Advanced Clustering Launching Log File Analyzer called LogVisor AI at SC23

Advanced Clustering Technologies today announced that the high performance computing systems integrator will launch a new log file analysis tool called LogVisor AI during the Supercomputing conference (SC23) next month in Denver. LogVisor AI analyzes log files and re-organizes the data, bringing forward items deemed critical to the health and proper functions of the system. […]

The New (8th Edition) of our HPC Pricing Guide is Here

How many cores can you get for your budget? How much memory per core? Now in its eighth edition, our HPC Pricing Guides bring transparency to the costs associated with purchasing high performance computing hardware. The HPC Pricing Guide provides details of what you can get for an AMD- or Intel-based system within the following […]

Did you miss our ClusterVisor 1.X Launch Webinar? Watch it here.

On April 25th we hosted a live Webinar to introduce ClusterVisor 1.X, our HPC cluster management system, which is a significant upgrade to the original system that we launched in 2019. If you missed the webinar, never fear. You can view it on demand and download the slide deck presentation as well. Watch the Webinar […]

Celebrating 22 Years Serving the HPC Community

Advanced Clustering Technologies was founded 22 years ago today, and our mission has remain unchanged in all of those years. Back in 2001, Advanced Clustering was billed as “Your source for peak performance computing.” The company’s mission – to build cost-effective HPC clusters backed by customer service that is second to none – has remained our […]

Advanced Clustering Announces Systems Based on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

Advanced Clustering Technologies today announced the ACTserv x4XX family of dense high performance computing (HPC) systems, which are based on the new fourth generation of Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors codenamed Sapphire Rapids. Our new ACTserv machines will offer flexibility with modular components that share a uniform design across all node types. By incorporating Sapphire Rapids […]

Advanced Clustering to Offer HPC Solutions Powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC 9004 Series Processors

Advanced Clustering Technologies is now offering a new wave of high performance computing solutions powered by the new 4th Gen AMD EPYC 9004 series processors. With these new processors, our AMD-powered ACTblade and ACTserv solutions provide up to 50% more memory channels than any competitive x86 server CPU, a significant improvement in memory bandwidth. Paired […]

Advanced Clustering to Unveil Expanded ClusterVisor Cluster Management Tool at SC22

Advanced Clustering Technologies has just announced that it will be re-launching its ClusterVisor HPC cluster management solution with a massive overhaul that provides greatly enhanced cluster monitoring and reporting functions. Originally launched in the fall of 2019, ClusterVisor is designed to enable you to easily deploy your HPC cluster and manage everything from the hardware and operating system […]

The Latest News from Advanced Clustering

Our latest newsletter just went out to all subscribers this morning. Here’s your look at the information we shared. If you want to ensure you receive the latest newsletter moving forward, subscribe here. Come and See us at SC22 Next Month in Dallas For the first time since November 2019, Advanced Clustering Technologies will be […]

A Conversation with Our Summer Intern: Taking in the View from the Frontlines of HPC

Last spring, when Mateus Burns was contemplating the end of his junior year in the Aerospace Engineering program at Iowa State University, he knew there were many ways he could apply what he was learning as an engineer to work as a summer intern. But what would be the best fit? He soon realized that, […]

The Latest News from Advanced Clustering: Latest Gen AMD EPYC-Based Systems & Results of our Linux Distribution Survey

Here is the latest news from Advanced Clustering Technologies, which was also shared in our monthly newsletter published today. You can subscribe here to stay informed about our latest news and product offerings. Our ACTblade and ACTserv Systems Support the Latest AMD EPYC™ Milan-X The third generation AMD EPYC processors are designed to optimize technical computing […]

Watch it now: An Insider’s View of Omni-Path Express from Cornelis Networks

If you missed the latest installment of our HPC webinar series, you can watch the video recording on our YouTube channel. We hosted “An Insider’s View of Omni-Path Express” so that you can learn more about the new networking fabric technology from Cornelis Networks. Advanced Clustering Technologies has partnered with Cornelis Networks to offer HPC […]

Supply Chain Delays Continue to Affect HPC Orders in 2022

When we last spoke about supply chain issues in 2021, we had reason to hope that the situation would improve early in 2022. Now that the new year is here, we are seeing ongoing supply shortages and component lead times of as much as 9 months. The shortages are affecting, but are not limited to, […]

UC-Merced’s New PINNACLES Cluster Arrives on Campus

Today our customer at UC-Merced shared photos from the arrival of the new campus-wide cluster called PINNACLES, which our team was on hand to install this week. The new cluster, made possible with an Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), will double the supercomputing capacity at the university within the […]

Advanced Clustering Technologies and Cornelis Networks Partner to Offer HPC Systems with Omni-Path Express Networking Fabric

