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Oak Ridge, TN - Anuj J. Kapadia, who leads the Advanced Computing in Health Sciences Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was named a 2024 Fellow by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, or AAPM. AAPM is one of the world's leading medical physics organizations with a mission to advance medicine through excellence in [...]The post ORNL's Anuj Kapadia Named 2024 Fellow by American Association of Physicists in Medicine appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

ByYuval Boger, QuEra Computing -- Companies and research institutions are leveraging early-stage quantum computers to experiment and serve as invaluable research and learning tools. By engaging with quantum computing today ....The post The Growing Interest in On-Prem Quantum Computing appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

June 14, 2024 - The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has named Chuck Pavloski, Ph.D., its new Associate Director of Engagement. The role was recently vacated by John Towns, who was promoted to Deputy Director of the Center. Coming to NCSA from the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) at Penn State University, where [...]The post NCSA Names Chuck Pavloski Associate Director of Engagement appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Ames, Iowa, June 14, 2024 - A record 40 students on the path to achieving doctorates in fields that emphasize use of computing and mathematics are now being welcomed into the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) program. The 2024-2025 incoming fellows will attend 24 U.S. universities as they learn to apply [...]The post DOE CSGF Announces Incoming 2024-25 Class appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Quobyte comes from an HPC heritage as well as providing storage solutions for hyperscalers. We wanted to bring HPC to the enterprise with the software approach that made the ....The post Quobyte Software-Defined Storage Brings Its HPC and Hyperscaler Heritage to AI Workloads appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 11 amf-1 pm Central Time, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold an online webinar to introduce attendees to the Polaris computing environment. Aimed at participants who have experience using clusters or supercomputers, the bootcamp will cover the PBS job scheduler, utilizing preinstalled environments, proper compiler and profiler use, Python [...]The post Argonne HPC Webinar July 17: Getting Started on Polaris and Nvidia Developer Tools Bootcamp appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

June 12, 2024 - Chip and silicon IP provider Rambus today announced the launch of its PCI Express(PCIe) 7.0 IP portfolio, a suite of IP solutions including: PCIe 7.0 Controller designed to deliver the high bandwidth, low latency, and robust performance required for next-generation AI and HPC applications PCIe 7.0 Retimer for highly-optimized, low-latency data [...]The post Rambus Unveils PCIe 7.0 IP Portfolio for Data Center and AI SoCs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN FRANCISCO - June 11, 2024 -Scality, a cyber-resilient storage for the AI era, today announced a large-scale deployment of its RING distributed file and object storage solution to optimize and accelerate the data lifecycle for high-throughput genomics sequencing laboratory SeqOIA Medecine Genomique. This is the most recent in a series of deployments where RING [...]The post Scality RING Advances AI-Powered Genomic Research at SeqOIA Lab appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Specialty AI processor company Cerebras Systems today announced a collaboration with Dell Technologies to deliver AI compute infrastructure for generative AI. It includes a new memory storage solution powered by Dell and AMD ....The post Cerebras to Collaborate with Dell, and AMD, on AI Model Training appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE - June 11, 2024 - Optical interconnect company Ayar Labs today announced the appointment of Pooya Tadayon as its Vice President of Packaging and Test. Tadayon was formerly a Fellow and Director of Assembly & Test Pathfinding within Intel's Assembly and Test Technology Development (ATTD) group. Tadayonbrings to Ayar Labs more than two [...]The post Ayar Labs Names Intel Veteran Pooya Tadayon VP of Packaging and Test appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Researchers are developing ways to accelerate discovery by combining automated experiments, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI can influence materials synthesis and conduct associated experiments without human supervision. Thisautonomous materials synthesis tooluses pulsed laser deposition, or PLD, to deposit [...]The post Oak Ridge Lab: Researchers Use AI for Autonomous Discovery and Optimization of Materials appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Paris | Jun 11, 2024 -Viridien, formerly CGG, has announced a high-performance computing (HPC) agreement with Ranch Computing, a French rendering farm based in Paris, to pursue innovation in the digital media industry. Viridien will provide customized HPCcloud infrastructure and expertise to Ranch Computing, tailored to the demanding compute requirements of visual effects, animation and [...]The post Viridien Joins with Ranch Computing on Digital Media appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

