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Maisons-Laffitte (France), 14th November 2022 – SiPearl, the HPC microprocessor designer for European supercomputers, and AMD announced a joint offering for exascale supercomputing in Europe combining SiPearl’s HPC microprocessor, Rhea, with AMD Instinct accelerators. The latter chip, along with AMD EPYC CPUs, power Frontier, the world’s first exascale-class system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Initially, […]The post SiPearl and AMD in Partnership for Exascale Supercomputing in Europe appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Managers from two AI powerhouses, NVIDIA and NetApp, sat down with us to talk about the multi-year partnership between the two companies, along with its latest joint solutions, which are considerable. From NetApp we have Firmware Engineer Chris Weber and from NVIDIA we have Shawn Kaiser, Senior Product Manager. They discuss a slew of advancements across AI-related hardware and software capabilities including joint activity around NVIDIA’s DGX SuperPOD along with BasePOD, an expansionThe post At SC22: New Offerings from NetApp-NVIDIA Partnership for Scalable, Flexible AI Deployments appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The backdrop of this year's SC22 conference is the rising trade conflict between the U.S. and China and the Administration's increasing restrictions on exports of technology driving the development of advanced chips -- the chips that poweer supercomputers. Our special guest on the @HPCpodcast is author Chris Miller, whose new book, Chip War, is a history and analysis of the growing role of the semiconductor industry in global economic and military competitiveness. Miller is associate professor of international history at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy....The post @HPCpodcast: Chip War Author Chris Miller on the Escalating U.S.-China Technology Trade Conflict appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

MILPITAS, Calif. – NOVEMBER 10, 2022 – Big Memory software comopany MemVerge has announced it has developed software-defined Compute Express Link (CXL) memory management products that run on 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors featuring support for CXL 1.1+ specifications. AMD has a long history of x86 firsts, and the innovation continues in the 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors […]The post MemVerge Unveils Software-Defined CXL Memory Applications for 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Newark, Calif. – November 10, 2022 – TYAN, a server platform design manufacturer and a MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation subsidiary, today introduced AMD EPYC 9004 Series processor-based server platforms highlighting energy efficiency and performance breakthroughs designed for next generation server architecture for data centers. “Facing the post-COVID economy world, data centers are required to build on more […]The post TYAN Announces Systems Powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

These are heady days at Argonne National Laboratory -- more particularly, at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, which we visited earlier this week. To accommodate the ALCF's new exascale system, Aurora, now undergoing installation, the ALCF built more than a computer room, it added a computer wing -- a computer building -- to the facility. As system footprints go, Aurora is impressive. We talked with ALCF leaders Rick Stevens and Mike Papka....The post Aurora Update from Argonne, and a Look at Leadership Supercomputing on the Horizon appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

November 10, 2022 – GIGABYTE Technology, (TWSE: 2376), a maker of high-performance servers and workstations, today announced its portfolio of products ready to support the new AMD EPYC 9004 Series Processors in the first wave of GIGABYTE solutions that will target a demanding workloads that include GPU-centric, high-density, edge, and general computing. A new x86 […]The post GIGABYTE Announces Portfolio of Enterprise Solutions with New AMD EPYC Processors appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) today announced new PowerEdge servers with 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors that the company said delivers more than twice the power of previous-generation PowerEdge systems. The new servers are designed for such workloads as data analytics, AI, high performance computing (HPC) and virtualization. Available in one- and two-socket configurations, the system offer […]The post Dell Announces PowerEdge Servers with 4th Gen AMD EPYCs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Today at an AMD event in San Francisco, the company announced the general availability of the 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors built on the “Zen 4” core for data center servers running compute-intensive workloads. AMD said the new EPYCs can provide up to 2.8X more performance than competing x86 chips with up to 54 percent […]The post AMD Announces GA of 4th Gen EPYC Processors appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

