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Under DOE's Integrated Research Infrastructure initiative, Frontier will provide high-speed analysis for LCLS-II's structural biology data output Plans to unite the capabilities of two cutting-edge technological facilities funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science promise to usher in a new era of dynamic structural biology. Through DOE'sIntegrated Research Infrastructure, or IRI, initiative, the [...]The post ORNL and SLAC Team Up for Breakthrough Biology Projects appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Simulations helping to cut through time and expense of certifying new materials by digitally customizing the ideal alloy Titanium alloys serve as cornerstone materials for the aerospace industry - stronger and lighter than steel, resistant to rust and corrosion and resilient past the melting points of most other metals. Companies such asRTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies, [...]The post Summit Helps Forge Stronger Flights appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At ISC 2024 in Hamburg, we caught up with Lenovo Director of HPC and AI in Europe Andreas Thomasch, who took us on a tour of the Lenovo booth while discussing the company's vision for continually "reinventing HPC" ....The post At ISC 2024: Lenovo's Andreas Thomasch on Reinventing HPC' - Sustainably appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

In this episode of @HPCpodcast, sponsored by Lenovo, Shahin and Doug discuss the big news on the Monday of each annual ISC conference in Germany, the release of the new Top500 ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers. At ISC 2024 here in Hamburg, we learned that the U.S. now has two exascale-class systems ....The post @HPCpodcast: An Analysis of the New Top500 List appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

May 12, 2024 - Nvidia has announced nine new supercomputers using Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips that combined deliver 200 exaflops, or 200 quintillion calculations per second, of AI processing power. The new supercomputers include EXA1-HE, in France, from CEA and Eviden; Helios at Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet, in Poland, from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE); Alps [...]The post Nvidia Announces Installations of 9 Grace Hopper-Powered Supercomputers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 13, 2024 - HPC-AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research has launched an expanded AI focus with the announcement of the Hyperion Research AI Advisory Committee, designed to help the community better understand and navigate the evolution of AI through research and share ideas, best practices and areas of concern. The AI [...]The post Hyperion Research Announces AI Advisory Committee appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At ISC 2024, Hamburg -- Aurora, the Intel-HPE Cray problem-child supercomputer, has officially received the blessing of the Top500 organization as having surpassed the exascale (a billion billion calculations/second) milestone ....The post At ISC 2024: New Top500 List - Aurora Joins Frontier in the Exascale HPC Club appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Special guest and last year's ISC program chair John Shalf joins Shahin and Doug in this episode of the @HPCpodcast, sponsored by Lenovo, to discuss the rise of specialized architectures to boost HPC performance in the post-Moore's Law era. It's a topic ....The post @HPCpodcast: John Shalf on the Attack of the Killer Chiplets' and the Future of HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] High performance computing (HPC) systems run workloads to perform complex calculations to get answers to some of humanity's toughest questions. The output from these calculations can result in game changing and life saving measures. HPC systems are used in ....The post Lenovo Is on a Mission to Transform HPC & AI for All appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Paris, May 9, 2024 - Technology and HPC company CGG has announced the launch of its AI Cloud, designed for data-intensive industries, including life sciences, digital media, manufacturing and geoscience, that seek to optimize and accelerate their demanding and resource-heavy AI workloads. CGG's new AI Cloud solution combines the latest high-performance architecture, including cutting-edge Nvidia [...]The post CGG Launches AI Cloud Solution with Nvidia for AI and HPC Workloads appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

May 9, 2024 - The DOE SC program in High Energy Physics (HEP) announced its interest in receiving interdisciplinary applications for open scientific research on Quantum Information Science (QIS) Enabled Discovery (QuantISED) to further the HEP mission to understand how the universe works at its most fundamental level. More about this opportunity can be found [...]The post DOE Announces $60-70M Quantum Information Science Funding Opportunity appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 07, 2024 - Today, AMD(NASDAQ: AMD) announced thatOptiver - a market maker trading on 100+ exchanges - is using AMD chips for its new data center infrastructure. Using AMD EPYC processors, AMD Solarflare Ethernet adapters, AMD Virtex FPGAs and AMD Alveo adaptable accelerators, Optiver is addressing technical challenges in capital markets [...]The post Financial Services Company Optiver Selects AMD for Data Center, AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The center of the HPC-AI world shifts next week to Hamburg and the ISC 2024 Conference, Sunday, May 12 - Thursday, May 16. The theme of this year's event is Reinventing HPC," and indeed, HPC has been made over ....The post Preparing for ISC 2024: HPC Luminaries on Sessions, Trends and News to Watch for in Hamburg appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