Advanced Clustering Technologies, a leading provider of custom, turn-key high performance computing solutions, announces it is now offering HPC clusters and servers with Cornelis NetworksTM Omni-Path ExpressTM interconnect fabric technology. With the introduction of the Cornelis Omni-Path Express portfolio of products, Advanced Clustering’s servers and clusters will be able to meet the demands of HPC […]

Advanced Clustering Publishes New Edition of Its HPC Pricing Guide

High performance computing systems integrator Advanced Clustering Technologies today announced the publication of a new edition of its HPC Pricing Guide, which provides a detailed look at the kind of HPC system that can be purchased within three typical budget ranges. This latest edition provides a point of comparison between systems based on the latest […]

Advanced Clustering celebrates 20 years in business

Advanced Clustering Technologies is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Founded on Feb. 14, 2001, the company was originally billed as “Your source for peak performance computing.” The company’s mission – to build cost-effective high performance computing solutions backed by customer service that is second to none – has remained its primary focus. “When we […]

We’re Hiring a Technical Support Engineer

2021 marks our 20th year in business, and Advanced Clustering Technologies is looking to expand our team with an additional Technical Support Engineer. Read the job description and find out how to apply for the position. Advanced Clustering Technologies is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their […]

Get more transparency in HPC Pricing

Advanced Clustering Technologies has long believed it is of utmost importance to help you navigate the rather complex realities of pricing options for high performance computing equipment. That’s why we first published our HPC Pricing Guide in 2014. The document quickly became the most requested document on our website and remains so to this day. […]

Register for the Virtual SC20

You can register now for SC20, which will be a 100% virtual event this year, at https://sc20.supercomputing.org/attend/register/. Most of the presentations will be pre-recorded with a live Q&A chat opportunity available at the time of the initial broadcast. Session broadcast will be available on demand at some point after the scheduled time. Tutorials and workshops […]

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news about our turn-key HPC solutions

Join our newsletter today to receive our monthly guide to the latest information about our high performance computing solutions. Our September issue will feature our newest update to our HPC Pricing Guide, which gives you a look at the kind of systems you could purchase in budget ranges of $150,000, $250,000 or $500,000. This HPC […]

Advanced Clustering and AMD CPUs Help Folding@home project study Covid-19 proteins

Dr. Greg Bowman of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has turned the focus of the Folding@home project, which is the largest crowd-sourced computational biology project the world has ever seen, over to the study of Covid-19. Bowman, an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at university, is relying on tens of […]

Our Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic

The health and safety of both our customers and employees is of the utmost importance to us. We want to update you on our response to the widespread coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns. Advanced Clustering Technologies is committed to continuing what we do best. Our top priorities remain serving our customers, keeping our facility operational and getting orders out the door […]

Advanced Clustering Now Offering Intel Cascade Lake Refresh Processors

Today Advanced Clustering Technologies announced that the company is now integrating Intel’s new Cascade Lake Refresh (CLX-R) processor into its line of HPC ACTblade and ACTserv clusters and ACTstation workstations. CLX-R is an advancement over the existing second generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor (code named Cascade Lake or CLX). These new Intel processors offer enhanced […]

Advanced Clustering Celebrates 19 Years

Advanced Clustering Technologies celebrates its 19th anniversary on Feb. 14, 2020. The company, which was founded in 2001 in Kansas City, Mo., continues to build custom, turn-key HPC solutions that have been its trademark all along. The company’s full catalog of HPC hardware and software solutions is online at the company’s website, advancedclustering.com. You can learn […]

Advanced Clustering Presents: HPC System Design

Advanced Clustering Technologies made a presentation today at the invitation of Swarthmore College, which hosted a Mindshare on “High Performance Computing in the Liberal Arts” over the course of the last two days. All schools within the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC), which compromises 70 member institutions, were invited to attend. The purpose of […]

Happy Holidays from Advanced Clustering Technologies

We want to thank you for your interest in our high performance computing solutions. We look forward to working with you in the new year.

A Round-Up of News from SC19

A roundup of news about Advanced Clustering and its partners from SC19 taking place right now in Denver. Advanced Clustering Launches ClusterVisor HPC Cluster Management Software Our new HPC cluster management software solution makes its debut this week at SC19. ClusterVisor makes it possible to manage your HPC cluster from the command line or from […]

Introducing ClusterVisor, Our Cluster Management Tool

Advanced Clustering Technologies is proud to present ClusterVisor, our new HPC cluster management tool, which enables you to easily deploy your HPC cluster and manage everything from the hardware and operating system to software and networking using a single GUI. ClusterVisor is based on years of feedback from our customers and gives you everything you […]

Advanced Clustering installs Bell’s Kiowa cluster

    We were on-site recently at Bell installing their new Kiowa cluster.  Named for Bell’s renowned OH-58D Kiowa aircraft, their new system is powered by Advanced Clustering’s ACTblade x210 compute nodes and ACTserv x2280c GPU nodes.

