HPC in the Cloud: Hardware

On the Verge of Cloud 2.0

Tiffany Trader — 2013-04-26

Last week Mellanox debuted a new network adapter, ConnectX-3 Pro, the first interconnect solution to feature cloud offload engines for overlay networks. Like its predecessor, ConnectX-3, it supports both 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet as well as 56Gb/s InfiniBand, but it's the overlay offloading engine that is poised to unlock cloud's potential.

Is Amazon's 'Fast' Interconnect Fast Enough for MPI?

Tiffany Trader — 2013-04-10

Amazon's EC2 Cluster Compute instance goes head-to-head with Myrinet 10GigE cluster.

Emulex Enhances Connect Partner Program

Xtenit Help — 2013-03-26

Channel program improvements reward reseller loyalty and maximize partner profitability.

Cirrascale Launches GB5400 Series GPGPU Blade Server

Xtenit Help — 2013-03-20

Cirrascale Corporation announced its GB5400 blade server supports up to eight discrete GPGPU cards in a single blade.

OFC/NFOEC 2013 to Host Optical Communications Exposition

Xtenit Help — 2013-03-18

Exhibit hall programs to cover datacom, cloud services, software-defined networking, network infrastructure, service provider integration and more.

Supermicro Exhibits GPU Platforms at GTC 2013

Xtenit Help — 2013-03-18

At the show, Supermicro will exhibit its extensive line of FatTwin and SuperServer GPU platforms, including the industry's only 1U 3x NVIDIA GRID K2 qualified SuperServer.

HPC in the Cloud Research Roundup

Tiffany Trader — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:21:39 EDT

The top HPC cloud research story this week addresses the question: What if it were possible to cheaply and easily test the suitability of moving to a cloud platform – a virtual "try it before you buy it"? In other items, researchers explore the reliability of HPC cloud, take another pass at GPU virtualization, and evaluate I/O performance in Amazon's EC2 cloud.

HPC Bolsters Life Sciences

Tiffany Trader — 2013-03-14

HPC, cloud and big data are experiencing this rich synergy, and it seems nowhere is this more evident than in life sciences. The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC), a new state-of-the-art facility in Western Mass., just received more than $4.5 million in funding for a cloud-based system for computational biology that will tap into this union.

HP Selected by EC to Supply Servers

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:12:01 EDT

HP has been selected by the EC to supply servers to multiple countries.

Emulex Drives 16Gb Fibre Channel Ecosystem with Partner Adoption

Xtenit Help — 2013-03-12

Emulex announced adoption of its LightPulse 16Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters.

Obsidian Projects Growth for Memory Interconnects

Xtenit Help — 2013-03-12

Obsidian welcomes Hugh Cleland and Walt Wright to the team to help support growth.

Boston Releases ARM as a 'Service'

Xtenit Help — 2013-03-05

Boston Limited is proud to unveil its ARM-as-a-Service (AaaS), powered by Breeze and ARM, at CeBIT 2013.

Mellanox Launches Ethernet Initiative

Xtenit Help — 2013-03-04

Mellanox introduces the "Generation of Open Ethernet" first open switch initiative.

Concurrent Thinking Announces New Enterprise Scale DCIM Solutions

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:59:25 EST

Concurrent Thinking has announced an enterprise version of its concurrentCOMMAND DCIM appliance to provide a resilient solution for monitoring and managing large-scale datacenters.

Baidu First to Deploy Marvell's ARM-based Server

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:08:12 EST

Marvell announced the inclusion of its chipset in the world's first commercial deployment of ARM-based servers at Chinese search engine giant Baidu.

Mellanox Reaches 19 Percent of Total 10GbE Market

Xtenit Help — 2013-02-25

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced that, according to market research firm Crehan Research, the company rapidly grew its 10GbE market share to approximately 19 percent of Q4 2012 total market share.

Altera to Build Next-Gen FPGAs on Intel Tri-Gate Technology

Xtenit Help — 2013-02-25

Altera and Intel announced an agreement for the manufacture of Altera FPGAs on Intel's 14nm tri-gate transistor technology.

AMD Launches FirePro R5000 for Datacenters

Xtenit Help — 2013-02-25

AMD announced the arrival of the AMD FirePro R5000 remote graphics card, a flexible, manageable solution designed and engineered to power remote 3D-graphics workflows and full computing experiences over IP networks.

Mellanox Enhances Worldwide Channel Partner Program

Xtenit Help — 2013-02-25

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced enhancements to its worldwide channel program, providing partners with added resources to take advantage of opportunities in high growth markets such as cloud, Web 2.0 and big data.

VCE Announces Vblock System Portfolio Expansion

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:07:18 EST

VCE announced its largest ever introduction of new software and hardware that will help enterprises and service providers modernize and transform their data center environments.

Tilera Announces TILE-Gx72 Manycore Processor

Xtenit Help — 2013-02-19

Tilera Corporation announced the TILE-Gx72 processor with 72 power-efficient cores coupled with massive I/O and four high-performance DDR3 memory controllers.