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How supercomputers are impacting our daily lives

From the skies to deep under the earth’s surface. My colleague Xavier Vigouroux’s recently described the journey that supercomputers are taking, highlighting their progress in matching the processing...

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Addressing the major supercomputing challenges

As we look to take the next industrial, scientific and societal steps forward, supercomputers are playing an increasingly integral role. We have already discussed some of the projects taking place...

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Is there a supercomputing power limit?

So far in our series, we’ve looked at projects in progress today as well as some of the challenges to address before we can take supercomputing to the next level. But one of the key conundrums playing...

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Turning up the heat – Using supercomputing to tackle forest fires

Supercomputing is impacting our daily lives. From predicting the weather and boosting competitiveness in aircraft and car design to experimenting in astrophysics and improving drilling techniques in...

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Predicting tomorrow’s weather

The weather forecast. It’s often the first data we turn to on waking up in the morning. It’s also data we rely on – especially if there’s a barbecue or trip to the beach planned for later in the day....

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Santos Dumont: race to compete in global supercomputing

As the supercomputing mega trends of big data, energy consumption and technical complexity collide, the Brazilian scientific community had grand ambitions to build a supercomputer so big and powerful,...

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HPC is like Black Gold to Oil and Gas Industry

Despite its importance to everyday life, and even with the high involvement of politics in energy transition, there is still no short-term replacement for our use of fossil fuels. Oil and gas remain...

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Redefining business models with HPC: Simulating wind, waves and seas

As discussed in my colleague Jean-Pierre Panziera’s previous post, High-Performance Computing (HPC) already plays an integral role in the scientific and academic worlds of research and development. In...

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Redefining business with HPC: Two-day forecasts in 90 minutes

Picture the scene. You’re sat in an aircraft taxiing your way towards the runway preparing to jet off on your holiday. But before you can reach for your book or lose yourself in a film, a freak snow...

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