Christopher G. Willard Ph.D.
HPC Application Support for GPU Computing — November 2015
SPONSORED RESEARCH REPORT Since 2007, when GPU computing was introduced to High Performance Computing (HPC) users, the technology has advanced rapidly. Demand for computational GPUs has been driven largely by HPC practitioners looking for greater performance and improved energy efficiencies. The former has been a fundamental driver in the HPC market since its inception, while…
Read More HPC Budget Allocation Map: HPC Budget Distribution
Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Budget Allocation Map, a look at how HPC sites divide and spend their budgets. We surveyed users on their spending in seven top-level categories: hardware, software, facilities, staffing, services, cloud computing, and other. Each category was further divided into constituent…
Read More HPC Site Budget Allocation Map: Budget Expectations – June 2018
Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its tenth Site Budget Allocation Map, a look at how HPC sites divide and spend their budgets. We surveyed users on their spending in seven top-level categories: hardware, software, facilities, staffing, services, cloud computing, and other. Each category was further divided into constituent…
Read More HPC Site Budget Map: Budget Expectations – May 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Budget Allocation Map, a look at how HPC sites divide and spend their budgets. We surveyed users on their spending in seven top-level categories: hardware, software, facilities, staffing, services, cloud/utility/outsourcing computing, and other. Each category was further…
Read More HPC User Budget Map Survey, Special Report: Machine Learning’s Impact on HPC Environments
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its tenth Site Budget Allocation Map, a look at how HPC sites divide and spend their budgets. We surveyed users on their spending in seven top-level categories: hardware, software, facilities, staffing, services, cloud computing, and other. Each category was further divided…
Read More HPC User Site Census: All Networks — June 2017
This report, part of the Intersect360 Research Site Census series, provides an examination of the server interconnects and network characteristics found at a sample of HPC user sites. Intersect360 Research surveyed a broad range of users about their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and software supporting these computer installations. The goal…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Biosciences Applications
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of the biosciences applications installed at a sample…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Business Applications
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of business applications named in the Site Census…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Chemistry Applications
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of the chemistry applications installed at a sample…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed analysis of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications installed at…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Engineering Applications
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of engineering applications named in the Site Census…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Finance Applications
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of finance and economics applications named in the…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Geophysics Applications
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of geophysics applications named in the Site Census…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Networking Technologies
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of HPC systems and technologies installed among responding…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Operating Systems
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed examination of HPC systems and technologies installed among responding…
Read More HPC User Site Census: Physics Applications
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Intersect360 Research surveyed the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to complete its eleventh Site Census study. The study is a look at their current computer system installations, storage systems, networks, middleware, and application software supporting these computer installations. This report provides a detailed analysis of the physics applications installed among respondents to our…
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