Every scientist has to be a statistician these days, but not every scientist wants to be.
Reviews
04 January 2011
There are a lot of reasons to enthuse about the new release of Mathematica; across the board and not least (from my point of view) the statistics and probability coverage.
04 January 2011
With the latest incremental version update (8.1 to 8.5, now at service release 1), OriginLab’s increasingly versatile data graphics package sees useful improvements and new developments in a number of areas.
31 August 2010
Felix Grant reviews the bibliographic reference handler that doubles up as an information manager.
28 June 2010
Felix Grant reviews the latest iteration of Minitab's flagship statistics package.
16 June 2010
Felix Grant reviews the latest upgrades to Maplesoft's flagship computer algebra package and its high profile simulation sibling.
15 February 2010
Felix Grant finds that the latest version of Systat's statistical software shows evolution of capability and usability.
17 December 2009
Felix Grant tests the latest iteration of VSNi's statistical package, GenStat 12.
02 November 2009
Felix Grant reviews Grapher 8, the latest update to the page-oriented technical graphics software produced by Golden Software.
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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