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BUSAN, South Korea,Jan. 29, 2024 - IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced that Korea Quantum Computing (KQC) has engaged IBM to offer IBM's AI software and infrastructure, as well as quantum computing services. KQC's ecosystem of users will have access to IBM's full stack solution for AI, including watsonx, an AI and data platform to train, tune [...]The post Korea Quantum Computing and IBM Collaborate appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOULDER, CO - Al Anderson, Chief Information Officer at Salish Kootenai College (SKC) in Pablo, MT, and Dr. Kayla Sprenger, Assistant Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department and faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, have been named as keynote speakers for the 14thannualRocky Mountain Advanced Computing [...]The post Keynote Speakers Named forRMACC's HPC Symposium appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

By Timothy Sherbak, Quantum Corp. || The storage needs for organizations working to exploit AI have now bifurcated. While high performance solid-state storage is essential to power AI workloads and deliver real-time analytics and processing using hot" data, there's also the need to store, protect and retain massive data sets for extended periods of time and make them available for analysis on a random, but semi-regular, basis. Sound familiar, HPC community?The post What AI Can Learn from HPC about Data Storage appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A good January morning to you! It was an interesting week in HPC-AI, here's a rapid (6:07) rundown of the latest doings, including: Italy energy giant Eni's 600 PFLOPS HPE supercomputer, Intel opens....The post HPC News Bytes: Eni's Monster HPE Supercomputer, Intel's New Mexico Fab, NSF's AI Research Resource, D-Wave and IonQ Quantum Advancements appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NEW YORK - January 26, 2024 - AI data platform company VAST Data today announced a strategic partnership with Genesis Cloud, an iInfrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider for GPUs and accelerators in the cloud. Their partnership is intended to make AI and accelerated cloud computing more efficient, scalable and accessible to organizations across the globe. Genesis Cloud [...]The post VAST Data and Genesis Cloud Partner for AI Cloud Infrastructure appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Paris - January 25, 2024 -Eviden, theAtosGroup business leading in digital, cloud, big data, and security, and Microsoft today announced a five-year strategic partnership designed to expand their existing collaboration with new and innovative Microsoft Cloud and AI-powered solutions for industries. This announcement is part of Eviden's overall partnership & alliance strategy to reinforce and [...]The post Eviden and Microsoft Announce 5-Year Cloud & AI Partnership appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

London, 24th January 2024 - AI and advanced computing data center company Kao Data announced it has completed a new, 206 million debt raise, with an accompanying accordion facility extendable to 356 million, via Deutsche Bank. The announcement marks a step forward for Kao Data, providing debt financing to fast-track its new contracted developments with [...]The post Kao Data Completes 206M Debt Raise with Deutsche Bank for Data Center Expansion appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

In this conversation, Dr. Humble discusses how quantum computing works, how far along toward commercial viability the technology is, how to sort through the various quantum modalities under development, quantum's relationship with AI, the key....The post @HPCpodcast: The State of Quantum with DOE's Dr. Travis Humble appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - January 25, 2024 - Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) today announced that it hit its target technical milestone of 35 algorithmic qubits (#AQ) a year ahead of schedule. The company said this milestone was achieved on IonQ Forte and leveraged IonQ's high-fidelity trapped ion qubits and all-to-all connected architecture. At [...]The post IonQ Announces Quantum Technical Achievement a Year Ahead of Schedule appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.,Jan. 25, 2024 - Forward Networks has launched AI Assist, a generative AI feature integrated into its platform, Forward Enterprisethat aims to empower NetOps, SecOps, and CloudOps professionals, enabling them to gain insights and expedite solutions for network challenges through natural language prompts. Recognizing the persistent need for enhanced access to hybrid, multi-cloud [...]The post Forward Networks Unveils GenAI Features appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Intel said Fab 9 will help fuel the next era of Intel's advanced packaging technologies. As the semiconductor industry moves into the heterogeneous era that uses multiple'chiplets' in a package, advanced packaging technologies offer a path toward 1 trillion transistors on a chip....The post Intel Opens Advanced Fab in New Mexico appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HPE disclosed that its email system was hacked by a Russia-sponsored actor known as Midnight Blizzard, also called Cozy Bear. In a regulatory filing, HPE reported it was notified in December 2023 that the threat actor accessed and exfiltrated data beginning in May 2023 from a small percentage....The post HPE Breached by Russia-Backed Hackers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HOUSTON - Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced an expanded leadership role effective February 1, 2024 for Neil MacDonald, pictured here,an eight-year veteran of HPE who has been appointed to lead the company's HPC & AI business segment in addition to leading its Compute Business Unit. MacDonald will continue to report to president and [...]The post HPE Announces Neil MacDonald as Leader of HPC and AI Business Segment appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

