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All the best to everyone in 2024! A number of interesting things happened in HPC-AI last week, here's a brief (5:18) run-down: Gelsinger's updated Intel view on Moore's Law; TSMC's 1nm chip plans, Arizona fab labor dispute; Huawei's improved financials,; DARPA's utility scale" quantum....The post HPC News Bytes 20240103: Gelsinger on Moore's Law, TSMC 1nm Plans, Huawei Financials, DARPA's Quantum Project appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have created a bimetallic" optical switch with the potential to bring dramatic efficiencies to how data is transmitted and stored, according to the lab. The light-activated switch could bridge the gap between optical and electronic communications," the lab ....The post No Resistive-Capacitive Delays': Researchers at Argonne and Purdue Develop All-Optical Switch appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

As we embark on 2024, Shahin and Doug offer this 2023 Year in Review special edition looking back at one of the most eventful years in the recent history of HPC, AI, quantum computing, open source and other advanced technologies. Throughout the year, major HPC-AI developments lit up technology trade media -- and the global business and news media.The post @HPCpodcast: A Parting Look at 2023 - What a Year for HPC-AI! appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Twas the week before Christmas, but it nevertheless was a busy week for the HPC community. Here's a brief (5:43) look at recent developments, including: EU moves toward exascale, neuromorphic AI gets active with impressive promised ....The post HPC News Bytes 20231225: EU Moves Toward Exascale, Neuromorphic AI, Intel to Get ASML Fab Machine, Argonne's All-Optical Switch appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

December 19, 2023, BOSTON - Photonics company Lightmatter announced it has raised a $155M Series C-2 led by GV (Google Ventures) and Viking Global Investors, with participation from others. With this round, Lightmatter has raised over $420 millionto date and is now valued at over $1.2B. This new financing allows the company to expedite growth [...]The post Lightmatter Announces $155M Funding Round, Expands Photonic Chip Deployments appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE -Dec. 19, 2023 - Arrcus, a hyperscale networking software company, announced it has joined the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), a Linux Foundation initiative dedicated to developing next-generation Ethernet technologies for AI and HPC applications. The UEC is a collaborative effort among industry leaders to address the growing demands of AI and HPC workloads [...]The post Arrcus Joins Ultra Ethernet Consortium for AI and HPC Data Center Networking appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Dec. 19, 2023 - The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a call for expression of interest to select hosting entities which will host and operate new EuroHPC quantum computers. Applications must be submitted by 31/03/2024 at 17:00 CET. More details and all supporting documents are available on thisdedicated webpage. The [...]The post EuroHPC JU Issues Quantum Hosting Call appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PALO ALTO, Calif. & BURNABY, British Columbia-December 19, 2023 - A quantum proof of concept (qPoC) project in the area of sustainable building design has been announced by VINCI Energies | DIANE, uptownBasel | QuantumBasel, and D-Wave (NYSE: QBTS), focused on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for complex buildings. The companies said the [...]The post qPOC: QauntumBasel, D-Wave and VINCI Energies in HVAC Design Proof-of-Concept appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HPE and the University of Stuttgart have announced they will build two new supercomputers at HLRS, the High Performance Computing Centre in Stuttgart. In the first stage, a transitional supercomputer, called Hunter, will begin operation in 2025, followed in 2027 with the installation of Herder, an exascale ....The post HPE and Univ. of Stuttgart to Build Transitional' and Exascale Supercomputers at HLRS appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Dec. 19, 2023) - In an industry collaboration to establish quantum networking interoperability on a commercial network, quantum networking hardware companies QubitekkandQunnectconducted a compatibility demonstration from Dec. 4-6, 2023, atEPB Quantum Network powered by Qubitekk, which the company said is the nation's first commercially available quantum network. This initiative marks a pivotal moment [...]The post Quantum Technology Companies Qubitekk and Qunnect Claim First Equipment Interoperability on EPB Quantum Network appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED CONTENT] .... developments in photonics-based interconnects are so intriguing, offering the promise of increasing bandwidth by up to 1000x at 10 percent of the power consumption of electrical I/O. As participants in a session at the SC23 conference in....The post Glow-in-the-Dark' GPUs, Holes Burnt in Boards, Overprovisioning Systems Until Funding Runs Out' and Other Factors Calling for Optical I/O appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At an Intel pre-launch media event earlier this month in Hillsboro, OR, Gelsinger made a surprise appearance, and his comments were as interesting for what he said about the company going forward as they were about recent Intel history. Which is to say: ....The post Gelsinger on Intel's Mojo, its Crowded Roadmap, a Foundry-centric Arm Strategy, and Earning Back Trust appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

