On 02.12.13, In Cloud Computing, by Pete Johnson Originally Posted: http://blog.profitbricks.com/why-i-left-hp Pete Johnson, new Platform Evangelist Woz once said, “I thought I’d be an HPer for life.” While I don’t usually claim to have a whole lot in common with the man who designed the first computer I ever saw (an Apple II, summer ’78), [...]
I am proud to announce that Mellanox’s SwitchX® line of InfiniBand and Ethernet switches have received a gold certification for Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) by the Internet Protocol Forum. Adding IPv6 support to our SwitchX series is another milestone for Mellanox’s InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions, and demonstrates our commitment to producing quality, interoperable InfiniBand [...]
I had the pleasure to be little bit involved in the creation of the fastest supercomputer in Asia, and the second fastest supercomputer in the world – the Dawning “Nebulae” Petaflop Supercomputer at SIAT. If we look on the peak flops capacity of the system – nearly 3 Petaflops, it is the largest supercomputer in [...]
Published twice a year, the Top500 supercomputers list ranks the world fastest supercomputers and provides a great indication for HPC market trends, usage models and a tool for future predictions. The 35th release of the Top500 list was just published and according to the new results InfiniBand has become the de-facto interconnect technology for high [...]
It’s almost time for ISC’10 in Hamburg, Germany (May 31-June 3), please stop by and visit Mellanox Technologies booth (#331) to learn more about how our products deliver market-leading bandwidth, high-performance, scalability, power conservation and cost-effectiveness while converging multiple legacy network technologies into one future-proof solution. Mellanox’s end-to-end 40Gb/s InfiniBand connectivity products deliver the industry’s [...]
The rapid increase in the performance of graphics hardware, coupled with recent improvements in its programmability, has made graphics accelerators a compelling platform for computationally demanding tasks in a wide variety of application domains. Due to the great computational power of the GPU, the GPGPU method has proven valuable in various areas of science and [...]
Announced last week, the Russia TOP50 lists the fastest computers in Russia ranked according to Linpack benchmark results. This list provides an important tool for tracking usage trends in high-performance computing in Russia. Mellanox 40Gb/s InfiniBand adapters and switches enable the fastest supercomputer on the Russian Top50 Supercomputer list with peak performance of 414 teraflops. [...]
Interesting article just came out from Dave Raffo at SearchStorage.com. I have a quick summary below but you should certainly read the full article here: “Health care system rolls its own data storage ‘cloud’ for researchers.” Partners HealthCare, a non-profit organization founded in 1994 by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, is an [...]
InfiniBand and Ethernet are the leading interconnect solutions for connecting servers and storage systems in high-performance computing and in enterprise (virtualized or not) data centers. Recently, the HPC Advisory Council has put together the most comprehensive database for high-performance computing applications to help users understand the performance, productivity, efficiency and scalability differences between InfiniBand and [...]
High-performance computing provides an invaluable role in research, product development and education. It helps accelerate time to market, and provides significant cost reductions in product development and tremendous flexibility. One strength in high-performance computing is the ability to achieve best sustained performance by driving the CPU performance towards its limits. Over the past decade, high-performance [...]
