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K Computer Runs World’s Largest-Scale Magnetic-Reversal Simulator

Today Fujitsu Limited announced it has developed the world’s largest magnetic-reversal simulator. Developed in joint research with the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), the simulator runs on the famous K computer using a mesh covering more than 300 million micro-regions.

5 Predictions: Where Supercomputing is Heading in 2016

From new processor technologies to quantum computing, 2016 promises to be another exciting year for supercomputing. Here are five predictions as to how the industry will push ahead in 2016.

HPC for Economic Growth and Development

By Cynthia R. McIntyre; This is an exciting period as emerging and frontier market economies (as defined by the financial sector) adopt advanced technologies for economic competitiveness, societal benefit, and scientific discovery. Most notably, these economies are evaluating and acquiring advanced information and communication technologies as competitive platforms for socio-economic benefit.

SC15 Video: Intersect360 Research’s Addison Snell on TOP500 Trends, Accelerated Computing and Moore’s Law

HPCwire Senior Editor Tiffany Trader sat down with Intersect360 Research CEO Addison Snell at the show to discuss China’s increased TOP500 share, the rise in accelerated computing, the fledgling OpenHPC project, and more.

How Can HPC Best Help Pharma R&D?

In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Richard Holland from the Pistoia Alliance writes that high-performance computing can help pharmaceutical companies cut the time they spend on research and development, but HPC is not a panacea and its deployment needs to be nuanced and appropriate.

China’s Tianhe-2 Supercomputer Maintains Top Spot on List of World’s TOP500 Supercomputers

CELLE, Germany; BERKELEY, Calif.; and KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— For the sixth consecutive time, Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology, has retained its position as the world’s No. 1 system, according to the 46th edition of the twice-yearly TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Overall, change at the top of the list is again minor, with only two new systems in the Top 10 -- the Trinity supercomputer built by Cray and jointly deployed by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, and the Hazel-Hen system built by Cray and installed at the HLRS - Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart in Germany.

List Highlights

This Week in HPC

High Performance Technologies in Transition; What to Watch for in 2016

This Week In HPC Episode 102 featuring Addison Snell and Michael Feldman.
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Tianhe-2 (MilkyWay-2) - TH-IVB-FEP Cluster, Intel Xeon E5-2692 12C 2.200GHz, TH Express-2, Intel Xeon Phi 31S1P
NUDT
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Titan - Cray XK7 , Opteron 6274 16C 2.200GHz, Cray Gemini interconnect, NVIDIA K20x
Cray Inc.
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Sequoia - BlueGene/Q, Power BQC 16C 1.60 GHz, Custom
IBM
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K computer, SPARC64 VIIIfx 2.0GHz, Tofu interconnect
Fujitsu
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Mira - BlueGene/Q, Power BQC 16C 1.60GHz, Custom
IBM
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Trinity - Cray XC40, Xeon E5-2698v3 16C 2.3GHz, Aries interconnect
Cray Inc.
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Piz Daint - Cray XC30, Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.600GHz, Aries interconnect , NVIDIA K20x
Cray Inc.
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Hazel Hen - Cray XC40, Xeon E5-2680v3 12C 2.5GHz, Aries interconnect
Cray Inc.
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Shaheen II - Cray XC40, Xeon E5-2698v3 16C 2.3GHz, Aries interconnect
Cray Inc.
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Stampede - PowerEdge C8220, Xeon E5-2680 8C 2.700GHz, Infiniband FDR, Intel Xeon Phi SE10P
Dell