Second cabinet of Cray XE6 installed at CSCS
On September 2, 2010 the second cabinet of the Cray XE6 arrived and was installed at CSCS. Both cabinets are identical and will be interconnected to build a single large … Read More
EPF Lausanne donates Blue Gene/L to university in São Paolo
On a six-day visit to Brazil with focus on science and health issues, Swiss Interior Minister Didier Burkhalter officially hand over the IBM Blue Gene/L supercomputer, donated by Lausanne’s Federal … Read More
HP2C: Interdisciplinary look inside the Earth’s interior
(Cross posting from ETH Life) The Swiss platform for High-Performance and High-Productivity Computing (HP2C) is the world’s first and only project with the aim of developing optimized scientific simulations for … Read More
PRACE-1IP kick-off meeting in Garching, Germany
On 30-31 August 2010 the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, LRZ) in Garching near Munich hosted the kick-off meeting of the First Implementation Phase Project of PRACE (PRACE-1IP). The Partnership for … Read More
Open position with Basic Sciences at EPFL (HPC System Administrator)
The Faculty of Basic Sciences at EPFL is looking for a HPC System Administrator Immediate employment or by agreement. This is a full-time position. For additional information on the position, … Read More
Open Position with IT-Service (HPC Specialist), University of Zurich
The University of Zurich is looking for Programmer or System Engineer with emphasis on High Performance Computing Immediate employment or by arrangement. This is a 100% post. As a part … Read More
CSCS Appointed by HPC Advisory Council to Center of Excellence
The HPC Advisory Council, a leading worldwide organization for high-performance computing research, development, outreach and education, announced the formation of its regional Centers of Excellence, broadening the scope and mission … Read More
Next Events Organized by HP2C
In the next days and weeks the HP2C consortium is organizing different interesting talks at USI and CSCS: Wednesday 18 August 2010 14:00 – Wednesday 25 August 2010 – 14:00 hosted by Università della … Read More
HPC Advisory Council Announces University Award Program
SUNNYVALE, CA. and LUGANO, SWITZERLAND – Aug. 9, 2010 – The HPC Advisory Council, a leading worldwide organization for high-performance computing research, development, outreach and education, today announced a Award … Read More
First Cray XE6 Supercomputer installed at CSCS
CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, is pleased to announce the successful installation of an early-release version of the new Cray XE6 supercomputing architecture manufactured by Cray Inc. The single … Read More
Easier Access to the CSCS Video Productions
The videos produced by CSCS can now easily be accessed over the multimedia portal of ETH Zurich. A special flash interface allows to easily browse through the videos to search … Read More
Monte Rosa: One Year Later
In June of 2009 Monte Rosa was inaugurated at CSCS. During the last year Rosa has been working day and night providing cycles to the Swiss researcher community. In this … Read More