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Berlin and Munich, 29thJuly 2024- Quantistry, a Berlin-based start-up offering a cloud-native chemical simulation platform, and IQM Quantum Computers announced today a memorandum of understanding to explore hybrid classical-quantum solutions in the chemical and material industry. Through this collaboration, IQM and Quantistry are combining their technical expertise to integrate cutting-edge quantum systems into QuantistryLab, Quantistry's [...]The post Quantistry and IQM Quantum to Explore Solutions for Chemical and Material Industry appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

London, 29th July 2024 - Liquid cooling company Iceotope has announced the retirement of David Craig from the position of CEO effective from 30th September 2024. The company will be led jointly by Chief Commercial Officer, Nathan Blom and Chief Financial Officer, Simon Jesenko until the appointment of Craig's successor. He will continue to advise [...]The post Iceotope Announces Retirement of CEO David Craig appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - July 29, 2024 - D-Wave Quantum Inc. today announced it is strengthening the connection between quantum optimization, artificial intelligence and machine learning by extending its product development roadmap with enhancements to the Leap quantum cloud service that the company said will bring quantum AI solutions to market. The roadmap is intended [...]The post D-Wave Announces Roadmap for Quantum Cloud Service for AI/ML appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The UK government announced it will invest 106 million for five hubs to develop the use of quantum technology in medical scanners, secure communication networks and next-gen positioning systems. The hubs, which will work with industry partners ....The post UK Commits 106M to 5 Quantum Hubs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - July 25, 2024-Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced the general availability of initial offerings of the Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI-ready infrastructure, solutions, and services. IncludingNVIDIA DGX BasePODcertification, the first Hitachi iQ infrastructure offering meets the highest standards of [...]The post Hitachi Vantara Announces General Availability of Hitachi iQ and New AI Discovery Service to Help Businesses Become AI-Ready appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NTT Corporation and The University of Tokyo announced they have generated and controlled graphene plasmon wave packets with a pulse width of 1.2 picoseconds. They said this offers a novel approach to THz ....The post Graphene Plasmon: NTT and Univ. of Tokyo Control THz-Region for High-Speed Signal Processing appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Nvidia today announced its AI Foundry service and NIM inference microservices for generative AI with Meta's Llama 3.1 collection of models, also introduced today. The company said its AI Foundry allows organizaations to create custom supermodels" for their ....The post Nvidia AI Foundry for Custom Llama 3.1 Generative AI Models appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOISE, Idaho, July 23, 2024 - Micron Technology, Inc. today announced availability of the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD - which Micros said is the fastest data center SSD for AI performance and power efficiency.1 The SSD integrates its own controller, NAND, DRAM and firmware into one product. The Micron 9550 SSD delivers best-in-class performance with [...]The post Micron Introduces PCIe Gen5 Data Center SSD appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The Department of Energy has released a request for proposals inviting vendors to submit plans for a successor to Oak Ridge National Lab's exascale supercomputer, Frontier. Vendors have until Aug. 30, 2024 ....The post RFP Opens for ORNL's Next-Gen HPC, 3-5x Speed-Up over Frontier Expected, Aug. 30 Deadline appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Solid oxide fuel cell energy company Bloom Energy and GPU cloud services company CoreWeave have formed a partnership to deploy Bloom's fuel cells for CoreWeave at a data center in Illinois, set to be commissioned in Q3 2025.The post CoreWeave and Bloom Energy Partner on AI Data Center Power appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Bicester, England, July, 2024 - The WHPC Executive Committee and Volunteers for SC24 have announced the launch of the 20th International Women in HPC Workshop: Diversity and Inclusion for All! As part of this all-day event, we are launching the call for lightning talks for SC24, taking place in Atlanta, Georgia, from November 17-22, 2024. [...]The post WHPC Announces 20th International Women in HPC Workshop: Lightning Talk Submissions Aug. 16 Deadline appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Jul. 18, 2024 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$673.51 billion, net income of NT$247.85 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$9.56 (US$1.48 per ADR unit) for the second quarter ended June 30. Year-over-year, second quarter revenue increased 40.1 percent while net income and diluted EPS [...]The post TSMC Reports Second Quarter YoY Revenue Jump of 40%, Income up 36% appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Interconnect company Cornelis Networks today said it has named Lisa Spelman its new CEO. Spelman joins the company from Intel, which made a major push into the HPC fabric market in 2015 with Omni-Path, which became the flagship product of Cornelis ....The post Full Circle: Cornelis Names Intel Veteran Lisa Spelman CEO appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The exascale- class Frontier supercomputer set a new standard for calculating the number of atoms in a molecular dynamics simulation 1,000 times greater in size and speed than previous simulations of its kind, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where the HPC system is housed. The simulation ....The post Exascale: Frontier Supercomputer Used in Molecular Dynamics Simulation of 2M Electrons appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The U.S. Department of Commerce yesterday announced a proposed $400 million CHIPS + Science Act investment to build what the agency said would be the first domestic fab for 300mm silicon wafers and expand ....The post U.S. in Preliminary $400M Deal with GlobalWafers to Build 300mm Silicon Wafer Fabs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN FRANCISCO and Abilene, TX - July 18, 2024 - Crusoe Energy Systems LLC announced it is building a 200 MW data center at the Lancium Clean Campusoutside Abilene, Texas. Crusoe, a vertically-integrated AI infrastructure company, andLancium, an energy technology and infrastructure company focused on the decarbonization and stability of the electric power grid, will [...]The post Crusoe to Build 200MW AI Data Center, Then Expand at 1.2 GW Lancium Clean Campus appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) Argonne National Laboratory has emerged from a year-long shutdown ready for its second act. Together with Argonne's new exascale supercomputer, Aurora, the (APS) will empower scientists to make discoveries ....The post Argonne Lab Unveils Upgraded Advanced Photon Source appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

