2008 news
Accessibility and green issues dominate SC08
3 December 2008
Making HPC more readily available to - and manageable by - scientists and engineers was the key theme of SC08, along with a greater emphasis on the green credentials of HPC equipment, reports Warren Clark
Microsoft dives into cloud computing with Windows Azure
30 October 2008
Microsoft will launch an operating system that will run on its new global network of data centres, it announced at a conference in Los Angeles.
Fast cars and supercomputers
29 October 2008
Scientists are using high-performance computing to design the fastest car in the world, and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling methods used could also help surgeons personalise certain procedures
Major conference programme at SC08
22 October 2008
There are plenty of highlights in the comprehensive conference programme at SC08 in Austin, including keynote speaker Michael Dell, chairman of the board of directors and CEO at Dell
ISC'08 boasts record attendance figures
3 July 2008
The 23rd annual International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'08) has been hailed as the most successful ISC in the conference's history, with a record attendance of almost 1,400 HPC industry leaders, IT specialists and scientists.
Climate change challenges HPC
20 June 2008
Scientists spoke about the challenges of climate change modelling and improving simulations to model smaller and smaller systems at this year’s International Supercomputing Conference.
Supercomputing tech accelerates science
19 June 2008
Supercomputing is speeding up scientific research with biologists developing a range of applications to buff up their simulations, according to researchers at this year's ISC conference.
HPC bones up on medical simulations
18 June 2008
Scientists are using HPC to create accurate models of osteoporotic bones to help doctors diagnose the disease.
Cardiff University gets HPC Centre of Excellence
3 June 2008
Cardiff University has opened a £2.9m high performance computer centre to increase its scientific research into projects previously considered too difficult or time-consuming.
DEISA symposium talks HPC e-Infrastructures
20 May 2008
This year's annual DEISA Symposium took place in Edinburgh; its purpose was to provide a forum where scientists from around the world can discuss HPC e-Infrastructures in general and for DEISA users to share their experiences and results.
Other years
Archive
Simulation breaks 1 billion computational cell barrier
25 November 2008
Workload scheduling helps propel Jaguar into Top500
25 November 2008
Mitrionics announces support for Xilinx and Nallatech
25 November 2008
51,200-core system boosts NASA to No 3
25 November 2008
Sundance wins software design award
25 November 2008
PRACE aims at petaflop/s-class computing – CSC is part of the project
19 November 2008
Tokyo Tech upgrades TSUBAME supercomputer
19 November 2008
Roadrunner pips Jaguar to Top500 winning post
18 November 2008
Geophysicists use GPU computing to find oil and gas
12 November 2008
Sandia National Labs improves HPC storage system
12 November 2008
US Department of Energy increases supercomputing power
12 November 2008
Blue Ice supercomputer goes green
31 October 2008
Where to find 85 Teraflops of scientific supercomputing power
30 October 2008
HPC for all in MathWorks double whammy
30 October 2008
EGEE now running Matlab parallel computing products
23 October 2008
PRACE investigates application requirements
21 October 2008
Hybrid OS cluster solution for oil and gas market
2 October 2008
IBM invests in cloud computing for emerging markets
25 September 2008
Kodak uses cluster solution to aid image sensor design
25 September 2008
AcuSolve now supports Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008
25 September 2008
Multicore programming aids breast cancer detection
25 September 2008
Inaugural PRACE seminar hailed a success
25 September 2008
CEA joins DEISA
18 September 2008
OptimaNumerics signs up Cluster Tech
15 September 2008
GEANT2 connects CERN’s LHC computing grid
15 September 2008
NCSA to add 62 teraflops of HPC power
10 September 2008
GEANT2 to get community help site
1 September 2008
PRACE selects Petaflop/s HPC sites
1 September 2008
The Nuclear Industry’s HPCC gem
11 August 2008
Platform Computing acquires MPI business from Scali AS
6 August 2008
GIS technology given parallel processing boost
6 August 2008
HECToR joins Deisa network
6 August 2008
IBM to provide Met Office supercomputer
6 August 2008
IBM invests $400m in cloud computing centres
5 August 2008
UK supercomputer rises to scientific challenges
5 August 2008
Upgraded graphics enhance whiplash research
31 July 2008
GPU computing aids US weather forecasting
31 July 2008
PRACE to unveil six Petaflop prototypes
30 July 2008
Barcelona launches prototype supercomputer
30 July 2008
EGI Blueprint under discussion at third European Grid Initiative workshop
17 July 2008
University of Birmingham launches BlueBEAR computational cluster
17 July 2008
First Cuda Centre of Excellence named
8 July 2008
Trio sweeten up HPC
8 July 2008
UK cluster upgrade turbo charges university's HPC power
8 July 2008
Nvidia Tesla attracts thousands of HPC users
8 July 2008
HP deploy Finis Terrae supercomputer
1 July 2008
Biologists get HPC power to their desktops
20 June 2008
Historical computer revs up car rally
20 June 2008
Supercomputer aims high for greener aviation
13 June 2008
Green computing dominates HPC workshop
11 June 2008
Bristol University joins UK National Grid Service
9 June 2008
Tech companies put in the hot seat
28 May 2008
DEISA2 signs up for European HPC ecosystem
23 May 2008
EC spends €4m on programming of multi-core systems
22 May 2008
Deutsche Telekom opens supercomputer for aviation research
20 May 2008
Cray doubles size of scientific supercomputers
19 May 2008
Grid supercomputer to tackle rice crisis
16 May 2008
Eurotech and Intel double up for HPC
14 May 2008
Fast and slow light race to be future computing technology
14 May 2008
HPC helps plug data management leak
14 May 2008
ISC ’08 unlocks keynotes
14 May 2008
£7 million supercomputer facility opens
6 May 2008
Nvidia to sponsor Stanford parallel computing lab
6 May 2008
Cray and Intel team up for future supercomputing tech
2 May 2008
Oxford scientists get £3m supercomputing boost
21 April 2008
Scientists go with the flow for energy-efficient supercomputer
14 April 2008
Pay-per-use supercomputing for the masses
14 April 2008
Interactive Supercomputing launches parallel computing blog
26 March 2008
Computing helps discover the origin of life
20 March 2008
Scientific computing on ice
20 March 2008
ISC 08 seeks birds of a feather
7 March 2008
Supercomputing essential for 'cyberscholarship' future
5 March 2008