With use cases like computer vision, natural language processing, predictive modeling, and much more, deep learning (DL) provides the kinds of far-reaching applications that change the way technology can impact human existence. The possibilities are limitless, and we’ve just scratched the surface of its potential. There are three significant obstacles for you to be aware of when designing a deep learning infrastructure: scalability, customizing for each workload, and optimizing workload performance.The post Overcoming Challenges to Deep Learning Infrastructure appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED CONTENT] Lenovo’s decade-long stream of advancements in liquid cooling technology for its HPC-class servers will be a focus of activity for the company at the SC22 conference (booth 1204) from Nov. 14-17 in Dallas. The company also will be demonstrating new server platforms powered by the latest AMD, Intel and NVIDIA processors, along with the company’s TruScale HPC-as-a-Service capabilities and other advanced computing developments.The post Lenovo at SC22: Neptune™ Liquid Cooling Technology, HPC Servers Powered by New AMD, Intel and NVIDIA Chips, TruScale HPC-as-a-Service appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SC22 is around the corner, and there’s a special feeling surrounding this year’s annual conference, it being the first SC many of us will have attended in person since 2019. Getting the most out of the conference in Dallas next week calls for good preparation, so as an assist to attendees we spoke with three industry thought leaders – Katie Antypas of NERSC, Earl Joseph of Hyperion Research and Addison Snell of Intersect360 Research – about conference events, keynotes and potential news developments they think will be worthy of your attention.The post Preparing for SC22: 3 HPC Thought Leaders on Sessions to Go to, Trends to Watch Next Week in Dallas appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2022 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today at the IBM Quantum Summit 2022 that Vodafone Group is collaborating with IBM on quantum-safe cybersecurity, and also joining the IBM Quantum Network, which will give the company cloud access to IBM’s advanced quantum computing systems, as well as IBM’s industry-leading quantum expertise. The multinational telecommunications company will […]The post Vodafone Partners with IBM to Prepare for the Quantum Era of Applications in Telecom appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CHATSWORTH, Calif., – Nov. 9, 2022 – DDN, the artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-cloud data management solutions company, is growing its services offerings with embedded onsite professionals and managed services to support in-house technology teams. DDN said it has technologists that can serve as Storage Account Managers, Technical Account Managers and Storage Analysts, and already has […]The post DDN Announces Expanded Services Portfolio appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN MATEO, Calif. – November 9, 2022 – Neo4j, a graph technology company, announced today the general availability of Neo4j 5, the cloud-ready graph database. The company said Neo4j 5 widens the performance lead of native graphs over traditional databases while providing easier scale-out and scale-up across any deployment, whether on-premises, in the cloud, hybrid, […]The post Neo4j Announces GA of Graph Database Neo4j 5 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Paris, Nov. 8, 2022 – IBM Quantum Network member Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale and IBM today announced that they have started the discovery phase of an engagement to include exploring applicability of quantum computing to banking and insurance use cases and development of a proof of concept and have started workforce development. This engagement marks the […]The post Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale Launches Quantum Computing Readiness with IBM appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Intel today officially announced its long awaited, next-generation server chips: the Xeon CPU Max, known to date as “Sapphire Rapids,” and the Data Center GPU Max, which for more than two years has been known – and been a focal point of scrutiny, speculation and frustration – as “Ponte Vecchio.” Both chips have been delayed, […]The post It’s Official: Intel Announces Ponte Vecchio and Sapphire Rapids, Hints at ‘Falcon Shores’ XPU in 2024 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Third-party performance benchmarks show CPUs with HBM2e memory now have sufficient memory bandwidth and computational capabilities to match GPU performance on many HPC and AI workloads. Recent Intel and third-party benchmarks now provide hard evidence that the upcoming Intel® Xeon® processors codenamed Sapphire Rapids with high bandwidth memory (fast, high bandwidth HBM2e memory) and Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions can match the performance of GPUs for many AI and HPC workloads.The post Recent Results Show HBM Can Make CPUs the Desired Platform for AI and HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

London — 2nd November, 2022 – High performance data center vendor Kao Data has announced it has joined University Technical College (UTC) Heathrow’s Digital Futures Programme to help support and educate the next generation of data centre engineers. Following the launch of the Kao Academy in May 2022, which was recently nominated for an Open:UK […]The post Kao Data Joins UTC Heathrow’s ‘Digital Futures’ Program appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Amazon Web Services said in a blog post today that in partnership with start-up TidalScale it has taken on the problem of scaling up on the AWS cloud platform. The result of joint work between the two companies means AWS users “can now aggregate the CPUs, memory, network, interrupts, and storage of multiple AWS bare […]The post AWS and Start-up TidalScale: Scaling Up in the Cloud appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Long-time HPC industry veteran and HPE executive Bill Mannel has been named Chief Technologist for Americas HPC & AI Solution Sales at HPE. Mannel joined HPE in 2014, serving as vice president and general manager of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence. Of his new role, Mannel said on his LinkedIn profile, “I’ll be working closely […]The post Industry Veteran Bill Mannel Takes on New HPC-AI Role at HPE appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced new ProLiant Gen11 servers available for on-premises infrastructures or through HPE’s GreenLake as-a-service platform. The new servers are designed for compute- and data-intensive workloads, such as AI, machine learning, analytics, rendering, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and virtualization. The servers support several architectures, including 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors, […]The post HPE Introduces ProLiant Gen11 Servers for On-prem or via GreenLake As-a-Service appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 31, 2022 — Aviatrix, maker of Intelligent Cloud Networking, today announced CostIQ, which leverages distributed telemetry built into its cloud network to measure usage of shared cloud network resources by accountable cost centers. Enterprise business teams are under pressure to manage cloud spend and CostIQ delivers accurate chargeback or showback allocations […]The post Aviatrix Launches CostIQ for Cloud Cost Monitoring appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

