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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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D-Wave Launches Quadrant Business Unit for Machine Learning
Today D-Wave Systems launch its new Quadrant business unit, formed to provide machine learning services that make state-of-the-art deep learning accessible to companies...
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Univa Navops Launch powers Cloudbursting for Mellanox Hybrid Cloud
Today Univa announced that Mellanox has selected Univa’s Navops Launch to extend its on-premise EDA cluster to the cloud, providing Mellanox with cost-effective...
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ClusterVision to build Scandinavia’s Most Powerful Supercomputer
Today Sweden's National Supercomputing Centre (NSC) at Linköping University announced it has awarded ClusterVision a contract to build its new flagship cluster,...
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Lustre 2.11.0 Released
Today OpenSFS announced the release of Lustre 2.11.0, the fastest and most scalable parallel file system. OpenSFS, founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development...
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New AI Performance Milestones with NVIDIA Volta GPU Tensor Cores
Over at the NVIDIA blog, Loyd Case shares some recent advancements that deliver dramatic performance gains on GPUs to the AI community. "We have achieved record...
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Cavium ThunderX2 Processor goes GA for HPC and Beyond
Today Cavium announced the General Availability of ThunderX2, Cavium's second generation of Armv8-A SoC processors. "Integrating ThunderX2 into the HPE Apollo 70...
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Video: Benchmarking as the Answer to HPC Performance and Architecture Questions
"This presentation offers an impartial look at benchmarking of HPC systems by Andrew Jones (@hpcnotes), NAG VP Strategic HPC Consulting & Services. This is described...
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DNN Implementation, Optimization, and Challenges
This is the third in a five-part series that explores the potential of unified deep learning with CPU, GPU and FGPA technologies. This post explores DNN implementation...
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Supercomputing How Cancer Spreads through Superdiffusion
Over a the University of Texas at Austin, Marc Airhart writes that researchers are using TACC supercomputers to better understand the physics behind the spreadSupercomputing...
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Quobyte Joins STAC Benchmark Council to help Financial Services Solve Storage Challenges
Today hyperscale storage provider Quobyte announced that it has accepted an invitation to join the Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC) Benchmark Council...
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BSC to host the RISC-V Workshop on the Road to European Processor Initiative
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center will host the RISC-V Workshop next week, a gathering the open source processor design community to share RISC-V updates, projects...
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Fast.ai Trains Neural Net in Record Time with Super Convergence
Over at the Fast.AI Blog, Jeremy Howard writes that his Startup has achieved an amazing deep learning benchmark milestone – the ability to do an ImageNet training...
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HLRS and Wuhan to Collaborate on Exascale Computing
The High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) and Supercomputing Center of Wuhan University have announced plans to cooperate on technology and training...
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Let’s Talk Exascale: Thom Dunning on Molecular Modeling with NWCHEMEX
In this edition of Let's Talk Exascale, Thom Dunning from the University of Washington describes the software effort underway to for molecular modeling at exascale...
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Bright Computing Signs X-ISS as Reseller and Services Partner
Today Bright Computing announced a reseller and services partnership agreement with X-ISS. " X-ISS is a privately-owned company that specializes in providing management...
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ACM Honors Amanda Randles from Duke University
Amanda Randles from Duke University will receive the 2018 ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award, which recognizes young researchers for major technical or service contribution...
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Rescale Brings NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated Electromagnetic Simulation To The Cloud
Today Rescale announced that XFdtd electromagnetic simulation software from Remcom is now available on Rescale’s ScaleX platform for HPC in the cloud. The combined...
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Iridis 5 Supercomputer to Simplify Use of HPC
In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Robert Roe talks to Southampton University’s Oz Parchment about the decision-making behind installing...
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The OpenFabrics Alliance 2018 Annual Workshop Recap
"The 14th Annual OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) Workshop, held in scenic Boulder, Colorado, recently concluded its week-long, community-wide collaboration and dialogue...
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