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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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Professor Michela Taufer to Receive 2019 IBM Faculty Award
Professor Michela Taufer from the University of Tennessee has been selected to receive a 2019 IBM Faculty Award for $20,000 USD. This award is highly competitive...
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Quantum Annealing could help solve fundamental questions in nuclear physics
A new study led by a physicist at Berkeley Lab details how a quantum computing technique called “quantum annealing” can be used to solve problems relevant to fundamental...
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Xilinx Launches Alveo U50 FPGA Datacenter Accelerator Card
Today Xilinx launched the new Alveo U50 data center accelerator card, the industry’s first low profile adaptable accelerator with PCIe Gen 4 support. Designed for...
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HPE Acquires MapR Business Assets
Today HPE announced it has acquired the business assets of MapR, whose data platform for artificial intelligence and analytics applications is powered by scale-out...
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HPE Speeds Gen10 Servers with Intel FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card D5005
HPE is now shipping HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers with the new Intel FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card D5005, the latest in a growing line of field programmable...
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Phison Steps up with PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD solutions
Phison Electronics is showcasing its high performance PCIe Gen4 storage products this week at the Flash Memory Summit. "The Phison E16 provides industry leading...
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Lenovo and Intel Collaboration to Extend HPC and AI Leadership
Today Intel and Lenovo announced a multiyear collaboration focused on the rapidly growing opportunity in the convergence of HPC and AI to help accelerate solutions...
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The Convergence of HPC and AI
In this special guest feature, Bill Wagner from Bright Computing writes that the convergence of HPC & AI presents new challenges for containers, job scheduling,...
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Silicon Catalyst Announces Three Newly Admitted Startups to Semiconductor Incubator
Today the Silicon Catalyst announced the admission of three early-stage companies into the semiconductor industry’s highly acclaimed incubation program. "It’s with...
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NCSA to help build world’s most powerful geospatial system
NCSA has announced a new collaboration to produce digital elevation models (DEM) of the entire Earth, among other geospatial research projects. "This is the beginning...
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Nimbix HPC Cloud Powers US Sailing Team
Today Nimbix announced their collaboration with the US Sailing Team (USST) as the “Official Compute Partner of the US Sailing Team.” For us, it is all about providing...
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OSU Invests $2.6 million in AI Computing Resources
Oregon State University’s College of Engineering is accelerating its work in artificial intelligence, robotics, driverless vehicles and other areas by acquiring...
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XSEDE Campus Champions to Focus on Research Collaboration
XSEDE has selected five Campus Champions Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year. These exceptional researchers will have the opportunity to work side-by-side with...
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Defense Department is testing a Shipping Container Supercomputer
The Defense Department is testing a Shipping Container Supercomputer. "The $12 million contract provides for a supercomputing system housed in a shipping container...
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Singularity 3.3.0 Goes GA
Today Sylabs announced the Generally Available Release of Singularity 3.3.0. As the premier Container platform for performance-sensitive workloads, this release...
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Considerations for Managing HPC Resources
In this special guest feature, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World writes that companies faced with increasing complexity are developing new services and...
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Advania Launches First HPC cloud service based on Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 processors
Today Advania Data Centers (ADC) announced the industry’s first HPC cloud service based on Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 processors. This combination provides unprecedented...
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Active Archive Alliance Report: Solving Data Growth Challenges
According to this new report, “Archival data is piling up faster than ever as organizations are quickly learning the value of analyzing vast amounts of previously...
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Ciena Bolsters Janet Network in the U.K. for Education and Research
Jisc in the UK is deploying Ciena’s Packet Networking platforms to enhance its Janet Network and provide high-speed connectivity across the UK. “Ciena’s platforms...
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