The new Frontera supercomputer at the University of Texas combines several approaches to liquid cooling, including GPUs immersed in dielectric liquid coolant fluid, and x86 servers using direct water cooling to the processor.
Internet of Things Driving Change in Data Center Industry
The Internet of Things is changing the way we live and do business, from developments with smart cities, to connected cars and more. Here’s a look at the latest IoT trends and how they are impacting the data center industry.
The New Hardware That Will Power the Next Phase of HPC Growth
The ISC16 conference showcased the next generation of hardware to power HPC workloads, including Intel’s Xeon Phi processor, a powerful new GPU accelerator from NVIDIA, and Fujitsu’s embrace of low-power ARM processors for a major supercomputer.
The Immersion Supercomputer: Extreme Efficiency, Needs No Water
A supercomputer immersed it in tanks of liquid coolant? This sci-fi scenario has created a real-world scientific computing powerhouse.
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