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October 24, 2023 - Boulder, CO -Atom Computing today said it has created a 1,225-site atomic array, currently populated with 1,180 qubits, in its quantum computing platform. This is the first time a company has crossed the 1,000-qubit threshold for a universal gate-based system, planned for release next year. It marks an industry milestone toward [...]The post Quantum: Atom Computing Says It's First to Exceed 1,000 Qubits appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 24, 2023 - Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) today announced it has achieved 29 algorithmic qubits on a barium platform, which the company said is a first-time achievement in the journey towards developing systems capable of commercial quantum advantage. IonQ explores ways to advance trapped ion quantum computing beyond use [...]The post Quantum: IonQ Announces 29 Algorithmic Qubits on Barium Platform appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NEW YORK and SAN JOSE, Oct. 23, 2023 - AI data platform company VAST Data and Lambda, an infrastructure-as-a-service and compute provider for public and private NVIDIA GPU infrastructure, today announced a partnership intended to enable a hybrid cloud experience dedicated to AI and deep learning workloads. Together, Lambda and VAST are building an NVIDIA [...]The post Lambda and VAST Data in Cloud AI Training Partnership with NVIDIA Technology appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Our fleet-footed (5:20) run through recent HPC news looks at: HPE Cray supercomputers to be used at flared gas generative AI data centers; IBM announces NorthPole AI chip prototype, TSMC's down Q3 earnings; new trends in advanced AI, including detection of brain waves as an AI input; an Aurora installation update....The post HPC News Bytes 20231023: Flared Gas GPU Cloud, IBM AI Chip, TSMC Q3 Earnings, Aurora Install; AI and More AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The twice-annual TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers is not universally loved, arguments persist whether the LINPACK benchmark is an optimal way to assess HPC system performance. But few would argue it serves a valuable purpose: for those installing leadership-class supercomputers, the TOP500 poses a challenge and a looming deadline that concentrates the mind wonderfully."The post Aurora Exascale Install Update: Cautious Optimism appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Austin, Texas-October 19, 2023 - Oracle today announced thatNVIDIA AI Enterprise, an enterprise-grade software that accelerates data science and streamlines development and deployment of production-ready AI, and theNVIDIA DGX CloudAI supercomputing platform are now available through theOracle Cloud Marketplace. Theseofferingsprovide customers with easy access to NVIDIA's accelerated, secure, and scalable platform for end-to-end AI development [...]The post NVIDIA AI Enterprise and DGX Cloud Availabile in Oracle Cloud Marketplace appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

London, October 19th 2023 - Schneider Electric has introduced a guide to addressing new physical infrastructure design challenges for data centres to support the shift in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven workloads for AI-optimised data centre design. Titled The AI Disruption: Challenges and Guidance for Data Centre Design," this document provides invaluable insights and acts as a [...]The post Schneider Electric Issues AI-based Data Center Optimization Guide appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Oct. 19, 2023 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$546.73 billion, net income of NT$211.00 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$8.14 (US$1.29 per ADR unit) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. Year-over-year, third quarter revenue decreased 10.8% while net income and diluted EPS [...]The post TSMC Reports Q3 YoY Earnings Decline of 25% appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oct. 19, 2023 - Women in HPC (WHPC) has unveiled highlights of its upcoming events at SC23 in Denver. Prepare for an inspiring and engaging experience, featuring our 16th Annual WHPC Workshop, a vibrant Diversity Day, and a lively Networking Reception," the organization said. Katherine Yelick: Our Keynote Speaker Extraordinaire! We are delighted to kick [...]The post Women in HPC Announces Lineup for SC23 Workshop, Diversity Day and Networking Reception appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oct. 18, 2023 - Access to the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility's new GroqRack system is open to the global research community. The ALCF said it welcome proposals from the open-science global research community, including from academia, national labs and industry through the ALCF's Director's Discretionary program. There is no submission deadline; proposals will be accepted [...]The post GroqRack System is Now Available in ALCF AI Testbed appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

TROY, Mich., October 18, 2023 -Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the release of Altair HyperWorks 2023. This update to Altair's best-in-class design and simulation platform signifies a transformative leap in technology, offering an integrated solution that streamlines workflows, enhances user experiences, and enables innovation. The release [...]The post Altair Releases Altair HyperWorks 2023 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Exascale computing is transforming our ability to solve some of the world's most difficult and important problems. On October 18, the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is celebrating the fifth National Exascale Day. The holiday was created in 2019 as an initiative of DOE's Exascale Computing Project (ECP) and Cray, [...]The post Frontier and the Oak Ridge Team are Celebrating Exascale Day appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

