HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2010
As announced in a previous posting, the HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2010 is going to take place in Lugano, 15-17 March, 2010. The 3-day conference is free for attendees … Read More
Funding for new CSCS building confirmed
On December 16th Dr. Fritz Schiesser, President of ETH Board, confirmed that the Swiss federal Parliament had passed the funding for the new CSCS building. This great news follows immediately … Read More
Call for Presentations & Participation: Infiniband Workshop – Lugano 2010
We are glad to announce the call for participation for an Infiniband workshop jointly organized by Mellanox and CSCS in Lugano (March 15-17 2010). The workshop will be dedicated to … Read More
ETH Zurich Annouces Creation of Hybrid Multicore Consortium
On November 18, ETH Zurich announced together with Oak Ridge National Labs, Berkeley National Labs, Los Alamos National Labs and Georgia Tech University the creation of the new Hybrid Multicore … Read More
Minutes of the First hpc-ch Forum
The first Forum of the hpc-ch community has been a great success with 10 presentations and more than 30 participants. We have been welcomed by the University of Zurich, Christian … Read More
CSCS and HP2C Involved in Cray Exascale Research Initiative
Cray has announced the Exascale Research Initiative less than a month after Intel said it was setting up an exascale research center with European partners. Cray’s partnership involves three European … Read More
Call for Participation: The 2010 High Performance Computing & Simulation Conference (HPCS 2010)
The following Call for Participation can be of interest for the members of our community: The 2010 High Performance Computing & Simulation Conference (HPCS 2010) Caen, Normandy, France – June … Read More
Ticino Parliament: 5 Millions CHF for National HPC Strategy
The parlament of Cantone Ticino has voted unanimously today 5 Millions to support the implementation of the High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN) strategy. The contribution of Canton Ticino is aimed … Read More
Large interest for the first Forum of hpc-ch: 33 persons attending and 10 presentations announced
The Swiss HPC Community demonstrates a large interest for the first Forum of hpc-ch: Thursday, December 3th, from 10:00 until 17:00 University of Zurich, Irchel / Winterthurerstrs. 190, 8057 Zürich … Read More
ETH Globe is Reporting About the Computing of the Future and HPC
ETH Globe – the quarterly magazine of ETH Zurich – is reporting about the computing of the future and HPC (No.4 / November 2009). Within a month both ETH Zurich … Read More
Team with Prof. Schulthess (ORNL, Institute for Theoretical Physics and Swiss National Supercomputing Center) wins a Gordon Bell Prize for the second time in a row
A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) Markus Eisenbach and with Prof. Thomas Schulthess was named winner Thursday of the 2009 ACM Gordon Bell Prize, which honors the … Read More
Top500: Switzerland Worldwide Third for Flops / Inhabitants
The 34th TOP500 List has been released November 17th in Portland, Oregon at the SC09 Conference. Switzerland has been able to improve its general placement in the list of the … Read More