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Washington, D.C. and Santa Clara, CA- May 7, 2025 - Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a hybrid multicloud computing company, and data storage platform companyPure Storage today announced a partnership aimed at providing an integrated solution for deploying and managing virtual workloads on a scalable infrastructure. The companies said the solution comes at a pivotal time for [...]The post Nutanix Partners with Pure Storage appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

OKLAHOMA CITY - May 7, 2025 - Nortek Data Center Cooling (Nortek DCC), a Madison Air company, announced updates to StatePoint, its hybrid liquid cooling system, and the launch of C-Force, an end-to-end solutions model. Nortek DCC formalized its end-to-end solutions model: C-Force, an integrated team of engineers who serve customers throughout the lifecycle of [...]The post Nortek DCC Unveils Lifecycle Model and Hybrid Cooling appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

New York & Paris, 6 May 2025. Owkin, an agentic AI company, has launched K Navigator, an AI-powered research co-pilot designed to revolutionize biomedical science. K Navigator is an agentic playground where researchers can explore, refine, and validate hypotheses, accelerating the quality and pace of their discoveries. With K Navigator, Owkin moves closer to its [...]The post Owkin Launches K Navigator, Agentic Co-pilot for Biomedical Research appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Researchers at PNNL are building a proof-in-concept agent-based platform that incorporates different commercially available AI models and several tools to accelerate innovation in an area of chemistry known as catalysis.The post AI Agents Drive Autonomous Research at PNNL appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

San Jose-based Aviz Networks announced a suite of software-based management and monitoring tools that support NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform.The post PROFILE: Aviz Networks Helps Manage and Monitor Spectrum-X Ethernet Networks for AI at Scale appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Milpitas, Calif. - May 6, 2025-Penguin Solutions(Nasdaq: PENG) today announced a strategic agreement with CDW, which will make the full portfolio of Penguin Solutions' AI infrastructure offerings available to CDW's customer base. Penguin Solutions' OriginAI factory infrastructuresolution and its set of management software tools and services provide the foundation to design, build, deploy and manage [...]The post Penguin Solutions Signs AI Infrastructure Deal with CDW appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

San Francisco, 06 May 2025: Trilobio, which is building an automated robotic lab-in-a-box for biologists, today announced it has raised $8 million USD Seed investment. The oversubscribed round was led by Initialized Capital, including participation from Argon Ventures and Lowercarbon Capital. Trilobio was founded in 2021 to address data quality and reproducibility challenges limiting research [...]The post Trilobio Raises $8M for Biologists' Lab-in-a-Box' Automation appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HAMBURG, May 5, 2025 - The ISC HPC conference announced that Dr. Lin Gan of Tsinghua University in China has been selected as the recipient of the ISC 2025 Jack Dongarra Early Career Award.The post ISC: Chinese Researcher Dr. Lin Gan Wins Jack Dongarra Early Career Award appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Good May morning to you! Here's a somewhat rapid (10:11) run-through of recent news from the world of HPC-AI ....The post HPC News Bytes 20250505: Japan's Rapidus 2nm Chips, $7T Data Center Forecast, NVIDIA and Trade Restrictions, Godfather of AI' Issues Warning appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

