performance is a sports technology start-up that is helping athletes to train better using data
DDN to Acquire Nexenta
07 May 2019
DataDirect Networks (DDN) has announced its intent to acquire Nexenta, a provider of software defined storage (SDS) for 5G and Internet of Things (IoT), creating the Nexenta by DDN division
Jisc announce new deal to support UK education and research networks
30 April 2019
Jisc and SSE telecoms have announced the launch of the Janet South network and an extension of UK Backbone network partnerships which aim to connect UK education and research facilities with speeds of up to 100Gbps
Xilinx to acquire Solarflare
25 April 2019
The FPGA developer Xilinx has announced that it will acquire Solarflare Communications, the California based company that specialises in cloud datacentre hardware and software
IDT and iGEM partnership helps young researchers innovate in synthetic biology
24 April 2019
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has announced that it is once again partnering with the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation to support young researchers and promote scientific progress.
AMD powers Corona cluster for HPC analytics at Livermore
16 April 2019
Lawrence Livermore National Lab has deployed a 170-node HPC cluster from Penguin Computing.
GE Healthcare’s AI platform to integrate with ACR AI-LAB
10 April 2019
The American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute (DSI) has launched its ACR AI-LAB software platform securing GE Healthcare as a key collaborator
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As not only the HPC industry but the larger computing ecosystem tries to overcome the slowdown and eventual end of transistor scaling described by Moore’s Law, scientists and researchers are implementing programmes that will define the technologies and new materials needed to supplement, or repla
Architectural specialisation is one option to continue to improve performance beyond the limits imposed by the slow down in Moore’s Law.
As the complexity of both HPC hardware and the challenges that scientists are trying to solve using HPC systems increases, ensuring a system is utilised efficiently is necessary to deliver a computing service with value for money and a high research output.
With data rates increasing and more complex challenges arising in life sciences, Panasas’ Jim Donovan and Dale Brantly discuss the benefits of using HPC for these workloads