We caught up with Achronix at SC23, the FPGA company that touts its turnkey solutions for generative AI workloads - automatic speech recognition in particular. Achronix Director of Product Marketing Ron Renwick walked us through the company's solution strategy while making the case that FPGA-based genAI applications run faster than GPUs at significantly lower cost. [...]The post At SC23: Achronix Talks Turnkey FPGA Solutions for Generative AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Gearing up for what it intends to be a multi-horse race in the exploding AI chip sector, Intel today announced a next-generation Xeon enterprise and data center CPU built with AI inferencing in mind, along with mobile processors targeting AI PC," and an advance look from Intel CEO....The post Intel Announces AI-Oriented 5th Gen Xeon, Provides Gaudi3 GPU Accelerator Sneak Peak appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

By Mark Mattingley-Scott, Quantum Brilliance -- To get started, it's best if HPC center and their customers go with a small and incremental quantum strategy. A solution that can provide a running start and simplicity for scaling as the technology improves would be optimal for clients aspiring to achieve....The post How HPC Centers Can Start the Move to Quantum Now appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

December 12, 2023 - Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC), in collaboration with Alces Flight, has announced the Move the Needle' project, a initiative aimed at fostering workplace inclusivity in the High Performance Computing industry. The project, a year-long event, is dedicated to tracking actions and fostering accountability in the realm of diversity and inclusion [...]The post Women in High Performance Computing Launches Move the Needle' Project for 2024 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

St. Gallen, Switzerland - December 12, 2023 - Quantum softare company Terra Quantum today launched TQ42, a quantum software-as-a-service platform designed to make quantum solutions easily accessible to enterprises. TQ42 delivers access to Terra Quantum's advanced quantum algorithms and robust hybrid quantum cloud infrastructure, offering a streamlined, secure gateway for a range of users. Ideal [...]The post Terra Quantum Launches TQ42 Quantum-as-a-Service Platform appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

New York state has announced a partnership with IBM, Micron, and other industry players to invest $10 billion into expanding the Albany NanoTech Complex with a new High NA EUV Center that will drive what the organizations said will be the next decade of semiconductor technology innovations.The post IBM, Micron, Others Partner with NY State in $10B Project for Sub-2nm Chip Fab appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Dec. 11, 2023 - Silicon photonics company Ayar Labs today announced the appointment of co-founder and CTO Mark Wade (pictured here) to serve as its new CEO. Wade succeeds Charles Wuischpard, who will continue to serve in an advisory capacity over the coming weeks before he transitions out of the company [...]The post Ayar Labs Names Mark Wade CEO appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A happy deep and dark December morning to you! Here's a sprint (5:28) through recent HPC-AI news, including: AMD MI300, the Q2B quantum conference and other quantum news, the Linux Foundation's new projects....The post HPC News Bytes 20231211: AMD's MI300, Quantum in the News, Linux Foundation's 2 New Projects, EU AI Regulations, ISC Extends Deadlines appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

...the (Exascale Computing Project) software presents an array of possibilities and examples that have proven effective. The accelerated abilities afforded by ECP software give access to faster machines, improve our infrastructure, and give scientists tools that could significantly improve the accuracy of our models by supporting new science."The post Exascale Software for Disaster Weather Warnings appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. - Dec. 8, 2023 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for November 2023: On a consolidated basis, revenue for November 2023 was approximately NT$206.03 billion, a decrease of 15.3 percent from October 2023 and a decrease of 7.5 percent from November 2022. Revenue for January through November [...]The post TSMC November 2023 Revenue Down 7.5% YoY appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Dec. 7, 2023 - Pure Storage announced it has been named a leader in the inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Container Data Management 2023 Vendor Assessment. According to the IDC MarketScape:Portworx is generally well suited for most organizations looking for a comprehensive container data and storage management solution,but it aligns particularly well with those that are [...]The post IDC Names Pure Storage a Leader in Container Data Management appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

GRENOBLE, France - Dec. 7, 2023 - A team comprising CEA-Leti, CEA-List and two CNRS laboratories has published a paper inNature Communications presenting what the authors said is the first complete memristor-based Bayesian neural network implementation for a real-world task - classifying types of arrhythmia recordings with precise aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty. Considering medical-diagnosis and [...]The post CEA-Leti Paper ReportsMemristor-Based Bayesian Neural Network Implementation appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

