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From 2011 to 2012: Experts reflect on the past and future

International Science Grid This Week, January 11, 2012

What happened in 2011 that will be significant for the world of scientific computing? How will 2012 differ? To find out, we consulted experts from around the world, including TACC Director Jay Boisseau.

UT building $56 million expansion for new supercomputer

Austin American Statesman, December 8, 2011

The University of Texas has started building an expanded home in North Austin for its next big supercomputer. Work on the $56 million construction project started in late October and is expected to be completed by July.

Intel Shrinks Supercomputer Into the Palm of Your Hand

WIRED, November 17, 2011

Now Intel says that it can put the processing power of ASCI Red in the palm of your hand. Literally. Intel does this with a new chip, code-named Knights Corner... With Knights Core, they won't necessarily have to rewrite their code, says Karl W. Schulz, associate director for application collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center. "With Knight's Corner, the programming model that you're using is the same programming model that you're using on an AMD or a Xeon," he says. "You get good parallelism right out of the box, which is convenient."

pdf iconThe Need For Speed

The Alcalde, November/December, 2011

In 10 years, Jay Boisseau had taken UT from supercomputing minor player to national powerhouse. Now he wants to use Texas' latest machine to tackle society's biggest problems.

Texas university to build powerful supercomputer

CNN, September 22, 2011

Maybe everything really is bigger in Texas. Now, with a $27 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a new supercomputer is set to raise the bar again at the center, located at the University of Texas at Austin. Called Stampede, it's expected to come online in 2013. If it were running today, TACC officials say, it would be the world's fastest supercomputer.

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