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SYDNEY-SCA2024-Feb. 19, 2024-NVIDIA today announced that Australia's Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will add the NVIDIA CUDA Quantum platform accelerated by NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchips to its National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub, in support of its quantum R&D work. Researchers at the Perth-based center will leverage CUDA Quantum - an open-source hybrid quantum computing [...]The post Pawsey Adds NVIDIA CUDA Quantum Platform for R&D Simulations appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

To control compute - to squeeze or open the spigot of processing power - is to control AI. In doing so, AI can be steered toward beneficial results while avoiding, or punishing, bad ones. That's the argument forwarded in a white paper from 15 research centers and universities in the U.S., Canada and the UK - and OpenAI....The post AI Governance Proposal: Control AI by Controlling Compute appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Chandler, Ariz., February 15, 2024 -VIAVI Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV), a provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions, today announced that the VIAVI Xgig CXL Exerciserhas been recognized as a CXL 1.1 Gold device by theCompute Express Link (CXL) Consortium. With this approval, the Xgig CXL Exerciser can now qualifyCXL devices' protocol implementations [...]The post VIAVI Xgig Exerciser Approved for CXL 1.1 Compliance Testing appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Feb. 15, 2024 - The National Science Foundation will hold a webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 3-4 pm ET for researchers and educators to learn about the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR), the recently launched multi-agency NAIRR pilot. More information can be found onthe NSF event page. Zoom registration is availablehere. Topics discussed will [...]The post NSF to Hold Feb. 21 Webinar on National AI Research Resource appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

February 15, 2024 - Today, Lenovo announced a partnership with AnacondaInc., a provider of source code for artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science platform, to empower Lenovo's data science workstations. The partnership will couple Lenovo's ThinkStation and ThinkPad workstation product portfolio with Anaconda's open-source experience. The rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, deep [...]The post Lenovo and Anaconda Partner to Accelerate AI Development appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NVIDIA Thursday released a video that offers the first public look at Eos (pictured here), a monster 18.4 exaflops FP8 AI supercomputer powered by 576 DGX H100 systems... NVIDIA said Eos would be ranked no. 9 on the TOP500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers, according....The post NVIDIA Reveals Eos Supercomputer: 4,600 H100 GPUs for 18 AI Exaflops appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a call for tender for the installation of LUMI-Q, a new EuroHPC quantum computer to be located in Czechia and integrated into the EuroHPC supercomputerKAROLINA. EuroHPC JU said LUMI-Q will be a digital quantum computer....The post EuroHPC JU Issues Procurement Call for LUMI-Quantum appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Espoo, Finland,14thFebruary2024-IQM Quantum Computers announced it is implementing a dual leadership structure, appointing two Co-CEOs. Former sole CEO and Co-founder Dr. Jan Goetz will lead external relations and fundraising, while Dr.Mikko Valimaki will focus on enterprise commercial operations.Together,GoetzandValimakiwill execute IQM's strategy going forward. They are based in IQM's corporate headquarters inEspoo, Finland. When founding IQM [...]The post IQM Quantum Announces Co-CEO appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PARIS - February 13, 2024 - PASQAL, a company focused on neutral atoms quantum computing, today announced the appointment of Wasiq Bokhari as chairman of its board of directors, the promotion of Loic Henriet to Deputy CEO and the creation of separate hardware and software divisions. With over 20 years of entrepreneurial, investment and corporate [...]The post Quantum: PASQAL Announces New Chairman, Deputy CEO appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NEW YORK - February 13, 2024 - VAST Data, the AI data platform company, today announced a partnership with Run:ai, a company focused on compute orchestration for AI workloads. This collaboration offers a full-stack AI solution encompassing compute, storage, and data management. Together, VAST and Run:ai are addressing the critical needs of enterprises embarking on [...]The post VAST Data and Run:ai Announce AI Solution with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Feb. 13, 2024, COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) today announced the renewalof its alliance with South Korea's Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) to provide researchers and academics with continued access to IonQ's trapped-ion quantum systems. Accessible through SKKU'sQ Center, users across South Korea have benefited from hands-on training and mentorship provided by [...]The post IonQ and South Korea's Sungkyunkwan Univ. Renew Quantum Alliance appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Exascale's New Frontier," a project from the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, explores the new applications and software technology for driving scientific discoveries in the exascale era. Why Exascale Needs SLATE For nearly 30 years, scores of science and engineering projects conducted on high-performance computing systems have used either the Linear Algebra PACKage (LAPACK) library [...]The post Exascale's New Software Frontier: SLATE appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., -February 12, 2024 - Quantum computing company D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) has announced that the 1,200+ qubit Advantage2 prototype is now available via the company's Leap real-time quantum cloud service. Customers with Leap service subscriptions can access the new Advantage2 prototype today, and those new to the Leap service [...]The post D-Wave Announces Availability of 1,200+ Qubit Advantage2 Prototype appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Feb. 13, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program, is issuing a $36 million funding opportunity announcement for basic computer science and applied mathematics research in the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI) for science. Deadline for letters of intent: Tuesday, March 19, 5 pm ET. Deadline for [...]The post DOE $36M Funding Opportunity: AI for Science appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold a webinar from 11 am-noon CT on the compute blade of the Aurora exascale supercomputer. Registration for the event can be found here. Led by ALCF's Servesh Muralidharan, the session will cover details of the blade's components, and the flow of data between them, [...]The post ALCF Developer Session Feb. 28: Aurora's Exascale Compute Blade appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

