Frankfurt am Main – Northern Data AG (XETRA: NB2, ISIN: DE000A0SMU87), a provider of high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, has announced the extension of a customer contract of a volume of ASIC chips worth USD $100 million. The existing customer, from the bitcoin mining sector, is making use of an extension option, which it drew at […]
Northern Data: Existing Bitcoin Mining Customer Expands Contract Volume by More Than 200MW
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Podcast: Announcing the New CryptoSuper500 List
November 13, 2018 by
Today OrionX Research today announced that Bitcoin and BTC.com top the first release of the CryptoSuper500 list. The list recognizes cryptocurrency mining as a new form of supercomputing and tracks the top mining pools. “The growth of the cryptocurrency market has put the spotlight on emerging decentralized applications, the new ways in which they are funded, and the software stack on which they are built.” Cryptocurrency technologies include blockchain, consensus algorithms, digital wallets, and utility and security tokens.
Cryptocurrency Supercomputing: Top 30 of Cryptocurrency Mining
November 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Dr. Stephen Perrenod from OrionX has published this First Edition of his biannual list of top cryptocurrency mining pools. In the world of Cryptocurrency Supercomputing, this report looks at this new specialized form of supercomputing known as cryptocurrency mining.
Radio Free HPC Looks at Diverging Chip Architectures in the Wake of Spectre and Meltdown
February 13, 2018 by
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the tradeoff between chip performance and security. In the aftermath of the recently disclosed Spectre and Meltdown exploits, Cryptograpy guru Paul Kocher from Rambus is calling for a divergence in processor architectures:
Radio Free HPC Looks at NVIDIA’s Efforts to Ban Consumer GPUs in the Datacenter
January 29, 2018 by
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at NVIDIA’s new EULA GeForce Software user license, which prohibits the use of consumer GPUs in the datacenter. We are not looking to beat up on anyone, but our focus is on what these kind of limitations might mean for the industry.
“When we purchase hardware, aren’t we free to use it any way we please? And why do BitCoin miners get a pass during a worldwide GPU shortage?”
Radio Free HPC Looks at the Cryptocurrency Crash
January 22, 2018 by
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the recent cryptocurrency crash and why prices for these coins is so volatile. After that, we do our Catch of the Week, where the IBM Cloud is leading the company back to profitability.
Radio Free HPC Looks at how How Blockchain Could Prevent Fake News
October 16, 2017 by
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at Henry Newman’s recent proposal to use Blockchain as a way to combat Fake News. Henry shares that this rant result from what he saw as an egregious story that was going around that could have been easily quashed.
Radio Free HPC Previews the SC17 Plenary on Smart Cities
October 9, 2017 by
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at Smart Cities. As the featured topic this year at the SC17 Plenary, the Smart Cities initiative looks to improve the quality of life for residents using urban informatics and other technologies to improve the efficiency of services.
Radio Free HPC Does the Day-by-Day Preview of ISC 2017
June 13, 2017 by
In this Radio Free HPC podcast, Rich gives us a day-by-day preview of the upcoming ISC 2017 conference. The event takes place June 18-22 in Frankfurt, Germany. “ISC High Performance focuses on HPC technological development and its application in scientific fields, as well as its adoption in commercial environments. In 2017 we offer you 13 fascinating HPC topics grouped under three categories: systems, applications, and emerging topics. All topics will be addressed in different power-packed sessions. The ISC tutorials, workshops and the exhibition will complement these sessions.”
In Search Of: Radio Free HPC on the Hunt for the Aurora Supercomputer
May 30, 2017 by
In this podcast, Rich notes that recent reports on the Aurora supercomputer were incorrect. According to Rick Borchelt from the DoE: “On the record, Aurora contract is not cancelled.” Before that, we follow Henry on an unprecedented shopping spree at Best Buy.
