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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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Asetek Announces NEC as New Datacenter OEM Partner
Today Asetek announced NEC Corporation as a new data center OEM partner. NEC Corporation, through its subsidiary NEC Fielding, Ltd., will deploy Asetek RackCDUAsetek...
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NVIDIA GPUs Power Fujitsu AI Supercomputer at RIKEN in Japan
Today Fujutsu announced the deployment of a new AI supercomputer at RIKEN in Japan. Called RAIDEN (Riken AIp Deep learning ENvironment), the GPU-accelerated Fujitsu...
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The Inflection Point of Wattage in HPC, Deep Learning and AI
Magnified in 2017 by machine learning and AI, there is a heightened concern in the HPC community over wattage trends in CPUs, GPUs and emerging neural chips required...
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Pawsey Centre in Australia Upgrades Zeus Cluster
Today the Pawsey Supercomputing Center in Australia announced plans to expand its Zeus cluster from a pre/post processing cluster to a mid-range compute cluster...
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Now Shipping: Intel Optane SSDs with 4x Performance of NAND-Based Devices
Today Intel announced the launch of the Intel Optane SSD 900P Series, the first SSD for desktop PC and workstation users built on Intel Optane technology. "Up to...
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New Subsea Cable Lowers Network Costs from Iceland to North America by 90%
The cost of moving HPC workloads to Iceland is coming down in a big way. Today Verne Global and Tele Greenland announced that the 12.4-Tbps upgrade to the Greenland...
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SC17 Session Preview: “Taking the Nanoscale to the Exascale”
Brian Ban continues his series of SC17 Session Previews with a look at an invited talk on nanotechnology. "This talk will focus on the challenges that computational...
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Agreement Ensures Ongoing HPC Funding for Climate Research at DKRZ in Germany
Today German officials signed a contract for the long-term financing of a new supercomputer for DKRZ. The new machine will be used for climate research. "We need...
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NCI Doubles Raijin Supercomputer Throughput with IBM POWER8
Today NCI in Australia announced that it has adopted IBM’s Power8 architecture as part of Raijin, the system fastest supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere.NCI...
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NVIDIA GPU Cloud comes to AWS with Volta GPUs
"In just a few steps, the NVIDIA GPU Cloud (NGC) container registry helps developers get started with no-cost access to a comprehensive, easy-to-use, fully optimized...
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Versity names Meghan McClelland VP of Product
Today Versity Software announced the addition of Meghan McClelland as Vice President of Product. Meghan will oversee the launch of Versity’s next generation cloud...
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JPCU Deploys Immersion-cooled Supercomputer
Today Green Revolution Cooling announced the latest installation of its liquid immersion computing system at John Paul Catholic University (JPCU) in San Diego.JPCU...
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Vectors are Back: The new NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA Supercomputer
Today NEC Corporation launched their new high-end HPC product line, the SX-Aurora TSUBASA. "Utilizing cutting-edge chip integration technology, the new productVectors...
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Firing up a Continent with HPC
In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Nox Moyake describes the process of entrenching and developing HPC in South Africa. "The CHPC currently...
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HPE Unveils a Set Artificial Intelligence Platforms and Services
Today Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced new purpose-built platforms and services capabilities to help companies simplify the adoption of Artificial Intelligence...
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LTO-8 Type M Tape Boosts Storage Capacity from Spectra Logic
Spectra Logic announced today that Spectra Certified LTO-8 Type M media along with LTO-8 drives and all supported media are now available for order. An industry...
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Purdue Develops Intrachip Micro-cooling for HPC
“I think for the first time we have shown a proof of concept for embedded cooling for Department of Defense and potential commercial applications,” Garimella said...
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Exascale to Enable Smart Cities
Over at Argonne, Charlie Catlett writes that the advent of Exascale computing will enable Smart Cities designed to improve the quality of life for urban dwellers...
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Video: What IBM’s 5 Nanometer Transistors Mean for You
In this video, Nicolas Loubet from IBM Research describes how IBM's new 5 nanometer transistors will provide huge power savings that could enable mobile devices...
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