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GPGPU2 Workshop: Advanced Methods for Computing with CUDA

Feb 11, 2014

The UCT Computer Science department will be running a followup GPGPU workshop after last years GPGPU2013 workshop. The principle lecturers on the course will again be Nvidia fellows John Stone and Manuel Ujaldón. The workshop will run from the…

ICT 4 Development – Initiative by the late Gary Marsden

Dec 31, 2013

programming

ICT 4 Development - Initiative by the late Gary Marsden…

Compiling the latest GCC version 4.8.1

Jul 8, 2013

programming

Before we get started we need to do some dependency work :(

1. Download the following applications a directory of your choice. Lets name it, $HOME/gcc-build. Extract the applications into gcc-build.

GCC - http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/
GMP - http://gmplib.org
MPFR - http://www.mpfr.org…

Xeon Phi coprocessors.

Jun 6, 2013

programming

Intel has agreed to loan a number of Xeon Phi cards to the CHPC who will be making these available to researchers for testing. We would strongly encourage our users to make use of this opportunity. Based on the outcome

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GCC 4.7 made available on the ICTS HPC Cluster

Apr 19, 2012

programming

GCC 4.7 has been compiled and installed on the ICTS HPC cluster. In order to make use of it execute "module add module-gcc47" from the bash prompt on the HPC headnode and it gets enabled with the correct paths to…

Research Portal Project

Dec 28, 2011

programming

Top UCT researcher, Ed Rybicki, will be assisting in the creation of a Research Portal for UCT researchers. The HPC tools and resources will be integrated into this portal and we hope to see the first phase of this project…

Submitting jobs with a environment tool called ‘modules’

Dec 22, 2011

programming

We've been busy looking for new ways to reduce complexity in our HPC environment. One tool which has been around for many years assists with setting up your environment where multiple versions of the same application exists. The name …

Google reCaptcha service via caching or proxy servers

Nov 16, 2011

programming

Googles Recaptcha service is great to get rid of those web bots which enter false information into web forms. Its great for the elimination of SPAM. In most organizations the use of proxy servers or caching servers are used for …

Node decommission

Oct 3, 2011

programming

We will be decommissioning our test node hpc300 as it will become part of our Stratus Lab test bed. More on this project later... Update on nodes; We've added a new 200 series node, srvslnhpc212 with 8GB RAM. We've also…

Compile / Install / Deploy OpenFOAM 2.0

Sep 16, 2011

application, programming

Big-Bytes decided to write up a quick tutorial on how to install OpenFOAM 2 in the user space. Administrators and users constantly battle with dependencies especially with the latest software releases. This problem begins when a system administrator installs and…

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