From the early days of supercomputing through the success of exascale supercomputing, few HPC luminaries have played as important and integral leadership role in HPC as Dr. Paul Messina.So as we observe Exascale Day today, we are delighted to discuss the exascale journey with someone instrumental to the 10 orders of magnitude of improvement in leadership-class HPC that exascale computing has delivered. Dr. Messina was, in fact, the first director of the Exascale Computing Project....The post @HPCpodcast: Paul Messina and the Journey to Exascale appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

With the delivery of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) first exascale system, Frontier, in 2022, and the upcoming deployment of Aurora and El Capitan systems by next year, researchers will have the most sophisticated computational tools at their disposal to conduct groundbreaking research. Exascale machines can perform more than a billion billion calculations per [...]The post Exascale Day 2023: The Exascale Computing Era Is Here. appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C. -October 18, 2023 - D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) today launched a new open-source demonstration highlighting how its Advantage annealing quantum computing system can be used to tackle wireless channel decoding. The demo, available now in the Leap real-time quantum cloud service, identifies solutions for increasing transmission capacity for wireless [...]The post D-Wave Quantum: QPU Improves Cellphone Network Transmission appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and LEMONT, IL, October 17, 2023 - Groq, an artificial intelligence (AI) solutions company, and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory announced today that Groq hardware is now available to researchers through the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility's (ALCF) AI Testbed. The ALCF is a DOE Office of Science user [...]The post Argonne Deploys New Groq System to ALCF AI Testbed, Providing AI Accelerator Access to Researchers Globally appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The exascale computing era is here. With the delivery of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) first exascale system, Frontier, in 2022, and the upcoming deployment of Aurora and El Capitan systems by next year, researchers will have the most sophisticated computational tools at their disposal to conduct groundbreaking research. Exascale machines, which can perform [...]The post Building a Capable Computing Ecosystem for Exascale and Beyond appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Exascale is a massive accelerator for technology, productivity, engineering, and science." Outside the high-performance computing (HPC) community, exascale" may seem more like fodder for science fiction than a powerful tool for scientific research. Yet, when seen through the lens of real-world applications, exascale computing goes from ethereal concept to tangible reality with exceptional benefits. Imagine [...]The post Exascale Drives Industry Innovation for a Better Future appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

With the advent of the exascale supercomputing era, computational scientists can run simulations at higher resolutions, add more detailed physical phenomena, increase the size of the physical problems, and couple multiple codes spanning both physical and temporal scales. These exascale simulations generate ever-increasing amounts of data. The Data and Visualization efforts in the US Department [...]The post ALPINE/zfp Addresses Analysis, Visualization and Data Reduction Needs for Exascale Science Applications appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Researchers are preparing to leverage Argonne's exascale supercomputer and AI to speed up the search for new materials for batteries, catalysts and other applications. The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is building one of the nation's first exascale systems, Aurora. To prepare codes for the architecture and scale of the new supercomputer, [...]The post Argonne's Aurora Supercomputer Set to Supercharge Materials Discovery appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Today marks the launch of insideHPC's new National Lab News portal, a service for the HPC community that highlights and aggregates the use of HPC technologies at supercomputing centers in the United States and around the world. You can access the portal by clicking on the header in the insideHPC navigation bar, (National Lab News"), articles will be listed....The post Announcing insideHPC's New National Lab News Portal appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced its HPE Cray supercomputers were selected byCrusoe, a builder of modular data centers, to power new cloud services designed to drive sustainable computing for generative AI and other compute-intensive workloads. Crusoe will leverage custom HPE Cray XD supercomputers to train and tune large-scale AI models....The post Flare Gas Data Center Company Crusoe Picks HPE for Green GenAI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

With Exascale Day coming up tomorrow, we're kicking off the annual observance with this video from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Once fully operational, the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) first exascale supercomputer will perform critical modeling and simulation functions to support America's nuclear stockpile. But a system as large and complex as El Cap" doesn't magically appear overnight. It takes years of planning and preparation, and hundreds....The post Exascale Day Video: How LLNL's El Capitan Supercomputer Came to Be appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

