NSF Commits $16M To Build Cloud-Based and Data-Intensive Supercomputers

aarondubrow writes: As supercomputing becomes central to the work and progress of researchers in all fields, new kinds of computing resources and more inclusive modes of interaction are required. The National Science Foundation announced $16M in awards to support two new supercomputing acquisitions for the open science community. The systems — "Bridges" at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and "Jetstream," co-located at the Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute and The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center — respond to the needs of the scientific computing community for more high-end, large-scale computing resources while helping to create a more inclusive computing environment for science and engineering. Reader 1sockchuck adds this article about why funding for the development of supercomputers is more important than ever: America's high-performance computing (HPC) community faces funding challenges and growing competition from China and other countries. At last week's SC14 conference, leading researchers focused on outlining the societal benefits of their work, and how it touches the daily lives of Americans. "When we talk at these conferences, we tend to talk to ourselves," said Wilf Pinfold, director of research and advanced technology development at Intel Federal. "We don't do a good job communicating the importance of what we do to a broader community." Why the focus on messaging? Funding for American supercomputing has been driven by the U.S. government, which is in a transition with implications for HPC funding. As ComputerWorld notes, climate change skeptic Ted Cruz is rumored to be in line to chair a Senate committee that oversees NASA and the NSF.

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What kind of fucking shit is this?

[Taco Cowboy]

If TFA wants to talk about supercomputer then it should stick to supercomputers. What is the point of sticking in the following:

... climate change skeptic Ted Cruz is rumored to be in line to chair a Senate committee that oversees NASA and the NSF

1, TFA has failed to substantiate its claim that Ted Cruz is a climate change skeptic
 
2. Even if Ted Cruz is a climate change skeptic it still has NOTHING to do with the funding of supercomputers
 
3. Supercomputer can be used for many things, not only for climate pattern modelling
 
4. TFA also failed to prove that Ted Cruz has refused to fund the purchase of supercomputer
 
5. Even if Ted Cruz is such a villian, that the guy would end up destroying NSF and whatnots, why didn't the American government, led by the Obama administration and its Democratic party congress critins, before Ted Cruz arrives at the scene, fund the purchase of supercomputers?
 
Is TFA going to be an article about the lack of supercomputer or is TFA going to be a political character assassination propaganda against Ted Cruz?
 
I have no relationship whatsoever with Ted Cruz. I just can't stand this kind of below-the-belt sneak attack disguising as a Slashdot article

Re:Repuiblicans hate reality

[Curunir_wolf]

So, are you saying all science and data on every subject should always be public?

Nice straw man you've got there. Obviously, I never said or intimated anything of the sort. If some idea is being used to create public policy, enforced by armed bureaucrats, then, yes, absolutely, the science needs to be public and available.

Indeed, back in Good Old Days one could use water for fuel

Another nice straw man. Oh, right, since we had worse pollution 70 years ago, every little tyrannical behavior of the EPA should be allowed without question.

But hey, maybe you fancy living in Mordor.

... and you fancy living in North Korea. nyah.