Nvidia to power more supercomputers as AI frenzy kicks in
Computex New beasts to take up residence in Israeli and Taiwanese DCs
HPC30 May 2023 |
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Look mom, no InifiniBand: Nvidia’s DGX GH200 glues 256 superchips with NVLink
Computex Unless you need more nodes
HPC29 May 2023 | 3
SambaNova injects a little AI mojo into US supercomputer lab's nuke sims
LLNL harnesses DataScale platform with aim to improve predictive models
HPC23 May 2023 | 2
IBM asks UChicago, UTokyo for help building a 100K qubit quantum supercomputer
For $100 million it better beat an Nvidia A100
HPC23 May 2023 | 10
HPE bags contracts to build HPC beasts for UK and Japan boffins
TSUBAME4.0 ordered for Tokyo Institute of Tech, and Isambard 3 to live in Bristol & Bath Science Park
HPC22 May 2023 |
US supers maintain grip on Top500 list as China seemingly hides its powers
ISC Meanwhile, Europe awaits a seat at the exascale table
HPC22 May 2023 | 4
Open source at America's famous Los Alamos Lab: Pragmatism as its nucleus
Its 20,000-node cluster uses outdated MariaDB – for very good reasons
HPC10 May 2023 | 10
A lone Nvidia GPU speeds past the physics-straining might of a quantum computer – in these apps at least
Don't hold your breath waiting for all those breakthroughs we've been promised
HPC03 May 2023 | 22
Faster time to insights from physics simulations
How HPC and Amazon EC2 Hpc6a Instances are accelerating engineering innovation
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Understand the technology before you are taken by surprise, argues CTO
HPC25 Apr 2023 | 14
HPC in the cloud
Run CFD workloads with AWS and AMD
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Aurora exascale system gets 'mini-me' testbed for researchers
We node you want to test it out. (We're here all week.)
HPC21 Apr 2023 | 3
Power to the engineering people
Amazon EC2 Hpc6id instances are tailor made for complex FEA workloads
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D-Wave hello to another quantum pioneer warned over possible delisting
Share price slides below $1 for 30 days straight, but company vows it will comply with NYSE regs again
HPC23 Mar 2023 | 3
HPC in the cloud for FEA
How AWS’ infrastructure powers the most demanding computer simulations
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Budget: UK chip strategy still nowhere to be seen. Money for quantum, AI? Sure
Um, folks? All this tech kinda needs semiconductors
HPC16 Mar 2023 | 36
Faster and more accurate weather forecasting with HPC in the cloud
How HPC and Amazon EC2 instances are helping climate scientists provide better early warnings on the world’s changing weather
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SambaNova’s AI paired with Fugaku supercomputer to develop 'digital twins'
All part of the Japan's Society 5.0 project
HPC01 Mar 2023 |
Petaflops help scientists understand why some COVID-19 variants are more contagious
'If we did one of these calculations in our lab, we are talking weeks or months'
HPC23 Feb 2023 | 14
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Mars helicopter went silent for six sols, imperilled Perseverance rover
Ingenuity's still setting records, but waking it up and chatting are getting harder
Seriously, boss? You want that stupid password? OK, you get that stupid password
Who, Me? Fed-up techie wields the magic of malicious compliance on his way out the door
The FBI as advanced persistent threat – and what to do about it
Opinion Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you
Intel says AI is overwhelming CPUs, GPUs, even clouds – so all Meteor Lakes get a VPU
Computex Movidius tech already sprinkled on some 13th-gen Core silicon goes mainstream in next generation
Google Photos AI still can't label gorillas after racist errors
AI in brief Plus: Anthropic raises $450m in Series C round, and Waymo cozies up to Uber to expand self-driving robotaxi fleet
Microsoft up in Arms over data-loss protection in Windows 11
We almost forgot Redmond had an interest in anything but x86
New York county still dealing with ransomware eight months after attack
security in brief Also: iSpoof no more, Edmodo fined more than it can pay, UK is #1 (in CC theft), and the week's critical vulns
China's homegrown airliner makes first paid-for flight
Asia in Brief PLUS: Grab founder quits operational role; Meta's fiber-bot crawls to Japan; ChatGPT enhances Taiwan's status
Arm announces Cortex-X4 among latest CPU and GPU designs
Coming to silicon near you ... next year
Nvidia creates open server spec to house its own chips – and the occasional x86
Computex Taiwan's big OEMs are all-in on plan to build servers that won't cook when running AI
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Quantum of solace: Rigetti to cut workforce as it faces Nasdaq delisting
Appoints new CFO, CTO, chops 1 in 4 staffers
HPC13 Feb 2023 | 2
Atos tossed €20m to build Max Planck Society supercomputer
Unnamed platform boasts three times the application performance of its predecessor, Cobra
HPC13 Feb 2023 | 2
Could RISC-V become a force in high performance computing?
