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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced the installation of a supercomputer built by Penguin Systems, named the Raider. The system delivers about 12 petaFLOPS of compute power, ranking it in the vicinity of the 50th most powerful system in the world, according to the TOP500 ranking of HPC systems. The system is part of the Department of Defense's HPC Modernization Program....The post Air Force Research Lab Adds 12PFLOPS Penguin HPC System appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - September 19, 2023 - The University of Maryland (UMD) today announced the opening of the National Quantum Laboratory (QLab), a quantum research center developed in partnership with quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ). The QLab enables people from around the world to develop and design quantum technologies on a quantum computer [...]The post University of Maryland and IonQ Open Quantum Computing Research appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN FRANCISCO - Ray Summit - Sept. 18, 2023 - Anyscale, the AI infrastructure company built by the creators of the Ray open-source unified framework for scalable computing, today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA intended to boost the performance and efficiency of large language model (LLM) development on Rayand theAnyscale Platformfor production AI. The companies [...]The post Anyscale Teams With NVIDIA on LLM Performance appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Newark, Calif. - September 18, 2023 - TYAN, a server platform design manufacturer and a subsidiary of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation, announced availability of new single-socket server platforms supporting AMD EPYC 8004 Series processors. These platforms are built for cloud services and intelligent edge deployments while offering lower operating costs and delivering impressive energy efficiency. [...]The post TYAN Adopts New AMD EPYC 8004 Series Chips for Cloud and Edge Server Deployments appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BILBAO, SPAIN - September 19, 2023 - Today, theLinux Foundationannounced the formation of theUnified Acceleration (UXL) Foundation, a cross-industry group focused on delivering an open standard accelerator programming model that simplifies development of performant, cross-platform applications. Hosted by the Linux Foundation's Joint Development Foundation (JDF), the Unified Acceleration Foundation brings together ecosystem participants to establish [...]The post Linux Foundation: Unified Acceleration Foundation Formed for Open Accelerated Compute and Cross-Platform Performance appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Sept. 18, 2023 - A $72.5 million investment from the U.S. National Science Foundation will drive the development of advanced materials needed to address major societal challenges. The Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program will fund 37 new four-year projects. DMREF 2023 award recipients: High-throughput screening of electrolytes for the next [...]The post NSF Invests $72.5M in New Materials Design appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Reno, NV - (September 19, 2023) - Sylabs, a provider of tools and services for performance-intensive container technology, today announced the release of SingularityCE 4.0, designed to be a bridge for traditional enterprise containers adhering to OCI-compliant standards to be used by Singularity, consolidating the container runtime for diverse use cases. The updated version also [...]The post Sylabs Announces SingularityCE 4.0 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Astera Labs today said its Leo Memory Connectivity Platform is the industry's first Compute Express Link (CXL) memory controller that increases server memory bandwidth by 50 percent while decreasing latency by 25 percent when integrated with the forthcoming 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processor.The post Astera Labs Says Its CXL Memory Controller Boosts Server Memory Bandwidth by 50% appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Specialty AI chip maker SambaNova Systems today announced the SN40L processor, which the company said will power SambaNova's full stack large language model (LLM) platform, the SambaNova Suite. Manufactured by TSMC, the SN40L can serve a 5 trillion parameter model, with 256k+ sequence length possible on a single system node, according to the company.The post SambaNova: New AI Chip Runs 5 Trillion Parameter Models appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

LAS VEGAS, September 18, 2023 - CIQannounced today atOracle CloudWorld that it has made a software stack for high-performance computation of shapes available onOracle Cloud Marketplace. This application package - a bundle of OpenRadioss and ParaView on Rocky Linux 9.1 - helps enterprises simulate and visualize complex, non-linear problems on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). CIQ [...]The post CIQ Bundles OpenRadioss and ParaView on Rocky Linux 9.1 for Computation of Shapes appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The award winners include a software suite that helps apply deep learning techniques to science and data challenges in cancer research; software that helps better understand the power, energy and performance of supercomputers; and a number format that permits fast, accurate data compression for modern supercomputer applications.The post Livermore Lab Researchers Win 3 R&D 100 Awards appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

