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Neuroscience to Benefit from Hybrid Supercomputer Memory

June 12, 2013

To handle large amounts of data from detailed brain models, IBM, EPF Lausanne, and ETH Zurich are collaborating on a new hybrid memory strategy for supercomputers. This will help the Blue Brain Project and the Human Brain Project achieve their goals. Read more...


Fast or superfast water transport?

May 28, 2013

There were high hopes for carbon nanotubes, particularly for ultra-fast water transport to desalinate seawater. Now, however, a simulation reveals that these estimations of ultra-fast transport rates might have not been properly grounded after all. Read more...


With “Piz Daint” CSCS enters the path towards petaflop computing

March 20, 2013

The new CSCS supercomputer named "Piz Daint" is the first and largest Cray XC30 system installed worldwide. In the beginning of April the system will be made available to Swiss researchers. Read more ...