San Jose, California, December 6, 2023 - GigaIO, provider of open workload-defined infrastructure for AI and accelerated computing, has announced what the company said is the largest order yet for its SuperNODE utilizing tens of thousands of the AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators. GigaIO's infrastructure will form the backbone of a bare-metal specialized AI cloud code-named [...]The post GigaIO's SuperNODE to Power TensorWave Deployment with AMD MI300X appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOSTON, December 6, 2023 - Neutral-atom quantum company QuEra Computing today announced what the company said is a quantum computing breakthrough, published in the scientific journal Nature. In experiments led by Harvard University in collaboration with QuEra Computing, MIT, and NIST/UMD, researchers executed large-scale algorithms on an error-corrected quantum computer with 48 logical qubits and [...]The post Quantum: Harvard, QuEra, MIT and NIST/University of Maryland Announce Error-Corrected Algorithms on 48 Qubits appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

After years of NVIDIA having its dominant way in the GPU AI chip market -- a market that has exploded over the last 12 months with the emergence of generative AI -- AMD today announced the availability of the long-awaited and much previewed MI300X accelerator chip (pictured here) that AMD intends to be a worthy competitor with NVIDIA's H100....The post Taking on NVIDIA: AMD Announces Availability of MI300 GPU Accelerators appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Dec. 5, 2023 -Nexusflow, a generative AI company targeting the cybersecurity industry, today announced the release of NexusRaven-V2, a 13-billion parameter open-source genAI model that delivers function calling capability-meaning it can understand human instructions and translate the instructions into function/API calls to use software tools. The function calling capability lies at [...]The post Nexusflow Unveils Open-source Generative AI Model appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 05, 2023 - Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced it is shipping the Micron 3500 NVMe SSD, which leverages its 232-layer NAND designed for, among other workloads, business applications and scientific computing.The c ompany said the Micron 3500 SSD, available in the M.2 form factor and with capacities up to 2TB, [...]The post Micron Announces Shipment of Micron 3500 Client SSD appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Helsinki and Yorktown, Virginia December 4, 2023: Algorithmiq, a scaleup developing quantum algorithms for life sciences, said it has run one of the largest scale error mitigation experiments to date on IBM's hardware. The company said this positions Algorithmiq and IBM to reach quantum utilityfor real world use cases. The experiment was run with Algorithmiq's [...]The post Algorithmiq in Quantum Utility Path Demonstration with IBM Quantum appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Today, at its annualIBM Quantum SummitinNew York, the company debuted the 133-qubit Quantum Heron, the first in what IBM said will be a series of utility-scale quantum processors whose architecture has been engineered over the past four years. IBM said the processor deliver(s) IBM's highest performance metrics and lowest error rates...."The post IBM Quantum Debuts 133-Qubit Processor and New System appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Here's a sprint (5:16) through the latest HPC -AI news, including: NVIDIA's big feature story in The New Yorker, the Open Benchmark Council's TOP100 lists, Intel and TSMC's high-end 3 nanometer fab, digital twins for hydropower at ORNL and PNNL.The post HPC News Bytes 20231204: The New Yorker on NVIDIA, the Open Benchmark Council, Intel and TSMC, Digital Twins for Hydropower appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Hewlett Packard Enterpriseannounced atHPE Discover Barcelona2023 the next series of AI-native and hybrid cloud offerings for machine learning development, data analytics, AI-optimized file storage, AI tuning and inferencing and professional services. HPE announced these AI-....The post HPE Announces GenAI Collaboration with NVIDIA, AI-native Architecture and Hybrid Cloud Solutions appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Along with his article to be found on this site, technology analyst Adrian Cockcroft of OrionX (and former AWS vice president) joins Shahin and Doug after SC23 to discuss TOP500 trends, the AI-HPC crossover, liquid cooling, chiplets, and the emergence of UCIe and CXL - some of the anticipated advancements are truly eye-popping. In this podcast, sponsored by Lenovo, the relentless pursuit of higher performance, the acceleration in the pace of change in high performance processing, is examined.The post @HPCpodcast: Tech Analyst Adrian Cockcroft on Trends Driving Future HPC Architectures appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

By Adrian Cockcroft, Partner & Analyst, OrionX Last year the UCIe chiplet standard had just been launched, and since then just about everyone has joined it, about 130 companies. The idea is that to build a complete CPU or GPU you don't have to put it all on the same chip from the same....The post SC23: TOP500 Trends, the AI-HPC Crossover, Chiplet Standardization, the Emergence of UCIe and CXL Advancements appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

