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Code Modernization: Key to Unleashing Performance

Using OpenMP and compiler tools to enable threading and parallelism Today’s multiprocessor and high-performance systems utilize more cores than ever to lend power to today’s demanding applications. However, much of the code we use was developed for a single thread and single CPU core. In this blog post, Slashdot Media …

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Python: Ready for HPC Prime-Time?

Move over C++ and FORTRAN, Python for HPC has arrived with libraries and tools that bring it into the HPC mainstream. For decades, programming HPC applications has been dominated by C++ and FORTRAN. In this Go Parallel post, Contributing Editor David Bolton highlights a new Python version designed to work …

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Code Modernization: Key to Unleashing Performance

Using OpenMP and compiler tools to enable threading and parallelism Today’s multiprocessor and high-performance systems utilize more cores than ever to lend power to today’s demanding applications. However, much of the code we use was developed for a single thread and single CPU core. In this blog post, Slashdot Media …

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Intel, Partners Build Enterprise Security Platforms on New, Device-Focused Protections

New password keeper True Key and hardware-enabled encryption from Authenticate help IT security reach down to desktop, mobile devices At the recent RSA conference, Intel announced a new wave of partnerships and industrial-strength security technology initiatives, according to this blog by Slashdot Media Contributing Editor John O’Donnell. Intel Corp. rolled …

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DOE Supercomputers to Help Manufacturers’ Clean Energy Efforts

US, major labs to partner, $3M awarded to projects aiming to speed development Ten projects have received grants of $300K each to enable business to use HPC in the development of clean energy products, according to this brief by Slashdot Contributing Editor Wylie Wong U.S. Provides HPC Resources to Manufacturing …

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NFL player tracking could revolutionize more than just game-day graphics

Impact of performance and injury data could become POC for IoT-enabled data collection like Precision Medicine Initiative HPC may power new analysis of NFL players, their performance and their health thanks to IoT project now in place. Coaching and medical staff may develop new plays and safety gear from the …

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Python: Ready for HPC Prime-Time?

Move over C++ and FORTRAN, Python for HPC has arrived with libraries and tools that bring it into the HPC mainstream. For decades, programming HPC applications has been dominated by C++ and FORTRAN. In this Go Parallel post, Contributing Editor David Bolton highlights a new Python version designed to work …

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New Ninth Planet Discovered with Supercomputer Help

CalTech astrophysicists say planet is 10 times Earth’s size, 20 times further than Neptune Goodbye, Pluto, welcome Planet Nine. A team of CalTech scientists say they’ve discovered a ninth planet, much larger than Earth, according to this brief by Slashdot Media Two astrophysicists at the California Institute of Technology say …

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Big Data Analysis: Python, R or Both?

New libraries and tools bring Python squarely into the Big Data Fold Coders have strong language preferences, and scientific and math coders are no exception. However, with new tools emerging, some “R” and Python fans may now want to play on the other team. This article from Slashdot Media Contributing …

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