ISC14 (International Supercomputing Conference) announced on Monday the new TOP500 list, which classifies supercomputers according to their processing power, just this morning. The list ranks Piz Daint of CSCS as the sixth fastest supercomputer in the world and absolute fastest in Europe. The photos here below show the award ceremony with representatives of Cray, ISC/TOP500 and CSCS. […]
ETH Board decided on July 8, 2011 to continue to adhere to its strategic plan for 2012-2016 and to support the High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN) strategy together with other large-scale projects. Additional resources demanded for the implementation of the strategic plan As to the large-scale projects, the ETH Board intends to implement the projects […]
The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) invites you to a Workshop on large-scale data analysis 10:30 AM – 04:30 PM; Friday February 18, 2011, Radisson Blu Hotel, Lucerne The workshop is aimed at researchers who are facing challenges in data analytics and are looking for an adequate facility in Switzerland to analyze their data efficiently. […]
Monday, October 18 has been an important day for the implementation of the Swiss National HPC Initiative (HPCN). In Lugano Cornaredo there was the ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone for the new CSCS building. The ceremony has been attended by representatives of ETH Zurich, the Canton of Ticino, the City of Lugano, […]
University of Zurich and Intel commonly announced a case study for the use of Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5400 series for Schrödiger, the new Sun HPC system of the university. The University has been at the forefront of scientific research for many years and relies heavily on its HPC cluster to underpin complex calculations […]
