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Aug. 17, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $16 million in funding for research projects in particle accelerator science and technology. Total funding is for projects up to three years in duration, with $8.4 million in Fiscal Year 2023 dollars and outyear funding contingent on congressional appropriations. The list of projects and [...]The post DOE Awards $16M for Particle Accelerator Research appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Los Alamost National Laboratory reported today that a potentially game-changing theoretical approach to quantum computing hardware avoids some of the complexity in quantum....The post Los Alamos Reports Hardware Approach Offers New Quantum Computing Paradigm appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

San Francisco - August 23, 2023: Portkey.aiis today announcing a $3m seed funding round empowering engineering teams to build and launch generative AI apps faster. The funding round was led by Lightspeed with participation from angel investors, including prominent figures from AWS, OpenAI, Cloudflare, Postman, and Asana. Portkey.ai was founded in January 2023 by Rohit [...]The post AI Startup Portkey.ai Secures $3M Funding appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

August 22, 2023 - NVIDIA today announced system manufacturers will deliver AI-ready servers that support VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA, announced separately today, designed to help companies customize and deploy generative AI applications using their proprietary business data. Computer makers are building NVIDIA AI-ready servers, including the Dell PowerEdge R760xa, HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers [...]The post NVIDIA Announces AI-Ready Servers from Dell, HPE and Lenovo for Generative AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

AI systems company Groq has contracted with Samsung's US-based foundry business to be its silicon partner for Groq's product roadmap. Groq said its next-gen silicon, to be designed...on its SF4X process (4nm)....The post Groq Selects Samsung's Texas Foundry for 4nm appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

WAYNE, PA. - August 22, 2023-Cornelis Networks, a provider of high-performance networking solutions for data-intensive technical computing (HPC and AI) applications, today announced a partnership withPenguin Solutions, a provider of HPC, AI, and IoT technologies and services; andPanasas, a provider of HPC and AI storage solutions. The three companies have come together to define and [...]The post Cornelis Partners with Penguin and Panasas on New HPC-AI Reference Design appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The computing capacity of twin supercomputers used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been expanded by 20 percent....The post NOAA Supercomputing Capacity Expanded for Advanced National Weather Forecasting appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The ongoing Linux open source controversy took a turn today with the announcement by CIQ, Oracle and SUSE to form the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA), described by the companies as a collaborative trade association intended to encourage development of distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) by providing open and free Enterprise Linux [...]The post Red Hat Riposte: CIQ, Oracle and SUSE Create Open Enterprise Linux Association appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

IRVINE, Calif. August 21, 2023 - Edge cloud services company Zadara today announced it has partnered with Node4, a leading digital transformation and managed services provider (MSP), to deliver a multi-tenanted immutable and secure storage for its Veeam backup and recovery platform via its zStorage Object Storage solution. This new partnership with Node4 complements Zadara's [...]The post Zadara Partners with Node4 to Support Veeam BaaS Offering appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Aug. 21, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $70 million in funding to support research by historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and to diversify leadership in the physical sciences. The funding, through DOE's Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative, will support internships, training programs, and [...]The post DOE Announces $70M in Research Training for Students and Faculty from Historically Underrepresented Institutions appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