In this interview at the SC23 conference, we caught up with Milind Pandit, AI Technical Evangelist at Intel, who discussed the company's Bringing AI Everywhere" mission and its significance for the HPC community. AI was everywhere at the Supercomputing event in Denver, and in his comments, Pandit takes up the theme of how large language [...]The post At SC23: AI Evangelist Milind Pandit on Intel's Bringing AI Everywhere' Mission appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Today at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services announced the next generation of two AWS-designed chip families - AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium2 - that the company said delivers advancements in price performance and energy efficiency for such workloads as machine learning (ML) training and generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications.The post AWS Unveils Graviton4, Trainium2 Chips appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research has announced the recipients of the 19thround of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards. The 2023 winners are: FedData Technology Solutions, Boston University, McMaster University and HPE, and HLRS and WIKKI GmbH.The post Hyperion Research Announces Winners of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At SC23, we had a lively discussion with Cristin Merritt, Business Manager at the Women in HPC organization as well as chief marketing officer at Alces Flight, a UK-based creator and manager of versatile HPC clusters and cluster environments. Here, Merritt updates us on WHPC's growth and mission, she reviews the organization's activities at SC23, [...]The post At SC23: Cristin Merritt Talks Women in HPC's Inclusivity Mission appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Nov. 27, 2023 - French quantum computing company PASQAL announced it is part of the inauguration of Espace Quantique 1, a $90 million quantum initiative, in the center of the DistriQ Quantum Innovation Zone in Sherbrooke, Quebec, showcasing its approach to developing neutral atom quantum computers. The project aims to conduct manufacturing and commercialization activities [...]The post PASQAL and Investissement Quebec Launch $90M Quantum Initiative appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

In this interview with CGG's EVP, HPC & Cloud Solutions, Agnes Boudot, she discusses the Paris-based company's mission to use its decades in HPC to help provide companies across a range of domains and global regions with solutions enabling them to leverage the latest HPC-AI technologies. As Boudot points out, CGG has built large HPC [...]The post At SC23: CGG's Agnes Boudot on the Company's Expanded HPC-AI Mission appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At SC23 in Denver, we spoke with Paris-based CGG, a global technology and HPC company, which recently announced its Outcome-as-a-Service (OaaS) offering, delivering customized HPC and AI solutions for scientific and engineering domains, including generative AI and life sciences. In this interview we spoke with Jean-Marc Denis, Vice President of Sales, HPC and Cloud Solutions, [...]The post At SC23: CGG Talks its New Outcome-as-a-Service' for HPC and AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host an online workshop to learn about the ALCF's new GroqRack system on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 6 and 7 from 1:30 to 5 pm Central Time. To register go here. The ALCF said the Groq machine's AI inference capabilities can assist users in making predictions, discovering patterns in [...]The post ALCF: Groq AI Online Workshop, Dec. 6-7 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At SC23, we talked with Chris Orlando, CEO of DDC, maker of S-Series Cabinets, which utilize DDC's liquid-air hybrid cooling technology for high-density data centers and cloud providers. Orlando says the cabinets combine the efficiency of liquid cooling with the risk-free flexibility of air. With him is Keith Markley, Executive Vice President, Data Center Operations, [...]The post At SC23: DDC and TierPoint Talk Liquid-Air Cooling' Data Center Cabinets for HPC-AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At SC23 in Denver, Amazon Web Services announced the Research and Engineering Studio on AWS, an open source, web-based portal for administrators to manage cloud-based research and engineering environments. Here we interview AWS's Debra Goldfarb, Director, AWS HPC Products and Strategy, and Brendan Bouffler, AWS Head of Developer Relations, HPC Engineering. They explain how scientists [...]The post At SC23: AWS's Research and Engineering Studio Suite for HPC-Class, Cloud-Based Environments appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

San Diego - DDC Cabinet Technology, maker of scalable data center-to-edge solutions that feature patented Dynamic Density Control (DDC) technology, announced the company's better than liquid' cooling technology will support the augmentation of a TierPoint data center in eastern Pennsylvania, helping meet explosive demand for AI workloads and representing one of the largest ultra-high-density, single-user [...]The post TierPoint Selects DDC Cabinet Technology for AI Workloads in High-Density Data Center appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Nov. 20, 2024 - NVIDIA today announced that Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lenovo will be the first to integrate NVIDIA Spectrum-XEthernetnetworking technologiesfor AI into their server lineups to help enterprise customers speed up generative AI workloads. Purpose-built for generative AI, Spectrum-X offers enterprises a new class of Ethernet networking that can achieve 1.6x [...]The post NVIDIA Announces Ethernet Platform for AI from Dell, HPE, Lenovo appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

In this edition of the HPC News Bytes podcast, Shahin takes us on a rapid (5:04) tour of SC23, analyzing the key developments and new technologies that highlighted last week's conference in Denver: Conference attendance expands to 14,000; exascale update and future; raft of new chips, many focused on AI; Quantum Village at SC23; UCIe, PCIe and Ultra EthernetThe post HPC News Bytes 20231120: SC23 Overview - Exascale Update, New AI Chips, Quantum Village, UCIe-PCIe-Ultra Ethernet appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.