TORONTO and SHERBROOKE, Quebec (June 11, 2024) - OTI Lumionics, developer of advanced materials for consumer electronics, and Nord Quantique, a quantum computing company with advanced error correction, today announce a partnership to work on electronic structure calculations, vibronic spectra and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) using quantum simulations. The objective of this testing is [...]The post Quantum: OTI Lumionics Selects Nord Quantique to Test Materials Science Applications appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

For an analysis of the state of AI, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI produces an annual AI Index that breaks down the industry into key thematic areas. In this Lenovo-sponsored episode of the @HPCpodcast, Shahin and Doug are joined by HAI ....The post @HPCpodcast: A Deep Dive into the Stanford AI Index Report appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Trondheim, Norway June 10 - Sigma2 AS, Norway's official provider of national e-infrastructure resources for research, has announced its collaboration with Iris.ai, providing substantial levels of High-Performance Computing capacity on Norwegian Saga and EU Large Unified Modern Infrastructure (LUMI) supercomputers. Iris.ai is a provider of an AI engine for scientific text understanding, and the collaboration [...]The post Sigma2 Collaborates with Iris.ai on Research through Access to HPC in Europe appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

LOS ANGELES, June 10, 2024 - Q-CTRL, a developer of quantum infrastructure software, today announced it is the winner of the Digital Courseware Solution of the Year Award by EdTech Breakthrough for its quantum computing workforce development educational platform, Black Opal for Enterprise. Q-CTRL said that within the EdTech industry, Black Opal for Enterprise offers [...]The post Quantum: Q-CTRL's Black Opal Wins 2024 EdTech Breakthrough Award appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

.... by directly submergining electrical circuits and components in fluid that does not conduct electricity, Sandia National Laboratories researchers are taking liquid cooling to another level ....The post Taking Liquid Cooling to Next Level: Sandia Researchers Say Direct Immersion May Cut Power Use by 70% appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

In what Lawrence Livermore National Lab said is "a substantial milestone for supercomputing-aided drug design," LLNLand BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics today announced clinical trials have begun for ....The post Livermore Lab and BridgeBio Announce Human Trials for HPC-Discovered Cancer Drug appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 6, 2024 - Simr, formerly known as UberCloud, which provides a platform for using compute resources with simulation tools, today announced the appointment of Peter Ungaro, former President and CEO of Cray Inc. and senior executive at HPE, to its board of directors. Ungaro joinsAli Kutay, chairman and CEO at Striim,Salil [...]The post Pete Ungaro Named to Simr Board appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - June 6, 2024 - D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) announced today that it has extended its agreement with energy company Aramco to manage geophysical optimization problems through quantum technologies. Aramco Research Center in Delft, the Netherlands, is focused on developing advanced computing technologies to help address global energy challenges. For the [...]The post D-Wave Extends Agreement with Aramco Europe to Explore Quantum-Powered Optimization of Geophysical Problems appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BROOMFIELD, CO, and LONDON, June 5, 2024 - Integrated quantum computing company Quantinuum today unveiled what the company said is the industry's first quantum computer with 56 trapped-ion qubits. H2-1's has further enhanced its market-leading fidelity and is now impossible for a classical computer to fully simulate," Quantinuum said in its announcement. A joint team [...]The post Quantinuum Launches Trapped-Ion 56-Qubit Quantum Computer appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

June 5, 2024 - In a new paper in Science Advances on May 29, researchers at JPMorgan Chase, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Quantinuum have demonstrated clear evidence of a quantum algorithmic speedup for the quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA). This algorithm has been studied extensively and has been implemented [...]The post JPMorgan Chase, Argonne and Quantinuum Show Theoretical Quantum Optimization Speedup appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At ISC 2024, we were given a tour of the Eviden booth, which - being the focal point at the conference of Europe's leading HPC-AI systems vendor - was a beehive of activity. The tour began with a business and customer update ....The post Eviden Reports on New Contract Wins and Technology (HPC, AI, Quantum, As-a-Service) Updates appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

