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Topic: High Performance Computing
Argonne Steps up to the Exascale Computing Project
Argonne National Laboratory, a US Department of Energy (DOE) science and energy lab located outside of Chicago, provides supercomputing resources aimed at accelerating the pace of discovery and innovation. It is home to Mira, currently the ninth fastest supercomputer in the world, and its new Theta system, which will serve as a bridge between Mira and its Read More
ORNL Researchers Bridge the Gap Between R, HPC Communities
Many now consider simulation the third pillar of scientific inquiry, alongside the centuries-old pillars of theory and experiment. Read More
Google Says Its Custom Machine Learning Chips Are Often 15-30x Faster Than GPUs and CPUs
It's no secret that Google has developed its own custom chips to accelerate its machine learning algorithms. The company first revealed those chips, called Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), at its I/O developer conference back in May 2016, but it never went into all that many details about them, except for saying that they were optimized around the company’s Read More
Supercomputer Simulation Offers Peek at the Future of Quantum Computers
To find out whether quantum computers will work properly, scientists must simulate them on a classical computer. Now a record-breaking experiment has simulated the largest quantum computer yet. Read More
Researchers Use World’s Smallest Diamonds to Make Wires Three Atoms Wide
LEGO-style Building Method Has Potential for Making One-Dimensional Materials with Extraordinary Properties. Read More
Memristors as Logic Gates and Memory Cells in Tomorrow’s Computing Devices
As the last decade ended, ARM’s CTO Mike Muller warned the era of dark silicon was approaching. Read More
Cray Awarded $26 Million Contract From the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program
The Cray systems will be located at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (ERDC DSRC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Read More
Researchers use High Performance Computing to Drive Alloy Design
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and the foundry giant, Nemak of Mexico, are combining their strengths to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry speed past the technological roadblocks to its target of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. Read More