ST PAUL, Minn., February 12, 2024- The HPC User Forum, established in 1999 to promote the health of the global HPC industry and address issues of common concern to user, has published an updated agenda spotlighting its list of featured speakers for its upcoming meeting, on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9-10 at the Hyatt Regency [...]The post HPC User Forum Announces Agenda for April 9-10 Event in Reston, VA appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Cadence Design Systems earlier this month released the news that Honda R&D Co. will use Cadence's newly announced Millennium Enterprise Multiphysics Platform, which Cadence said is the industry's first hardware/software-accelerated digital twin solution for system design and analysis.The post Cadence Multiphysics HPC System to be Used by Honda R&D for Air Taxi' Design appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

We're seeing the chip industry's version of the scientific aphorism: nature hates a vacuum." The vacuum is the short supply of - and vast demand for - AI chips, and it's roiling the semiconductor industry. Chip foundry companies TSMC, Intel and Samsung are straining to expand GPU fab capacity....The post Trillions for Chips: A Roiled Semiconductor Industry Strains to Meet AI Demand appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] Computer scientist Alan Perlis once said that fools ignore complexity while pragmatists suffer it. But when it comes to the complexity of configuring HPC, AI and data analytics environments, Perlis might say Dell Technologies walks in the path of geniuses: they remove complexity.....The post Dell: Omnia Copes with Configuring HPC-AI Environments appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Feb. 8, 2024 - The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a call for expression of interest to select hosting entities for industrial-grade supercomputers, which will be acquired by the EuroHPC JU together with a consortium of private partners. The EuroHPC JU will select the hosting entities for the industrial-grade supercomputers and the associated [...]The post EuroHPC Issues Call to Host Industrial Supercomputers: March 4 Deadline appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Reno, NV - (February 8, 2024) - Sylabs, a provider of tools and services for performance-intensive container technology, announced the release of SingularityCE 4.1.0, the newest iteration of its container solution optimized for HPC environments, including AI/ML, large-scale data projects, and edge computing. Sylabs said this release represents a significant step forward, enhancing user autonomy, [...]The post Sylabs Announces SingularityCE 4.1.0 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

IBM's long, slow climb back into advanced computing prominence took a turn yesterday with news from the University at Albany that it will be the first academic institution to receive a prototype computing cluster based on IBM's Artificial Intelligence Unit (AIU). While IBM dropped out of traditional supercomputing....The post IBM AIU SoC Cluster to be Installed at Univ. of Albany appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A European research consortium has announced progress in the development of sustainable fuels. CoEC reported what it said is a notable breakthrough" linked to carbon-free hydrogen combustion. ...high-fidelity simulations were conducted to explore hydrogen....The post European Research Consortium Reports Sustainable Fuel Progress Using HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

