HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2010
As announced in a previous posting, the HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2010 is going to take place in Lugano, 15-17 March, 2010. The 3-day conference is free for attendees … Read More
Category: CSCS
Funding for new CSCS building confirmed
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 … Read More
Call for Presentations & Participation: Infiniband Workshop – Lugano 2010
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 … Read More
ETH Zurich Annouces Creation of Hybrid Multicore Consortium
On November 18, ETH Zurich announced together with Oak Ridge National Labs, Berkeley National Labs, Los Alamos National Labs and Georgia Tech University the creation of the new Hybrid Multicore … Read More
CSCS and HP2C Involved in Cray Exascale Research Initiative
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 … Read More
Ticino Parliament: 5 Millions CHF for National HPC Strategy
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 … Read More
ETH Globe is Reporting About the Computing of the Future and HPC
ETH Globe – the quarterly magazine of ETH Zurich – is reporting about the computing of the future and HPC (No.4 / November 2009). Within a month both ETH Zurich … Read More
Team with Prof. Schulthess (ORNL, Institute for Theoretical Physics and Swiss National Supercomputing Center) wins a Gordon Bell Prize for the second time in a row
A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) Markus Eisenbach and with Prof. Thomas Schulthess was named winner Thursday of the 2009 ACM Gordon Bell Prize, which honors the … Read More
Call for Production Projects at CSCS
CSCS is calling for production projects for 2010 which have to be submitted by November 23rd, 2009. As CSCS annouces, in 2010 there will be a total of approximately 150 … Read More
Swiss TV (SF1 10vor10) reports about CSCS and HPCN strategy
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 … Read More
NZZ reports about HPC in Switzerland
In a full page article on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Stefan Betschon reports on NZZ about the N ational Swiss HPC Initiative (HPCN). In the article “Mächting rauschen die Ventilatoren” … Read More
Inauguration of Monte Rosa, the fastest Swiss Supercomputer at CSCS
On September 18, 2009 the new supercomputer named Monte Rosa at CSCS has been officially inaugured by the President of ETH Board, Fritz Schiesser and the President of ETH Zurich, … Read More