SMT/HT in HPC
Should HPC workloads run with Simultaneous Multi-Threading/ Hyperthreading enabled or not? Fight!
Everything tagged: HPC Benchmarks
Benchmarking Results for HPC
Optimising Financial Services HPC Workloads on AMD EPYC 4th and 5th Generation Processors
We take a look at optimising financial risk analytics on modern AMD CPUs. Turns out we had quite a lot to say. About 5500 words in fact!
Azure Dv6 VM Family Performance & Cost Comparison
A look at the performance and cost of Azure’s new Dv6 VM series and compared to previous Dv5 and Dv4 families.
Benchmarks & Goodhart’s Law
Make sure you understand your workload. Putting your faith in benchmark results may lead you astray.
Performance Normalised Cloud VM Pricing for CFD
We’ve previously shown how to optimise cloud HPC costs through the use of automated benchmarking and price capture in financial services. Let’s see if it works for CFD too…
ORE v12 Released
Acadia releases version 12 of Open Risk Engine
Raspberry Risk
Ever wondered how many Raspberry Pis it takes to run your risk analytics? Sounds like the setup for a joke, right? Its not. And we have an answer!
HPC on Cloud — Cost Optimisation & Cloud Economics
A look at the economics of running a HPC system on a public cloud infrastructure. It looks at the impact of the performance differential between different types of VM, the impact of price variation and introduces the concept of a performance normalised price to allow easier comparison of VMs.