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  Open Source Spotlight - Yabi: Bringing drag-and-drop to supercomputers

  Supercomputers are powerful tools for scientists. They are also very expensive, so wasted time can mean a lot of wasted resources. But making the most efficient use of them is not the easiest proposition in the world; it's not just a case of clicking a button to analyse a protein. However, fitting out the world of supercomputers with a user-friendly, web-based interface is the focus of an open source project based at Western Australia's Murdoch University.

  By Rohan Pearce | 27 April, 2012 09:50

  Tags: high performance computing (HPC), open source, supercomputers, supercomputing

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  IBM IOD 2011: IBM launches Watson-like software for healthcare

  IBM has released new predictive analytics software for the management of patient data in the healthcare industry, following the company's Watson supercomputer partnership with American health insurance company WellPoint.

  By Chloe Herrick | 26 October, 2011 18:35

  Tags: Financial, healthcare, IBM, IBM Watson, predictive analytics, supercomputing, Watson

• Climate science chewing up supercomputing resources

  An "infinite" demand for Australia’s supercomputing resources could threaten the quality of climate change science if more high performance computing isn’t found, a leading academic in the field has warned.

  By Tim Lohman | 05 September, 2011 15:00

  Tags: climate change, supercomputers, supercomputing

• CSIRO sourcing hardware for Pawsey SKA supercomputing environment

  The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has announced that it will shortly move toward the procurement phase of its multi-stage petascale and real-time supercomputing Pawsey Centre project.

  By Tim Lohman | 18 May, 2011 09:53

  Tags: ASKAP, csiro, Pawsey High Performance Computing Centre, ska, supercomputing

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  10,000-core Linux supercomputer built in Amazon cloud

  High-performance computing expert Jason Stowe recently asked two of his engineers a simple question: Can you build a 10,000-core cluster in the cloud?

  By Jon Brodkin | 07 April, 2011 06:47

  Tags: cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, internet, Linux, Microsoft, non-Windows, operating systems, supercomputing

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  Supercomputing fest will spotlight world's fastest computers, high-performance issues

  One of the most fascinating and highly technical conferences in the IT industry will take place next week in New Orleans, when SC10 kicks off with seven days of big computers, and big solutions to big problems.

  By Jon Brodkin | 12 November, 2010 03:28

  Tags: cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, internet, Linux, non-Windows, operating systems, supercomputing

• China flexes supercomputing muscle in Top 500 rankings

  China flexed its computing muscle with a supercomputer called Nebulae, rocketing to second place on the biannual Top500 list, which ranks the most powerful computers in the world.

  By Agam Shah | 31 May, 2010 18:05

  Tags: China, supercomputers, supercomputing

• Unix server sales sink; IDC cites a perfect storm

  The Unix server business has been hit particularly hard during the current recession.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 28 May, 2010 06:38

  Tags: Gartner, HP, IDC, server market, supercomputing, unix

• The supercomputer on your desktop

  High-performance computing (HPC) has almost always required a supercomputer - one of those room-size monoliths you find at government research labs and universities.

  By John Brandon | 17 February, 2010 06:59

  Tags: high performance computing (HPC), supercomputing

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  SGI offers supercomputing as a service

  SGI is rolling out what it believes is the first hosted supercomputing service on the market.

  By Nancy Gohring | 12 February, 2010 07:20

  Tags: IaaS, SaaS, SGI, SGI Cyclone, supercomputing

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  Sandia tests supercomputer virtualization

  The U.S. Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratories is investigating the possibility of using virtualization to allow its researchers to make better use of its behemoth Red Storm supercomputer. Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of New Mexico are also participating in the project.

  By Joab Jackson | 27 January, 2010 05:01

  Tags: Lguest, Sandia National Laboratories, supercomputing, virtualisation

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  US Air Force taps PlayStation 3 for research

  The U.S. Air Force recently issued a request for proposals to purchase 2,200 Sony PlayStation 3 video game consoles. Does the Air Force plan to play lots of Grand Theft Auto?

  By Mitch Betts | 07 December, 2009 22:04

  Tags: clustering, hpc, PS3, supercomputing, USA government

• Gore says supercomputing can be killer app in climate change

  PORTLAND, Ore. -- Former Vice President Al Gore today told an audience of scientists, programmers and system builders at the SC09 conference here that their work is essential in the effort to avoid global catastrophe caused by climate change.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 20 November, 2009 09:19

  Tags: climate change, supercomputing

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  Two rival supercomputers duke it out for top spot

  A Cray supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has regained the title of the world's most powerful supercomputer, overtaking the installation that was ranked at the top in June, while China entered the Top 10 with a hybrid Intel-AMD system.

  By Stephen Lawson | 16 November, 2009 15:08

  Tags: hpc, supercomputing, top 500

• Microsoft acquisition adds to parallel computing focus

  Microsoft has purchased assets in a company that specializes in parallel computing, a function used mainly in supercomputing that Microsoft aims to develop for a broader audience, the company said Tuesday.

  By Owen Fletcher | 23 September, 2009 17:47

  Tags: Interactive Supercomputing, Microsoft, parallel computing, supercomputing