24.03.2014 "One of the most important physics discoveries of this decade" Martin Kunz, a professor in the Cosmology Group at the University of Geneva would like to prove the existence of defects…
21.03.2014 Europe's most powerful supercomputer cleared for users Since the end of last year, Switzerland has boasted the most powerful supercomputer in Europe: “Piz Daint”. As of today,…
18.03.2014 Cloud-resolving climate simulations for Europe Climate scientists have used the brand new supercomputer “Piz Daint” to verify their high-resolution models. Their goal…
18.03.2014 "Stairway to heaven": Piz Daint validates method Initial simulations on the supercomputer “Piz Daint” have validated a method that aims to solve the key problems in…
18.03.2014 Zooming into the Earth's interior with a supercomputer Scientists have set themselves the goal of using simulations to map the Earth’s interior in so much detail that you can…
28.01.2014 Continents set the pace The origin and stimulus behind plate tectonics has been simulated with the aid of high-performance computers. A new…
21.01.2014 Visualization and Graphics Tutorial Documentation pertaining the workshop is available here.
21.01.2014 Formula 1 in high-performance computing The ETH Zurich computer scientist Torsten Hoefler is seen as a rising star of the high-performance computing community.…
18.11.2013 Quantum leap in superconductor simulation Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed an algorithm that simulates high-temperature superconductivity much faster.…
18.11.2013 “Piz Daint”, the first supercomputer with sustained petaflops-scale performance in Switzerland The Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) announces that the upgraded Cray XC30 supercomputer “Piz Daint” has…
03.11.2013 Evaluation of Bright Cluster Manager - Advanced Edit The technical report can be accessed here.
15.10.2013 New insight into the Earth's deep interior For 300 years we have known that the Earth’s magnetic field moves gradually westward. Computer simulations on the CSCS…
09.10.2013 “This decision is a huge success for the HP2C projects” The COSMO model is used by the German Meteorological Service, MeteoSwiss and other institutions as a basis for their…
