MORE POSTS
AMD-powered Supercomputer Aiding in Oil Spill Research
We are in uncharted waters. Every day the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico gets larger and every day we wonder when it will stop. The damage to the Gulf coast ecosystem and the pain felt by residents is … Continue reading
AMD CPU and GPU Technology – Flying High in the TOP500 Supercomputer List
While a lot of folks know me for having a passion (or is it an obsession) for virtualization and cloud computing – many people don’t realize that I am really a refugee from the world of High Performance Computing. This … Continue reading
Faster Supercomputing Cats Fueled by Six-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors
In the June 2009 TOP 500 list, the Oak Ridge National Labs’ “Jaguar” system was #2, edging close behind the “Roadrunner” cluster and was the first wholly x86 system to achieve a petaflop in performance. Of course, both utilize AMD … Continue reading
AMD Opteron Processors Scale the Alps
Nestled just north of the Italian border, in southern Switzerland, you will find CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Center. Long known for chocolate and breathtaking Alpine landscape, Switzerland is also known in the supercomputing circles as an HPC powerhouse. We … Continue reading
Building Blocks
How many times have we heard that a pocket calculator today has the computing power that put a man on the moon in 1969? I can remember my father, who was an engineer, showing me how to use a slide … Continue reading
