The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has extended an existing relationship with data analytics and management firm SGI to better support research.
The University of Cambridge has expanded an existing deal with tech firm Dell to provide it with the “UK’s fastest academic supercomputer.”
Fujitsu & IBM HPC system hosts around 800 applications and 500 users, with an aim to attract 'non-traditional' supercomputer investigations.
IBM joins in with Microsoft and Facebook in tackling the Ebola crisis in Africa, pledging its supercomputer and data-crunching capabilities to help track the deadly virus.
Big Blue is investing a billion dollars into what is now its 'Watson Group' of resources around its top-end compute offering.
The technology giants have pledged free cloud and supercomputer resources for researchers of climate change in a scheme supporting the US's Climate Action Plan and Climate Data Initiative.
According to the US National Weather Service, the system upgrade provides higher-resolution modelling that gives forecasters a better insight into severe weather events.
The Xeon Phi processor is also a springboard for new memory, I/O and storage technologies destined to reach in the short term, commercial markets such as desktops and laptops, says the chip giant.
Cray wins a prestigious deal to bolster the country's weather forecasting infrastructure.
The Met Office has announced it is searching for a few resellers with the ability to supply it with the next generation of weather-forecasting technology.
Durham University's Dr Lydia Heck shares her perspective.
Barack Obama has called for the US to develop the world’s fastest computer by 2025.
Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics (CLIMB) project, a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, the University of Warwick, Cardiff University, and Swansea University, will create a free-to-use, world leading cyber infrastructure specifically designed for microbial bioinformatics research.
Large scale parallel computing returns to the University, with a respectful nod to female programming pioneer Grace Hopper.
Julian Fielden, MD of HPC integrator OCF, says it's healthy - but we still have a lot of catch-up to do.
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