Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
How To Win The Green500
November 18th, 2012
With contenders like Cray XK7-based Titan and Todi, and several IBM BlueGene/Q systems vying for the most energy-efficient supercomputers, it may be surprising that a relatively small, experimental system called Beacon at the University of Tennessee would win this ...
Saving Money at 40 Degrees C.
November 16th, 2012
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Green Grid board members John Pflueger and Timothy Dueck give their perspective on running data centers at warmer temperatures. If green isn't your motivation, think about soaring energy costs and ROI.</span></p>
3D Printer Uses Paper for Prototyping and Production Runs
November 16th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Mcor-paper-airplane2.jpg" alt="" width="96" height="58" />Ireland-based Mcor is bringing its unique technology – a 3D printer that uses paper as “ink” – to the U.S. market where it hopes to make inroads in such markets as the ...
Volkswagen AG Computing Center Wins Energy Efficiency Award
November 16th, 2012
Site hosting IT apps for 51,000 Audi employees gets recognition for energy efficiency from TUV Rheinland inspection authority for energy efficiency. It reduces CO2 emissions by 9,000 metric tons annually using indirect outdoor cooling...
Roaches Check In, and… Check Stuff Out?
November 15th, 2012
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_Cockroach.jpeg" alt="" width="95" height="62" />Nimble, fearless, and famously indestructible, a field-deployable team of cockroaches armed with this wireless harness and advanced micro-sensors could one day swarm into a collapsed structure or navigate a region contaminated by toxic release, ...
Autodesk $21.7 Million Gift to Penn State Behrend Provides Access to Animation and Modeling Software
November 14th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/gaming1_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Combination of highly trained students moving into the workforce along with resources available in the cloud, bring much needed advanced digital manufacturing capabilities to the missing middle.
How Cool Is Your Data Center?
November 14th, 2012
The Green Grid reviewed ASHRAE data to find out if the temperature ratings for servers hold up. It's time to stop worrying about punch cards and turn up the thermostat. Just let the data center cool off at night.
Facebook Challenges Students To Build a Biodegradable Server Chassis
November 13th, 2012
Facebook's Open Compute Project provides a way for open source advocates to help create sustainable technology. Now it has teamed up with Purdue University's College of Technology to create a competition for students: Build a server chassis that's destined ...
An ExaFlop Under 20 Megawatts by 2019? Not Likely
November 13th, 2012
Despite improvements in energy efficiency, new generations of computers seem to always use more power than the previous ones. Reaching power efficiencies that will allow exascale computing requires ore than just new hardware designs--but people are reluctant to take ...
Star Trek Becomes a Reality with Fusion Impulse Drive
November 13th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/625px-Dilithiumcrystals.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="72" />Sci-Fi fans, hold onto your seats, because fusion impulse rocket engines may be coming to a spacecraft near you. Researchers from the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) are working with NASA, Boeing and ...
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