31.03.2016 The new weather forecasting model for the Alpine region Today, the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss puts the new high-resolution forecasting model…
02.03.2016 CSCS Announces Second GPU Hackathon General-purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs) potentially offer exceptionally high memory bandwidth and performance…
23.11.2015 HPC Advisory Council and CSCS Announce Switzerland Conference 2016 The HPC Advisory Council, a leading organization for high-performance computing research, outreach and education, and…
29.10.2015 PASC Conference 2016 sets new standards The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a new co-sponsor of the PASC Conference. The annual conference is…
12.10.2015 Giornata delle porte aperte al CSCS di Lugano Il 17 ottobre 2015, il Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS) apre le porte al pubblico dalle ore 10:00 alle…
15.09.2015 MeteoSwiss and CSCS pave the way for more detailed weather forecasts At the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano the new “super weather computer” of the Swiss Federal…
21.07.2015 Installation of a microhydro plant at the CSCS pumping station To further improve its energy efficiency, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) is installing turbines at its…
03.12.2014 High-end connection for rapid large-volume data transfer The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) has become Switzerland's first service provider for the scientific…
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,…
18.11.2013 “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…
01.10.2013 Al Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico si calcola con Minergie Da oggi, martedì 1 ottobre 2013, l’edificio amministrativo del Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS) entra…
11.09.2013 New Hybrid Computer Architecture at CSCS Delivers Promising Results The Swiss National Supercomputing Center’s (CSCS) new Cray XC30 supercomputer from computer manufacturer Cray is making…
12.06.2013 Neuroscience to Benefit from Hybrid Supercomputer Memory To handle large amounts of data from detailed brain models, IBM, EPFL, and ETH Zürich are collaborating on a new hybrid…
21.03.2013 With “Piz Daint” CSCS enters the path towards petaflop computing The new CSCS supercomputer named "Piz Daint" is the first and largest Cray XC30 system installed worldwide. Its…
12.11.2012 A supercomputer to understand the failing heart Biventricular pacemakers fail to improve the faulty contraction of the diseased heart in thirty per cent of patients…