Analysis Meanwhile, Euro supercomputer project makes a call for developing an HPC ecosystem based on the architecture
HPC08 Feb 2023 | 28
LUMI supercomputer puts GPU partition through its paces with hardcore science
Simulates the Sun's atmosphere, peers deep into Earth's interior, and can probably run Crysis
HPC19 Jan 2023 | 6
Intel, AMD just created a headache for datacenters
Server silos didn't see today's watt-gobbling, space-heater chips coming
HPC19 Jan 2023 | 29
Atos will be paid $29m over $1b UK Met Office supercomputer dispute
Settlement 'without admission of liability' followed court challenge to Microsoft mega-deal
HPC09 Jan 2023 | 29
Samsung slaps processing-in-memory chips onto GPUs for first-of-its-kind supercomputer
Korean tech giant claims big performance, energy efficiency gains with memory tech
HPC13 Dec 2022 | 10
If today's tech gets you down, remember supercomputers are still being used for scientific progress
Turns out it's a bit more complex than throwing more GPUs at the math
HPC11 Dec 2022 | 14
Durham Uni and Dell co-design systems to help model the universe
A particle physicist, an astronomer and a cosmologist meet in a bar. You what, COSMA8?
HPC06 Dec 2022 | 4
NOAA, Microsoft partner to put climate models in the clouds
Don't worry, Redmond hasn't gotten its hands on the agency's coffers yet
HPC01 Dec 2022 | 3
AWS follows AMD and Intel down the specialized chips path
Analysis CPU roadmaps are fragmenting to serve a variety of needs. Time to do some homework
HPC30 Nov 2022 |
Europe to have 2 of the 4 most powerful supercomputers as Leonardo comes online
Pre-exascale system will be officially inaugurated at the Bologna Technopole in Italy on November 24
HPC22 Nov 2022 | 14
HPC's lost histories will power the future of tech
Opinion If you thought the '80s were cool, wait for the revival
HPC21 Nov 2022 | 16
Nvidia H100-based Henri supercomputer tests AMD’s claim on Green500
SC22 In this race it's all about flops per watts
HPC17 Nov 2022 | 1
Azure-based 'AI supercomputer' to use Nvidia GPUs and software
Is it a super or a cloud service? Users would string together components as required
HPC17 Nov 2022 |
Cerebras's supercomputer has more cores than world's fastest iron – with a big catch
Better for AI, but Frontier's still top of the heap
HPC15 Nov 2022 | 6
Nvidia, Lockheed team up to build digital twin of the Earth for climate researchers
Come September '23, scientists might be able to learn more rapidly how we're failing to control global warming
HPC14 Nov 2022 | 7
Aurora delays keep Frontier supercomputer in #1 spot on Top500
SC22 EuroHPC's LUMI upgrades secure narrow lead over all-new Leonardo system
HPC14 Nov 2022 | 1
Dell pushing hybrid quantum/classical system in HPC overhaul
SC22 Steady now. It's not the full-fledged quantum that will suddenly let you crack encryption algos
HPC14 Nov 2022 | 1
Optimizer Rescale recommends Rescale's optimization recommender
Say that three times in a row. Better yet, train a model with Nvidia GPUs to say it
HPC09 Nov 2022 |
HPE goes Cray for Intel's Sapphire Rapids Xeons in latest supers
Of course the IT giant's Epyc 4 systems will still ship first
HPC09 Nov 2022 |
DoE supercomputing centers get $1.5B boost from Biden administration
US government opens purse strings as China eats into America's former lead
HPC07 Nov 2022 | 1
Tiny quantum computer plugs into top Euro supercomputer – because why not?
