HPC
EuroMPI 2013: CFP
It’s that time of year again — time to start preparing for Euro MPI 2013! Next year, we’ll be heading to Madrid, Spain September 15-18. Here’s a snipit from the call for papers: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: MPI implementation issues and improvements…
Cisco ultra low latency support for MPI
My team demonstrated our new ultra-low latency Ethernet solution in the Cisco booth at SC this past week (it was so busy that I didn’t get to post this until it was all over!). The short version is that we have implemented operating system bypass and NIC hardware offload via the Linux OpenFabr…
MPICH 3.0 RC released
The MPICH folks have released an RC candidate for MPICH 3.0: A new preview release of MPICH, 3.0rc1, is now available for download. The primary focus of this release is to provide full support for the MPI-3 standard. Other smaller features including support for ARM v7 native atomics are also includ…
Algo Boost Series: Part 3 Commitment to Innovation with Nexus 3548
On November 5th I posted part 2 of the Algo Boost series with a fantastic discussion around Customer proof points on the Nexus 3548. In our third and final segment in the series I interviewed Chih-Tsung Huang, Director of Engineering in the Server, Switching, & Virtualization Product Group to s…
MPI-3 standard available in hardcover
The MPI-3.0 standard is now available in hardcover (it’s green!). The book is available for cost by Dr. Rolf Rabenseifner at HLRS; no profit is being made by these sales. Here’s an excerpt from Rolf’s original announcement: As a service (at costs) for users of the Message Passing…
Cisco @SC2012
Going to Salt Lake City for Supercomputing 2012 next week? So are we! Be sure to drop by and see us in the Cisco booth (#2517). I’ll be there, demonstrating and talking about our latest developments in ultra low latency Ethernet (hint: it includes 250ns port-to-port Ethernet switch latency a…
Cisco Nexus 3548 with Algo Boost is now Shipping
Alas… the much anticipated FCS (First Customer Shipment) of the earth shattering Cisco 3548 Switch is now available. When your business depends on nanoseconds, this switch enables unprecedented advantages in lowest latency with a full feature set. Customers should also bear in mind that in conjuncti…