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SAN FRANCISCO -October 30, 2024- Storage software companyScality today unveiled RING XP, an all-flash configuration of its RING storage software engineered for extreme performance. Scality said RING XP is the fastest object store with microsecond response-time latencies for small object data, making it ideal for AI model training and fine-tuning. The company said RING XP [...]The post Scality Announces All-Flash Object Store for AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Beaverton, Ore. - October 29, 2024 - The Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Consortium, led by board members from AMD, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Astera Labs, Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Intel, Meta and Microsoft, have announced the incorporation of the consortium and are extending an invitation for membership to the community. The UALink Promoter [...]The post Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium Incorporates appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Infineon Technologies AG announced it has unveiled an advance in handling and processing "the thinnest silicon power wafers ever manufactured," with a thickness of 20 micrometers and a diameter of 300 millimeters, in a high-scale semiconductor fab.The post Infineon Unveils Thin Silicon Wafer for AI Data Centers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SUNNYVALE, CA-October 29, 2024- HPC-AI industry analyst firm Intersect360 Research has released a new report titled Issues Facing the HPC-AI Industry: Insights from the Advisory Committees of the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO). This report gives a detailed analysis of the current landscape and the future directions of HPC and AI technologies, as well as the [...]The post Intersect360 Research Issues Report on Issues Facing HPC-AI Industry appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Good Halloween Week to you! From the always-active world of HPC-AI here's a quick ....The post HPC News Bytes 20241028: US Chip Fab Beats Taiwan, Tech and Danish Royalty Unveil AI Supercomputer, White Houe Initiative on AI National Security Risk appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Vancouver, BC, October 28, 2024 - TELUS announced a collaboration with Photonic Inc. intended to accelerate development of quantum communications in Canada. TELUS will provide Photonic dedicated access to its fibre-optic network, enabling the testing of quantum technologies and solutions. Over the past several years, quantum technology has moved beyond academic research and is entering [...]The post TELUS and Photonic in Quantum Collaboration appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Arlington, Virginia, October 28, 2024 - A new report from the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) found that using quantum sensors could improve the accuracy and reliability of position, navigation, and timing (PNT) devices that offer insights on location, orientation, altitude, tilt, directional movement, acceleration, and timing. PNT tools are especially prevalent in defense, transportation, [...]The post Report Issued on Quantum Sensors to Improve Navigation Device Accuracy appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

.... the news from Rick Cassidy, president of TSMC in the U.S., reported by Bloomberg, that the company's Pheonix fab delivered 4 percent better yield on advanced chips than fab sites in Taiwan is impressive. In chip industry parlance, yield is a quality measurement that ....The post TSMC in Arizona Announces Higher Yields than Fabs in Taiwan appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-This week, the White House issued a national security memorandum (NSM) on artificial intelligence. Recognizing that advances at the frontier of AI will have significant implications for national security and foreign policy, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are leading work to help understand and mitigate the risks [...]The post DOE and NNSA in Effort to Harness AI National Security Mission appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