TEL AVIV, Israel - July 16, 2024 -Laser-based computing company LightSolver today announced the appointment of Amir Oz as Chief Operations Officer and Miki Sapir as Vice President of Product Management. The company said Oz and Sapir will play key roles in supporting product innovation and market adoption for LightSolver's recently released LPU100 laser computing [...]The post LightSolver Announces Management Changes appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

July 17, 2024 - Quantum error correction technology company Riverland and Atlantic Quantum, a developer of scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computers, today announced a partnership to work on quantum error correction. The partnership will combine Riverlane's quantum error correction (QEC) stack (Deltaflow') and Atlantic Quantum's superconducting fluxonium-based qubit architecture to advance quantum computing. Qubits are the [...]The post Riverlane Partners with Atlantic Quantum on Error Correction appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

July 16, 2024 - Open Innovation AI, a GPU orchestration platform, and Nscale, an AI cloud service provider, today announced a partnership designed to deliver AI Cloud services and AI workloads at scale. This alliance will combine Nscale's GPU infrastructure with Open Innovation AI's end-to-end AI platform. The partnership aims to enhance the performance, scalability, [...]The post Open Innovation AI and Nscale Partner for AI GPU Cloud Services appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 16, 2024 - Chilldyne, a provider of direct-to-chip liquid cooling solutions, has released its data center liquid cooling starter kit designed to prepare data centers for the workloads being driven by AI computing. With high-density racks of up to 150 kW and higher in the future, data center operators need to be [...]The post Chilldyne Launches Liquid Cooling Starter Kit AI in Data Centers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] Eviden's approach to quantum computing involves developing a quantum emulator, QaptivaTM solution, to focus on algorithm and application development for quantum processors. This allows industry and research ....The post Quantum Computing: What You Need to Know to Get Started appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOISE, Idaho, July 16, 2024 - Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced it is now sampling its multiplexed rank dual inline memory module (MRDIMMs) designed for applications requiring more than 128GB of memory per DIMM slot. Micron MRDIMMs outperform current TSV RDIMMs by enabling the highest bandwidth, largest capacity with the lowest latency and [...]The post Micron Says its MRDIMMs Deliver up to 256GB Capacity at 40% Lower Latency appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

