Tag: sc11
Interview: Cray CEO Sees Big Future in Big Data
During the this year's annual Supercomputing Conference (SC11) in Seattle, Cray's home turf, we caught up with the company's CEO, Peter Ungaro to talk about the increasing meld between big data and traditional supercomputing--and what this blend could portend for Cray going forward. Read more…
Live from SC11: The Storage Cost of Rendering
This week during SC11 we spoke with the CEO of Scalable Informatics, Joe Landman, about big data storage in the entertainment industry and how these needs carry over to other verticals, including financial services. Read more…
Live from SC11: Turning Big Data into Big Physics
GPU technology is playing a major role in boosting the efficiency and processing horsepower of businesses that are reliant on rapid-fire simulations. We speak with Matthew Scarpino from Eclipse Engineering and provide a glimpse of the visualization showcase from SC11. Read more…
Live from SC11: Data Intensive System Showdown
The results of a relatively new benchmark that falls under the purview of the Graph500 effort were announced at the annual Supercomputing conference in Seattle, showcasing the prowess of IBM and others in tackling data-intensive problems. Read more…
Live from SC11: HPC and Big Data Get Hitched in Seattle
The annual Supercomputing Conference (SC11) is taking over Seattle this week as those in the high performance computing community gather to share insights over the course of the next several days. The focus this year isn't on the almighty CPU, however--data intensive science is the star of the show and big data challenges are taking center stage in presentations, sessions and conversations. Read more…