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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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Synopsys Announces Ultra Ethernet and UALink IP Solutions to Connect AI Accelerator Clusters
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 11, 2024 — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the industry’s first Ultra Ethernet IP and UALink IP solutions, including controllers...
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Rapidus Collaborates with Cadence on 2nm Semiconductor Solutions for HPC-AI
TOKYO, SEMICON Japan, Dec. 10, 2024—Rapidus Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced logic semiconductors, today announced a collaboration with Cadence Design Systems...
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Rapidus Collaborates with Synopsys on Semiconductor Design
TOKYO, SEMICON Japan, Dec. 10, 2024 – Rapidus Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced logic semiconductors, today announced that it has signed an agreement with...
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Optical Interconnect: Ayar Labs Secures Investments from AMD, Intel Capital, NVIDIA in $155 Round
SAN JOSE – Dec. 11, 2024 – Ayar Labs, an optical interconnect company for large-scale AI workloads, today announced it has secured $155 million in financing led...
From Computational Complexity
It's Time to Stop Using Grades
We use grades to evaluate students and motivate them to learn. That works as long as grades remain a reasonably good measure of how well the student understands...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
In Memory of Barbora Buhnova
With deep sadness, we announce the passing of Barbora Buhnova, a valued member of our community. Her contributions to advancing women in computing have inspired...
From Schneier on Security
Jailbreaking LLM-Controlled Robots
Surprising no one, it’s easy to trick an LLM-controlled robot into ignoring its safety instructions.
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Memory: CEA-Leti Demonstrates Embedded FeRAM Platform Compatible with 22nm FD-SOI Node
SAN FRANCISCO – Dec. 10, 2024 – CEA-Leti research engineers in France have demonstrated for the first time a scalable hafnia-zirconia-based ferroelectric capacitor...
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Hammerspace and Supermicro in Data Center and Hybrid Cloud Storage Collaboration
SAN MATEO, Calif. – Dec. 10, 2024 – Data management and storage company Hammerspace today announced a collaboration with Supermicro to deliver a unified data platform...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
From a handful of sand to a fistful of dollars – where computer chips come from
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Sitting at the heart of your computer, mobile phone or DVD player is the microprocessor that makes it all work.Continue...
From Schneier on Security
Full-Face Masks to Frustrate Identification
This is going to be interesting. It’s a video of someone trying on a variety of printed full-face masks. They won’t fool anyone for long, but will survive casual...
From insideHPC
Lambda Launches Grant for AI Researchers, Expands Research Program
SAN JOSE, Dec. 9, 2024 — AI developer cloud Lambda today announced a research grant to power AI researchers’ most GPU-dependent workloads. Applications for theLambda...
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HPC Helps Researchers Boost Tree Growth and Photosynthesis
A team of scientists at two Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers have identified a gene in a poplar tree that enhances photosynthesis and can boost tree...
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Dell Shipping Blackwell-Powered Server Racks as Part of Relationship with CoreWeave for AI at Scale
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announced the expansion of its relationship with AI hyperscaler CoreWeave and reported that it is shipping Dell PowerEdge XE9712 server...
From Schneier on Security
Trust Issues in AI
For a technology that seems startling in its modernity, AI sure has a long history. Google Translate, OpenAI chatbots, and Meta AI image generators are built on...
From Computational Complexity
My comments on Lance's Favorite Theorems
In Lance's last post (see here) he listed his favorite theorems from 1965 to 2024.There are roughly 60 Theorems. I mostly agree with his choices and omissions.here...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Data structures as jigs for programmers (Go edition)
A data structure in programming is a specific way of organizing and storing data in a computer so that it can be accessed and used efficiently. In woodworking or...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Safe Quick Undercarriage Immobilization Device
Fifteen years ago I blogged about a different SQUID. Here’s an update: Fleeing drivers are a common problem for law enforcement. They just won’t stop unless persuaded...
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At SC24: Intel, oneAPI and the UXL Foundation — Enabling Open Source Software for HPC-AI
HPC-AI chip companies have built out and manage major major software development operations, and at SC24, we caught up with two software managers associated with...
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