July 16, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)and theDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts to move the needle on quantum computing. The MOU establishes a framework for planning and coordinating future research, development, engineering, and test and evaluation activities related to quantum computing. Part [...]The post DOE and DARPA in Quantum Research Agreement appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NEW YORK- July 16, 2024 - Today, at its Nasdaq MarketSite Analyst Day event,SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (SGH") (NASDAQ:SGH) announced its intention to become Penguin Solutions, Inc. This rebranding is a continuation of the company's transformation over the past several years and reflects its focus on delivering leading-edge solutions that solve the complexity of AI. [...]The post SMART Global Holdings to Become Penguin Solutions appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Washington, DC, July 16, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Energy announced a roadmap for the Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence for Science, Security, and Technology (FASST) in which the agency and its 17 national labs aims to build the world's most powerful integrated scientific AI systems for science, energy, and national security, in collaboration with [...]The post DOE Announces AI for Science Roadmap appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The Women in Networking at SC, or WINS, program was created to celebrate and expand the opportunities for early- to mid-career women to participate in advancing technology throughSCinet, the most powerful temporary computer network ....The post Women in Networking at SC24: SCinet Chair Angie Asmus appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

July 15, 2024 - Women in HPC has issued a call for submission for Lightning Talks at the WHPC workshop to be held at the SC24 supercomputing conference on Monday, Nov. 18 in Atlanta. Deadline for submissions is Friday, August 16. This submission requires an extended abstract (up to 2 pages), CV and optional personal [...]The post Women in HPC Issues Call for Lightning Talk Proposals at SC24 Workshop, Aug. 16 Deadline appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Much has happened of late in the world of HPC-AI, here's a quick (5:55) run through of the news, including: survey commissioned by Vultr points to AI maturity ROI, OpenAI proposes five levels of AI based on capability, SoftBank ....The post HPC News Bytes 20240715: AI Maturity ROI, OpenAI's 5 Levels of AI, SoftBank Acquires Graphcore appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Boston, July 15, 2024 - Neutral-atom quantum computing company QuEra announced today that Alex Keesling will transition from CEO to take on a new role in leading QuEra's efforts to achieve higher-volume production and enhance its technology leadership, a critical strategic priority for the company." The Board of Directors appointed board member Andy Ory as [...]The post QuEra Names Ory Acting CEO appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

July 11, 2024 - The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion (BSC-CNS) will receive 50 million euros to develop the programs designed to attract and retain talent that are part of the Artificial Intelligence Strategy, approved by the Spanish government last May. The resolution includes the training in the BSC of 158 professionals [...]The post BSC Wins 50M to Develop Spain's AI Training Program appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] What sets Quobyte's File Query Engine apart is its integration with the file system's distributedmetadata architecture. Unlike solutions that require separate database layers, Quobyte's engineoperates ....The post Faster AI and HPC Workflows with Quobyte's New File Query Engine appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

July 12, 2024 - Graphcore has confirmed that the Japan-based SoftBank investment firm has acquired the specialty AI chip company. Terms were not disclosed, but news reports estimate the acquisition at roughly $600 million. Graphcore has struggled in recent years, according to a Reuters report, the company was valued at $2.8 billion in 2020, but [...]The post SoftBank Acquires AI Chip Company Graphcore appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