IRVINE, Calif. October 31, 2022 – Edge cloud services company Zadara today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with KINX Inc., an internet infrastructure service company, to provide its zStorage, storage-as-a-service, to the Korean market through KINX’s CloudHub. Configured as a private network, KINX’s CloudHub is the largest cloud platform in Korea, connecting nine of the leading […]The post Zadara and KINX Enter Partnership to Power Korean Multi-Cloud Environments appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, and Santa Clara, Calif., — October 31, 2022 — Supply chain security company Finite State and RKVST have announced a partnership to bring together Finite State’s product security automation with RKVST’s zero trust-based supply chain evidence platform. The partnership will focus on bringing visibility to a major market need: collaboration between device manufacturers and asset owners […]The post Finite State and RKVST Announce IoT Software Supply Chain Security Partnership appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Emerging CDI technologies allow you to achieve the cost and availability benefits of cloud computing using on-premises networking equipment. You also benefit from extreme flexibility, being able to dynamically recompose systems and support nearly any workload. Thanks to innovative engineering, these benefits are now available on the edge. ​The post Successfully Deploy Composable Infrastructure on the Edge to Improve HPC and AI Outside of Traditional Data Centers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

October 28, 2022 — SEATTLE — Qumulo, a petabyte-scale data storage company, today announced its position as a leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage for the fifth consecutive year. Gartner, Inc. positioned Qumulo in the leaders quadrant based on its completeness of vision and ability to execute. […]The post Qumulo Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HPE continued its strong showing in the HPC weather sector with the announcement it has built a 401.4 teraFLOPS supercomputer for the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) to advance forecasting and tropical climate research for Singapore and the broader Southeast Asia region. The system delivers nearly twice the performance and advanced capabilities across compute, storage, software […]The post HPE Weather HPC System Stood up at Meteorological Service Singapore appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

In this sponsored post from our friends over at One Stop Systems, Product Marketing Manager, Braden Cooper discusses how the latest high-performance computing systems for AI applications generate more heat than ever before. Datacenters have begun adoption of immersion cooling solutions that immerse the temperature-sensitive electronics in a non-conductive fluid which efficiently dissipates the heat.The post Immersion Cooling for Transportable HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Tokyo, October 26, 2022 – Rakuten Symphony Inc. and CIQ, Inc. today announced the availability and support of the Rocky Linux operating system for handling demanding radio signal processing software workloads. “Open source communities encourage innovation through collaboration. Without them, many of the technologies we take for granted today would never have developed, or would […]The post Rakuten Symphony Telecom and CIQ Bring Open Source and Open Community to Open RAN Deployments with Rocky Linux appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., October 25, 2022 — Verge.io, the company with a simpler way to virtualize data centers, today announced the appointment of Mike Wall as chairman of its board of directors due to growth in market opportunity for its virtualization software that provides a common platform from the edge to the public cloud and all […]The post Mike Wall Named Verge.io Chairman of the Board appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HPC workloads place considerable demands on compute hardware and IT infrastructures, which is why most organizations have traditionally kept HPC applications on-premises in their local data centers. Several cloud providers now offer specific HPC services and capabilities, but you’ll need to understand and address several factors before running HPC applications in the public cloud instead of locally in your own data center.The post Factors to Understand to Maximize Cloud HPC Investments for Your Organization appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

oneAPI offers an open industry effort supported by over 100 organizations. oneAPI is an open, unified, cross-architecture programming model for CPUs and accelerator architectures (GPUs, FPGAs, and others). Based on standards, the programming model simplifies software development and delivers uncompromised performance for accelerated compute without proprietary lock-in, while enabling the integration of existing code. With oneAPI, developers can choose the best architecture for the specific problem they are trying to solve without needing to rewrite software for the next architecture and platform.The post Advancing HPC through oneAPI Heterogeneous Programming in Academia & Research appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.