It's not how many qubits you've got, it's how you use them
HPC02 Nov 2022 | 12
HPE supercomputer to tell Singapore that it's hot, humid, probably going to rain
Cray EX beast deployed to improve weather forecasting in country that has basically one season
HPC28 Oct 2022 | 5
Fujitsu launches HPC and not-quite-quantum cloud services
Available in Japan now, with international rollout to follow next year
HPC25 Oct 2022 | 1
Classiq works with Rolls-Royce on quantum boost for simulations
It's plane to see it wants more info on fluid dynamics of flying engines
HPC18 Oct 2022 | 2
Scientists model turbulence to boost space propulsion
Running direct numerical simulation on 'an industrial scale'
HPC12 Oct 2022 | 10
Saudi Arabia turns to HPE for AMD-powered Cray supercomputer
The Beast of the Middle East: up to 20 times faster than predecessor, that's 884,736 CPU cores across the system
HPC27 Sep 2022 | 1
Nvidia claims 'record performance' for Hopper MLPerf debut
H100 Tensor Core GPU leaves A100 in the dust, but company says previous gen has improved too
HPC09 Sep 2022 |
Polaris supercomputer boots up, paves way for Aurora exascale system
Researchers cue up AI sims, code and workloads for Argonne Lab's most powerful beast
HPC10 Aug 2022 | 2
Quantum systems maker D-Wave takes the SPAC route
Company had hoped deal would grant access to $300m trust account, but shareholders cleared it out
HPC09 Aug 2022 | 6
India signs local server-maker to build nodes for home-grown supercomputers
Local manufacturer to build modest kit for modestly sized supers
HPC01 Aug 2022 | 2
Japanese space agency to put massive HPC cloud to the test
If only we'd had this kind of compute before we launched Hubble
HPC25 Jul 2022 |
It takes an exascale supercomputer to drive carbon capture
Here on Earth, we bury our problems and simulate our way out of them later
HPC22 Jul 2022 | 8
BASF looks to quantum computing to improve weather modeling
Chemical giant's work with Pasqal could help improve climate change models too
HPC20 Jul 2022 | 2
NASA pulls together pieces for its most powerful supercomputer yet
Space agency plays the long game by adding performance over time... now with mix of Intel, AMD
HPC20 Jul 2022 |
Israel aims to build its own upgradable quantum computer
Crop of cutting-edge companies from home and abroad contributing tech to Israel National Quantum Initiative
HPC20 Jul 2022 | 28
BAE scores $699 million contract to support US Army supercomputers
Systems will help with the DoD's most demanding computational challenges including AI, ML, and analytics
HPC18 Jul 2022 | 7
Supercomputer pinpoints exact origin of 'Black Beauty' meteorite from Mars
X marks the spot where we could learn more about Earth's early years, too
HPC14 Jul 2022 | 24
What do you mean your exaflop is better than mine?
Comment Gaming the system was fine for a while, now it's time to get precise about precision
HPC06 Jul 2022 | 15
US seeks exascale systems 10 times faster than current state-of-the-art computers
China claims to have 10 in the pipeline and may pull ahead in HPC arms race
HPC29 Jun 2022 | 10
US weather forecasters triple supercomputing oomph with latest machines
NOAA makes it rain for General Dynamics IT, HPE, AMD
HPC28 Jun 2022 | 12
Lenovo, Barcelona Supercomputing Center sign joint research deal
Collab to 'generate significant returns' for Europe in science, tech, economy
HPC21 Jun 2022 | 2
Businesses brace for quantum computing disruption by end of decade
As one expert warns overhype will lead to QC winter. Plus: Mystery Huawei quantum patent surfaces
HPC16 Jun 2022 | 25
Germany to host Europe's first exascale supercomputer
Jupiter added to HPC solar system
HPC16 Jun 2022 | 3
Europe's most powerful supercomputer is an all-AMD beast
First of Europe's pre-exascale systems inaugurated, hits top 3 even without GPU partition fully installed
HPC13 Jun 2022 | 4
AMD nearly doubles Top500 supercomputer hardware share
Analysis Intel loses out as Instinct GPUs power the world’s fastest big-iron system
HPC01 Jun 2022 | 7
Quantum computing startup probed in report, securities suit
From alleging wild falsehoods to questioning man behind the curtain, Scorpion stings hell out of IonQ
HPC01 Jun 2022 | 23
Red Hat helps US Department of Energy containerize supercomputing
You might say the US agency needed an OpenShift in mindset
HPC01 Jun 2022 | 1
Los Alamos to power up supercomputer using all-Nvidia CPU, GPU Superchips
HPE-built system to be used by Uncle Sam for material science, renewables, and more
HPC30 May 2022 | 3
Home-grown Euro chipmaker SiPearl signs deal with HPE, Nvidia
Claims partnerships will drive development and adoption of exascale computing in Europe
HPC30 May 2022 | 2
All-AMD US Frontier supercomputer ousts Japan's Fugaku as No. 1 in Top500
Exascale beast's test system also claims top spot in the Green500
HPC30 May 2022 | 23
Another AI supercomputer from HPE: Champollion lands in France
That's the second in a week following similar system in Munich also aimed at researchers
HPC27 May 2022 | 6
Atos pushes out HPC cloud services based on Nimbix tech
Moore's Law got you down? Throw everything at the problem! Quantum, AI, cloud...