San Francisco - May 8, 2024 -Data and AI governance company Atlantoday announced a $105 million Series C funding round, led byGIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund with over $700 billion in assets, and Meritech Capital,early backers of disruptors like Snowflake and Datadog. Existing investorsSalesforce VenturesandPeakXVparticipated in the round, bringing Atlan's total raised to more than [...]The post Atlan's Control Plane for Data and AI Governance Attracts $105M Series C appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

DENVER - May 7, 2024 - Open source solutions company Red Hat today announced coming integration support for Nvidia NIM microservices on Red Hat OpenShift AI to enable inferencing for artificial intelligence (AI) models backed by a consistent, open source AI/ML hybrid cloudplatform. Organizations will be able to useRed Hat OpenShift AI with Nvidia NIM [...]The post Nvidia NIM Integrated Support on Red Hat OpenShift AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Long-time HPC data storage company Panasas (formed 1999) is now Vdura. The new brand "signifies the company's shift to a software company operating under a software subscription-based business model," Vdura said in its announcement. The focus on software will enable ....The post Panasas Is Now Vdura for AI and HPC Data Storage appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] Data center operators need to modernize and future-proof their facilities, so they don't get left behind as AI and HPC deployments expand. While the industry is exploring several liquid cooling ....The post Cabinet Technology is Bridging the Efficiency of Air Cooling with the Performance of Liquid Cooling for HPC and AI Workloads appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Today IBM introduced the IBM Power S1012, a 1-socket, half-wide Power10 processor-based system that IBM said delivers up to 3X more performance per core versus Power S812. [2] It is available in a 2U rack-mounted or tower deskside form factor and is optimized for edge-level computing and also delivers the lowest entry price point in [...]The post IBM Launches Power Server for AI Workloads, Core-Cloud-Edge appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A leading - and highly energetic - advocate for diversity in HPC, Cristin Merritt of Women in HPC, joins Shahin and Doug in this episode of the @HPCpodcast, sponsored by Lenovo. Cristin discusses WHPC's goals ....The post @HPCpodcast: Women in HPC Leader Cristin Merritt Talks Diversity and Strategies for Organizational Change appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Overarching both themes is the slowing of Moore's Law, the deceleration of improvement in HPC performance combined with increasing costs for new generations of systems. In addition, implementing and realizing the benefits of new systems is slowing ....The post ISC 2024's Wednesday Keynote: Two Trends Transforming HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

VANCOUVER, May 2, 2024-Quantum in silicon company Photonic today announced it is adding to its executive leadership team in the areas of research and development, materials science, quantum technologies, marketing, human resources and legal. Photonic has searched extensively for the right talent to help us achieve our ambitious goals. We are confident that, with these [...]The post Quantum: Photonic Adds to its Executive Management Team appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

April 29, 2024 - The Australian government has announced a $940 million AUD - about $617 million US - investment in PsiQuantum, a Silicon Valley start-up with Australian roots, in a bid to build the world's first commercially viable quantum computer in Brisbane. The federal and Queensland governments are each contributing $470 million to PsiQuantum [...]The post Australian Government Invests $940M AUD in PsiQuantum appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