August 22, 2023 - Today at VMware Explore 2023, Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced a turnkey solution from their joint Edge and Cloud Innovation Labs, delivering hybrid multi-cloud capabilities to mid-size companies and helping customers more easily harness data to empower their intelligent transformation. Lenovo also unveiled its Reference [...]The post Lenovo and VMware Partner on NVIDIA-Powered Generative AI and Multi-Cloud Solutions appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Aug. 15, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)Office of Science (SC),announced $112million in funding for 12 projects that focus on collaborations among fusion scientists, applied mathematicians, and computer scientists to maximize the use of high performance computing, including exascale computers. The list of projects and more information can be found on theFusion [...]The post DOE Announces $112M for Research on Computational Projects in Fusion Energy Sciences appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A happy August Monday morning to you. It was an interesting week for supercomputing news, and Shahin and Doug share the highlights of recent developments: Linux Wars continue: Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ form Open Enterprise Linux Association (watch for upcoming episodes on @HPCpodcast on this); China's tech companies place $5 billion of orders on US chips; Intel improves hardware for on-chip AVX (or APX) vector instructions; 2023 Gordon Bell Prize Finalists also point to TOP500The post HPC News Bytes 20230814: Linux Wars, China and Chips, Intel AVX, Gordon Bell Prize Finalists appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Aug. 10, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11 million in funding for 15 projects in exploratory research for extreme-scale science intended to leverage emerging trends and advances in high-end computing, massive datasets, scientific machine learning, artificial intelligence, and novel computing architectures, including quantum computing. Total funding is $11 million for [...]The post DOE Announces $11M Awarded for Extreme-Scale Science appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. - Aug. 10, 2023 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for July 2023: On a consolidated basis, revenue for July 2023 was approximately NT$177.62 billion, an increase of 13.6 percent from June 2023 and a decrease of 4.9 percent from July 2022. Revenue for January through July [...]The post TSMC: July Revenue Down 4.9% YoY, Up 13.6% MoM appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Ensuring the nation's electrical power grid can function with limited disruptions in the event of a natural disaster, catastrophic weather or a manmade attack is a key national security challenge. Compounding the challenge of grid management is the increasing amount of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind that are continually added to the [...]The post LLNL: 9,000 Exascale Nodes for Power Grid Optimization appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Aug. 8, 2023 - Today, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR675 V3 was featured on stage at SIGGRAPH as an NVIDIA OVX server that will soon include the newly announced NVIDIA L40S GPUs. Lenovo said these servers will help professionals worldwide advance AI and bring generative AI applications like intelligent chatbots, search and summarization tools to users [...]The post Lenovo ThinkSystem Servers Featured with NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NVIDIA today at the SIGGRAPH conference announced the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper platform - based on a new Grace Hopper Superchip with the first HBM3e processor, according to NVIDIA - built for accelerated computing and generative AI. Built for large language models, recommender systems and vector databases, the new platform will be available in a [...]The post NVIDIA Unveils GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip Platform with HBM3e Processor appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Fremont, CA, August 8, 2023 - Exxact Corporation today announced it will feature new NVIDIA RTX professional GPUs in its configurable workstations, servers, and clusters to offer computational performance edge in real-time rendering, graphics, and AI, as well as accelerated simulation in engineering, scientific, and molecular research. These integrations include four new additions to the [...]The post Exxact Corporation Systems to Feature NVIDIA Ada Generation GPUs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At the the SIGGRAPH conference this morning in Los Angeles, NVIDIA made several generative AI-related announcements, including a partnership with Hugging Face intended to broaden access to generative AI supercomputing (NVIDIA's DGX cloud hardware) for developers building large language models (LLMs) and other AI applications on the Hugging Face platform. The companies said the combination [...]The post NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH: DGX Integration with Hugging Face for LLM Training; Announcement of AI Workbench appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE and DALLAS - August 8, 2023 - Applied Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: APLD) (Applied Digital"), a designer, builder, and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure designed for High-Performance Computing (HPC") applications, today announced it signed has formed a strategic partnership with ZEDEDA, the leader in edge orchestration. The strategic partnership will enable Applied Digital to [...]The post Applied Digital and ZEDEDA Form Partnership for On-Demand Transmutable AI Cloud Service appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Aug. 7, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)announced $4.7million in funding for five new research projects in computational biology. These projects will develop new software and analytical tools to manage the growing quantities of genomics and other data stemming from the study of microbes and other biological systems. The projects were selected [...]The post DOE Announces $4.7M for Research on Integrative Computational Tools for Systems Biology Research appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 07, 2023 - Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced sample availability of the Micron CZ120 memory expansion modules to customers and partners. The Micron CZ120 modules come in 128GB and 256GB capacities in the E3.S 2T form factor, which uses PCIe Gen5 x8 interface. Additionally, the CZ120 modules are capable of [...]The post Micron Launches Memory Expansion Module Portfolio for CXL 2.0 Adoption appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Kicking off the week with a fast (4:17) review of the latest HPC news: McKinsey reported on the rise of domain-specific architectures that quantifies the slowdown of Moore's Law and lists five DSA-boosting trends; Intel's plans for a massive, billions-dollars-plus expansion of chip fabs in Oregon; PCI-SIG's new workgroup to deliver PCIe technology over optical connections; Oak Ridge National Lab scientists used a Quantinuum quantum computer to produce "an intriguing scientific result" in solar cell research.The post HPC News Bytes Podcast 20230807: PCIe over Optical, Quantum at Oak Ridge, Domain-Specific Architectures, Intel Expands Oregon Fabs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Many organizations are tied to outdated storage systems that cannot meet HPC and AI workload needs. Designing highthroughput, highly scalable HPC storage systems require expert planning and configuration. The Dell Validated Designs for HPC Storage solution offers customers a way to quickly upgrade antiquated storage systems while simplify monitoring and overall management of HPC storage without requiring specialized training or expertise to operate, making storage simpler to maintain. The Dell HPC storage solution can also shorten deployment timelines and reduce the costs involved in designing, testing, and integrating HPC system storage upgrades.The post HPC and AI Workloads Drive Storage System Design appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Aug. 4, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 93 early career scientists from across the country who will receive a combined $135 million in funding for research covering a wide range of topics, from artificial intelligence to astrophysics to fusion energy. The 2023 Early Career Research Program awardees [...]The post DOE Awards $135M for Research by 93 Early Career Scientists appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

