DeepSci

Can we afford more INCITEful spending?

deepsci — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:10:30 +0000

The DOE's INCITE program awarded 1.6bln CPU hours to 69 researchers. With a $400,000,000 pricetag, do you feel taxpayers are making an investment worth the interest on the debt? Taking the government out of the picture makes ten times more computing power available, while reducing costs by 90%.Read more »

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When Blue Waters aren't wet.

deepsci — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:44:35 +0000

http://DeepSci.com/blog

Blue Waters is a supercomputer that will be used to tackle research challenges in proteomics, genomics, modeling of macromolecular complex structures and others that simply cannot be performed on any other available computing resources.

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Protein folding is no bologna

deepsci — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:45:04 +0000

When we hear the word protein, most of us think "lunch!", but proteins within the body effect your health, and the health of many disease cells you may be harboring. The H1N1 (and flu virus in any given year) is essentially just a few minor protein changes on the flu from years past.Read more »

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Gen-x will need 10x (the computing power)

Mark Pottorff — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:41:03 +0000

It is my perception that researchers are increasingly adopting computer modeling and simulation in their work. And as communities get more familiar with their respective tools of the day, the next generation of tools is going to require 10 times more computing power due to tackling a more diverse set of variables when available computing power enables it.Read more »

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