Propelling Deep Learning at Scale at Baidu AI Lab
Researchers from Baidu’s Silicon Valley AI Lab (SVAIL) have adapted a well-known HPC communication technique to boost the speed and scale of their neural network training and now they ...Full Article
ExxonMobil, NCSA, Cray Scale Reservoir Simulation to 700,000+ Processors
In a scaling breakthrough for oil and gas discovery, ExxonMobil geoscientists report they have harnessed the power of 717,000 processors – the equivalent of 22,000 32-processor computers – to ...Full Article
Drug Developers Enlist Google Cloud HPC in the Fight Against ALS
Within the haystack of a lethal disease such as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Lou Gehrig's Disease) there exists, somewhere, the molecular needle that will pierce this therapy-resistant affliction. ...Full Article
Open Net Effort Eyes ‘Industrialized’ SDN, NFV
Open networking organizations have announced a new development framework aimed at advancing software-defined networks and network virtualization via open source platforms, network device disaggregation and new network standards. The ...Full Article
Insight to Action: 8 Analytics Trends for the New Algorithmic Enterprise
“I spend millions on analytics, machine learning and big data. I have tons of insights. Too many insights. What I need is more action.” A CMO recently said this ...Full Article
Cray Posts Best-Ever Quarter, Visibility Still Limited
On its recent earnings call, Cray announced the largest revenue quarter in the company’s history and the second-highest revenue year. The Seattle-based supercomputer maker recorded $346.6 million in revenue for ...Full Article
Security News Ahead of RSA: Breach Worries Stop Digital Transformation
In advance of next week’s big RSA data security show in San Francisco, we’ve received a bevy of security product announcements from companies leveraging data analytics, AI, behavior analytics ...Full Article
Intel Announces New High-end Xeon Processor E7-8894 v4
Intel Corp. today announced enhanced performance capabilities from its new Xeon processor E7-8800 v4 product family with the addition of the new high-performance E7-8894 v4 to its SKU stack. ...Full Article
Thanks for the Memory: Diablo/Inspurs’ In-Memory Benchmark Boast
Cramming more data into memory is a permanent objective for technology strategists seeking to satisfy the surging demand for real-time big data analytics. With the ultimate goal of reducing ...Full Article
