The first 8 projects to be supported by HP2C have been accepted. A decision about 4 additional projects is expected in the next weeks. In December 2009, the steering committee of HP2C selected the following 8 projects to be supported: Advanced Gyrokinetic – Advanced gyrokinetic numerical simulations of turbulence in fusion plasmas; Prof. Laurent Villard, […]
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 […]
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 […]
EPF Lausanne is dedicating a whole number of its inhouse journal “Flash-Informatique” to High Performance Computing (No. 8 / 2009, 64 pages). The editorial is by Vittoria Rezzonico. Here is a selection of articles: Le projet CADMOS par Giorgio MARGARITONDO Les clusters de calcul expérimentaux du Domaine IT par Pascal JERMINI Monte Rosa au CSCS […]
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 […]
