News archive for January 2008

Feature: FHPCA Visiting Academic Programme

23rd January 2008. Filed under: Announcements

The FPGA High Performance Computing Alliance (FHPCA) is an alliance of key players in the technology fields of high-performance computing and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
Led by EPCC, the FHPCA is developing high-performance computing solutions using FPGAs to deliver new levels of performance into the technical computing market.
Hardware and software developed by the FHPCA have […]

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Scientific Computing World: UK national supercomputer unveiled

17th January 2008. Filed under: Media coverage

Scientific Computing World has an article about HECToR: UK national supercomputer unveiled

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Nature: Britain upgrades its number cruncher

16th January 2008. Filed under: Media coverage

Nature has an article about HECToR: Britain upgrades its number cruncher

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The Herald: The new brain of Britain

16th January 2008. Filed under: Media coverage

The Herald has an article about HECToR: The new brain of Britain

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The Scotsman: Inside the life-saving £60m supercomputer

15th January 2008. Filed under: Media coverage

The Scotsman has an article about HECToR: Inside the life-saving £60m supercomputer

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Scientific Computing: UK supercomputer to weather climate change

14th January 2008. Filed under: Media coverage

Scientific Computing World has an article about HECToR: UK supercomputer to weather climate change

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UK’s best supercomputer set to launch in Lothian

10th January 2008. Filed under: Media coverage

Edinburgh’s Evening News has an article about HECToR’s impending launch.

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HECToR in The Guardian

08th January 2008. Filed under: Media coverage

James Randerson, The Guardian’s science correspondent, takes a look at HECToR and discovers how it will will help British researchers simulate everything from climate change to financial markets.

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