HPC25 May 2022 |
HPE, Cerebras build AI supercomputer for scientific research
Wafer madness hits the LRZ in HPE Superdome supercomputer wrapper
HPC25 May 2022 | 2
US fears China may have ten exascale systems by 2025
China refuses to share benchmarks, US sharpens focus on developing optimized software
HPC20 May 2022 | 27
Ready for testing: First-ever supercomputer powered by Intel's wildcard AI chips
At the Haba, go, go Habana. The hottest research north of Havana
HPC19 May 2022 | 1
HPE building its 4th global 'supercomputer factory'
Facility supports a flurry of HPC development, centered in the Czech Republic
HPC18 May 2022 | 1
AMD hasn't forgotten about that ambitious 2025 energy efficiency goal it promised
Beware, a lot can happen in three years – speaking from experience
HPC04 May 2022 | 1
TACC Frontera's 2022: Academic supercomputer to run intriguing experiments
Plus: Director reveals 10 million node hours, 50-70 million core hours went into COVID-19 research
HPC16 Apr 2022 |
Fujitsu to provide HPC, AI for startup to produce clean ammonia
Ammonia as a viable, sustainable alternative to fossil fuels – and current fertilizer
HPC14 Apr 2022 | 8
Aurora exascale supercomputer lead leaves Intel for Samsung
Years of extended delays and changes for late 2022-planned system
HPC13 Apr 2022 |
Climate model code is so outdated, MIT starts from scratch
Julia replaces Fortran as the basis for Earth's new digital twin
HPC13 Apr 2022 | 106
Dell, Nvidia, AMD to power new Ohio AI compute cluster
Aims to develop next generation cyberinfrastructure, amongst other things
HPC13 Apr 2022 |
Russia cobbles together supercomputing platform to wean off foreign suppliers
New RSK Tornado system will help Russia port HPC apps to homegrown CPUs
HPC11 Apr 2022 | 24
Fujitsu to open Arm-based A64X HPC systems to public cloud
The same architecture as the top-ranked "Fugaku" supercomputer with services bundled
HPC06 Apr 2022 | 2
Extreme-scale Scientific Software Stack team emits v22.02
Open-source HPC suite now includes 100 full-release products
HPC01 Apr 2022 |
Fujitsu claims 'major technical milestone' in quantum simulation
Uses 64-node cluster of classical HPC boxen to prove it
HPC31 Mar 2022 | 5
US to rev fastest supercomputer with powerful test system
'Tiny' testbed already crushes Oak Ridge's past supercomputers
HPC28 Mar 2022 | 2
Instant NeRF turns 2D photos into 3D scenes in seconds
Nvidia says it has sped up NeRF rendering to mere tenths of a millisecond
HPC25 Mar 2022 | 18
New Chinese exascale supercomputer runs 'brain-scale AI'
Massive model gobbles 37 million homegrown 'Sunway' cores
HPC11 Mar 2022 | 20
Brain-like neurochips good for supercomputers, not just AI, says Sandia
Gee, could this be something Intel or IBM actually lead?
HPC10 Mar 2022 | 1
Photonics startup Luminous Computing bags $105m
Bill Gates among those plowing funds into AI supercomputing tech
HPC05 Mar 2022 | 7
Russia scrambles to bootstrap HPC clusters with native tech
Don't send a mobile chip to do a high-end CPU, GPU job. Unless you have no choice.
HPC04 Mar 2022 | 25
D-Wave to go public after $1.2 billion merger deal with SPAC
Quantum computing biz takes the easy route to IPO and future capital
HPC08 Feb 2022 | 14
Joined up thinking: Europe to oversee trio of projects for homegrown chips, HPC gear
Move comes ahead of draft law to turn continent into a center of semiconductor expertise
HPC08 Feb 2022 | 4
India turns on a new supercomputer
Pram Pravega's 3.3 petaFLOPS should make it India's fourth entrant in the Top500 list
HPC07 Feb 2022 | 1
Ever-growing volumes of data mean computational storage is becoming crucial for HPC, say boffins at Dell's tech chinwag
Data at rest should remain at rest
HPC31 Jan 2022 | 3
Hardware boffin starts work on simulation of an entire IBM S/360 Model 50 mainframe
With microcode intact so it can talk to an original operator's console
HPC27 Jan 2022 | 47
IBM confirms new mainframe to arrive 'late in first half of 2022'
Hybrid cloud is Big Blue's big bet, but big iron is predicted to bring a welcome revenue boost
HPC25 Jan 2022 | 35
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