October 25, 2024, Boston - Neutral-atom quantum company QuEra Computing today announced that on September 6th, it signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) to strengthen their collaboration towards the advancement and industrialization of quantum technology. This agreement builds on an April 2024 contract, under which [...]The post AIST and QuEra in Quantum Collaboration appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Munich, October, 2024 - RISC-V company Codasip announced it has donated its Software Development Kit (SDK) for CHERI to the community-interest organization CHERI Alliance, which makes the SDK freely available for download on GitHub. CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions) is an advanced security technology developed by the University of Cambridge in a joint research [...]The post Codasip Donates CHERI RISC-V SDK to CHERI Alliance appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24, 2024 - Quantum AI software company Multiverse Computing announced its expansion to the U.S. with the opening of an office in San Francisco. The company said its entry into the U.S. enables it to accelerate adoption of its AI and quantum-based solutions by U.S. based customers, including government and businesses. Headquartered [...]The post Quantum Software Company Multiverse Opens San Francisco Office appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[OPINION/INSIGHT ARTICLE] At the heart of the porting challenge lies the need to harmonize diverse and rapidly evolving software ecosystems and hardware architectures. Current strategies to address the challenges of porting applications to diverse processor architectures often fall short....The post Pain of Porting: The Limitations and Costs of GPU-Driven HPC-AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SEATTLE, OCTOBER 23, 2024 - F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced the availability of BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes, an AI application delivery and security solution that equips service providers and enterprises with a centralized control point designed to streamline data traffic that flows into and out of large-scale AI infrastructures. The solution harnesses the power of [...]The post F5 Announces BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes with Nvidia BlueField-3 DPUs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] SC24, the industry's leading HPC technical conference, is taking place next month, and Lenovo will be there. HPC enthusiasts, influencers, and experts will gather in Atlanta, Georgia from November 17 - 22nd at the Georgia World Congress Center. This year, Lenovo's theme is Smarter ....The post Lenovo @ SC24: Smarter Creates Cooler HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oct. 23, 2024 - A new IDTechEx report, Chiplet Technology 2025-2035: Technology, Opportunities, Applications," highlights the transformative potential of chiplets. It predicts the market will reach US$411 billion by 2035, driven by high-performance computing demands across sectors such as data centers and AI. Chiplets break down complex chips into smaller, specialized components, providing enhanced flexibility [...]The post IDTechEx: Chiplet Market Growth Forecast to $411B by 2035 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SHERBROOKE, Canada (October 23, 2024) - Nord Quantique, a quantum error correction company, today announces two partnerships to secure its long-term chip fabrication supply chain for its quantum computers. Both partners are located within the emerging Northeast Semiconductor Manufacturing Corridor," a region dedicated to the production of microelectronics and quantum microchips. This region runs from [...]The post Nord Quantique Announces Partnerships for Quantum Semiconductor Supply Chain appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HOUSTON, Oct. 22 - Researchers at theTexas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houstonhave received second-year funding from Intellectual Ventures, a global leader in the business of invention, to continue their important study of the retention at atmospheric pressure of high-pressure-induced/enhanced superconductivity. The project, which has been awarded $767,000 to date, is led by [...]The post University of Houston Researchers Awarded Superconductivity Project Funding appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - October 23, 2024 - Photonic fabric company Celestial AItoday announced the acquisition of silicon photonics intellectual property from Rockley Photonics (Rockley), including worldwide issued and pending patents. Celestial said the combination results in one of the strongest IP portfolios in the field of silicon photonics for optical compute interconnect, bringing their [...]The post Optical I/O: Celestial AI Acquires Rockley Photonics Portfolio appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

October 22, 2024, Cambridge, UK, and Boston - Quantum error correction company Riverlane, in partnership with advisory services company Resonance, today released Quantum Error Correction Report 2024 highlighting findings to aid the quantum industry's navigation through its newest phase, the QEC era." The report examins steps needed to advance quantum computing from the experimental stages [...]The post Riverlane Releases Quantum Error Correction Report for the QEC Era' appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

ARMONK, N.Y.,Oct. 21, 2024 - Today,at IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the release of what it said is its most advanced family of AI models, Granite 3.0. The company said its third-generation Granite flagship language models can outperform or match similarly sized models from leading model providers on many academic and industry benchmarks. Open-source Granite models [...]The post IBM Introduces Granite 3.0 AI Models appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HAMBURG, Germany, October 21, 2024 - The ISC Conference announced that nominations are open for the 2025 ISC Jack Dongarra Early Career Award. The confeerene encourages community members to nominate early-career researchers they consider to have significantly contributed to scientific progress in their research fields. Nominations will close on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The guidelines [...]The post Nominations Open for 2025 ISC Jack Dongarra Early Career Award appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A happy peak foliage (for some) day to you! Here's a quick (5:44) jaunt through recent news in the world of HPC-AI, including: a shift in Exascale Day focus, did a Chinese quantum computer crack military grade encryption?, the great Grace Hopper ....The post HPC News Bytes 20241021: Exascale Day Shift, Quantum in China, the Great Grace Hopper, Awards and Conferences appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