London, June 5, 2024 - Quantum infrastructure software company Q-CTRL today announced published results that the company says demonstrate a boost of more than 4X in the size of an optimization problem that can be accurately solved, and show that a utility-scale IBM quantum computer can outperform competitive annealer and trapped ion technologies. The recent [...]The post Q-CTRL Reports Optimization Problem Records appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

June 3, 2024 -The Government of British Columbia and the Digital Research Alliance of Canad are investing over $81M into the supercomputers at Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. SFU will use a combined investment of over $66M to renew the infrastructure of its Cedar system, which is an academic supercomputer that is [...]The post Supercomputer Funding for BC Universities in Canada for Research in Health Care and More appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

LONDON and AUSTIN, June 5, 2024 - ORCA Computing, a quantum computing company, has been selected by Montana State University (MSU) to supply two PT-1 quantum photonics systems, advancing distributed quantum computing and critical quantum capabilities. Funded by the U.S Air Force as part of a new Applied Quantum CORE grant, the ORCA systems will [...]The post Montana State Selects ORCA Computing for Distributed Quantum Computing and Communications appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NEW YORK & LAS VEGAS - June 4, 2024 - AI data platform company VAST Data today at Cisco Live 2024 announced it is collaborating with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), the leader in enterprise networking and security, and NVIDIA on a solution to offer enterprises high performance AI infrastructure coupled with an Ethernet-based AI fabric to [...]The post VAST Data to be Data Platform for Cisco Nexus HyperFabric for GenAI with Nvidia appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Frankfurt/Main - 3 June 2024 - Northern Data Group (German stock market:NB2, ISIN:DE000A0SMU87), a provider of HPC solutions, today announces the launch of its inaugural AI Accelerator, designed to fast-track AI innovation. Selected startups will be able to establish or scale a proof of concept for their AI concepts. Selected startups will receive complimentary access [...]The post Northern Data Group Launches Nvidia-based AI Accelerator Powered by Carbon-Free Energy appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A good June day to you! What follows is a rapid (7:59) run-though of the latest news from the world of HPC-AI, including: At Computex 2024: Nvidia Rubin and Vera ....The post HPC News Bytes 20240603: New Nvidia, AMD Chips at Computex, Industry Heavies Back UALink, Europe's 2nd Exascale, Approaching AI Bubble? appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SEATTLE - June 3rd, 2024 - Today, data storage and management company Qumulo said it achieved the industry's fastest and most cost-effective cloud-native storage solution, as demonstrated by the latest SPECstorage Solution 2020 AI_IMAGE Benchmark results. Qumulo's Azure Native Qumulo (ANQ) achieved an Overall Response Time (ORT) of 0.84ms with a total customer cost of [...]The post Qumulo Announces AI Infrastructure Benchmark Results with Azure Native Qumulo appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NEW YORK, June 3, 2024 - Vector database AI company Pinecone today announced that Lauren Nemeth and Bob Muglia have joined the company as chief operating officer (COO) and board member, respectively. This comes as Pinecone celebrates its five-year anniversary and the GA of its flagship offering, Pinecone serverless, a vector database designed to make [...]The post Pinecone Names Lauren Nemeth COO and Bob Muglia as Board Member appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Single-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling, particularly effective with microjet impingement," targets coolant directly at the hottest chip parts, managing high heat loads while boosting silicon performance. This method, which can cool chips over 2,000W ....The post Microjet Impingement' Liquid Cooling Advances as AI Heat Rises appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