TORONTO - January 24, 2024 - Advanced computing startup Agnostiq, Inc. today announced the integration of NexGen Cloud'sHyperstackGPU compute resources into itsCovalent Cloud offering. Covalent Cloud customers will now gain access to Hyperstack's GPU hardware, including the NVIDIA H100, A100, L40, and more. This partnership increases the amount of GPU resources available in the Covalent [...]The post Agnostiq Partners With Nexgen Cloud's Hyperstack Platform for Added GPU Capacity appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

January 24, 2024 - Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation and collaborating agencies launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot, which the NSF called a first step towards realizing the vision for a shared research infrastructure that will strengthen and democratize access to critical resources necessary to power responsible AI discovery and innovation." [...]The post NSF to Launch Advanced Computing National AI Research Resource Pilot appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Jan 24, 2024 - SnapLogic today unveiled GenAI Builder, a no-code generative AI application development product for enterprise applications and services. The product is compatible with legacy mainframe data, modern databases and APIs, the company said, enabling it to leverage conversational AI for customer, employee and partner digital experiences. Generative AI [...]The post SnapLogic Announces GenAI Builder appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., - January 23, 2024 - Quantum computing company D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) announced it has calibrated a 1,200+ qubit Advantage2 prototype, which will soon be available in the company's Leap real-time quantum cloud service. Developed with a new lower-noise, multilayer superconducting integrated-circuit fabrication stack, the new Advantage2 prototype demonstrates [...]The post D-Wave Announces 1,200+ Qubit Advantage2 Prototype appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BURNABY, B.C., PALO ALTO, Calif., TORONTO - January 23, 2024 - Quantum computing company D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) announced an alliance with Deloitte Canada to expedite the exploration and adoption of quantum computing solutions among governments and businesses in Canada. This collaboration with D-Wave aims to accelerate the adoption of near-term quantum technologies, such [...]The post D-Wave Joins with Deloitte Canada on Quantum appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Jan. 23, 2024 - The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold an online webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 31 from 11 am - noon Central Time providing an overview of visualization on ALCF's Polaris system. Presenters will be the ALCF Visualization and Data Analysis Team: Joseph Insley, Silvio Rizzi, Victor Mateevitsi and Janet Knowles. Registration and [...]The post ALCF Developer Series: Visualization on Polaris, Jan. 31 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Italian energy giant Eni, long in the vanguard of commercial adoption of supercomputing, announced it is acquiring a monstrous 600 Pflops HPE-Cray EX4000 HPC system comprised of 3472 nodes, each one with a 64-core AMD EPYC CPU and four high-performance AMD Instinct MI250X GPUs, for a total of 13,888 accelerators. At 600 Pflops, the system would be placed third on the current TOP500 list....The post Italian Energy Company Eni Acquiring 600 PFLOPS AMD-Powered HPE-Cray EX HPC System appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

This morning, Eviden made it official: it has been awarded a contract by Julich Supercomputing Centre in Germany to build the modular data center to host the EuroHPC JUPITER supercomputer, Europe's first exascale system. This is not surprising because last October it was announced....The post Eviden to Deliver Modular Data Center for Europe's 1st Exascale System appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

January 22, 2024 -The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science,Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program, is issuing a $100 million funding opportunity announcement for new and renewing Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs). BES is soliciting new applications for basic science in two topical areas: 1) co-design of materials and processes to revolutionize fabrication for microelectronics [...]The post DOE Office of Science: $100M Funding Opportunity for Energy Frontier Research Centers appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Happy mid-winter morn to you! Here's a quick (6:05) trip through the latest in HPC-AI: Synopsys-Ansys, Meta's billions for NVIDIA GPUs, OpenAI to build new chips and fabs, quantum partnerships, Quantinuum raises $300M.The post HPC News Bytes 20240122: Synopsis-Ansys Deal, Meta's Billions for NVIDIA GPUs, OpenAI's New Chips and Fabs, Quantum in the News appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] Across industries cloud-based high performance computing (HPC) is on the rise. Find out from AWS and NVIDIA how GPU-accelerated compute is helping organizations run more HPC workloads and AI/ML jobs faster, in a more energy-efficient way.The post GPU-powered HPC Workloads in the Cloud with AWS and NVIDIA appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

