Scientific Computing news from www.synbio.org.uk

SolexaQA: At-a-glance quality assessment of Illumina second-generation sequencing data.

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:44:27 +0100

SolexaQA: At-a-glance quality assessment of Illumina second-generation sequencing data.: "Publication Date: 2010 Sep 27 PMID: 20875133
Authors: Cox, M. P. - Peterson, D. A. - Biggs, P. J.
Journal: BMC Bioinformatics

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Illumina's second-generation sequencing platform is playing an increasingly prominent role in modern DNA and RNA sequencing efforts. However, rapid, simple, standardized and independent measures of run quality are currently lacking, as are tools to process sequences for use in downstream applications based on read-level quality data. RESULTS: We present SolexaQA, a user-friendly software package designed to generate detailed statistics and at-a-glance graphics of sequence data...

Stealth Computer unveils its smallest Mini PC to date

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:24:48 +0100

The LPC-100 includes three USB 2.0 ports and Gigabit Ethernet but no Wi-Fi and is...

Fujitsu starts shipping 10 petaflop supercomputer

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:40:26 +0100

Fujitsu starts shipping 10 petaflop supercomputer: "

It wasn't so long ago that we reported on the Roadrunner supercomputer breaking the petaflop barrier. But this week Fujitsu announced that it will begin shipping its next-generation supercomputer which has a lofty performance goal of 10 petaflops - that's ten thousand trillion operations per second! The computer is nicknamed the 'K', a reference to the Japanese word 'Kei,' or 10 to the 16th power. If the K could reach this goal, it would...

Unity 3.0 - High-end game development app. (Free)

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:24:04 +0100

Unity 3.0

Unity delivers a stable and scalable platform for creating captivating content. Content that is efficient to create, and that works on low as well as high-end hardware.

Unity is the only Mac-based high-end game development tool sporting a stylish pro-app GUI, no-friction workflow and top-of-the-line technical features such as extensible graphics, great particle effects, highly optimized scripting, the Ageia physX Engine, skinned character animation and ragdolls, and making standalone games for Mac and Windows (and Dashboard Widgets and web-plugins).

Unity...

NVIDIA unveils new Fermi-Class Quadro GPUs

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:14:40 +0100

NVIDIA unveils new Fermi-Class Quadro GPUs: "

NVIDIA has revealed its new range of Fermi-based Quadro GPUs that the company says deliver performance that is up to five times faster for 3D applications and up to eight times faster for computational simulation. The Quadro Plex 7000 Array is a complete system solution whereas the Quadro 6000, Quadro 5000 and Quadro 4000 are aimed at desktops and workstations. They are all compatible with NVIDIA’s new 3D Vision Pro active-shutter glasses solution, incorporate the new NVIDIA Scalable Geometry...

Immersion's new haptic effects solution heads for Toshiba's Libretto w100

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:57:08 +0100

Immersion's new haptic effects solution heads for Toshiba's Libretto w100: "

Are you the sort of person who loves touch screen technology but yearns for the mechanical feel and security of a real keyboard? You may be interested to hear that Toshiba’s Libretto w100 dual touch-screen mini notebook will be the first device to hit the market that incorporates Immersion Corporation’s TouchSense 2500 solution that provides touch feedback effects when hitting keys. The haptic effects help to minimize the chance of mis-keying, provide immediate tactile response and...

So small you'll forget it's there: the MosKeyto flash drive from LaCie

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:43:18 +0100

So small you'll forget it's there: the MosKeyto flash drive from LaCie: "

While LaCie's new tiny flash drive certainly shares some characteristics with the bothersome insect with a similar name, it's safe to say that the MosKeyto is a very different beast altogether. Sure, they're both lightweight and very small and you may have difficulty seeing them in certain lighting. But whereas the high-pitched buzzing from one is usually followed by some serious irritation, bytes from the other are actually...

Recompute cardboard PC in the flesh: it's real, it boots, it's made of cardboard

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:32:14 +0100

Recompute cardboard PC in the flesh: it's real, it boots, it's made of cardboard: "

We took delivery of a Recompute recently. This doesn't sound like a stunning statement: we get fancy new tech to play with all of the time, some of it stamped with the 'green' moniker for better or worse. But the Recompute is just so far fetched: an entire desktop PC... built with cardboard! Sure, the internals are standard off-the-shelf PC components, but from the outside Recompute looks like nothing we've ever seen, and that's really...

