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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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Astera Labs Secures $50M in Series-C Funding
SANTA CLARA, CA – September 27, 2021 – Astera Labs, maker of connectivity solutions for intelligent systems, today announced raising $50M as part of an oversubscribed...
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Why HPE Cray EX Is the Supercomputer of Choice at Leading Weather Centers
For decades, compute resources used for weather forecasting have tracked with advances in state-of-the-art supercomputing. Which is to say that the weather segment...
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HPC/AI in the Spotlight: Jensen Huang Named to Time Magazine’s Most Influential People List
Estranged royalty, movie stars and Olympic athletes have influence, sure, but if you want to build a list of people with lasting impact then Time magazine got it...
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Exascale Computing Project Tabs Brookhaven’s Chandrasekaran PI of SOLLVE Project
Sept. 13, 2021 — The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Exascale Computing Project (ECP) has named Sunita Chandrasekaran of Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)Exascale...
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NCAR Official to Discuss New Supercomputer Friday at Univ. of Wyoming
September 13, 2021 — A top director with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is coming to the University of Wyoming to discuss the capabilitiesNCAR...
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The State of Quantum Computing Today: Market Sizing, CAGR Projections, Buyer Expectations
Though embryonic, the quantum computing industry is coming into clearer focus, taking on the earmarks of a viable entity on the computing landscape – earmarks that...
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CoolIT Systems Names New CFO
Calgary, Alberta. September 13, 2021 – CoolIT Systems, maker of scalable liquid cooling technology for desktop and data centers systems, announced that Adam Schader...
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On the Front Lines of AI Automation: Life Sciences and Chip Design
Given the right task, AI-driven machines can be empowered with supercharged IQs that make the smartest humans look dumb, or at least inefficient. As we watch advances...
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SC21 Will Remain In-person/Virtual Hybrid, Says Conference General Chair de Supinski
Amid rumors that SC21 is on the verge of shifting to an all-virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conference General Chair Bronis de Supinski told us today...
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Surrogate Machine Learning Models: Revolutionizing HPC Simulation Run-times
Physics-based simulations, that staple of traditional HPC, may be evolving toward an emerging, AI-based technique that could radically accelerate simulation runs...
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Add UK to Nvidia-Arm Acquisition Snags
On the heels of potential regulatory problems in China and Europe for Nvidia’s planned Arm acquisition, another press report, from Bloomberg, states that UK regulators...
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Nvidia’s Arm Acquisition May Be Hitting Snags in China, Europe
Tea leaf reading regarding Chinese regulators’ decision on Nvidia’s intended takeover of Arm may have taken a negative — or at least a time consuming — turn. ANvidia...
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NGD Joins Los Alamos’ Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 2, 2021– As the HPC community enters an era in which computation can be offloaded to storage devices, it is important to explore the mechanisms...
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NSF Partnerships Expand National AI Research Institutes to 40 states
WASHINGTON — July 29, 2021 –Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced the establishment of 11 new NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes...
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Drop in Intel Earnings Expected Today
Pat Gelsinger’s got one foot on a tiger, the other on an aircraft carrier – one side is a rough, volatile ride; the other plows a course set years ago, hard toDrop...
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Double-precision CPUs vs. Single-precision GPUs; HPL vs. HPL-AI Benchmarks; Traditional vs. AI Supercomputers
If you’ve wondered why GPUs are faster than CPUs, in part it’s because they’re asked to do less – or, to be more precise, to be less precise. Next question: OK,...
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Report: Intel Weighing Acquisition of GlobalFoundries
New Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s vow earlier this year to move the company into the foundry business – making chips not just for itself but also for others – may take...
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HPC in the News: Data Management Automation and Faster Processor Gates; Intel and TSMC in Arizona, Europe
The everlasting rat’s nest that is scientific computing data management, the permanent quest for more advanced-level processing power, and investments in new fabs...
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HPC Integral to DoD’s Post-JEDI Cloud Strategy; Early Co-favorites: AWS and Azure
The Pentagon’s cancellation of the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract won in 2019 by Microsoft – the biggest tech story of the week and surely one of the...
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