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October 2024


From insideHPC

Sandia: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Record Breakers Nominated for Gordon Bell Prize

Sandia: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Record Breakers Nominated for Gordon Bell Prize

Sandia National Laboratories announced today a new speed record in molecular dynamics simulation. A collaborative research team ran simulations using the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) processor and “raced past the maximum…


From insideHPC

Submer Secures $55.5M Round for Immersion Cooling

Submer Secures $55.5M Round for Immersion Cooling

October 3, 2024 — Submer announced an investment round of $55.5 million USD, led by M&G, an investment company with £346.1 billion assets under management as of June 2024. The investment comes from its £5 billion purpose-led …


From insideHPC

Jabil Acquires Liquid Cooling Company Mikros Technologies

Jabil Acquires Liquid Cooling Company Mikros Technologies

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Oct. 3, 2024 – Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) today announced the acquisition of Mikros Technologies LLC, an engineering and manufacturing company focused on of liquid cooling solutions for thermal management, …


From insideHPC

Eaton Announces AI-Ready Rack Enclosures for Data Centers

Eaton Announces AI-Ready Rack Enclosures for Data Centers

Oct. 3, 2024 — Power management company Eaton today announced the North American launch of its Eaton Heavy-Duty SmartRack enclosures, designed to help data center operators and IT managers accommodate the increasing physical …


From Schneier on Security

Weird Zimbra Vulnerability

Weird Zimbra Vulnerability

Hackers can execute commands on a remote computer by sending malformed emails to a Zimbra mail server. It’s critical, but difficult to exploit.

In an email sent Wednesday afternoon, Proofpoint researcher Greg Lesnewich seemed…


From insideHPC

HPC-AI Tech Secures $50M Series A Funding

HPC-AI Tech Secures $50M Series A Funding

SAN FRANCISCO — HPC-AI Tech, a AI startup specializing in AI software infrastructure and video generation, has secured a $50 million Series A funding round. Investors include Singtel Innov8, Sinovation Ventures, Capstone Capital…


From insideHPC

SimOps Launches Simulation Operations Automation Initiative

SimOps Launches Simulation Operations Automation Initiative

Sunnyvale, CA, September 27, 2024 – SimOps announced the launch of its Simulation Operations Automation initiative, a category the company said is poised to redefine how organizations manage and optimize their engineering simulations…


From insideHPC

DDN Expands AI Research Partnership with YTexas

DDN Expands AI Research Partnership with YTexas

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Oct. 1, 2024 – Data intelligence platform DDN announced an expansion of its AI research and innovation efforts in Texas. This initiative is intended to power transformative advancements in sectors like healthcare…


From Computational Complexity

Favorite Theorems: Gradient Descent

September Edition

Who thought the algorithm behind machine learning would have cool complexity implications?

The Complexity of Gradient Descent: CLS = PPAD ∩ PLS
John Fearnley, Paul Goldberg, Alexandros Hollender and Rahul Savani…


From Schneier on Security

California AI Safety Bill Vetoed

California AI Safety Bill Vetoed

Governor Newsom has vetoed the state’s AI safety bill.

I have mixed feelings about the bill. There’s a lot to like about it, and I want governments to regulate in this space. But, for now, it’s all EU.

(Related, the Council of…


From Putting People First

Dutch Media Authority: “Government should force Big Tech to do news”

Dutch Media Authority: “Government should force Big Tech to do news”

Research by the Dutch Media Authority shows that 78% of Dutch youth get their news mainly from social media, in particular Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, reports Wilfred Takken in the Dutch NRC newspaper today.  The research…


From insideHPC

VAST Data Unveils InsightEngine with Nvidia

VAST Data Unveils InsightEngine with Nvidia

AI data platform company VAST Data today announced VAST InsightEngine with NVIDIA, which the company said is the first solution to securely ingest, process, and retrieve all types of enterprise data (files, objects, tables, and…


From insideHPC

Hyperion Research Announces AI in the Cloud Findings

Hyperion Research Announces AI in the Cloud Findings

ST. PAUL, MN, Oct. 1, 2024—HPC-AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research announced the results of their recently completed AI in the Cloud study, entitled, Cloud-based AI Activity for HPC: Widespread but Primarily Exploratory…


From insideHPC

Optical I/O: The Key to Unlocking AI Infrastructure Profitability and Performance

Optical I/O: The Key to Unlocking AI Infrastructure Profitability and Performance

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE]  Scaling GenAI inference performance requires increasing the number of GPUs or accelerators working in parallel within the scale-up domain. In-package optical I/O offers a path forward by breaking the…


From insideHPC

Nvidia H100s GPUs Available on IBM Cloud for AI and HPC

Nvidia H100s GPUs Available on IBM Cloud for AI and HPC

Oct. 1, 2024 — IBM announced the availability of NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU instances on IBM Cloud. It joins IBM Cloud’s existing lineup of accelerated computing offerings for enterprise’s AI implementation. IBM said that despite…


From Schneier on Security

Hacking ChatGPT by Planting False Memories into Its Data

Hacking ChatGPT by Planting False Memories into Its Data

This vulnerability hacks a feature that allows ChatGPT to have long-term memory, where it uses information from past conversations to inform future conversations with that same user. A researcher found that he could use that …