May 5, 2025 - Qoro and Galicia Supercomputing Center (CESGA) recently collaborated to explore the potential of scalable, distributed quantum circuit simulations using high-performance computing. Dr. Andres Gomez, Applications & Projects Dept. Manager, lead his team focussed on application support to CESGA's supercomputing users and the promotion and management of R&D&I projects. This two-week pilot [...]The post Qoro Quantum and CESGA: Exploring Scalable Quantum Computing with HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Sunnyvale, CA - Meta has teamed with Cerebras on AI inference in Meta's new Llama API, combining Meta's open-source Llama models with inference technology from Cerebras. Developers building on the Llama 4 Cerebras model in the API can expect speeds up to 18 times faster than traditional GPU-based solutions, according to Cerebras. This acceleration unlocks [...]The post AI Inference: Meta Collaborates with Cerebras on Llama API appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BEAVERCREEK, Ohio,May 1, 2025- InfiniteTactics, a Veteran-Owned Small Business and mission partner to DoD and military, today announced that its Analytics Gatewayplatform has received fullAuthority to Operate (ATO), formally integrating secure on-demand AWS GovCloud-based HPC as a new access resource under theDoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). The approved solution Analytics Gateway, known asAWS-Gate, [...]The post ATO Approved: InfiniteTactics Extends DoD's HPC Modernization Program to the Cloud appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CARLSBAD, Calif.- Edge-to-core AI platform company GigaIO today announced the next phase of its partnership with d-Matrix to deliver an inference solution for enterprises deploying AI at scale. Integrating d-Matrix's Corsair inference platform into GigaIO's SuperNODE architecture creates a solution designed to eliminate the complexity and performance bottlenecks traditionally associated with large-scale AI inference deployment." [...]The post GigaIO and d-Matrix to Build Inference Platform for Enterprise AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the recipients of three prestigious technical awards. This year's awardees are recognized for groundbreaking innovations ....The post NCSA's Gropp, Argonne Researchers among Winners of 3 ACM Technical Awards appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Oakland, Calif., May 1, 2025 - Data movement company Fivetran today announced an agreement to acquire Census, a company focused on reverse ETL, data activation and operational analytics. With this acquisition, Fivetran said it becomes the only fully managed platform that enables enterprises to move governed, automated and real-time data across their entire stack, from [...]The post Fivetran to Acquire Census for AI Data Movement Platform appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Dr. Sharlotte Kramer is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and researcher in Sandia's Structural Mechanics Laboratory. She first ....The post Vanguards of HPC-AI: Sandia's Dr. Sharlotte Kramer - Pushing Forward in Materials Modeling appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Nvidia said Oracle has stood up its first wave of liquid-cooled NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 racks in its data centers. NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs are now being deployed on NVIDIA DGX CloudandOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to develop ....The post Oracle Cloud Deploys NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CHATSWORTH, CA - April 30, 2025 - AI and data management company DDN has partnered with AI cloud provider Nebius for enterprise AI workloads. By integrating DDN Infinia and EXAScaler into its AI cloud, Nebius offers enterprises a solution tailored to the demands of next-generation AI, the companies said. Nebius said that as an AI [...]The post DDN and Nebius Cloud Collaborate on AI Infrastructure for Enterprise appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Cloud storage company Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE) today announced Backblaze B2 Overdrive, a cloud storage solution delivering terabit-speed throughput starting at $15 per terabyte. Built for organizations pushing the limits of data throughput performance, B2 Overdrive eliminates the all-too-common compromise between performance and economics that has constrained data-intensive workloads. Today's AI, [...]The post Backblaze Launches B2 Overdrive for AI/ML and HPC Workloads appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At science organizations like national laboratories, the use of generative AI has the potential to accelerate scientific discovery in critical areas. But with new tools come new questions: How can science organizations ....The post How GenAI Is Changing Work at a National Lab appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Carlsbad, California, April 29, 2025 - Edge-to-core AI platform GigaIO has unveiled AI training, fine-tuning, and inference benchmarks that demonstrate the performance, cost and power efficiency of GigaIO's AI fabric compared with RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE). According to the company, results include 2x faster training and fine-tuning and 83x better time to first token [...]The post GigaIO Reports on Interconnect Technology Performance appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CHICAGO - April 29, 2025-Parallel Works, provider of the ACTIVATE control plane for hybrid multi-cloud computing resources, today announced the launch of ACTIVATE High Security Platform, a hybrid, multi-cloud platform for national security workloads. Simultaneously, Parallel Works announced that the platform has achieved Impact Level 5 (IL5) Provisional Authorization (PA) at the Department of Defense [...]The post Parallel Works Unveils ACTIVATE Security Platform, Achieves DoD IL5 Provisional Authorization appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Mariam Kiran, a quantum research scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was recently honored as a finalist at the British Council'sStudy U.K. Alumni Awards 2025, which celebrate the achievements of U.K. alumni worldwide. TheBritish Council, which promotes U.K. higher education, presents the annual awards to recognize emerging leaders with U.K. ties [...]The post ORNL's Miriam Kiran Honored for Quantum Computing Research appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Good end-of-April to you! Here's a quick (8:05) review of recent doings in the world of HPC-AI, including: the Salishan Conference takes on HPC-AI divergence and FugakuNext zettascale, TSMC's A14 fab, Intel's 18A fab and AmKor CoWoS packaging in Arizona, Intel's earnings, new AI compute strategy and CEO Lip Bu Tan's warning ....The post HPC News Bytes 20250428: Zettascale at the Salishan Conference, TSMC's A14 Fab, Intel's New CEO: We Need to Change' appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Carlsbad, California, April 25, 2025 - GigaIO, an edge-to-core AI platform, today announced the general availability of Gryf, which the company said is the world's first suitcase-sized AI supercomputer. Co-designed by GigaIO and SourceCode, Gryf delivers data center-class computing power to edge operations, enabling real-time intelligence and analytics in previously difficult field conditions. The platform [...]The post GigaIO Announces GA of Portable AI Supercomputer appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