With ECP, working together was a prerequisite for participation. From the beginning, the teams had this so-called shared fate,'" says Siegel. When incorporating new capabilities, applications teams had to consider relevant software tools developed by others that could help meet their performance targets, and if they didn't choose to use them....The post Building a Capable Computing Ecosystem for Exascale appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Piove di Sacco, Italy, September 18, 2023 -Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a provider of digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, unveiled an upgraded testing room at its thermal management centre near Tognana, Italy. This investment increases the facility's testing capacity and manufacturing capabilities in the existing space. The upgraded testing room will allow Vertiv to do standard [...]The post Vertiv Increases Manufacturing Capacity for Chilled Water Solutions appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN FRANCISCO - Writer, a generative AI platform for enterprises, announced its Series B funding round of $100 million today. The round is being led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from WndrCo, Balderton Capital and Insight Partners, who led the Series A, and Aspect Ventures, who led the seed round. This round includes participation from [...]The post $100M Series B for Generative AI Platform Writer appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A happy mid-September morning to you. Here's a hop (4:54) through recent HPC news, including: AMD launches new EPYC 8004 CPUs for energy- and space-constrained workloads; Intel announces new FPGAs going into its Innovation 2023 event this week; Arm's successful IPO and strategic pivot; a report on AI for science....The post HPC News Bytes 20230918: New AMD CPUs and Intel FPGAs, Arm IPO and Strategic Pivot, AI for Science appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Sep. 15, 2023 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced an acceleration of its RE100 sustainability timetable, moving its target for 100 percent renewable energy consumption for all global operations forward to 2040 from 2050. TSMC also raised its 2030 target for company-wide renewable energy consumption to 60 percent from 40 [...]The post TSMC Moves Its Renewable Energy Target Forward to 2040 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The University of Bristol will host the new AIResearch Resource, dubbed Isambard-AI, the UK announced, part of a 900 million supercomputing initiative made public last March. The UK said the system will be one the most powerful in Europe. "The world-class AIRRcluster will vastly increase the UK's compute....The post UK AI Supercomputer, One of the Most Powerful in Europe,' to Be Installed at Univ. of Bristol appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Hamburg - Call for presentations at ISC 2024 is now open for scientists and engineers from academia, industry and government to contribute discussions of their work and discoveries. "The ISC conference and exhibition attracts technology enthusiasts interested in HPC, machine learning, and quantum computing....The post ISC 2024: Call for Presentations Is Open appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOSTON and SEJONG CITY, South Korea and DAEJEON, South Korea- September 14, 2023 - Neutral-atom quantum comuting company QuEra Computing, the Sejong Special Autonomous City, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) are partnering to establish a quantum industry ecosystem in Sejong City, Korea. The three-way partnership was announced today during the 24th [...]The post QuEra and Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Partner on Quantum in Sejong City, South Korea appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HPC veteran David Barkai joins @HPCpodcast to disccuss his new book, Unmatched: 50 Years of Supercomputing, chronicling the extraordinary progress of supercomputing over the past half century, and how HPC emerged as a "powerful demonstration of our relentless drive to understand and shape the world around us."The post @HPCpodcast: David Barkai on His New Book Unmatched: 50 Years of Supercomputing' appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Exploring, understanding and harnessing mysterious phenomena at the frontiers of physics are the aims of four research centers to be backed by $76 million in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation through its Physics Frontiers Centers program. The centers will tackle some of the most challenging....The post NSF Invests $76M in 4 Physics Frontiers Centers - with an Accent on Quantum appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Bonn, Germany, September 13th, 2023 - Code Intelligencetoday announced CI Spark, an LLM-powered AI-assistant for software security testing. CI Spark automatically identifies attack surfaces and suggests test code for them, enabling developers to reduce the manual effort needed to generate powerful white-box tests from multiple hours down to a few minutes, the company said, adding [...]The post Code Intelligence Launches LLM-Powered AI-Assistant for Software Security appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE, Sept. 13, 2023 - Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO), an unstructured data storage company, today announced pre-configured bundles designed to simplify purchasing and deploying Quantum ActiveScale Cold Storage, an S3-enabled object storage solution architected for active and cold data sets. With the massive amount of data organizations need to retain for business and compliance [...]The post Quantum Corp. Announces Pre-Configured ActiveScale Cold Storage Bundles appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., - September 13, 2023 - Quantum computing company D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) announced progress in its development of high coherence qubits, with results expected to have a significant impact on its future quantum technologies, according to the company. D-Wave has designed, manufactured, and operated fluxonium qubits that have demonstrated [...]The post D-Wave Demonstrates Quantum Coherence Results with Fluxonium Qubits appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE, Sept. 12, 2023 - SiMa.ai, an embedded edge machine learning company, today launched Palette Edgematic, a free visual development environment designed for organizations to get started with ML at the edge. With Palette Edgematic, SiMa is delivering an onramp to AI and ML at the edge via a no-code approach to creating, evaluating [...]The post SiMa.ai Debuts Palette Edgematic for Edge ML Applications appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