Upcoming Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 card to support WHDI streaming courtesy of Amimon

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:09:52 +0100

Upcoming Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 card to support WHDI streaming courtesy of Amimon: "

Most of what we're seeing on the WHDI front has to do with getting basic HD video playback off of the laptop or out of the den and onto the TV, but video games are people too -- don't they deserve the same treatment? Galaxy seems to think so, and it's building Amimon's WHDI tech into its upcoming Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 WHDI Edition video card. A receiver adapter for plugging into your TV is...

Compressed sensing

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:57:52 +0100

Fill in the Blanks: Using Math to Turn Lo-Res Datasets Into Hi-Res Samples

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Sony PS3s for supercomputer

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:54 +0100

3D renderings of the Mandelbrot set

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:31:31 +0100

3D renderings of the Mandelbrot set: "

A big Keanu 'Whoa' over these gorgeous 3D renderings of fractals. The article offers a fascinating back story about the 20-year quest to adequately display a Mandelbulb, such a 3D analog rendering of a Mandelbrot set.

The Unraveling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot

OCZ's Colossus desktop SSD gets reviewed: oh yeah, it's fast

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:29:07 +0100

OCZ's Colossus desktop SSD gets reviewed: oh yeah, it's fast: "

It's been a long time coming, hasn't it? OCZ Technology's Colossus is the outfit's first in the desktop SSD space, and with capacities scaling as high at 1TB, it's certainly tempting for performance junkies who just can't pry themselves away from their tower. The benchmark-minded kids over at PC Perspective were able to get a drive in with final firmware a few weeks back, and they've pushed out a full review just prior to these things hitting retail...

Modded Sony UMPC runs four operating systems

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:56:33 +0100

Modded Sony UMPC runs four operating systems: "Modded Sony UMPC runs four operating systems  A Micro PC Talk member named 'anh' has radically modded a Sony UX490 UMPC to run four operating systems, including Windows 7/Vista/XP and Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7. 'Instead of a 1.2GHz Core 2 Solo U2200 and 48GB SSD, the uber-UX490 has a 1.33GHz Core 2 Duo U7700 – overclocked to 1.438GHz – and a speedy RunCore Pro IV 128GB SSD,' wrote SlashGear's Chris Davies.   'A voice-capable HSPA modem has been squeezed inside, together with a/b/g/n WiFi. Not a...

HPC colonises the desktop

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:08:43 +0100

HPC colonises the desktop

The HP Z800

Asustek teams with Nvidia on 1.1 Teraflop supercomputer

The ESC 1000 is the size of a large desktop computer and uses 960 Nvidia GPU cores

AsusTek unveils the ESC 1000 - 1.1 teraflop ‘personal supercomputer’

Scientific Computing news from www.synbio.org.uk

SolexaQA: At-a-glance quality assessment of Illumina second-generation sequencing data.

Stealth Computer unveils its smallest Mini PC to date

﻿The LPC-100 includes three USB 2.0 ports and Gigabit Ethernet but no Wi-Fi and is...

﻿The LPC-100 includes three USB 2.0 ports and Gigabit Ethernet but no Wi-Fi and is...

Fujitsu starts shipping 10 petaflop supercomputer

Unity 3.0 - High-end game development app. (Free)

NVIDIA unveils new Fermi-Class Quadro GPUs

Immersion's new haptic effects solution heads for Toshiba's Libretto w100

So small you'll forget it's there: the MosKeyto flash drive from LaCie

Recompute cardboard PC in the flesh: it's real, it boots, it's made of cardboard

Upcoming Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 card to support WHDI streaming courtesy of Amimon

Compressed sensing

Fill in the Blanks: Using Math to Turn Lo-Res Datasets Into Hi-Res Samples

Sony PS3s for supercomputer

Sony still subsidizing US military supercomputer efforts

New Processor Will Feature 100 Cores

Intel Shows 48-Core Processor for Research

3D renderings of the Mandelbrot set

OCZ's Colossus desktop SSD gets reviewed: oh yeah, it's fast

Modded Sony UMPC runs four operating systems

HPC colonises the desktop

HPC colonises the desktop

AsusTek unveils the ESC 1000 - 1.1 teraflop ‘personal supercomputer’

The LPC-100 includes three USB 2.0 ports and Gigabit Ethernet but no Wi-Fi and is...

The LPC-100 includes three USB 2.0 ports and Gigabit Ethernet but no Wi-Fi and is...