When LLNL's next-generation supercomputer El Capitan is deployed in 2024, it will likely be the most powerful computing machine in the world, delivering more than two quintillion floating-point operations per second (2 exaFLOPs) in service of its national security missions. Once fully operational, the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) first exascale supercomputer will perform critical [...]The post Building El Capitan: How LLNL's Exascale Supercomputer Came to Be (VIDEO) appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oct. 16, 2023 - The ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) is an allocation program for projects of interest to the Department of Energy (DOE), with an emphasis on high-risk, high-payoff scientific campaigns enabled via high-performance computing (HPC) in areas directly related to the DOE mission, that respond to national emergencies, or that broaden the community [...]The post DOE Announces 2024 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge, Pre-proposals Due Nov. 13 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 16, 2023 -The 2023 John von Neumann Theory Prize, awarded by INFORMS, is bestowed to Christos H. Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis for their significant contributions to the field of operations research and analytics. The combined work of Papadimitriou and Yannakakis, both from Columbia University, has focused on computational complexity theory and providing an [...]The post Two Columbia Univ. Researchers Awarded John von Neumann Theory Prize appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oct. 16, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)announced the selection of the High Performance Data Facility (HPDF) hub,which will create a new scientific user facility specializing in advanced infrastructure for data-intensive science. The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab), Newport News, VA, will be the HPDF Hub Director and the lead infrastructure [...]The post DOE Selects JLab to Be High Performance Data Facility Lead appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

RENO, Nev.-October 16, 2023-CIQ, the company building software infrastructure for enterprises running performance-intensive workloads atop the Rocky Linux enterprise Linux distribution, has published today a story that shows an HPC infrastructure at Texas Tech University's High Performance Computing Center (HPCC). HPC clusters are powerful tools for research and science," said Gregory Kurtzer, founder and CEO [...]The post Texas Tech HPC Center Chooses CIQ for HPC Infrastructure appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A happy mid-October morning to you! Today's HPC News Bytes podcast offers a rapid (5:08) romp through recent HPC developments, including: China's goal of 300 exaflops in 2025; Samsung's 3nm chip win; Exascale Day; fewer women computer scientists since 1984; the GPU competition between NVIDIA, AMD and Intel....The post HPC News Bytes 20231016: China and 300eFLOPS, Samsung's 3nm Order, Exascale Day, Women and Coding, the Coming GPU Battle appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE - October 16, 2023 - Phison Electronics (8299 TT), a NAND controllers and storage company, announced that the company has expanded its portfolio of PCIe 5.0 high-speed transmission solutions with PCIe 5.0, CXL 2.0 compatible redriverandretimerdata signal conditioning IC products. Phison said it is the only signal conditioners provider that offers the widest [...]The post Phison Introduces Signal Conditioner IC Products, Expands PCIe 5.0 Ecosystem appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

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Scandiano, RE (Italy), October 12, 2023 - E4 Computer Engineering announced a partnership with NVIDIA for the Italian launch of NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip, the HBM3e processor for HPC and AI. The new Grace Hopper platform was officially unveiled on October 9 and 10, in the presence of companies such as CERN, University of Pisa, [...]The post E4 Computer Engineering Partners with NVIDIA for Launch of Grace Hopper Superchips in Italy appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Tokyo - Oct. 12, 2023 -NTT Corporation (NTT) said it successfully demonstrated technology that expands transmission capacity while reducing energy use by 67 percent in optical communications platforms; specifically, the C band (near the wavelength of 1550 nm-a major communication wavelength band). To demonstrate this expansion in capacity reduction in power consumption, NTT utilized multi-core [...]The post NTT Reports Increase in Optical Transmission Capacity, Reduced Power Consumption appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOSTON/PARIS, October 12, 2023 - MEGA International, an enterprise architecture SaaS software company, announces the launch of HOPEX Aquila, an AI-driven solution for digital transformation. Leveraging a partnership with Microsoft, HOPEX Aquila includes the launch of the new HOPEX AI Assistant. HOPEX Aquila's enhancements and new capabilities are driven by advanced artificial intelligence and machine [...]The post MEGA International Announces UdpatedAI-driven Enterprise Architecture Platform appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Santa Clara, Calif., Oct. 11, 2023 -- RISC-V computing company SiFive, Inc. today announced two products designed to address new requirements for high performance compute. The SiFive Performance P870 and SiFive Intelligence X390 offer a new level of low power, compute density, and vector compute capability, and when combined provide the necessary performance boost for [...]The post SiFive Announces RISC-V Products for GenAI and ML appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The WHPC Executive Committee, the WHPC SC23 Volunteer Committee and the staff of DoITNow! have announced two Travel Fellows for this year's Supercomptuing Conference being held in Denver. Application to these fellowships was offered to those who successfully submitted to speak during WHPC's Early Career session during the organization's workshop on November 13th. The resulting [...]The post Women in HPC Announces SC23 Travel Fellowship Award Winners appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A news story in the Korean news publication Pulse reported today that Samsung electronics has confirmed "a new order for 3-nanometer high performance server chips." The Pulse story stated that semiconductor designer ADTechnology Co., a Korea-based design solution partner of Samsung and member of the AADP (ArmApproved Design Partners) has contracted with "an overseas....."The post Report: Samsung Secures Order for 3nm Server Chips for US Company Involved in HPC' appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Santa Clara, CA - October 11, 2023 - Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, maker of FPGAs and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, announced in partnership with Myrtle.ai an accelerated automatic speech recognition (ASR) solution based on the Speedster7t FPGA. This solution converts spoken language to text in over 1,000 concurrent real-time streams with high accuracy and fast response [...]The post Achronix Announces FPGA-Powered Automatic Speech Recognition Solution appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Paris - October 11, 2023 - Eviden, an Atos Groupbusiness, today announces its Trustway IP Protect IPSec network security solution will soon support post-quantum algorithms, and expands strategic partnership with CryptoNext Security, a post-quantum cryptography company. As quantum computers are a soon-to-become reality, Eviden anticipates its arrival along with its associated security risks by upgrading [...]The post Eviden Expands Partnership with CryptoNext Security appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