AUSTIN and GENEVA - September 12, 2023 - Sonar, a Clean Code solution provider, announced that Tariq Shaukat has joined the company as co-CEO and a member of the Board of Directors.The company said Shaukat will lead the company with founder and CEO Olivier Gaudin. This model strengthens the leadership team and prepares the company [...]The post Former Google Cloud President Tariq Shaukat Joins Sonar as Co-CEO appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Dr. Ceren Susut has been named associate director (AD) of Science for Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) in the Department of Energy Office of Science (SC). Dr. Susut has served in ASCR for more than 12 years as a program manager, the director for ASCR's Computational Science Research and Partnerships Division, and most recently as....The post Dr. Ceren Susut Named DOE ASCR Associate Director of Science appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

As we reflect on the events of 9/11/2001 (it's still living hell no matter how long ago it happened), let's quickly (4:52) review last week's HPC news highlights, including: NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM for faster AI inferencing; Honeywell integrates quantum-hardened encryption keys from Quantinuum; TSMC enters the silicon photonics arena; Microsoft to defend Copilot AI customers; Hyperion Research hosts HPC User ForumThe post HPC News Bytes 20230911: NVIDIA LLM Inferencing; Honeywell and Quantinuum; TSMC in Silicon Photonics; Microsoft Copilot AI Indemnification appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

This week saw HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research host the HPC User Forum, a supercomputing conference with an end-user emphasis held four times a year (two in the U.S. and two internationally) offering two intensive days of presentations and panels involving commercial and government users, along with hardware and software vendors.The post At the HPC User Forum: 2 Full Days in Tucson of HPC and AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS-The Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA)has announced the launch of its first everQuantum Internet Application Challenge, an initiative encouraging quantum enthusiasts to take part in shaping the future of the quantum internet. For more information fo to www.quantuminternetalliance.org. The role of the community-from students and enthusiasts to scientists and industry leaders-in our mission of [...]The post Quantum Internet Alliance Launches Quantum Internet Application Challenge appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Red Hat's policy change for Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code access started the biggest open source controversy in years. @HPCpodcast continues its coverage with Red Hat's Mike McGrath, whose two blogs in late June announced the company's new RHEL stance ....The post @HPCpodcast: Red Hat's Mike McGrath on RHEL Source Code Access and the Linux Open Source Controversy appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Phoenix - September 07, 2023-DE-CIX, an Internet Exchange (IX) operator and home to a carrier and data center-neutral interconnection ecosystem, announced its partnership with DCX.us Data Center, a provider of managed hyper-density colocation solutions built for high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and mission-critical applications. Currently taking pre-orders, this collaboration brings together the renowned interconnection capabilities of [...]The post DE-CIX and DCX Partner to Power AI and HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO of Micron Technology, as the 2023 recipient of SIA's highest honor, theRobert N. Noyce Award. SIA presents the Noyce Award annually in recognition of a leader who has made outstanding contributions to the semiconductor industry....The post Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra to Receive SIA's Robert Noyce Award appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NEW YORK - September 7, 2023 -PowerToFly, a diversity talent acquisition platform connecting underrepresented talent, today announced a new feature available within the PowerPro product, Candidate Search. The new feature is designed to provide companies with a tool to identify and recruit candidates from underrepresented backgrounds, bringing inclusivity to the hiring process. A list of [...]The post Diversity Talent Recruitment Platform PowerToFly Adds Candidate Search' Feature appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Sept. 6, 2023 - Quantum computing software company Classiq Technologiestoday announced its expansion into the Boston area and the relocation ofShai Lev, vice president of strategic partnerships, to lead the company in North America. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Classiq said the company's expansion into Boston enables it to tap into the region's quantum ecosystem, academic [...]The post Quantum Software Company Classiq Expands to Boston appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

