Reaping the benefits of HPC and AI convergence. With all the recent discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI), it was really only a matter of time until it would cross paths with High-Performance Computing (HPC). In fact, the worlds of supercomputing and HPC have been interlinked with AI for much longer than many might imagine. Read … Read more
Martin Callaghan, Principal Consultant, presented at the HPC AI Advisory Councils 6th Annual Conference, sharing insights on industry-academia partnerships for developing the next-generation of HPC professionals. Access the presentation
Customising Your Cluster CycleCloud is a powerful tool for orchestrating and managing clusters of Virtual Machines (VMs) on Azure. Whether you are planning your own infrastructure or using the new Azure CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm, there are multiple ways to deploy and configure CycleCloud. After deploying your CycleCloud host and creating a cluster using one of … Read more
The Key to Unlocking the Future The largest supercomputers that solve the world’s most difficult problems are power hungry. And that appetite is growing at an alarming rate. In June 2005, the number 1 top 500computer had a power rating of just 716KW (BlueGene/L). In November2023, the number 1 top 500 computer had a power … Read more
How Sustainable is the Cloud? Sustainability is one of the hottest topics at the board table. Most organisations have a minimum commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050, and many have more ambitious goals. HPC has a challenging relationship with sustainability, on one hand, it uses a lot of power and space, on the other … Read more
Today, we are learning more and more about sustainability, and how this concept is one of the most important when protecting the environment. Often being broken into three core concepts: economic, environmental, and social, more sustainability conversations are being created. Whether it’s in the context of how we go about our everyday lives to what changes … Read more
Streamlining Your Cloud HPC Journey Over the last few years, I have had the privilege of being involved in several Cloud High-Performance Computer (HPC) cluster deployments. Despite the great variation in designs, which highlights the great flexibility on the Cloud, I have noticed some common roadblocks along the way. These roadblocks can in the best … Read more
Various security tools and features have been made available to Cloud end users over the past few years. They are designed to allow the application of security best practices on a Cloud infrastructure, similar to how it is with an on-premise data centre. Yet many skeptics’ have questions around security in the Cloud, for example: … Read more
When we’re approached by a customer to perform or support a Cloud Proof of Concept (PoC), regardless of its conceptual state, we have a number of key steps and initial questions in mind. The most obvious is to state the exact problem which needs to be solved. Since any proof of concept is almost always … Read more
Super Computing is a leading industry event, which is held every year in the USA, with the who of who in attendance from the world of HPC and Cloud. This year we are delighted to say we had another great successful year. With a record number of attendees for the tutorials we co-hosted and our HPC discussion panel, led … Read more
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