Successful first OpenACC EuroHack in Lugano hosted by CSCS
Despite what the name “EuroHack” may lead people to believe, no external systems were hacked during the EuroHack workshop in Lugano. In actual fact, the aim of the event was … Read More
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Simulated on Cray supercomputer at CSCS: During the last ice age cold and snow came from the south
As simulations conducted by climate researchers from the University of Bern and the Oeschger Centre reveal, the precipitation during the last ice age came from the Mediterranean. Therefore, the glaciers … Read More
Video: Webinar on the CLE5.2.UP02 and CUDA6.5 upgrade
On April 20, 2015 CSCS organized a webinar on the CLE5.2.UP02 and CUDA6.5 upgrade. This is the recording, in case you missed the webinar.
Improving the theory of phase transitions with supercomputers
Supercomputers help researchers where experimentation and observation reach their limits. Physicists Jürg Diemand and Raymond Angélil from the University of Zurich use them to detect flaws in theoretical models of … Read More
PASC15 Conference: upcoming poster presentation submission deadline and program
We would like to thank all those who responded to our Call for Participation with a Minisymposium and with a Contributed Talk proposal. We have received excellent submissions and we … Read More
Video: Webinar on how to collect the performance data for proposal submission
This webinar video shows how to collect the performance data required for production project proposal at CSCS. In this webinar, it is explained how to use the Craypat analysis tool … Read More
EuroHack 2015 – The first European OpenACC Hackathon
Background General-purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs) potentially offer exceptionally high memory bandwidth and performance for a wide range of applications. The challenge in utilizing such accelerators has been the difficulty … Read More
Register to Scientific Data Visualization Tutorial – CSCS, Lugano
CSCS is delighted to announce its upcoming workshop Scientific Data Visualization Tutorial to be held from Tuesday, April 21 to Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at CSCS in Lugano, Switzerland. This … Read More
CSCS Webinar on “How to collect the performance data for proposal submission”
CSCS is happy to announce a webinar on “How to collect the performance data at the time of proposals submission” on Thursday 12 March 2015 at 10:00 AM. The next … Read More
PASC15 Conference: Contributed Talks Proposals due on March 16, 2015
The submission deadline for Contributed Talk proposals at the PASC15 Conference has been extended to March 16, 2015. We look forward to receiving your submission for a Contributed Talk, or … Read More
Monte Rosa is history – the future is a universal computing platform
The Monte Rosa supercomputer has been supporting users at CSCS in their scientific research since 2009. There have been hundreds of publications based on its computing power. Now this supercomputer … Read More
Video of Monte Rosa Cray XE6 power-down at CSCS
With a short but felt ceremony CSCS powered down the Monte Rosa supercomputer. The command to switch-off Monte Rosa for the very last time was given by Fabio Verzelloni, one … Read More