London, 21stOctober:Oriole Networks- a company using light to train Large Language Models with low energy consumption - has raised an additional $22 million from investors to scale its super-brain" solution.The round was led by Pluralwith all existing investors - UCL Technology Fund, XTX Ventures, Clean Growth Fund, and Dorilton Ventures - reinvesting. Oriole Networks addresses [...]The post Oriole Networks Raises$22M for Photonics to Cut LLM Energy Use appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The HPC Innovation Excellence Awards recognize noteworthy achievements by users of high-performance computing (HPC). The 2024 HPC Innovation Excellence Award winners will be announced at the Hyperion Research AI/HPC Market Update breakfast briefing during SC24. To honor their achievements, a trophy and a $1,000 USD prize will be presented, and a press release will announce [...]The post Hyperion/HPC User Forum: 2 Weeks Left to Apply for Innovation Excellence Award appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SUNNYVALE, CA-Oct. 10, 2024- HPC and AI industry analyst firm Intersect360 Research has announced the addition of six new Advisory Committee Members to the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO). The newly-announced members, all leaders in their respective fields, span a wide range of industries and geographical regions. HALO, launched earlier this year, is a global community [...]The post Intersect360 Research: HPC-AI Leadership Organization Adds 6 Advisory Committee Members appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A multidisciplinary team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers is combining the power of exascale computing with AI, advanced workflows and GPU-acceleration with the intent to advance scientific innovation and revolutionize digital design.The post Breaking the ICE at Livermore: ICECap to Use Exascale Fusion Simulations for Digital Design appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oxford, UK - 17 October 2024 -n2 Group, a computing technology investment company, announces the acquisition of high-performance computing (HPC) and AI specialists X-ISS. The addition of X-ISS expands the Group's portfolio- joining NAG, VSNi, BioTeam and STAC-as it accelerates advancements in technology and computation, underpinned by innovation, technical excellence, and a focus on long-term [...]The post n2Group Acquires Managed Services Company X-ISS appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The Exascale Era began in spring 2022 when the Top500 list certified that the HPE-AMD Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory had broken through the exascale computing barrier. And with the Intel-HPE Aurora system at Argonne National Laboratory confirmed by Top500 last spring, the U.S. now has two exascale-class systems - with a third, [...]The post Exascale Day 2024: How Supercomputing at a Billion Billion Calculations Per Second Is Changing the World appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Lenovo called the 6th generation ThinkSystem N1380 Neptune a "vertical liquid cooling breakthrough" that supports accelerated computing while reducing power consumption by up to 40 percent... Lenovo, of course, has long been active in liquid cooling ....The post Lenovo Launches 100%' Liquid Cooled Platforms with Nvidia for GenAI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Munich, 16thOctober 2024 - The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has signed a purchase agreement with IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a maker of superconducting quantum computers. Under the agreement, IQM will deliver two Radiance quantum systems of 54 qubits and 150 qubits in the second half of 2025 and by the end of 2026, respectively. [...]The post IQM Selected for 2 Quantum Computers for Euro-Q-Exa Hybrid System at LRZ appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Bicester, UK-Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) and ISC Group announced the continuation of their partnership in advance of ISC 2025, scheduled for June 10-13, 2025, in Hamburg, Germany. As part of this collaboration, WHPC announced that the call for posters at ISC 2025 is now open. Designed for those early in their careers or [...]The post Women in High Performance Computing and ISC Group Extend Partnership for 2025 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

TROY, Mich., October 15, 2024 -Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) announced a collaboration with Motivo, a product engineering firm focused on translating forward-thinking visions into best-in-class products for clients in the mobility, energy, agriculture technology and aerospace sectors. Motivo utilizes Altair's combination of engineering consulting and software to drive innovation for organizations in the aerospaceindustry. We are [...]The post Altair Announces Aerospace Collaboration with Motivo appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Calgary, AB, October 15, 2024 - CoolIT Systems (CoolIT), a maker of liquid-cooling technology for AI and high-performance computing, today announced it will support the NVIDIA Blackwell AI platform ramp with the recent introduction of a new line of liquid-cooling products and the expansion of its manufacturing capacity. Following years of technical collaboration and recently [...]The post CoolIT Systems' Liquid Cooling to Support Nvidia Blackwell appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Round Rock, TEXAS - October 15, 2024:Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) introduced integrated rack-scalable systems, server, storage and data management innovations to the Dell AI Factory, for high density computing and AI workloads at scale. The Dell Integrated Rack 7000 (IR7000) is designed to handle accelerated computing demands with high density, more sustainable power management and [...]The post Dell AI Factory Offers New Cooling, High Density Compute and AI Storage appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A good mid-October morn to you! Here's a brief (6:30) run-through of developments from the world of HPC-AI, including: AMD's products rollout, Foxconn's big Blackwell AI HPC in Taiwan, AI for science drives Nobel Prizes, Meta AI guru's AGI skepticismThe post HPC News Bytes 20241014: AMD Rollout, Foxconn's Massive AI HPC, AI Drives Nobels, Are LLM's Intelligent? appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HOUSTON - October 10, 2024 - Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced the HPE ProLiant Compute XD685 for complex AI model training tasks, powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct MI325X accelerators. The new HPE system is optimized to quickly deploy high-performing, secure and energy-efficient AI clusters for use in large [...]The post HPE Launches ProLiant System Powered by AMD for AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

