On December 16th Dr. Fritz Schiesser, President of ETH Board, confirmed that the Swiss federal Parliament had passed the funding for the new CSCS building. This great news follows immediately on the decision by the Ticino cantonal Parliament to contribute 5 million CHF to the construction of the new compute center. As the city of [...]
We are glad to announce the call for participation for an Infiniband workshop jointly organized by Mellanox and CSCS in Lugano (March 15-17 2010). The workshop will be dedicated to InfiniBand training – InfiniBand architecture, hands-on training, advanced features, fabric management, and more. This is an excellent training and education opportunity for HPC IT professionals. [...]
Cray has announced the Exascale Research Initiative less than a month after Intel said it was setting up an exascale research center with European partners. Cray’s partnership involves three European institutions, including the University of Edinburgh and the Swiss National Supercomputing Center. The goal of the initiative is to build a supercomputer capable of performing [...]
The parlament of Cantone Ticino has voted unanimously today 5 Millions to support the implementation of the High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN) strategy. The contribution of Canton Ticino is aimed for the construction of the new CSCS building in Lugano-Cornaredo. CHF 172.5 million are to be invested overall in implementing the HPCN strategy., 70 for [...]
On October 20, 2009 the Swiss TV reported on the late news trasmission 10vor10 about the new Supercomputer installed at CSCS and the Swiss National HPC strategy (HPCN). Neuer Supercomputer in Lugano In Manno bei Lugano steht das Rechenzentrum der ETH Zürich. Seit ein paar Wochen steht dort der neuste Supercomputer der Schweiz, der drittschnellste [...]