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PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., MILAN -October 11, 2023 -D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) and Satispay, an Italian fintech company focused on mobile payments, today said they have built a quantum-hybrid application designed to optimize customer rewards initiatives. Using D-Wave's constrained quadratic model (CQM) hybrid solver, the application showed an improvement of 50 percent in [...]The post D-Wave and Satispay Announce Quantum-hybrid Application for European Payment Network appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The People's Republic of China, so cagy in recent years regarding its leadership-class supercomputing resources, on Sunday declared its intent to exceed 300 exaflops of aggregate computing power within two years, a 50 percent increase over its current stated capacity of 200 exaflops. This in the face of tightening sanctions imposed by the U.S. on the export of....The post China Intends to Exceed 300 Exaflops Aggregate Compute Power by 2025 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Reykjavik - October 10th, 2023-atNorth, a Nordic colocation for HPC and AI, has announced its expansion into Denmark with a new data center in Ballerup, Greater Copenhagen. The first phase will go live in Q4 2024 following a swift 12-month build. The site, called DEN01, will be atNorth's ninth data center and marks its presence [...]The post atNorth Announces 30MW Data Center in Copenhagen for HPC, AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - October 10, 2023- Hitachi Vantara, an infrastructure, data management and digital solutions subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Onea single hybrid cloud data platform. Having acommon data plane across structured and unstructured data in block, file, and object storage allows businesses to run different types [...]The post Hitachi VantaraLaunches Hybrid Virtual Cloud Storage Platform appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 10, 2023 - AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Nod.ai, intended to expand the company's open AI software capabilities. AMD said the addition of Nod.ai will bring an experienced team that has developed an industry-leading software technology that accelerates the deployment of AI solutions [...]The post AMD Acquires Open-Source AI Software Nod.ai appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day/Columbus Day! Here we offer a fast (5:06) run-through of recent HPC news, including: First exascale supercomputer in Europe; Hyperion Research survey on LLMs in HPC; AD Little on quantum myths and opportunities; Kurzweil on human immortality by 2030...The post HPC News Bytes 20231009: Europe's 1st Exascale System; Surging LLM Demand in HPC; Quantum Myths; Human Immortality in 2030 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Quantum systems will potentially be exponentially more powerful than other forms of computing. That's a good thing, of course, but it's also true that quantum is proportionately more complicated than other technologies, making reading and talking about it more difficult by orders of magnitude. That's why a new paper from Arthur D. Little comes as a breath of fresh air....The post AD Little on Quantum: 4 Myths and 5 Ways to Get Started appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. - Oct. 6, 2023 - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for September 2023: On a consolidated basis, revenue for the month was approximately NT$180.43 billion, a decrease of 4.4 percent from August 2023 and a decrease of 13.4 percent from September 2022. TSMC revenue [...]The post TSMC September Net Revenue Down 13% YoY appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.