The compute power required by AI and HPC is driving a transition from 10-15 megawatt data centers to 50-100 megawatt and even gigawatt AI factories. With next gen AI superchips operating at 2,800 watts and beyond ....The post The AI Factory Heats Up: Liquid Cooling Options Explained appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Kawasaki and Wako, Japan, April 22, 2025 -Fujitsu Limited and RIKEN announced the development of a 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer, established at the RIKEN RQC-FUJITSU Collaboration Center. This quantum computer builds upon the advanced technology of the 64-qubit iteration, launched with the support of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)(1) [...]The post Fujitsu and RIKEN Develop 256-Qubit Superconducting Quantum Computer appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Quantum computing holds great promise in such such as computational chemistry and high-speed networking. But they're so different from classical HPC systems that scientists are working out how to feed them ....The post Sparsification': PNNL Preps Data for Quantum appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

PALO ALTO, Calif. and HUNTSVILLE, AL - April 23, 2025 - Quantum computing company D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) and Davidson Technologies, Inc., a technology company supporting U.S. Department of Defense and aerospace customers, today announced that the physical assembly of a D-Wave Advantage2 annealing quantum system is complete at Davidson's headquarters in Huntsville, AL. [...]The post D-Wave and Davidson Technologies Near Completion of Quantum Computer appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE, April 23, 2025 - A global audit examining the state of data readiness to embrace GenAI value creation finds big companies worldwide are not confident in the quality and usability of their data assets for AI-driven business improvement. Entitled The Pathway to GenAI Competitive Advantage," the report includes a survey of over 170 [...]The post Survey: 60% of Business Leaders Unsure of Their Data-AI Readiness appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

At Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago researchers are using AI and high performance computing to develop new methods aimed at accelerating ....The post Screening 50B Small Molecules: AI-Driven Cancer Research at Argonne with Aurora Exascale HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

April 22, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the schedule for an event associated with the competition for the management and operating contract for the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF). DOE will host a virtual meeting onWednesday, May 14, 2025 from 11 am ET to 1:30 pm ET to provide information [...]The post DOE to Host May 14 Meeting for Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Management and Operating Contract appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

21 April 2025 - According to the Russian news agency AK&M, Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian government to consider the creation of a national supercomputing center. The corresponding instruction is posted on the Kremlin's website. Putin instructed the cabinet of ministers to submit proposals to the head of state on the creation [...]The post Putin Pushes for Russian National Supercomputing Center appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Good April morning to you! It's been an active week in the world of HPC-AI, here's a quick (8:43) rundown of recent industry news: Nvidia, AMD and China export ....The post HPC News Bytes 20250421: Chips and Geopolitical Chess, Intel and FPGAs, Cool Storage, 2nm CPUs in Taiwan and Arizona appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

SAN JOSE, Calif.- Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced what it said is the industry's first DDR5 12.8Gbps MRDIMM Gen2 memory IP system solution on the TSMC N3 process. The new solution addresses the need for greater memory bandwidth to accommodate AI processing demands in enterprise and data center applications, including AI in the cloud. The [...]The post Cadence Announces DDR5 12.8Gbps MRDIMM Gen2 Memory IP System for Cloud AI appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Even as the HPC-AI sector cheers on more powerful chips, denser servers, faster fabrics, bigger memory and mammoth, multi-hundreds of billion-dollar AI data centers, a voice is whispering in the industry's ear: Where's the electricity for all this?" Good point! It's generally assumed the data center energy gap will be filled by some combination of [...]The post Deloitte Reports on Nuclear Power and the HPC-AI Data Center Energy Gap appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

