ASC17: Final results analyzed. And over-analyzed.
Tsinghua University topped their 19 competitors to take home the Overall Championship trophy at the recent ASC17 Student Cluster Competition in Wuxi, China.
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ASC17: Coach’s Corner; Here’s why we do this
As these ASC17 articles started to hit The Register, a couple of comments indicated that some readers might be missing the point of these student cluster … Read More
ASC17: Down to the Wire; Action and drama mark final day
As a cluster competition starts to wind down and deadlines are close, I like to do a video check in with the teams to … Read More
ASC17: Record Number of Conjugates Gradiented; New high on HPC benchmark
Yet another record has fallen at the ASC17 Student Cluster Competition. This time, it’s the HPCG (Conjugate Gradient) mark. Little known Weifang University, who … Read More
ASC17: Up Close and Personal; Meet the teams, ogle the racks
With 20 university teams, ASC17 is the largest student cluster competition in the world. So it’s only natural that this story, which will give … Read More
ASC17: New Student LINPACK Record; 31.7 Trillion flop/s – pretty sporty
Another world record has fallen. Asian Student Cluster competitors have broken the student LINPACK record with an amazing score of 31.7 TF/s. This barely … Read More
ASC17: Massive turnout, small racks, and large GPUs
More than 230 university teams vied for only 20 slots in the 2017 Asian Student Cluster Competition (ASC) finals being held this week in … Read More
ASC17: Teams battle one another – and the world’s fastest supercomputer
This year’s edition of the Asian Student Cluster Competition (ASC) is the largest competition of its kind in the world, with 20 teams of … Read More
SC16 Competitors Find New Challenge: Space Pirates
There was some time for fun at the recently concluded SC16 Student Cluster Competition. Fortunately for us, right next to where the competition was … Read More
SC16: Kids Conjugate Gradients for Science and Glory
Student teams at SC16 were faced with a new(ish) benchmark during their 48-hour marathon run for the Student Cluster Competition Cup (there is no … Read More