February 6, 2024 - Cisco and NVIDIA today announced plans to deliver AI infrastructure solutions for the data center designed to be easy to deploy and manage. AI is fundamentally changing how we work and live, and history has shown that a shift of this magnitude is going to require enterprises to rethink and re-architect [...]The post Cisco and NVIDIA Partner on Integrated AI Infrastructure appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The opening keynote at the ISC 2024 conference in Hamburg will be delivered by Kathy Yelick, cice chancellor for research and the Robert S. Pepper Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at Cal Berkeley, on Monday, May 13.The post Kathy Yelick to Deliver ISC 2024 Keynote on Post-Exascale Computing appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 6, 2024 - Tenstorrent and Blue Cheetah Analog Design today announced that Tenstorrent has licensed Blue Cheetah's die-to-die interconnect IP for its AI and RISC-V chiplet solutions. By selecting Blue Cheetah, Tenstorrent aims to accelerate its own as well as its customers' and partners' development of chiplet-based AI and RISC-V solutions. Blue [...]The post Tenstorrent Selects Blue Cheetah Chiplet Interconnect IP for AI and RISC-V Solutions appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOSTON, February 5th, 2024 - Neutral-atom quantum company QuEra Computing has announced that the UK's National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) at Harwell, Oxfordshire, will be home to a quantum computing testbed. Funded through the NQCC, and supported by the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) framework, one of the testbeds will be built by QuEra in [...]The post QuEra to Build Quantum Testbed in UK appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A happy February morning to you! In this week's edition of HPC News Bytes, Shahin and Doug run through (6:22) some of the key news in HPC-AI last week, including: Argonne's Nexus IRI....The post HPC News Bytes 20240205: Argonne's Nexus, Intel Ohio Fab Delayed, the Mitchell Institute's Quantum Strategy, How to Control Emergent AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Lenovo announced it has won a contract for the joint construction of an AMD/NVIDIA-powered HPC cluster with the University of Paderborn in Germany. The system will include the Lenovo ThinkSystem SD665 V3 server with AMD EPYC processor technology....The post Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing to Install Lenovo HPC Cluster appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

For over a decade, Argonne has been working to develop tools and methods to connect its powerful computing resources with large-scale experiments.Merging ALCF supercomputers with the APShas been a significant focus of...The post Integrated Research Infrastructure: Argonne Combines HPC and Experiments to Speed Discovery appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CAMPBELL, Calif., January 31, 2024 - AI-native data platform provider WekaIO (WEKA) announced today it is partnering with NexGen Cloud, a sustainable infrastructure-as-a-service provider based in the UK, to provide the high-performance infrastructure foundation underpinning its forthcoming AI Supercloud, as well as the on-demand services offered by Hyperstack, NexGen Cloud's GPUaaS platform. With a commitment [...]The post WEKA Partners with NexGen Cloud on AI Supercloud appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

ST. LOUIS, January 31, 2024 - Following an initial investment last year, Cequel III announced today that it, with Thompson Street Capital Partners, has taken a controlling interest in privately held DDC Cabinet Technology. Co-founders Chris Orlando and Mark Ortenzi, who launched the DDC Cabinet business in 2011, will continue as minority investors. Financial details [...]The post Cequel III-Led Investor Group Acquires Controlling Interest in DDC Cabinet Technology appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE, Jan. 30, 2024 - Unstructured data storage and data management company Quantum Corp. (NASDAQ: QMCO) announced that Amidata, a managed services provider, has implemented Quantum ActiveScale object storageas the foundation for their newAmidata Secure Cloud Storage Service. After building Backup-as-a-Service and File Sharing Service offerings on Quantum DXi backup appliances and Quantum StorNext [...]The post Amidata Deploys Quantum ActiveScale Object Storage appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -MIT and Applied Materials, Inc.,announced an agreement todaythat, together with a grant to MIT from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub,commits more than $40millionofestimatedprivate and publicinvestment toaddadvancednano-fabricationequipmentand capabilities toMIT.nano, the Institute's center for nanoscale science andengineering. Thecollaborationwillcreatea uniqueopen-accesssitein the United Statesthat supports research and development at industry-compatiblescaleusing the sameequipment found in high-volume production [...]The post MIT, Applied Materials and Northeast Microelectronics CoalitionHubCombine on 200mm Research Capabilities forMIT.nano appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BUSAN, South Korea,Jan. 29, 2024 - IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced that Korea Quantum Computing (KQC) has engaged IBM to offer IBM's AI software and infrastructure, as well as quantum computing services. KQC's ecosystem of users will have access to IBM's full stack solution for AI, including watsonx, an AI and data platform to train, tune [...]The post Korea Quantum Computing and IBM Collaborate appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOULDER, CO - Al Anderson, Chief Information Officer at Salish Kootenai College (SKC) in Pablo, MT, and Dr. Kayla Sprenger, Assistant Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department and faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, have been named as keynote speakers for the 14thannualRocky Mountain Advanced Computing [...]The post Keynote Speakers Named forRMACC's HPC Symposium appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