LUGANO, Switzerland-Sept. 6, 2023- Open source hardware company Arduino today announced the closing of an additional $22 million in funding for a total of $54 million in Series B financing. The expansion was co-led by CDP Venture Capital, Italy's largest VC firm, and Anzu Partners. CDP Venture Capital invested through Large Ventures, its growth stage [...]The post Open Source Hardware Startup Arduino Announces $22M in Series B Funding, Arm Participates in Round appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE]One of the most popular Linux distributions for the HPC industry is the Rocky Linux operating system, a community-supported, open-source OS that is free of charge and bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Rocky is backed by security measures from CIQ, whose founder and CEO, Greg Kurtzer, is the creator of Rocky Linux...The post The Rocky Linux Ecosystem's United Front against Cyber Threats: Building Trust within a Zero Trust Environment appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A hearty and happy September to you. This week's HPC News Bytes hops across the (5:00) key developments in HPC-AI. We look at: Google Cloud Platform's AI-optimized infrastructure" with TPU v5e and Nvidia H100's; Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystem; ETH's Torsten Hoefler now also CSCS Chief Architect for ML; @HPCpodcast: Greg Kurtzer on the RHEL source code controversy.The post HPC News Bytes 20230905: Google Cloud Teams with NVIDIA; Arm Neoverse; ETH's Hoefler Also at CSCS; RHEL appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SEOUL, Korea - Sept. 1, 2023 - Samsung Electronics today said it has developed the industry's first 32-gigabit (Gb) DDR5 DRAMusing 12 nanometer (nm)-class process technology.This comes after Samsung began mass production of its 12nm-class 16Gb DDR5 DRAM in May 2023.The post Samsung Announces 12nm-Class 32Gb DDR5 DRAM appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Aug. 31, 2023 -- GE Aerospace is partnering with French aerospace company Safran ... on a next-generation technology demonstration program ... that aims to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 20 percent compared to today's most efficient engine technologies. The high-fidelity modeling and simulation capabilities provided by exascale computing enable researchers ....The post Exascale and Industry Innovation at GE Aerospace appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

August 31, 2023 -- As of Sept. 1, ETH Professor Torsten Hoefler will be chief architect for machine learning of the architecture and technology workgroup at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS). Hoefler has headed theScalable Parallel Computing Laboratory (SPCL) at the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich since 2012.The post ETH Prof. Torsten Hoefler Joins CSCS as Chief Architect for Machine Learning appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At Hot Chips today, Arm introduced the Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS) designed to enable Arm users to build specialized silicon at lower cost, with less risk and faster time-to-market compared to discrete IP. Available today, Arm CSS N2 is a pre-integrated, PPA-optimized configuration of the Neoverse N2....The post Arm Introduces Neoverse Compute Subsystems appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Aug. 31, 2023 - The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold Hands-on HPC Workshop on October 10-12, 2023 at the TCS Conference Center at Argonne National Laboratory. Deadline for registration is Friday, Sept. 8. Registration information can be found here. The workshop will provide hands-on time on Polaris and AI Testbeds focusing on porting applications [...]The post Sept. 8 Registration Deadline for October ALCF Hands-on HPC Workshop appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Aug. 31, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $29million in funding for seven team awards for research inmachine learning, artificial intelligence and data resources for fusion energy sciences. The funding is for projects lasting up to three years, with $11 million in Fiscal Year 2023 dollars and outyear funding contingent on [...]The post DOE Announces $29M for Research on ML, AI and Data Resources for Fusion Energy Sciences appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.