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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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Stepping up Efficiency for Exascale with FPGAs at the LEGaTO Project
In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Robert Roe writes that European researchers have developed a framework to boost the energy efficiency...
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NVIDIA Cancels GTC 2020 Live Event due to Coronavirus
Due to the coronavirus, today NVIDIA announced that GTC 2020 is turning into a digital conference rather than a live event. "As the coronavirus situation is not...
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SLIDE algorithm for training deep neural nets faster on CPUs than GPUs
Rice researchers created a cost-saving alternative to GPU, an algorithm called "sub-linear deep learning engine" (SLIDE) that uses general purpose central processing...
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World’s Largest Spectra TFinity Tape Library installed at LLNL
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is now home to the world’s largest Spectra TFinity system, following a complete replacement of the tape library hardware...
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Supermicro announces Pole-mounted Ruggedized Servers for AI on the Edge
Today Supermicro announced first-to-market IP65 enclosure-based servers for 5G RAN, AI inferencing, and other edge-focused applications based on Intel Xeon D and...
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Breakthrough Coronavirus Research Results in New Map to Support Vaccine Design
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health have made a critical breakthrough toward developing a vaccine for the 2019...
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Job of the Week: Supercomputing Applications Specialist at CSIRO
CSIRO in Australia is seeking a Supercomputing Applications Specialist in our Job of the Week. "Working within the Services team, you will work collaborativelyJob...
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Argonne Publishes AI for Science Report
Argonne National Lab has published a comprehensive AI for Science Report based on a series of Town Hall meetings held in 2019. Hosted by Argonne, Oak Ridge, and...
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Video: Rigetti Computing Hardware Roadmap for Quantum Computing
In this video from Rigetti Advantage 2020, Andrew Bestwick, Rigetti's Director of Quantum Device Architecture, shares how the company's quantum computing hardware...
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Supermicro speeds X11 Systems with New 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Today Supermicro announced fully optimized support on the industry's broadest portfolio of X11 server and storage systems for the latest 2nd Generation Intel Xeon...
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Q-CTRL Releases Control Tools for Improving Quantum Hardware Performance
Today quantum startup Q-CTRL announced the Beta release of its professional-grade BOULDER OPAL software tools for the quantum computing market. "BOULDER OPAL is...
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Bright Cluster Manager for Data Science Now Available at No Charge with Easy8
Today Bright Computing announced that Bright Cluster Manager for Data Science is now available at no charge as part of the Easy8 program. Launched in November of...
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GigaIO Rolls Out Industry’s Highest Performance Top of Rack Switch and Network
Today GigaIO announced the launch of FabreX Gen4. As the industry's first networking platform to be fully compatible with Peripheral Component Interconnect Express...
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Video: Exploring the Dark Universe
"Heitmann discusses an ambitious end-to-end simulation project that attempts to provide a faithful view of the Universe as seen through the Large Synoptic Survey...
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Nor-Tech steps up with Intel Cascade Lake Refresh Processors
Today Nor-Tech announced that the company is now integrating HPC clusters and workstations with Intel’s groundbreaking Cascade Lake Refresh (CLX R) processor. Recently...
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AMD to Power Cray Shasta Supercomputer at Navy DSRC
The Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) is upgrading its supercomputing capabilities with a new Cray Shasta system powered...
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Video: A Preview of SC20 in Atlanta
In this video, SC20 General Chair Christine E. Cuicchi from the DoD Modernization Program previews the Supercomputing conference coming to Atlanta in November.Video...
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Job of the Week: HPC Architect at NVIDIA
NVIDIA is seeking an HPC Architect in our Job of the Week. "NVIDIA is developing processor and system architectures for accelerated high performance computing,Job...
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Big Compute Fireside Chat with Sam Altman from OpenAI
In this video from the Big Compute 2020 event, Sam Altman from the OpenAI research laboratory discusses artificial intelligence Shawn Hansen, COO of Rescale. "I...
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