http://www.simbiosys.com/blog/2008/05/29/the-future-of-hpc/ Addressing the challenges of computational drug discovery Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:26:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://www.simbiosys.com/blog/2008/05/29/the-future-of-hpc/#comment-1517 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:22:31 +0000 http://www.simbiosys.com/blog/2008/05/29/the-future-of-hpc/#comment-1517 [...] We’ve been having the conversation within our company that the two dials of speed and accuracy work counter to each other. So, we’ve been espousing that even when it comes to the eHiTS Lightning solution that higher accuracy does take longer. We still stand by that BUT what we are happy about is the type of accuracy we can achieve very quickly using the new eHiTS Lightning algorithms. This becomes more obvious when our results are compared to the results of others. There has been a proliferation of arguments for GPUs being used as acceleration processors – we actually believe this is simply because of the business driver of “looking for new markets” for the GPU manufacturers. Zsolt has discussed his views regarding the future of High Performance Computing previously and commented on GPUs. Our belief is that while GPUs are clearly more “common” our decision to work with the Cell BE processor can certainly lead to far superior results…don’t forget that the RoadRunner computer is based on the Cell Processor, not GPUs. Did we make the right decision? [...] […] We’ve been having the conversation within our company that the two dials of speed and accuracy work counter to each other. So, we’ve been espousing that even when it comes to the eHiTS Lightning solution that higher accuracy does take longer. We still stand by that BUT what we are happy about is the type of accuracy we can achieve very quickly using the new eHiTS Lightning algorithms. This becomes more obvious when our results are compared to the results of others. There has been a proliferation of arguments for GPUs being used as acceleration processors – we actually believe this is simply because of the business driver of “looking for new markets” for the GPU manufacturers. Zsolt has discussed his views regarding the future of High Performance Computing previously and commented on GPUs. Our belief is that while GPUs are clearly more “common” our decision to work with the Cell BE processor can certainly lead to far superior results…don’t forget that the RoadRunner computer is based on the Cell Processor, not GPUs. Did we make the right decision? […]

]]> http://www.simbiosys.com/blog/2008/05/29/the-future-of-hpc/#comment-1500 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:42:46 +0000 http://www.simbiosys.com/blog/2008/05/29/the-future-of-hpc/#comment-1500 [...] I have already mentioned in May, that RoadRunner the world’s current fastest supercomputer is built on Cell BE processors, the same platform that eHiTS Lightning runs on. If the Los Alamos Lab chooses Cell Processors then we chose well! [...] […] I have already mentioned in May, that RoadRunner the world’s current fastest supercomputer is built on Cell BE processors, the same platform that eHiTS Lightning runs on. If the Los Alamos Lab chooses Cell Processors then we chose well! […]

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