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  • Peter Ungaro: Cray to Continue DoD Supercomputing Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Ungaro: Cray to Continue DoD Supercomputing Program Support

    Cray will provide the Defense Department with two XC40 supercomputers and two Sonexion storage systems to support the military’s High-Performance Computing Modernization Program under a $30 million contract. The company said Monday the U.S. Navy DoD Supercomputing Resource Center at the John C. Stennis Space Center will house the Cray systems intended to support the production of coastal-ocean circulation and wave-model oceanography data. “[DoD HPCMP] remains […] More

  • IBM Launches Crowdsourced Supercomputer to Analyze Genomic Big Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launches Crowdsourced Supercomputer to Analyze Genomic Big Data

    IBM has introduced a crowdsourced supercomputing system in an effort to help scientists develop new medicinal compounds based on genomic data analysis. The World Community Grid supercomputer works to access the computer power of thousands of volunteers worldwide in order to compare 200 million proteins registered from the genes of various life forms, IBM said Wednesday. […] More

  • IBM Partners With Florida University on Supercomputing Center; Tom Hull Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Partners With Florida University on Supercomputing Center; Tom Hull Comments

    IBM, Florida Polytechnic University and Flagship Solutions are set to build a new supercomputing center equipped with cloud-based storage and to be used for STEM education, IBM said Wednesday. The newest addition to the State University System of Florida will house an IBM supercomputer designed to provide students with hands-on training opportunities using high performance computing systems. […] More