Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
Why Penguin Computing Entered the ARMs Race
November 6th, 2012
Penguin Computing offered a big shot in the ARM-based server platform business on October 17 when it announced the UDX1 system. Based on Calxeda's EnergyCore Server-on-Chip. The announcement also highlighted the rapidly growing interest in microservers in general for ...
Is EBay’s Use of Fuel Cells the Start Of a New Era?
November 6th, 2012
EBay's Quicksilver data center in Utah uses fuel cells from Bloom Energy as the main powersouce, with the grid as backup. Why? Just because it likes clean energy, and Utah doesn't really have any. But it hopes for some ...
Uptime Institute Surveys Member Data Center Energy Practices
November 6th, 2012
<span style="font-size: small;">Over half of companies say that saving energy in in their datacenters is “very important” to them. Only four percent say it's not important. But most of them don't have any financial incentives to do so.</span>
CAE Experiment Round 2 Kicks Off at SC’12 in Salt Lake City
November 6th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/220px-Plasticity.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="73" />Call for Participation: Over the last four months a new CAE community was born and has been continuously growing. This is a community of CAE colleagues who increasingly benefit from the use ...
Nanotechnology to Save Renewable Energy
November 6th, 2012
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Canunda_wind_farm_DKC1.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />Faced with the eventual extinction of fossil fuels, scientists have turned to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, using highly efficient nanoparticle-based batteries for energy storage and delivery.
The Dream of Mainstream
November 4th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/t-rex-full-size-dinosaur-educational-toys-400x400.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Recently I traveled to San Francisco to participate in a conference of leading women, across all fields including science, medicine, the arts and industry. As I talked about my organization, NCMS, I ...
Cloud Computing 101: Preparing for What’s Coming
November 2nd, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/cloudcomputing.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="95" />Feeling a little fuzzy about just what cloud computing is and what it can do for you? Earl Dodd explains.
Nortel: Casualty of Outsourcing or Cyber Espionage?
November 2nd, 2012
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/rcasmall.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="62" />Many Canadians claim that Huawei used cyber espionage to push Nortel out of the telecom market, but their mistake may have been in choosing to outsource in the first place.
Self-Driving Cars Propel Us into the Future
October 31st, 2012
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/selfdrivingcarsmall.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Automated cars may be just around the corner, but have to face serious legal and practical hurdles before reaching the market.
Additive Manufacturing and the Aerospace Industry: A Perfect Fit
October 31st, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/800px-Gulfstream_G-400.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Purchasers of business jets are notoriously picky. After all when you’re laying out $45 million to $150 million for shiny new aircraft, you want some say in how it’s going to look ...
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