May 2, 2024 - The Department of Energy's Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program is the principal means for the scientific community gains access to DOE's leadership-class supercomputers at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. The next INCITE Proposal Writing Webinar will take place onMay [...]The post INCITE Proposal Writing Webinar May 7 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Carlsbad, California, May 2, 2024 - Composable infrastructure company GigaIO and AI engineering firm Valkyrie today announced the launch of their joint AI readiness assessment service, a hardware/software/services solution for companies looking to enter the AI space. This strategic partnership combines GigaIO's AI infrastructure with Valkyrie's knowledge AI deployment. By offering a comprehensive suite of [...]The post GigaIO and Valkyrie Announce AI Readiness Services appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SUNNYVALE, CA-May 2, 2024 - Intersect360 Research has announced the launch of the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO), a geographically diverse end-user organization designed to bring together a worldwide community of forward thinkers from all vertical segments of the HPC-AI industry. The HPC-AI Leadership Organization will advance the state of the art in scalable computing, [...]The post Intersect360 Research Announces HPC-AI User Organization appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Eviden today announced the BullSequana AI product line that includes five AI server ranges for AI model inferencing at the edge, tuning existing models in enterprise data centers, and training foundation models with AI supercomputers. Eviden said the BullSequana AI 1200H is ....The post Eviden Launches AI Computing Portfolio appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 1, 2024 - Data Management solutions company Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO) today announced the availability of Quantum GO, a subscription model to meet growing data demands and cost objectives. Organizations with large and growing data management requirements - particularly as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) continue to drive massive [...]The post Quantum Corp. Announces Subscription Model appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] Since the beginning of human existence, people have looked into the night sky and wondered how the universe began. Cosmologists using the UK's Memory Intensive DiRAC HPC service at Durham ....The post Durham University Cosmologists, DiRAC and Dell Improve HPC Energy Efficiency without Sacrificing Performance appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Women in HPC (WHPC) will lead discussions on diversity and inclusion with the HPC community at this year's ISC High Performance conference (ISC 2024), which will be held May 12-17 in Hamburg. "As a globally influential organisation advocating for workforce equality, WHPC has established ....The post Women in HPC's Diversity and Inclusion Events at ISC 2024 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

DENVER (April 30, 2024) - The forum for microelectronics packaging and component science and technology, the 74th annual IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), will take place from Tuesday to Friday, May 28-31, 2024 at Denver's Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, with more than 1,500 scientists, engineers and businesspeople from more than 20 [...]The post IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference, May 28-31 in Denver appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SEOUL, South Korea - April 30, 2024-Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that CUBOX, an AI facial and image recognition company in South Korea, is developing generative AI models to train its existing visual recognition solutions using an HPE Cray XD supercomputer. The system will also augment CUBOX's existing innovation focused on developing new [...]The post AI Developer CUBOX Developing GenAI Models with HPE Cray Supercomputer appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

KRAKOW, Poland - Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced that it built a new supercomputer for the Academic Computer CentreCyfronet of the AGH University of Krakow, making it Poland's fastest system based on the latest TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers1. The new system, called Helios, is Cyfronet's fifth-generation supercomputer and will be [...]The post HPE Launches 35 Pflops Helios' HPC at Centre Cyfronet AGH in Poland appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Littleton MA - April 30, 2024 - Liquid cooling companyJetCool today announced the availability of its liquid cooling module for Nvidia's H100 SXM and PCIe GPUs. Unveiled initially at the 2023 Supercomputing Conference, JetCool's SmartPlate technology has undergone extensive performance validation with Nvidia's H100 GPUs. It surpasses conventional air cooling methods, delivering a performance improvement [...]The post JetCool Unveils Liquid Cooling for Nvidia H100 GPUs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a series of actions in support of the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. DOE issued AI and Energy: Opportunities for a Modern Grid and Clean Energy Economy,which is a first-ever report on AI's near-term potential [...]The post DOE Annunces Actions in Support of White House AI Executive Orders appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Analyst firm Intersect360 Research has released its annual report placing the worldwide market for scalable computing infrastructure for HPC and AI at $85.7 billion in 2023, up 62.4 percent year-over-year. This was mainly due to a near tripling of spending by ....The post Intersect360 Sizes HPC-AI Market at $85.7B, Up 62% Driven by Hyperscalers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A good mid-spring morn to you! You're invited to join Shahin and Doug on a jaunt (6:04) through recent HPC-AI developments, including: AI infra-tech's booming costs and data center scarcity problems, a possibly approaching AI bubble, advanced AI chips showing up in China, Sandia Lab's neuromorphic supercomputer ....The post HPC News Bytes 20240429: Exorbitant AI Infra-Tech, Advanced Chips in China, Neuromorphic HPC, an AI Bubble? appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BROMONT, QC,April 26, 2024 - IBM, the government of Canada and the government of Quebec today announced agreements to develop the assembly, testing and packaging (ATP) capabilities for semiconductor modules for telecommunications, high performance computing (HPC), automotive, aerospace and defence, computer networks and generative AI, at IBM Canada's plant in Bromont, Quebec. The agreements reflect [...]The post IBM in $137M Semiconductor Agreement with Canada appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST POST] The AMD HPC User Forum is holding a technical workshop prior to ISC High Performance on Sunday, May 12th, 2024, from 8:00AM - 12:00PM in Hamburg, Germany. The event will cover the AMD InstinctTM MI300 Series products, as well as the ROCmTM stack for HPC and AI.The post Join the AMD HPC User Forum for an HPC Sync at ISC 2024 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

