In early 2012, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) moved from its original location in Manno to Lugano city, a few kilometers away. The last computer to be powered off in Manno was Buin, a Cray XT4, which for the last years had computed the numerical weather forecast for MeteoSwiss every three hours, through simulations [...]
On June 3rd, 2012 the RSI LA1 (Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana) broadcasted “Il Giardino di Albert” dedicated to the Nanotechnology (“Nanoparticelle e tecnologia informatica”). During the programme, one slot was reserved to CSCS and its relocation to the new building in Lugano. In the “Supercomputer, supertrasloco”, the ” Il Giardino di Albert” ‘s crew reveals the [...]
The Swiss radio broadcast reported (in German) about CSCS, Supercomputing and the move to the new building in Lugano. DRS3 visited CSCS at the end of April, just after the move of the supercomputer Monte Rosa to the new location in Lugano and interviewed the General Manager, Dominik Ulmer and Maria Grazia Giuffreda, Head of [...]
The Swiss television reported about the new building and the move of Monte Rosa, the largest Swiss supercomputer (Cray XE6) with two broadcasts: On March 26th: See the broadcast » And on March 27th: See the broadcast »
The Radiotelevisione Svizzera (RSI) reported in different progras about the new CSCS building and the move from Manno to Lugano The scientific transmission “Il giardino di Albert”, reported in a 24 minutes long broadcast (in Italian) about CSCS: “Computing Power and Energy Efficiency”. Listen to Il giardino di Albert from RSI web page » Abstract: [...]