We offer these predictions across a range of developments, trends and challenges facing the HPC-AI industry in 2024. Some take on the entrepreneurial spirit of business consultant Peter Drucker and his famous call-to-arms: "The best....The post Predictions 2024: HPC-AI, Quantum, Storage and Data Management, Optical Computing, Containers, GenAI - Where It's All Going appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The advanced chips sector and its geopolitical significance is in the news this week as a Reuters story reports that Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches of NVIDIA semiconductors," including....The post Chip War: Banned NVIDIA GPUs Trickle into China, TSMC Shares Jump on AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

There are those who still insist quantum computing is a false dream and a fool's errand, but quantum continues to make incursions into broader validation and wider backing. Example: Quantum computing company Quantinuum, the result of a November 2021 merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions....The post Quantum: Honeywell Closes $300M Round for Quantinuum appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Jan. 17, 2024 - D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS), a maker of quantum computing systems, software, and services, today announced the addition of Kirstjen Nielsen, former U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security from 2017-19, to its board of directors. Secretary Nielsen is an internationally recognized expert and proven leader on security issues critical [...]The post D-Wave Names Former Secretary of Homeland Security to Board of Directors appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SUNNYVALE, CA and PITTSBURGH, PA, January 16, 2024-Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS) andAnsys(NASDAQ: ANSS) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Synopsys will acquire Ansys. Under the terms of the agreement, Ansys shareholders will receive $197.00 in cash and 0.3450 shares of Synopsys common stock for each Ansys share, representing an enterprise [...]The post Synopsys to Acquire Ansys appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 - Quantum software company Q-CTRL announced it has entered a partnership with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to explore potential quantum computing and sensing applications for geological sciences. USGS is a scientific agency that researches Earth systems. Its mission is to make scientific data available to help people understand [...]The post Q-CTRL and US Geological Survey in Quantum Partnership appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

RALEIGH, N.C. - JAN. 16, 2024 - Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat Developer Hub, an internal developer platform(IDP) based onBackstage, an open source Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project. Featuring a self-service portal, standardized software templates, plug-in management, enterprise role based access control (RBAC) and support, Red Hat Developer Hub [...]The post Red Hat Developer Hub Now Available appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

January 16, 2023, Boston and Perth, Australia - Neutral-atom quantum computing company QuEra Computing and Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre today announced a quantum technology partnership. Teams from QuEra and Pawsey are already collaborating on research projects focused on quantum science and technology that will contribute to scientific and commercial innovation across industries, including national labs. [...]The post QuEra and Pawsey Partner on Quantum and HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A happy mid-winter morning to you. Here's a rapid (5:06) rundown of recent developments in the world of HPC-AI, including: RIKEN's hybrid quantum-classical HPC platform with Quantinuum, Google in $1.67B AI chip patent trial....The post HPC News Bytes 20240115: RIKEN's HPC-Quantum Platform, RFP for Post-Exascale, HPE Acquires Juniper, Google: AI Chip Trial, No Cloud Exit Fees appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Starting January 11, Google Cloud customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate their data to another cloud provider and/or on premises, can take advantage of free network data transfer to migrate their data out of Google Cloud. This applies to all customers globally. More information can be found....The post Google Cloud Waves Exit Fees appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Designing an AI specialty chip that gains traction is a sure way to riches. That's why so much money - $1.67 billion - is at stake in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against Google. Reuters reported this week on a federal trial in Boston in which computer scientist Joseph Bates, founder of Singular Computing, Cambridge, MA, has alleged Google ....The post Google in $1.67B AI Chip Patent Infringement Trial appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Jan. 12, 2024 - The Open Compute Project announced the formation of its inaugural advisory board. In an effort to foster diversity and inclusivity in other market segments and geographies of the Community, OCP is creating an OCP Advisory Board," the organization said. Application information can be found here. The application process closes Wednesday, Feb. [...]The post Open Compute Project: Inaugural Advisory Board Applications Deadline Feb. 7 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR ) program in the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Office of Science has announces its interest in advanced scientific computing research portfolios for accelerating discovery and innovation in support of the DOE mission. Deadline for Letter of Intent (required):February 27, 2024 at 5 pm ET Deadline for Proposals:April 30, 2024 [...]The post DOE ASCR Program Announces $60M for Advanced Scientific Computing Proposals appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Sherbrooke, Quebec, January 11, 2024 - AI research institute Mila announ ced a partnership with neutral atom quantum computing company PASQAL to exploratore enhancing generative modeling with quantum computing benchmarking and coupling with tensor networks. Adding to Mila's community of nearly a dozen partners in the quantum space, this collaboration also aims to gather a [...]The post PASQAL Partners with Mila for Generative Modeling in Quantum AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Jan. 11, 2024-Ayar Labs, a company focused on silicon photonics for chip-to-chip connectivity, today announced two additions to its Board of Directors. Ganesh Moorthy, President and CEO of Microchip Technology Inc., and Craig Barratt, former CEO of Atheros and current Chair of the Board of Intuitive Surgical, will join the company's [...]The post Ayar Labs Names New CTO, Adds Barratt, Moorthy to Board appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