San Francisco, Oct. 10, 2024 - Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) expanded it generative AI (GenAI) solutions portfolio with Dell AI Factory additions tailored for AMD environments. Dell said the solutions offer enterprises enhanced AI capabilities, including greater scalability and flexibility, to stay competitive in the evolving technology landscape. By integrating AMD technology into the latest [...]The post Dell Technologies Adds AMD-Powered PowerEdge Servers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HOUSTON - Oct. 10, 2024 - Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced what the company said is the industry's first 100 percent fanless direct liquid cooling systems architecture, designed to enhance the energy and cost efficiency of large-scale AI deployments. HPE introduced the innovation at its AI Day, held for members of the financial [...]The post HPE Announces Fanless Direct Liquid Cooling Systems Architecture appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Today in San Francisco AMD announced updated versions of its chips portfolio and moved to position itself as an across-the-board provider of data center technology for organizations implementing Big AI. The company also said it is speeding up its product release cadence, a move clearly aimed at ....The post AMD Launches CPU, GPU and DPU Chips Aimed at Big AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oct. 9, 2024 - HF Sinclair's Lubricants & Specialties business annoiunced a line of single-phase immersion cooling fluids.INNOVATE is a series of dielectric thermal management fluids formulated with proprietary,ultra-pure, Highly Refined Alkanes (HRA) technology. The company said HRA enables exceptional heat transfer capabilities while offering broad compatibility with materials required for immersed compute applications. Engineered [...]The post HF Sinclair Launches Immersion Cooling Fluids appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN - October 9th, 2024-Multiverse Computing, a quantum AI software company, today announced it will work with Airbus Defence and Space to build a new gesture-based control system for fighter jets as part of a challenge within the EPIIC European Defence Fund project. Multiverse Computing won a competitive application process with its Quantum [...]The post Airbus Selects Multiverse for Gesture Recognition Control Systems for Fighter Pilots appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

San Jose, October 8, 2024 - Supermicro announced a high-density infrastructure platform optimized for AI inferencing at the network edge. Supermicro's system delivers up to 10 double-width GPUs in a single system capable of running in traditional air-cooled environments, according to the company. TheSYS-322GB-NR includes two powerful Intel Xeon 6900 processors with P-cores, 8800 MT/s [...]The post Supermicro Introduces 3U Server for Edge AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

RENO, Nev. - October 8, 2024 - CIQ has announced Rocky Linux from CIQ, intended for organizations that utilize on Rocky Linux and need a validated version for security and compliance . Available today,Rocky Linux from CIQis identical to the community edition of open source Rocky Linux but adds contractual benefits including verified packages, guaranteed [...]The post Rocky Linux from CIQ' Launched appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Nvidia and Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn are building what the companies said is Taiwan's largest supercomputer. The system, to be housed at the Hon Hai Kaohsiung Super Computing Center, will be powered by Nvidia's Blackwell architecture and feature the GB200 NVL72 ....The post Foxconn to Install Blackwell-Powered 90 AI Exaflops Supercomputer appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oct. 7 2024 - The U.S. Department of Energy's ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) is an allocation program for projects of interest to DOE, with emphasis on high-risk, high-payoff scientific campaigns enabled via high-performance computing (HPC) in areas related to the DOE mission, that respond to national emergencies, or that broaden the community of researchers [...]The post Nov. 11 Deadline: ASCR Announces 2025 Leadership Computing Challenge appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oct. 7, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program has announced that Thursday, Nov. 14 is the deadline for two scientic computing review panels. Notice of Funding Opportunity DE-FOA-0003432 contains submission requirements for: Randomized Algorithms for Combinatorial Scientific Computing This topic area is highlighted in Section 3.3 of the ASCR [...]The post Nov. 14 Deadlinefor 2 DOE ASCR Scientific Computing Review Panels appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Behind the rapid expansion of cryptocurrencies in recent years are two often-overlooked technologies: blockchain and high-performance computing. Both play crucial roles in ensuring that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum function efficiently, scale to meet increasing demands and remain secure.The post HPC: Driving Cryptocurrency Growth and Changing Its Future appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

TEMPE, Ariz. and HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. Oct. 4, 2024 - TAMC and Amkor Technology announced today a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on advanced packaging and test capabilities in Arizona. Under the agreement, TSMC will contract with Amkor's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) services, in their planned facility in Peoria, Arizona. TSMC will leverage [...]The post Amkor and TSMC Collaborate on Advanced Packaging in Arizona appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.