CFD-optimized Car Earns High Marks for University of Toronto Formula Racing Team

Using designs it spent months optimizing on the ACTnowHPC cloud, the University of Toronto Formula Racing Team has been able to make big advances in the design and performance of the vehicle they are taking to competitions this year. “Through our use of ACTnowHPC, we have expedited, optimized and improved many aspects of our program,” […]

Today we celebrate 18 years in business

Advanced Clustering Technologies is celebrating 18 years of operation today. We want to thank our customers and technology partners as we celebrate this milestone. “We have seen a lot of changes in high performance computing as an industry since 2001, but our core focus as a systems integrator has never changed,” said company president Kyle […]

Wrapping up our week at SC18

Another Supercomputing is in the books, and we enjoyed seeing so many of our customers and fellow HPC practitioners at SC18 in Dallas. We want to thank each of you who took the time to visit our booth in the Exhibit Hall for a quick conversation or a meeting. For those we missed us, we […]

New HPC Cluster Deployed at Wright State University

Our Blog Recognized among Top 15 HPC Blogs

Our HPC blog has just been named among the Top 15 HPC blogs, according to FeedSpot.com. The site says it made it selections based on searches and social metrics from thousands of top HPC blogs in its index. The top 15 blogs are ranked based on following criteria: Google reputation and Google search ranking Influence […]

Happy Holidays! We Look Forward to Serving Your HPC Needs in the New Year

All of us at Advanced Clustering Technologies wish you Happy Holidays. We were fortunate to see so many of you last month at SC17 in Denver. For those who didn’t attend, or didn’t have a chance to visit our booth, we welcome the opportunity to talk with you about your HPC plans for 2018. There […]

Oklahoma State University Selects Advanced Clustering to Build New HPC Cluster

Oklahoma State University has selected Advanced Clustering Technologies to build and install its newest supercomputer, which will support computing- and data-intensive research across a broad range of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The new supercomputer, which will be named after the university’s mascot, Pistol Pete, will serve as a campus-wide shared resource, available […]

Registration Begins for SC17

This week registration opened for SC17, which takes place Nov. 12-17 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. If you’re planning to attend, now is the time to register and reserve your hotel room. Advanced Clustering Technologies will be exhibiting in booth 1976 on the Exhibit Hall floor. We will also be taking one-on-one meetings […]

5 Things You May Not Know about Advanced Clustering Technologies

1. Advanced Clustering built a free stress-test and hardware diagnostics tool. Breakin application is so powerful, it’s now used by several major component manufacturers in their validation and factory testing procedures. No other available product pinpoints hardware issues and component failures like Breakin. Every cluster built by Advanced Clustering Technologies undergoes a minimum of 24 hours running […]

Advanced Clustering Receives 2017 Brick by Brick Award

Advanced Clustering Renewed as Intel HPC Data Center Specialist

High Performance Computing solutions provider Advanced Clustering Technologies announced today that the company has been renewed as an official Intel® Technology Provider and HPC Data Center Specialist. The designation recognizes Advanced Clustering as partner adept in delivering quality HPC solutions for customers. In order to qualify for this status, Advanced Clustering’s team of HPC engineers […]

In the News: San Jose State University Brings New HPC Cluster Online

San Jose State University has just announced that its new high performance computing cluster went online this week. Funded by a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the new cluster will support an interdisciplinary team led by Sen Chiao from Meteorology, who was principal investigator of the grant proposal, and Climate Science and Ehsan […]

Advanced Clustering to be Honored for Contributions to KC Industrial Area

Advanced Clustering Technologies has been selected to receive a 2017 Brick-by-Brick Award from the Kansas City Industrial Council (KCIC). The award recognizes contributions to the growth and development of Kansas City’s industrial areas. In 2016 Advanced Clustering acquired and relocated to a new office and production facility at 3148 Roanoke Road. From this location the […]

Advancedclustering.com Adds Product Comparison, Quote Cart Functionality

Advancedclustering.com has been updated to provide you with more ways to shop for hardware and software and to make informed decisions about your next system. All product listings on the site now include a “Compare” button that allows you to compare multiple products side by side, enabling you to analyze differences in specifications, performance, etc. […]

Deck the Halls with a Geek Wreath

Our team here at Advanced Clustering Technologies is spreading holiday cheer this year. Two words – Geek Wreath. It’s simple: Take any spare computer parts that you have lying around and transform them into a holiday wreath for your home or office. Cables makes for a start to your Geek Wreath. Form the circular base […]