Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
October 2024
From insideHPC
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
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
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From insideHPC
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,
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From insideHPC
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
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From Schneier on Security
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
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
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
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
Who thought the algorithm behind machine learning would have cool complexity implications?
John Fearnley, Paul Goldberg, Alexandros Hollender and Rahul Savani…From Schneier on Security
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”
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
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
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
[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
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
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 …