DENVER- May 31, 2024 - CEA-Leti scientists have reported three projects at ECTC 2024 that they say are steps to enabling CMOS image sensors (CIS) that can exploit image data to perceive a scene, understand the situation and intervene in it - capabilities that require embedding AI in the sensor. Demand for smart sensors is [...]The post CEA-Leti Reports 3-Layer Integration, Progress toward AI-Embedded CMOS Image Sensors appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST WHITE PAPER] This white paper spotlights Eviden's Center for Excellence in Performance Programming (CEPP), which empowers organizations to ....The post Eviden's Center for Excellence in Performance Programming (CEPP) - Accelerate Workloads, Add Value to Simulation! appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

May 30, 2024 - Lenovo and Cisco today unveiled a partnership intended to deliver fully integrated infrastructure and networking solutions designed to accelerate digital transformation for businesses of all sizes. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to jointly establish design, engineering, and execution plans for accelerating digital transformation with turnkey [...]The post Lenovo and Cisco Announce AI Partnership appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

VANCOUVER, BC, May 30, 2024-Photonic Inc., a distributed quantum computing in silicon company, today announced what the company said is a milestone on the path to commercial quantum systems. While many existing quantum architectures achieve entanglement within modules, Photonic has demonstrated entanglement between modules. In this way, Photonic's architecture provides a unique solution to one [...]The post Quantum: Photonic Demonstrates Distributed Entanglement between Modules appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Paris - May 30, 2024 - Eviden today announces that it has been selected by the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) to supply the university with a new supercomputer for its Regional Computing Center ROMEO ....The post Eviden to Deliver Supercomputer for University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BEAVERTON, Ore.- AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Intel, Meta and Microsoft today announced they have aligned to develop a new industry standard dedicated to advancing high-speed and low latency communication for scale-up AI systems linking in data centers. Called the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink), this initial group will define and establish an [...]The post Ultra Accelerator Link Group for Data Center AI Connectivity Formed: AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, HPE, Intel, Meta and Microsoft appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

ASML, whose chip manufacturing machines produce advanced microprocessors used for HPC and AI, says it has set a new chipmaking density record with its new High-NA machine, breaking the previous record set ....The post Report: New ASML Machines Could Produce Denser, Cheaper Advanced Chips appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - May 29, 2024- Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced the launch of a block storage appliance as part of itsVirtual Storage Platform Onehybrid-cloud data platform. The new offerings include three dedicated models providing businesses with a common data plane [...]The post Hitachi Vantara Announces Block Storage Appliance for Virtual Storage Platform One Portfolio appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

May 29, 2027 - Xinnor, a provider of high-performance data storage solutions, announced its inclusion in the Arm Partner Program. This collaboration is intended to place Xinnor among a range of industry leaders to enhance its ability to deliver solutions across various markets and geographies. As a qualified Arm partner, Xinnor has access to the [...]The post Storage Company Xinnor Joins Arm Partner Program appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Cambridge, Paris, Boston, 29th May: Quantum error correction technology company Riverlane and fault tolerant quantum computing company Alice & Bob have signed an agreement to work on the integration of Riverlane's quantum error correction (QEC) stack within the larger quantum computing system based on cat qubit technology that Alice & Bob is developing. Qubits, the [...]The post Riverlane Partners with Alice & Bob on Quantum Error Correction appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Not until the ISC 2024 conference earlier this month had we heard that HPE is active in quantum computing -- since then, we've heard they're active in two ways. Today, quantum software company Classiq announced it has developed a method for solving ....The post Classiq and HPECollaborate on Quantum-HPC Integration appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

LOS ALTOS, Calif. - Simr, formerly known as UberCloud, has unveiled Simulation Operations Automation (SimOps), making best practices in computer simulations implemented by the majority of the design engineers at three of the Magnificent Seven companies available to design engineers. The company also announced that it has secured $20 million in Series A funding led [...]The post Simr (Formerly UberCloud) Announces SimOps for Product Development appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

An invasion of Taiwan by China is unthinkable in multiple ways: it could lead to a regional war between China, U.S. allies in southeastern Asia and possibly the U.S. itself. It would be tragic for the people of Taiwan. It would be ....The post Report: TSMC's ASML Chip Machines Can Be Remotely Shut Down if China Invades Taiwan appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.