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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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NSF: Call for Nominations for $1M Alan T. Waterman Award, Sept. 20 Deadline
Aug. 13, 2024 — The National Science Foundation said it is seeking nominations for candidates that represent the diversity of the U.S. Nominations for the AlanNSF...
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IBM-Developed Algorithms Accepted for Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Aug. 13, 2024 — Two IBM-developed algorithms have been formalized within the world’s first three post-quantum cryptography standards, which...
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EU Launches Cryogenic Quantum Project
Aug. 12, 2024 — The ARCTIC (“Advanced Research on Cryogenic Technologies for Innovative Computing”), an EU project, is intended to establish a European supply chain...
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HPC News Bytes 20240812: UK Cuts Exascale, Big Round for AI Inference, Llama 3.1 and Open AI, SC24 the Biggest Ever?
A good mid-August morn to you! Here's a rapid (6:30) romp through recent HPC-AI developments, including: the UK government cuts more than £1 billion for an exascale...
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DOE Announces 2024 Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows
Four scientists have each been awarded $1 million in direct funding via the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows program...
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CoreWeave Adds Managers from Google, Oracle
ROSELAND, N.J., Aug. 8, 2024 — GPU cloud company CoreWeave today announced the appointment of Chen Goldberg as Senior Vice President of Engineering, as well as Sachin...
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TSMC Reports July Revenue up 45% YoY
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Aug. 9, 2024 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for July 2024: On a consolidated basis, revenue for July 2024...
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NSF National Quantum Virtual Lab Initiates 5 Pilot Projects
Aug. 9 2024 — The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced the initial $5 million investment across five pilot projects taking the first steps toward creating...
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Palantir and Microsoft Partner on AI for National Security
Aug. 8, 2024 — Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced a next step in their partnership to bring cloud, AI and...
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Preparing Networks for the Increasing Demands of HPC and AI
(We need) ... smarter networks that use software to identify areas of congestion and potential outages — and which can automatically respond, self-configure, self...
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AMD Announces ROCm 6.2 Software Stack for GPU Programming
AMD has released a version 6.2 of its ROCm software stack for GPU programming. Global AI GPU Product Marketing Manager Ronak Shah wrote a blog in support of the...
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IonQ Awarded Awarded $5.7M for DOD Quantum System Design
COLLEGE PARK, MD – AUG. 6, 2024 – IonQ announced today it has won a contract through a competitive solicitation with the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence...
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Quantum Error Correction Company Riverlane Raises $75M Series C
Aug. 6, 2024, Cambridge, UK and Boston, MA — Quantum error correction company Riverlane announced it has raised $75 million in Series C funding to deliver its ...
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Laser-Based Startup LightSolver Wins €12.5M from European Innovation Council
TEL AVIV, Israel – August 6, 2024 – LightSolver, maker of a laser-based computing paradigm, today announced that it has been selected for the European Innovation...
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Vectra AI Expands XDR Platform to Monitor Attack Exposure
SAN JOSE, August 6, 2024 – Vectra AI, Inc., the leader in AI-driven XDR (extended detection and response), today announced the expansion of its Vectra AI Platform...
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NIH Funds $3.15M for Anton HPC at PSC
Aug. 5, 2024 — The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center announced today that a third-generation Anton supercomputer (Anton 3), developed by D. E. Shaw Research (DESRES)...
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AI Inference Chip Startup Groq Raises $640M
Amid the gloom of the technology industry meltdown on Wall Street, AI inference chip startup Groq announced today it has secured a $640 million Series D round at...
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HPC News Bytes 20240805: Intel Woes, Blackwell Delay, Energy Efficient Programming Languages, Exascale Software Kicks In
A good August morning to you! Here's a rapid (6:52) run though of recent news from the roiling world of HPC-AI, including: Intel's financial results and other woes...
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Microchip Introduces PCIe Gen 5 SSD Controllers
CHANDLER, Ariz., August 5, 2024 — Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) has released the Flashtec NVMe 5016 Solid State Drive (SSD) controller. The 16-channel, PCIe...
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