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MIT researchers report they have demonstrated a novel superconducting qubit architecture that can perform operations between qubits with greater accuracy, addressing a roadblock to commercial use of quantum computers: error correction. The researchersutilized a relatively new type of superconducting qubit, known as fluxonium, which can have a lifespan that is longer....The post MIT Reports Fluxonium Qubit Architecture Achieves Progress on Quantum Error Correction appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

On Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 11 am Central Time, Varsha Madananth, an applications engineer at Intel, will lead an online webinar on optimizing SYCL workloads for PVC on the Aurora exascale system and the Sunspot testbed system. Registration is here, virtual meeting information will follow. This webinar will delve into a range of optimization strategies, [...]The post Exascale Early Adopter Series Webinar Sept. 27: Optimizing SYCL Workloads on Aurora and Sunspot appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Happy belated autumnal equinox to you! Here's a jaunt (4:46) through recent HPC news: Intel to build an AI supercomputer for Stability AI; Intel in AI collaboration with Dell; Samba Nova's new AI chip; the Air Force's 12 PFlop system; modular nuclear reactors for data centers; $238 million in DOD CHIPS & Science Act awards.The post HPC News Bytes 20230925: Intel to Build AI Supercomputer, SambaNova's AI Chip, AFRL's 12 PFLOP System, Nuclear Power for HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Large language models fit the classic model of a red-hot technology in an early stage of commercial viability: there's more talk about it than knowledge, and FOMO - the fear that your competitors are implementing it at your peril - is helping to drive explosive demand. There's also an allure and mystery around LLMs: some of the awe-inspiring "zero shot" things they do surprise even the data scientists who trained the models (more on this below). Against this backdrop....The post Large Language Models: The Largeness, the Power and the Emergent' Mystery appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Bromont, Quebec, September 22, 2023 - The Platform for Digital and Quantum Innovation of Quebec (PINQ^2), a non-profit organization (NPO) founded by the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy of Quebec (MEIE - ministere de l'Economie, de l'Innovation et de l'Energie du Quebec) and the Universite de Sherbrooke, and IBM announced the inauguration of an [...]The post PINQ^2 to Operate IBM Quantum System Onein Quebec appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

London, September 21st, 2023 - Kao Data, the specialist developer and operator of high-performance data centres for enterprise, cloud, HPC and AI, has appointed David Bloom, one of the company's founding investors and Partner at Goldacre NOE Group, as the company's new Chairman. In his new role, Bloom will take an active role in the [...]The post Kao Data Appoints David Bloom Chairman appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Sandia researchers took home six R&D 100 Awards, one joint with Los Alamos National Laboratory, and one special award for 2023 in the annual international technical competition that includes researchers from universities, corporations and government labs. These awards bring Sandia's total to 150 since 1976. These excellent achievements further Sandia's mission and demonstrate the impact [...]The post Sandia Labs Researchers Win 6 R&D 100 Awards appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

St. Gallen, Munich and Frankfurt, Germany, September 21, 2023 - Quantum computing company Terra Quantum and Honda Research Institute Europe (HRI-EU), a center for advanced research in intelligent systems, collaborated to develop new methods to shorten escape times in emergency situations. In the joint project, they have demonstrated the potential of hybrid quantum computing methods [...]The post Terra Quantum and Honda Research Institute Europe Develop Quantum ML Method for Disaster Routing appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

This story was updated on September 21 based on input from Intel: With the goal of building the most powerful AI supercomputer in Europe, Intel has formed an alliance with Stability AI, a London-based artificial intelligence- startup. Announced at this week's Intel Innovation 2023 conference in San Jose, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said the system will utilize thousands of Gaudi2 ....The post Intel and Dell to Collaborate on AI; Intel to Build Most Powerful AI Supercomputer in Europe' for Stability AI - Gelsinger appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The U.S. Department of Defense todayannounced the award of $238 million in CHIPS and Science Act funding for eight Microelectronics Commons regional innovation hubs. This is the largest award to date under the act, which was passed in August 2022 and provides roughly $280 billion for research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States.The post DOD Announces $238M CHIPS and Science Act Awards for Microelectronics Hubs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

New York - September 20, 2023 - AI data platform company VAST Data has named Marianne Budnik chief marketing officer. She will lead all marketing functions including product marketing, field marketing, customer advocacy, communications and public relations, content, creative and brand strategy. Budnik has led marketing organizations for companies including CrowdStrike, CyberArk and CA Technologies, [...]The post VAST Data Names Marianne Budnik CMO appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and THUWAL, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 20, 2023 - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and AI chip developer Cerebras Systems announced that its work on multi-dimensional seismic processing has been selected as a finalist for the 2023 Gordon Bell Prize for outstanding achievements in HPC. By developing a Tile [...]The post KAUST and Cerebras Named Gordon Bell Award Finalist appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

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.