SC16: Students Demolish LINPACK Record; Shiny new accelerators
SMERSH! That was the sound of the Student Cluster Competition LINPACK record being shattered – in a huge way. How huge? Really huge. As … Read More
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SC16: Meet the Teams
So who are the kids competing in the SC16 Student Cluster Competition this year? What are their hopes, their dreams – what makes them … Read More
SC16 Configs: FPGAs join tussle; GPUs back with a vengeance
This is the most widely varied and exciting set of student cluster competition systems I’ve seen since the competition began ten years ago. We … Read More
SC16: Tenth Kid Cluster Comp Kicks Off
The tenth annual Student Cluster Competition kicked off Monday at the SC16 conference here in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is a competition for … Read More
ISC’16: All the results, all the analysis, all the glory
The results are in for the International Supercomputing Conference High Performance (ISC) 2016 Student Cluster Competition, and we’ve analyzed them senseless. First, the big … Read More
Mystery Apps Can’t Stump ISC’16 Cluster Kids
One of the most interesting parts of the ISC Student Cluster competitions is their inclusion of “mystery” applications and tasks. These are challenges that the … Read More
ISC’16: LINPACK Record Falls Again
The ISC (International Supercomputing Conference) Student Cluster Competition once again cements its reputation as the place where LINPACK records go to fall. Last week … Read More
Meet the ISC’16 Student Cluster Teams
It’s time for our traditional video look at each of the teams in the ISC High Performance 2016 Student Cluster Competition. Where to begin? Let’s … Read More
ISC’16 System Configurations: All over the map
This year’s ISC’16 Student Cluster Competition boasts the most diverse set of hardware in the near 10-year history of student cluster competitions. Student teams … Read More
Nice cluster. What can you do with it? The ISC’16 Apps
Your correspondent wrote this blog during the action at the ISC’16 Student Cluster Competition arena, located on the trade show floor of the Messe … Read More