April 25, 2024 - Oracle today announced that Nvidia AI EnterpriseonOracle Cloud InfrastructureSupercluster is now available in theOracle U.S. Government Cloud region to help address sovereign AI. Building on the expansion of their partnership, Oracle and Nvidia are helping U.S. government customers train and deploy AI solutions with access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's 100+ services, [...]The post Nvidia AI Enterprise Available on Oracle US Government Cloud appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, CA - April 29, 2024 - Optical interconnect company Celestial AI today announced the appointment of Diane Bryant to the company's board of directors effective April 11, 2024. With more than 30 years of semiconductor, AI and public and private company experience, Bryant currently serves as an independent board member at Broadcom and [...]The post Diane Bryant Named to Celestial AI Board appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The Association for Computing Machinery, named Amanda Randles of Duke University the recipient of the ACM Prize in Computing for groundbreaking contributions to computational health through innovative ....The post Duke Researcher Dr. Amanda Randles Wins ACM Prize in Computing for Medical Diagnostics appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. - April 24, 2024 - Data management company DDN has announced that quantitative trading firm Jump Trading has selected DDN for its high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure to accelerate its AI-driven quantitative trading strategies. At Jump, we consider our research to be our competitive edge, and we believe that DDN's SSD QLC based storage [...]The post Jump Trading Selects DDN for AI Quantitative Trading appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Nvidia today announced it has agreed to acquire Run:ai, a Kubernetes-based workload management and orchestration software provider. Terms were not released but TechCrunch reported the price of the acquisition was approximately $700 million, according to sources.The post NVIDIA to Acquire Run:ai GPU Orchestration Software Vendor appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Lenovo today announced AI-centric infrastructure systems in collaboration with AMD, including the ThinkSystem SR685a V3 8GPU server (pictured here), designed for demanding AI workloads, including genAI and large language models. The server, powered by 4th Generation AMD EPYC Genoa ....The post Lenovo Launches AI Servers with AMD MI300X GPUs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

April 23, 2024 - E4 Computer Engineering has won the contract to upgrade Galileo 100, CINECA Interuniversity Consortium's supercomputer and Tier-1 cloud system for public scientific research capable of serving over 5000 users. Among the requirements for the new HPC infrastructure are increasing the number of vCPUs for VM services by at least 10 times, [...]The post CINECA Selects E4 Computer with Dell and Vast for Galileo 100 HPC Upgrade appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Paris - April 23, 2024 - Neutral atom quantum computing company Pasqal andWelinq, a quantum networking company, today announced a partnership intended to to address challenging problems in neutral atom quantum computing. The companies said the next-generation Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) are expected to execute quantum algorithms relying on a large number of qubits, while [...]The post Pasqal and Welinq Partner to Develop Quantum Interconnects appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Reykjavik, Iceland - April 23,2024-atNorth, a Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has announced the appointment ofAnna Kristin Palsdottiras Chief Development Officer. An engineer with extensive experience in leading innovation and operations in large corporations, Palsdottir will be tasked with guiding atNorth's development initiatives, driving the expansion of atNorth's existing sites, and [...]The post atNorth Names NewChief Development Officer appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.