"High performance" news, interviews, and features

News about High performance

• Tianjin explosion shuts down Chinese supercomputer

  The Tianhe-1A was still running following the explosion

• China clamps down on exports of drones and supercomputers

  The export controls will come into effect on Aug. 15

• Obama rolls out initiative to boost US supercomputer capability

  The President wants the country to develop a computer that operates at 1,000 petaflops

• IBM Watson's next trick: Helping you write better

  Tone Analyzer can help tweak the attitude in that email before you hit 'send'

• IBM, Nvidia rev HPC engines in next-gen supercomputer push

  'The race is on to the exascale milestone,' one analyst says

• HP and Intel push HPC into new markets

  HP will use Intel's Xeon Phi and Omni-Path technologies to build new HPC systems

Features about High performance

• IBM pushes Watson's role in healthcare

  Works with industry players to develop commercial offerings

• Thanks to the NSA, quantum computing may some day be in the cloud

  The spy agency is spending $80M on basic research related to quantum computing