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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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IBTA Updates InfiniBand Architecture Specifications for Next-Gen HPC
Today the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) announced the public availability of the InfiniBand Architecture Specification Volume 1 Release 1.4 and Volume 2 Release...
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Fujitsu Supercomputer to Power Aerospace Research at JAXA in Japan
Today Fujitsu announced that it has received an order for a supercomputer system from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The system will contributeFujitsu...
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Video: Why Supercomputers Are A Vital Tool In The Fight Against COVID-19
In this video from Forbes, Horst Simon from LBNL describes how supercomputers are being used for coronavirus research. "Computing is stepping up to the fight in...
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Zapata Computing opens early access to Orquestra for quantum-enabled workflow
Today Zapata Computing announced an Early Access Program to Orquestra, its end-to-end platform for quantum-enabled workflows. Providing the most software- and hardware...
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AMD and Penguin Computing Upgrade Corona Supercomputer to fight COVID-19
Today Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Penguin Computing, and AMD announced an agreement to upgrade the Lab’s unclassified Corona HPC cluster with AMD Instinct...
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New Weka AI framework to accelerate Edge to Core to Cloud Data Pipelines
Today WekaIO introduced Weka AI, a transformative storage solution framework underpinned by the Weka File System (WekaFS) that enables accelerated edge-to-core-to...
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Dan Martin from Berkeley Lab takes on new role at Exascale Computing Project
The DOE Exascale Computing Project (ECP) has named Dan Martin, a computational scientist and group lead for the Applied Numerical Algorithms Group in Berkeley Lab...
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Podcast: WarpX exascale application to accelerate plasma accelerator research
In this Let's Talk Exascale podcast, researchers from LBNL discuss how the WarpX project are developing an exascale application for plasma accelerator research....
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NSF awards compute time on Frontera Supercomputer for 49 projects
The most powerful supercomputer in the world for academic research has established its mission for the coming year. "The NSF has approved allocations of supercomputing...
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Q-CTRL to Accelerate Quantum Technology Solutions for National Security Applications
Today quantum startup Q-CTRL announced a strategic investment by In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor that identifies innovative technology solutions...
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NVIDIA Receives Approval to Proceed with Mellanox Acquisition
Today NVIDIA announced that it has received approval from all necessary authorities to proceed with its planned acquisition of Mellanox, as announced in March 2019...
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SDSC makes Comet Supercomputer available for COVID-19 research
With the U.S. and many other countries working ‘round the clock to mitigate the devastating effects of the COVID-19 disease, SDSC is providing priority access to...
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Supermicro Sets World Record Performance with AMD EPYC Processors
Today Supermicro announced that line of servers optimized for 2nd Gen AMD EPYC Processors have achieved 27 world record performance benchmarks and counting. InSupermicro...
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AMD Donates HPC Systems to fight COVID-19
AMD has announced a COVID-19 HPC fund to provide research institutions with computing resources to accelerate medical research on COVID-19 and other diseases. The...
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Using Magnetic Circuits for Energy Efficient Big Data Processing
Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have found a way to make the new generation of smart computers more energy...
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Jetstream and XSEDE resources available for pandemic research
As part of the worldwide effort to understand and contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Indiana University’s Jetstream, which offers cloud-based, on-demand computing and...
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Supercomputing the Expansion of Wind Power
Researchers are using TACC supercomputers to map out a path towards growing wind power as an energy source in the United States. "This research is the first detailed...
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Intelligent Video Analytics Pushes Demand for High Performance Computing at the Edge
In this special guest feature, Tim Miller, VP of Product Marketing at One Stop Systems (OSS), writes that his company is addressing the common requirements forIntelligent...
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Intel and QuTech Demonstrate High-Fidelity ‘Hot’ Qubits for Practical Quantum Systems
Today Intel and QuTech published a paper in Nature demonstrating the successful control of “hot” qubits, the fundamental unit of quantum computing, at temperatures...
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