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Category: AWS ParallelCluster

AWS re:Invent 2025: Your Complete Guide to High Performance Computing Sessions

AWS re:Invent 2025 returns to Las Vegas, Nevada on December 1, uniting AWS builders, customers, partners, and IT professionals from across the globe. This year’s event offers you exclusive access to compelling customer stories and insights from AWS leadership as they tackle today’s most critical challenges in high-performance computing, from accelerating scientific discovery to optimizing […]

What’s the difference between AWS ParallelCluster and AWS Parallel Computing Service?

It’s been a year since we announced AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS). In a way this is the third generation of Slurm-based HPC orchestrators that we’ve brought to you. We’ve learned much from helping customers deploy serious production workloads on AWS ParallelCluster, which itself grew from the foundations layed by CfnCluster – the open-source project […]

AI-Enhanced Subsurface Infrastructure Mapping on AWS

Subsurface infrastructure mapping is crucial for industries ranging from oil and gas to environmental protection. Our groundbreaking approach combines advanced magnetic imaging with physics-informed AI to provide unparalleled visibility into hidden structures, even when traditional methods fall short. Explore how this fusion of cloud computing and AI is opening new possibilities for subsurface exploration and management.

Optimizing HPC workflows with automatically scaling clusters in Ansys Gateway powered by AWS

Ansys Gateway powered by AWS now has an integration with AWS ParallelCluster to enable users deploy on-demand HPC clusters for running Ansys simulations on AWS. This allows engineers to run large-scale simulations efficiently while optimizing cloud costs by dynamically adjusting resources based on simulation workload requirements. In this blog post, we describe the architecture, workflow, and Amazon EC2 recommendations for running Ansys applications in Ansys Gateway.

Predict the unpredictable: Disrupting drug lead optimization using quantum mechanics simulation in the cloud

Quantum mechanics meets drug discovery: QSimulate’s latest advancements in QM-based FEP simulation are poised to transform the industry. Our blog post takes you on a journey through the groundbreaking science and innovative software that are redefining the future of drug design.

Cross-account HPC cluster monitoring using Amazon EventBridge

Cross-account HPC cluster monitoring using Amazon EventBridge

Managing extensive HPC workflows? This post details how to monitor resource consumption without compromising security. Check it out for a customizable reference architecture that sends only relevant data to your monitoring account.

Recent improvement to Open MPI AllReduce and the impact to application performance

Recent improvement to Open MPI AllReduce and the impact to application performance

Our team engineered some Open MPI optimizations for EFA to enhance performance of HPC codes running in the cloud. By improving MPI_AllReduce they improved scaling – matching commercial MPIs. Tests show gains for apps including Code Saturne and OpenFOAM on both Arm64 and x86 instances. Check out how these tweaks can speed up your HPC workloads in the cloud.