There's more to the rise in HPC and AI of domain-specific architectures (DSAs), starting with GPUs, than just the superior throughput they can deliver. Yes, the deceleration of Moore's Law and Dennard scaling are the primary reasons for the CPU's decline in dominance. But other factors are playing a strong, enabling role for DSAs. Consulting [...]The post McKinsey on the Future of Compute: The Rise of Domain-Specific Architectures appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HAMBURG, August 2, 2023 - The ISC 2024 HPC conference has announced the contributed program categories for next year's event (May 12-16) in Hamburg along with committee leaders: Research Paper - Jeff Hammond, NVIDIA Finland Research Poster - Rio Yokota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Project Poster - Antonino Tumeo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA [...]The post ISC 2024 Announces Contributed Program Categories and Committee Leaders appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Reno, Nv. - August 2, 2023 - Sylabs, a provider of tools and services for high performance container technologies, announced a partnership with Carahsoft Technology Corp. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Sylabs' public sector distributor, making the company's software container technology services, including SingularityPRO and Singularity Enterprise, available through Carahsoft's reseller partners and [...]The post Sylabs Partners with Carahsoft on Software Container Services for the Public Sector appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOSTON, August 2, 2023 - QuEra Computing, a developer of neutral-atom quantum computers, today announced it now supports new ways of accessing its quantum computers to meet the computing, compliance and security requirements of any customer. Under QuEra's new program, its quantum computers can now be leased for on-premise use, accessed via a premium service [...]The post QuEra Expands Access to Quantum Computers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

As machine learning techniques become increasingly used in the sciences, a team of researchers in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Computing and Physical and Life Sciences directorates are trying to provide a reasonable starting place for scientists who want to apply machine learning but lack a strong ML background. The goal is to help users understand [...]The post Livermore Lab Team Boosts Trust in AI for Science by Making Machine Learning Explainable appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced that researchers at the lab used the Quantinuum H1-1 quantum computer to not only demonstrated best practices for scientific computing on current quantum systems but also produced what the lab said is an intriguing scientific result. The project was funded by DOE's Office of Basic Energy Sciences. Access to [...]The post Oak Ridge Scientists Use Quantum Computer for Solar Cell Research appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

July 31, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $13.1 million in funding for 17 new projects to universities, academic institutions, federal research labs, and nonprofits, within the area of Environmental System Science (ESS) research. Awards focus on measurements, experiments, field data, modeling, and synthesis to provide improved understanding and representation of [...]The post DOE Announces $13.1M for Environmental Systems Science appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Manufacturers are using the power of AI and video analytics to enable better quality control and traceability of quality issues, bringing them one step closer to achieving zero defects and reducing the downstream impacts of poor product quality. Together, HPE, NVIDIA and Relimetrics enable customers to adapt to high production variability and velocity with faster, more accurate, automated inspection processes.The post Improving Product Quality with AI-based Video Analytics: HPE, NVIDIA and Relimetrics Automate Quality Control in European Manufacturing Facility appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.