BOULDER, CO - Registration is continuing from now through May 16thfor the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium's (RMACC) 15th annual High Performance Computing Symposium, set for Tuesday-Thursday, May 20-22 at the Wolf Law Center on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder. To register or find out more information about the symposium schedule, visit [...]The post Registration Open for RMACC HPC Symposium, May 20 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Apr. 17, 2025 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$839.25 billion, net income of NT$361.56 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$13.94 (US$2.12 per ADR unit) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. Year-over-year, first quarter revenue increased 41.6%, while net income and diluted EPS [...]The post TSMC Reports Q1 YoY Revenue Growth of 42% appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

AI data platform company Hammerspace announced that several venture investors have invested $100 million in growth capital in the company. Altimeter Capital, which inveted in Meta, MongoDB, NVIDIA, Snowflake and Uber, led the Series B round.The post Hammerspace Raises $100M appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

NVIDIA announced that GPU cloud platform CoreWeave is among the first cloud providers to bring NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems online at scale, with Cohere, IBM and Mistral AI using them for model training and deployment.The post NVIDIA: Grace Blackwell GPUs on CoreWeave appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Palo Alto, CA; April 15, 2025 -SandboxAQ today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA across biopharma, chemicals, advanced materials, financial services, cybersecurity, navigation, and medical imaging. SandboxAQ, a member of theNVIDIA Inception program, is leveraging theNVIDIA DGX Cloud AI platform on Google Cloud to build a Large Quantitative Model (LQM) platform, fueling AI-driven scientific discovery. This [...]The post SandboxAQ Using NVIDIA DGX to Build Large Quantitative Models appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Vancouver, WA-April 16, 2025-OmniScale Media, the strategic communications partner for innovative technology brands, today announced a two-year partnership extension with the SC Conference, the international event for high-performance computing (HPC), networking, storage, and analysis. Fresh off 2024's record 18,104 attendees-a 30 percent increase over 2023's record attendance-OmniScale will drive strategic communications for SC25 and SC26 [...]The post OmniScale Media and SC Conference Extend Partnership Through 2026 appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

CHANTILLY, Va.- Compu Dynamics, a provider of data center construction and operations services, announced the launch of its AI and High-Performance Computing Services unit. The portfolio encompasses the spectrum of data center needs, from initial design and procurementtoconstruction, operation, andongoing maintenance, with a particular emphasis on cutting-edgeliquid cooling technologiesfor AI and HPC environment. Compu Dynamics'new [...]The post Compu Dynamics Launches HPC and AI Data Center Infrastructure Solutions appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced its next-generation AMD EPYC processor, Venice," and said it is the first HPC product to be taped out and brought up on the TSMC 2nm (N2) process technology.The post AMD Announces Venice,' First HPC Chip on TSMC 2nm Process from Arizona Fab appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

Calgary, AB, April 15, 2025 - AI ad HPC liquid cooling company CoolIT Systems today introduced the CHx2000, which the company said is the highest-performance row-based coolant distribution unit (CDU). This follows CoolIT's announcement of the CHx1500 CDU in early March 2025. In production and shipping from CoolIT's multi-gigawatt capacity manufacturing facilities, CHx2000 offers a [...]The post Liquid Cooling: CoolIT Systems Announces Row-Based Coolant Distribution Unit appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.

TROY, Mich., April 14, 2025 - Altair announced a reseller partnership with DATAsolution, a company specializing in data analytics and infrastructure solutions. This collaboration combines Altair'sartificial intelligence(AI) andhigh-performance computing(HPC) technology with DATAsolutions expertise in data infrastructure to deliver customized solutions and enhance customer support. DATAsolution will distribute Altair's data analytics and AI platform,Altair RapidMiner, as [...]The post Altair Partners with DATAsolution in South Korean for AI and HPC appeared first on High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC.