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Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/22/2009+ - (USA)
Windows Azure, Azure Data Services, SQL Data Services and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series. ••• Updates 6/27 – 6/28/2009: OGDI expansion, other additions and corrections • • Updates 6/25 – 6/26/2009: Microsoft presentations streamed at GigaOm’s Structure 09 ( Cloud Computing Events ), Mary Jo Foley’s “All About Azure” audio archive ( Cloud Computing Events ), Velocity 09 videos, Structure 09 summaries and additions • Updates 6/23 – 6/24/2009:
http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/windows-azure-and-cloud-computing-posts_23.html
PC Perspective - Intel's 80 Core Terascale Chip Explored: 4GHz clocks and more - (USA)
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=363
IBM dominates latest green supercomputer list - (USA)
Must be the season for lists. Aside from the Greenpeace one I pointed to earlier today, you’ve also got the latest Supercomputing Green 500 ranking to consider, published by the Green500.org. This is the list that reinterprets the organization’s Top 500 high-performance ranking by focusing on energy-efficiency metrics, and the computers that are listed are [...]
http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=1494
The eonic effect and simulations - (USA)
Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science A new crop of supercomputers is breaking down the petaflop speed barrier, pushing high-performance computing into a new realm that could change science more profoundly than at any time since Galileo, leading researchers say. When the Top 500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers was announced at the international supercomputing conference in Austin, Texas, on Monday, IBM had barely managed to cling to the top spot, fending off a
http://darwiniana.com/2008/11/21/the-eonic-effect-and-simulations/
IBM Rochester MN - (USA)
In the year 1956-57, Rochester, MN experienced a mysterious jump in the number of homes being built. Permits for new homes nearly doubled from 261 permits in 1956 to 501 in 1957. What type of phenomenon could cause such a rapid increase in homes; a record increase that would not be broken for another thirty years? The answer comes in the form of an announcement made by International Business Machines, or IBM. In 1956, IBM announced that a new plant was to be built in Rochester. In 1958, the camp
http://www.technology-toolkit.com/computers-and-technology/ibm-rochester-mn
IBM Press room - 2007-12-06 New IBM Research Technology Could Enable Today's Massive Supercompu - (USA)
IBM Press Room - Supercomputers that consist of thousands of individual processor brains connected by miles of copper wires could one day fit into a laptop PC, thanks in part to a breakthrough by IBM scientists announced today.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/22769.wss
AmericanHeritage.com / FATHER OF THE COMPUTER AGE - (USA)
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1999/4/1999_4_56.shtml
IBM Seeks to Build the Computer of the Future Based on Insights from the Brain - (USA)
In an unprecedented undertaking, IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain’s abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition while rivaling its low power consumption and compact size. IBM and its collaborators have been awarded $4.9 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the first phase of DARPA’s Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plast
http://www.pclaunches.com/computers/ibm_seeks_to_build_the_computer_of_the_future_based_on_insights_from_the_brain.php
Mission to build a simulated brain begins - info-tech - 06 June 2005 - New Scientist - (USA)
'Blue Brain' will be the first computer to simulate an entire human brain, down to the molecular level - it may help illuminate human consciousness
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7470
Microwulf: Supercomputing on a Budget - (USA)
If you crave a little more power than overclocking can provide then maybe building your own supercomputer is an option
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/microwulf/supercomputing-on-a-budget-296015.php
Superpowers battle, in computing. - (USA)
Fact: According to a WIRED report earlier this week, “A new crop of supercomputers is breaking down the petaflop speed barrier, pushing high-performance computing into a new realm that could change science more profoundly than at any time since Galileo.” Analysis: I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the upcoming (this week) SC08, the big annual Supercomputing conference down in Austin. The big news today was the announcement (just this afternoon) of the winner of the annual Gordon Bell Award: A
http://lewisshepherd.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/superpowers-battle-in-computing/
Parallel Application Development for MATLAB, Python and R Users - (USA)
The Star-P software platform delivers revolutionary results to scientists, engineers and analysts by enabling them to transparently use high performance computing resources, using familiar technical computing tools such as MATLAB, Python, R language.
http://www.interactivesupercomputing.com/
Technology Review: The Promise of Personal Supercomputers - (USA)
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18219/
IBM to build brain-like computers - (USA)
IBM has announced it will lead a US government-funded collaboration to make electronic circuits that mimic brains. Part of a field called "cognitive computing", the research will bring together neurobiologists, computer and materials scientists and psychologists. As a first step in its research the project has been granted $4.9m (£3.27m) from US defence agency Darpa. The resulting technology could be used for large-scale data analysis, decision making or even image recognition. "The mind has
http://sincerityboy.blogspot.com/2008/11/ibm-to-build-brain-like-computers.html
Cryptic Reveals Champions Online System Specs - (USA)
If World of Warcraft has proven anything, it’s that when you make a massively multiplayer online RPG, you substantially improve your chances at financial success if you make it playable on a massive amount of computers. It looks like it’s a lesson Cryptic Studios took to heart, as they’ve revealed the minimum and recommended system specs for Champions Online , and yes, they are relatively modest: Minimum System Requirements OS: Windows XP/Vista CPU: 2.5GHz Single Core or 1.8GHz Dual Core Memory:
http://www.realhs.com/cryptic-reveals-champions-online-system-specs/
Computer Vision, Supercomputing and Advanced Visualisation among highlights at NVIDIA's GPU Tech Con - (USA)
/India PRwire/ - NVIDIA Corporation today announced that sessions covering some of the most important trends in computing - including computer vision, advanced C for CUDA programming, computational finance, supercomputing clusters and advanced visualisation - will be among the 130-plus hours of technical content at its GPU Technology Conference. Registration is open for the conference, which will focus on the latest breakthroughs that developers, engineers and researchers are achieving through
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/information-technology/2009081131248.htm
QLogic Could Show Solid Gains over the Next Year - (USA)
Steve Alexander submits: QLogic ( QLGC ) manufactures and sells components used in computer data storage networks. The company has 3 primary divisions. Host Products (about 75% of sales) sells host bus adapters, or HBAs, which connect computers to networked storage devices like hard drives or optical media. This division also makes InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters (HCAs), which are used in "supercomputing" applications that require high data bandwidth. The second division is Network Products (
http://seekingalpha.com/article/149446-qlogic-could-show-solid-gains-over-the-next-year?source=feed
IBM to build brain-like computers - (USA)
IBM to build brain-like computers November 23rd, 2008 Mimicking synapses like this one is crucial to the effort IBM has announced it will lead a US government-funded collaboration to make electronic circuits that mimic brains. Part of a field called “cognitive computing”, the research will bring together neurobiologists, computer and materials scientists and psychologists. As a first step in its research the project has been granted $4.9m (£3.27m) from US defence agenc
http://www.urlacademy.com/?p=563
newsobserver.com | World's fastest computer will focus on nuclear weaponry - (USA)
Read Raleigh business articles at the News & Observer
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1102464.html
Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science - (USA)
Wired: Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science A new crop of supercomputers is breaking down the petaflop speed barrier, pushing high-performance computing into a new realm that could change science more profoundly than at any time since Galileo, leading researchers say. When the Top 500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers was announced at the international supercomputing conference in Austin, Texas, on Monday, IBM had barely managed to cling to the top spot, fending
http://krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle/2008/11/supercomputers-break-petaflop-barrier-transforming-science.html
Superconducting Qubits Tie the NOT Gate: Scientific American - (USA)
Researchers close in on a small quantum computer built from loops of superconducting metal
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=2C757567-E7F2-99DF-3F5FCC309D9C542E&chanId=sa025
The Olympic Medal Table for HPC - (USA)
Recently the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC09) took place in Hamburg where Intel was a platinum sponsor. A couple of musings: For Intel, it was great news - we previewed a new high end server processor code-names 'Nehalem-EX'. In production later in the year, it will have up to 8 cores and 2 threads per core (hyper-threading), 24MB of shared cache, Integrated memory controllers to name a few of the features. The platform will double the memory capacity - 16 DIMM's per
http://communities.intel.com/community/itgalaxy/uk/blog/2009/07/16/the-olympic-medal-table-for-hpc
ClearSpeed - Home - (USA)
http://www.clearspeed.com/
Next Big Future: Blue Brain status and the future of whole brain simulation - (USA)
http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/03/blue-brain-status-and-future-of-whole.html
IBM gets DARPA Cognitive Computing Contract - (USA)
The contract was just handed out to IBM, but it's certain that cognitive computing already exists in the classified sector. DARPA works that way. - Art Saxophone MouthpieceBy Daniel Terdimannews.cnet.comNovember 19, 2008IBM and several university partners have gotten a DARPA grant to work on a cognitive computing project designed to simulate the brain's sensation, action, interaction, perception and cognition abilities. At the same time, the project's leaders will be attempting to recreate the b
http://aconstantineblacklist.blogspot.com/2008/11/ibm-gets-darpa-cognitive-computing.html
Russia alarmed at US supercomputer lead - (USA)
Do Russians even make personal computers? Computer World Russia's launch of Sputnik in 1957 triggered a crisis of confidence in the U.S. that helped drive the creation of a space program. Now, Russia is comparing the U.S.'s achievements in supercomputing with theirs, and they don't like what they see. In a speech on Tuesday, Russia's President, Dmitry Medvedev, criticized his country's IT industry almost to the point of sarcasm for failing to develop supercomputing technology, and urged a dra
http://reportonarrakis.blogspot.com/2009/07/russia-alarmed-at-us-supercomputer-lead.html
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