January 10, 2024-Wilmington, MA and Palo Alto, CA - Semiconduct company Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI) and AI platform developer SambaNova Systems announced that ADI is deploying SambaNova Suite for its global AI strategy, making AI pervasive enterprise-wide," ADI said. ADI is synonymous with innovation, and we have a legacy of technology leadership in bridging [...]The post Analog Devices Deploys SambaNova for GenAI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOSTON, January 9, 2024 - Quantum computing company QuEra has announced a roadmap for a series of error-corrected quantum computers starting in 2024 and culminating in a system with 100 logical error-corrected qubits. QuEra's roadmap outlines a three-phase release: 2024: Launching a quantum computer with 10 logical qubits,transversal gate capability, and over 256 physical qubits. [...]The post QuEra Releases Quantum Roadmap appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it will acquire AI-native networks company Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR)in an all-cash transaction for $40.00 per share, an equity value of approximately $14 billion.... This transaction will strengthen HPE's position at the nexus of accelerating macro-AI trends, expand our total addressable market, and drive further...The post HPE to Acquire Juniper Networks appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Quantum computing company Quantinuum and Japanese research institution and HPC center RIKEN announced that Quantinuum will provide RIKEN access to its H1-Series ion-trap quantum computing technology. The deployment will be part of RIKEN's project to build a quantum-HPC hybrid platform that will include RIKEN's Arm-based Fugaku supercomputer....The post RIKEN Selects Quantinuum for Hybrid Quantum-HPC Platform appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The deadline is Monday, Jan. 15, to register for the free, online series Introduciton to AI-Driven Science on Supercomputers," hosted by the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF). The series will focus on teaching the fundamentals of using world-class supercomputers to advance the use of AI for research. Registration and other information can be found here. [...]The post ALCF Student Training Series: Intro to AI-Driven Science on Supercomputers, Feb. 6-March 26 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

As part of the Alps" research infrastructure, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano is deploying hardware and software at various locations within Switzerland. This distributed infrastructure is designed to increase the efficiency and resilience of CSCS services. The extension of Alps" to....The post Switzerland's Alps' HPC Infrastructure Extended Across Multiple Locations appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Nuclear fusion processes similar to the sun's have the potential to transform energy production on earth. At least that's the goal of California-based TAE Technologies, which plans to build the world's first prototype hydrogen-boron fusion power plant, called Da Vinci, in the early 2030s. With Da Vinci, TAE's seventh-generation test....The post Exascale for Hot Fusion': Earthly Effort to Produce the Same Energy that Powers the Sun appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

A good January morning to you! Here's a brief (5:14) run-down of goings-on in HPC-AI: Ericsson may beat Intel to the Intel 4 process punch, AI a bright spot on 2023 venture landscape, Samsung optimizes CXL for RHEL, new quantum cybersecurity reearch.The post HPC News Bytes 20240108: Ericsson and the Intel 4 Process, AI and VC in 2023, Samsung and CXL for RHEL, Quantum Cybersecurity appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.