July 12, 2024 - The Digital Twins Fast-Tracking Committee of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO) of the National Science Foundation, on behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, has published a Request for Information on Digital Twins Research and Development, seeking public input for the [...]The post July 28 Deadline for Office of Science Digital Twins RFI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.- Cloud computing platform Vultr has released an industry report, The New Battleground: Unlocking the Power of AI Maturity with Multi-Model AI. The study reveals a correlation between an organization's AI maturity and its ability to achieve better business outcomes, outpacing industry peers in revenue growth, market share, customer satisfaction and operational [...]The post Research from Vultr on Mature AI ROI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Paris - July 12, 2024 -Evidentoday announced ,in partnership with the IOTA Foundation, the Eviden Digital Passportsolution (EDPS),powered by IOTA" technology. This is one of the first ready-to-use blockchain-based Digital Product Passports (DPPs) on the market and the first of its scale to use IOTA's technology as its Blockchain engine. EDPS powered by IOTA", around [...]The post Eviden and the IOTA Foundation Announce Digital Product Passport appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

An international research team reports transmitting data at a staggering" 402 terabits per second (Tbps) using commercial-grade fiber, the kinds of fiber optic cables that are already in the ground and the oceans" ....The post Staggering': Research Team Sets 402 Tbps Fiber Optics Data Rate Record appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) research organization will integrate thousands of Nvidia H200 Tensor Core GPUs into its HPE-Cray ....The post HPE-Nvidia 6 AI Exaflops Supercomputer to Be Installed at AIST Research Organization in Japan appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

AMD announced it will acquire Helsinki-based Silo AI, which AMD said is the largest private AI lab in Europe, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $665 million. AMD said the acquisition is part of its efforts to deliver end-to-end AI solutions based on open ....The post AMD in $665M Acquisition of Silo AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Before (the Exascale Computing Project), both packages had very little support for GPUs. We could get some benefit from running on a single GPU, but without updating the code, even 10 GPUs wouldn't make it run much faster. We had to redesign a lot of algorithms ...."The post Exascale: SUPERLU/STRUMPACK Solvers Get Frontier Upgrade appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SEATTLE - Jul. 9, 2024 - Data management company Qumulo today announced the appointment of Douglas Gourlay as president and chief executive officer. Gourlay will also join Qumulo's Board of Directors. Under the leadership of retiring CEO Bill Richter, Qumulo became the established leader in Scale Anywhere data and storage management and grew to over [...]The post Qumulo Names Former Arista Executive Douglas Gourlay CEO appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Austin, Texas-July 9, 2024 - Oracle today announced that Palantir's Foundry Platform and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) are certified onOracle Cloud Infrastructure(OCI) and generally available across all of Oracle's distributed cloud deployment options. Oracle'sdistributed cloud,AI infrastructure, andsovereign AIcapabilities, combined with Palantir's leading AI and decision acceleration platforms, help businesses and governments accelerate their AI initiatives. [...]The post Palantir's Foundry and AI Platform Certified on Oracle Cloud appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

.... we dig into the design and deployment of AI infrastructures with Jonathan Ha of Penguin Solutions, who delivers a master class in AI at scale ....The post @HPCpodcast Industry View: Penguin Solutions on Getting AI Infrastructure Right appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Boston, July 9, 2024-NetBrain Technologies, Inc., a provider of no-code network automation and dynamic mapping solutions for hybrid cloud-connected networks, today announced that registration has opened for NetBrain LIVE, its inaugural global user conference being held Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 in Boston. NetBrain LIVE was created as a natural extension of NetBrain's popular regional [...]The post NetBrain Launches NetBrain User Conference to Support Increasing Demand for Network Automation appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SEOUL, July 9, 2024 - Altair(Nasdaq: ALTR),a global leader in computational intelligence, has been selectedas an electronic design automation (EDA) partner for theSamsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE). Through this collaboration, Altair and Samsung Electronics will combineAltair's comprehensive EDA technologywith Samsung Foundry's manufacturing capabilities to establish a more innovative, more efficient semiconductor design and production process. [...]The post Altair Named Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem Partner appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

ST PAUL, Minn., July 9, 2024- The HPC User Forum has opened registration for its upcoming meeting, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 4-5, at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois. Featured speakers at the event: Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director ....The post HPC-AI User Forum to Be Held September 4-5 at Argonne appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.