By Timothy Sherbak, Quantum Corp. || The storage needs for organizations working to exploit AI have now bifurcated. While high performance solid-state storage is essential to power AI workloads and deliver real-time analytics and processing using hot" data, there's also the need to store, protect and retain massive data sets for extended periods of time and make them available for analysis on a random, but semi-regular, basis. Sound familiar, HPC community?The post What AI Can Learn from HPC about Data Storage appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A good January morning to you! It was an interesting week in HPC-AI, here's a rapid (6:07) rundown of the latest doings, including: Italy energy giant Eni's 600 PFLOPS HPE supercomputer, Intel opens....The post HPC News Bytes: Eni's Monster HPE Supercomputer, Intel's New Mexico Fab, NSF's AI Research Resource, D-Wave and IonQ Quantum Advancements appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NEW YORK - January 26, 2024 - AI data platform company VAST Data today announced a strategic partnership with Genesis Cloud, an iInfrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider for GPUs and accelerators in the cloud. Their partnership is intended to make AI and accelerated cloud computing more efficient, scalable and accessible to organizations across the globe. Genesis Cloud [...]The post VAST Data and Genesis Cloud Partner for AI Cloud Infrastructure appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Paris - January 25, 2024 -Eviden, theAtosGroup business leading in digital, cloud, big data, and security, and Microsoft today announced a five-year strategic partnership designed to expand their existing collaboration with new and innovative Microsoft Cloud and AI-powered solutions for industries. This announcement is part of Eviden's overall partnership & alliance strategy to reinforce and [...]The post Eviden and Microsoft Announce 5-Year Cloud & AI Partnership appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

London, 24th January 2024 - AI and advanced computing data center company Kao Data announced it has completed a new, 206 million debt raise, with an accompanying accordion facility extendable to 356 million, via Deutsche Bank. The announcement marks a step forward for Kao Data, providing debt financing to fast-track its new contracted developments with [...]The post Kao Data Completes 206M Debt Raise with Deutsche Bank for Data Center Expansion appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

In this conversation, Dr. Humble discusses how quantum computing works, how far along toward commercial viability the technology is, how to sort through the various quantum modalities under development, quantum's relationship with AI, the key....The post @HPCpodcast: The State of Quantum with DOE's Dr. Travis Humble appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - January 25, 2024 - Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) today announced that it hit its target technical milestone of 35 algorithmic qubits (#AQ) a year ahead of schedule. The company said this milestone was achieved on IonQ Forte and leveraged IonQ's high-fidelity trapped ion qubits and all-to-all connected architecture. At [...]The post IonQ Announces Quantum Technical Achievement a Year Ahead of Schedule appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.,Jan. 25, 2024 - Forward Networks has launched AI Assist, a generative AI feature integrated into its platform, Forward Enterprisethat aims to empower NetOps, SecOps, and CloudOps professionals, enabling them to gain insights and expedite solutions for network challenges through natural language prompts. Recognizing the persistent need for enhanced access to hybrid, multi-cloud [...]The post Forward Networks Unveils GenAI Features appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Intel said Fab 9 will help fuel the next era of Intel's advanced packaging technologies. As the semiconductor industry moves into the heterogeneous era that uses multiple'chiplets' in a package, advanced packaging technologies offer a path toward 1 trillion transistors on a chip....The post Intel Opens Advanced Fab in New Mexico appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HPE disclosed that its email system was hacked by a Russia-sponsored actor known as Midnight Blizzard, also called Cozy Bear. In a regulatory filing, HPE reported it was notified in December 2023 that the threat actor accessed and exfiltrated data beginning in May 2023 from a small percentage....The post HPE Breached by Russia-Backed Hackers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HOUSTON - Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced an expanded leadership role effective February 1, 2024 for Neil MacDonald, pictured here,an eight-year veteran of HPE who has been appointed to lead the company's HPC & AI business segment in addition to leading its Compute Business Unit. MacDonald will continue to report to president and [...]The post HPE Announces Neil MacDonald as Leader of HPC and AI Business Segment appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.