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IIT Kanpur Sets Up Mission Critical, High Performance Computing Powerhouse on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
White Papers The institute wanted to modernize and scale proprietary, SMP-UNIX infrastructure and setup a high performance computing environment that can handle cutting edge research projects. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur is one of the premier...
[April 18, 2007, 1:00]
TechNet Webcast: High-Performance Computing With Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (Level 200)
White Papers High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Beowulf-style clusters are evolving from their roots in academia and government computing into new areas of computing such as genomics and finance. The listener of this webcast will hear how Microsoft Windows...
[December 31, 2008, 0:00]
High-Performance Computing Goes Mainstream in E&P
White Papers This paper, which provides a market snapshot and introduction to high-performance computing use at the workgroup and desktop levels as well as at the supercomputing level, is the first of two that outlines a transformational change in the way...
[April 3, 2008, 1:02]
High Performance Computing: Compatible Acceleration Using Fine Grain, Parallel Processing
White Papers In many cases, organizations are not realizing expected performance increases when running large, complex applications on High Performance Computing (HPC) computers. Multi-processor in Memory (MNM) technology, combined with CPU Tech's System-on-a...
[March 4, 2008, 0:02]
High-Performance Computing Power of 64-Bit Intel Itanium 2 Processors Helps Reduce Financial Trading Risks
White Papers However, risks modeling and calculations in the busy financial markets require high-performance computing platforms in order to deliver the accuracy and timeliness that is needed to effectively carry out profitable trading.
[May 17, 2007, 1:00]
Sun touts high-performance computing for Web 2.0
News At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz talks about the company's new high-performance computing facility in Austin, Texas, and how Web 2.0 companies such as Facebook and Google are benefiting from high...
[April 28, 2008, 13:47]
IBM High Performance Computing for Linux on POWER Using InfiniBand
White Papers This paper provides an overview and describes the components and performance of a High Performance Computing (HPC) solution for Linux on POWER using InfiniBand as the cluster interconnects. The paper contains performance results for several...
[February 19, 2007, 0:00]
Procter & Gamble Tests Windows-Based High-Performance Computing to Boost Productivity
White Papers However, the company needed to first make its High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters easier to use. To reduce costs and speed time-to-market, Procter & Gamble wanted to expand its use of computer simulation in research, design, and testing.
[November 7, 2008, 0:01]
Using InfiniBand for High Performance Computing
White Papers With broader adoption of High Performance Computing (HPC) in various industry segments, more enterprise businesses are implementing parallel compute cluster architectures to provide a cost-effective approach for scalable, HPC platforms.
[May 1, 2007, 1:00]
Configurable Virtualized System Environments for High Performance Computing
White Papers Existing challenges for current terascale High Performance Computing (HPC) systems are increasingly hampering the development and deployment efforts of system software and scientific applications for next-generation petascale systems.
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Symmetric Active/Active High Availability for High-Performance Computing System Services
White Papers This paper aims to pave the way for high availability in High-Performance Computing (HPC) by focusing on efficient redundancy strategies for head and service nodes. The presented approach introduces two distinct replication methods, internal and...
[October 22, 2008, 1:01]
University Uses Solution to Simplify High Performance Computing
White Papers Because of its focus on advanced technology, it has a strong demand for High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions. Now students can train to use and maintain high-performance clusters, making complex calculations through a simple Windows interface.
[July 27, 2009, 1:20]
Engineering Firm Promotes Management and Analytics With High-Performance Computing
White Papers So NEWJEC deployed a Windows-based high-performance computing solution. NEWJEC is one of the foremost multidisciplinary consulting firms in Japan, with capabilities in electrical, civil, geotechnical, architectural, structural, mechanical, and...
[July 27, 2009, 1:20]
Aerospace Firm Attracts Customers With High-Performance Computing
White Papers Andrews Space needed a new parallel-processing computing environment with the high-performance that complex contracts demand, and the cost-effectiveness to meet its budget requirements. After researching processors and interconnect technology...
[June 18, 2008, 1:01]
The Benefits of Dual-Core Processors in High-Performance Computing
White Papers This paper examines the real-world advantages of dual-core processors; specifically how the new dual-core AMD Opteron processors benefit users in a High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment. The next step in advanced processor technology...
[May 29, 2007, 5:20]
Virtualization for High-Performance Computing
White Papers The specific demands of High-Performance Computing (HPC) often mismatch the assumptions and algorithms provided by legacy Operating Systems (OS) for common workload mixes. While feature- and application-rich OSes allow for flexible and low-cost...
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
Motor: A Virtual Machine for High Performance Computing
White Papers Unfortunately, these existing virtual environments do not provide the necessary high performance computing abstractions required by e-Scientists. In general areas of computing, virtual environments such as Java and .Net have proved successful in...
[October 22, 2008, 1:01]
Performance and Reliability for Excel Spreadsheets Through High Performance Computing
White Papers This paper describes how to increase the computational power and reliability of Excel 2007 spreadsheets through the use of the Microsoft High Performance Computing platform composed of Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster...
[March 29, 2008, 0:01]
Symmetric Active/Active High Availability for High-Performance Computing System Services: Accomplishments and Limitations
White Papers This paper summarizes the efforts over the last 3-4 years in providing symmetric active/active high availability for High-Performance Computing (HPC) system services. This work paves the way for high-level reliability, availability and...
[July 10, 2008, 1:01]
A Component Architecture for High-Performance Scientific Computing
White Papers The Common Component Architecture (CCA) provides a means for software developers to manage the complexity of large-scale scientific simulations and to move toward a plug-and-play environment for high-performance computing.
[October 22, 2008, 1:01]
