German students get hot 'n' heavy on Coffee Table of Doom
My first look at the Chemnitz University of Technology's “Coffee Table of Doom” entry into the recently concluded ISC’13 student cluster-building challenge really gave me pause for thought.
Four very large workstations crammed to the brim with 16 accelerators (eight Intel Phi plus eight NVIDIA K20) was something to behold.
Two …
Will Jocks strap on beefy ARMs to grapple rival racks next year?
When the University of Edinburgh decided to enter the gruelling cluster-building competition for students at this year's International Supercomputing Conference, they didn’t have to look far for hardware suppliers eager to feed their need for speed.
The server-wrangling undergraduates turned to UK-based businesses Viglen and …
ISC Student Cluster Competition: The kids are alright
Yet another exciting ISC Student Cluster Competition has moved from the ISC'13 exhibit hall battlefield into the annals of history. Now that we've analyzed the results, let's take a look at the victors and their accomplishments.
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Kluster Kamph results sliced, diced, pulverized
With the dust settling on the ISC'13 Student Cluster Challenge, it's a good time to look back, take stock, and see what we've learned.
While traveling recently, I found myself unable to type on my laptop keyboard (after the idiot in front of me reclined into my lap), but I found I could still use the handy track point "nub".
So …
South African kids win global cluster glory at HPC fest
Our last day's talk with Team South Africa did nothing to tip us off that they were going to be the eventual winner of the entire ISC’13 Student Cluster Challenge. But I wasn’t the only one in the dark – I don’t think they had any idea they had a chance to win it all.
Team South Africa displayed their normal good-spirited, fun …
Chinese students put feet up after intensive rack-thrashing session
The last day of the ISC’13 Student Cluster Challenge found both of the Chinese teams feeling confident.
We checked in with Team Huazhong and Team Tsinghua just a few hours before the awards ceremony to see how they felt about the competition and their prospects for victory.
Team Tsinghua, winner of the Overall Champion trophy …
American kids leave HPC smackdown hungry for Phi
Colorado and Purdue, the two American teams at the ISC’13 Student Cluster Challenge, had more in common than geography and a fondness for lots of ice in their drinks. (Or at least some ice, damn it. What’s wrong with Europe, anyway? Why can’t we have ice if we want it?)
For one thing, each team has more cluster competition …
Sweaty European youngsters get to grips with ‘coffee table of doom’
It was a hot week in Leipzig - "sweating through your shirt five minutes after you walk out of your hotel" hot. However, extreme heat and even the resulting prickly heat won’t keep us from checking in with all of the teams during the last day of the ISC’13 Student Cluster Challenge.
First up are the teams from Europe:Team …
