#isambard

"I must dash, I need to take Isambard's ukulele up to school!"

and I think that makes me and Theodore’s parent’s blood-kin or something...

"Isambard." her voice cracked as her throat closed up on her, trying to swallow down tears. "...you were right. You were always right."

Such a sweet sentence to hear from a broken dove. They all are somehow, save my wild mate. She despises them, my pretty shattered ones, and does not see their beauty. Their.. potential.

Alas for Eira. This one, Estamba.. has considerable potential.

I gave her a very old dwelling of mine and a suggestion to find greater purpose in the Mist War. To cease to flutter to the commands of lessers.

To hear only my words.

She didn’t hear it quite like that. Stepping into the small grass-roofed hut and breathing it in, she drank the simple furniture and domicile in. She did not comment that it seemed really only for a single person - me - or wonder if I’d made everything in it myself. I had.

"Well it still smells like you."

"And that arouses you."

"You...arouse me. Your smell, your touch...your wildness and your strength...your self control. In another life I might have been worthy of you...but you are already well looked after."

A flare of fury in me. Still she demeaned herself. She had given me her very soul whether she knew it or not. It was to me that her fears now called, and my advice that clung to her like a darker miasma. 

"You will never imply to me again that you are unworthy, Estamba. You have immeasurable worth."

She belonged to me. She was beginning to understand it. Spoke it. Tried to tell herself that she was not... mine. That I would not want her to be so.

"Wouldn't I? You are not my toy .. nor my pet.. And you are not my mate. But you are mine.. and have become so with every whisper of my name, every aching need you've ever felt for me. You are mine in the root of your spine... You are mine, and both of us know it."

My words were blows. 

They were meant to be blows, and the pale girl shook to hear them, her head bowing.

"It's true. You...you're everything to me."

“Yes.. your blood screams for me. And I hear it.”

I am everything to her now.

Her god.

Scientists from GW4 Universities Bristol and Cardiff examined the efficiency of the GW4 Alliance Isambard supercomputer utilizing an open-source Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) code. The research study group included Unai Lopez Novoa, Data Development Research Study Institute; Pablo Ouro Barba, Cardiff School of Engineering; Dr James Rate, University of Bristol and Teacher Simon McIntosh Smith, the primary private investigator for the Isambard job and a teacher of high-performance computing at the University of Bristol.

Isambard was created by GW4 Alliance scientists in collaboration with the Met Workplace and worldwide supercomputer leader Cray Inc.

Isambard is made up of 2 sets of nodes: one little set based upon extensively utilized x86 Intel chips, and another much bigger set that utilizes unique 64-bit ARM-based Cavium ThunderX2 processors. The latter is the very first of a series of ARM-based computing chips for High Efficiency Computing (HPC) systems.

To evaluate the efficiency of Isambard Cray, the scientists utilized Hydro3D, a modern code established by a group from Cardiff University’s Hydro-environmental Research Study Centre. The code can imitate intricate rough circulations in Hydraulic or Ecological Engineering, fluid-structure interaction issues in Aeronautical Engineering or style of renewable resource gadgets.

The very first tests carried out were proof of the substantial capacity in utilizing ARM-based HPC systems in the field of Computational Fluid Characteristics, with Hydro3D carrying out much better in the ARM-based processors. Throughout the tests, the unique processor acted properly and without mistake, revealing the preparedness of the brand-new ARM-based environment to be utilized in a production environment.

Isambard is the very first Arm-based supercomputer on the planet to enter into production usage, and the biggest Arm-based system beyond the U.S. Isambard is now being utilized for clinical research study along with to check out future computer system architectures in the exascale period. It belongs to the EPSRC-funded Tier-2 High-Performance Computing environment in the UK.

Future operate in this instructions will concentrate on more profiling and tuning of Hydro3D in the ARM-based processors and examining the efficiency and scalability in multi-node simulations.

Isambard, my lil cuddle bunny

Nighteyes, @weneedaruse 's beautiful kitten

Researchers from GW4 Universities Bristol and Cardiff assessed the performance of the GW4 Alliance Isambard supercomputer using an open-source Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) code. The research team consisted of Unai Lopez Novoa, Data Innovation Research Institute; Pablo Ouro Barba, Cardiff School of Engineering; Dr James Price, University of Bristol and Professor Simon McIntosh Smith, the principal investigator for the Isambard project and a professor of high-performance computing at the University of Bristol.

Isambard was designed by GW4 Alliance researchers in partnership with the Met Office and global supercomputer leader Cray Inc.

Isambard is composed of two sets of nodes: one small set based on widely used x86 Intel chips, and another much larger set that uses novel 64-bit ARM-based Cavium ThunderX2 processors. The latter is the first of a series of ARM-based computing chips for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems.

To assess the performance of Isambard Cray, the researchers used Hydro3D, a state-of-the-art code developed by a team from Cardiff University’s Hydro-environmental Research Centre. The code can simulate complex turbulent flows in Hydraulic or Environmental Engineering, fluid-structure interaction problems in Aeronautical Engineering or design of renewable energy devices.

The first tests conducted were evidence of the huge potential in using ARM-based HPC systems in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics, with Hydro3D performing better in the ARM-based processors. During the tests, the novel processor behaved correctly and without error, showing the readiness of the new ARM-based ecosystem to be used in a production environment.

Isambard is the first Arm-based supercomputer in the world to go into production use, and the largest Arm-based system outside of the U.S. Isambard is now being used for scientific research as well as to explore future computer architectures in the exascale era. It is part of the EPSRC-funded Tier-2 High-Performance Computing ecosystem in the UK.

Future work in this direction will focus on further profiling and tuning of Hydro3D in the ARM-based processors and assessing the performance and scalability in multi-node simulations.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel: The engineering giant with ‘short man syndrome’

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