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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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NTT Demonstrates Optical Fiber Monitoring Technology for All-Photonics Network
TOKYO – August 20, 2024 – NTT Corporation (NTT) has developed technology to visualize the state of end-to-end fiber-optic links without using measuring equipment...
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Aug. 21 Argonne Webinar on chipStar: a HIP implementation for Aurora Exascale
Aug. 20, 2024 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold a webinar tomorrow from 11 am to noon Central Time covering chipStar, a HIP implementation for...
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Diraq Says It Drives 2-Qubit Gate Accuracy in CMOS above 99%
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 20, 2024 – Quantum computing company Diraq announced it has demonstrated consistent and repeatable operation with above 99 percent fidelity...
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Female-led Swiss Start-up Apheros Secures $1.85M for Data Center Cooling Systems
Zurich – August 19, 2024: Deep tech startup Apheros is today announcing a $1.85m funding round the company will use to introduce its metal foam technologyfor data...
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HPC News Bytes Podcast 20240819: Adding AI-Centric Servers, Post Quantum Cryptography, Liberal Arts Profs Look at Exascale
Good August day to you! Here's a quick (5:43) review of recent goings on in the world of HPC-AI, including: AI-centric servers from non-traditional HPC suppliers...
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Upping the AI Ante: AMD to Acquire Data Center Server Company ZT Systems for $5B
In a vertical integration move, AMD today announced an agreement to acquire data center and hyperscale systems supplier ZT Systems for nearly $5 billion. The acquisition...
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2 English Professors Win NSF Grant to Open Aurora Exascale Black Box
English professors at Clemson University and Portland State University have been awarded a six-figure research grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct...
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SandboxAQ Adds Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Dr. Lawrence H. Summers to Board
Aug. 16, 2024 — AI and quantum technology company SandboxAQ announced that Dr. Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, has joined SandboxAQ’s...
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Dec. 15 Nomination Deadline for ACM Award to Recognize Researchers from Historically Underrepresented Communities
New York, Aug. 13, 2024 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that it has initiated the Luiz André Barroso Award to recognize researchers...
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Quantum Circuits Closes $60M Series B Investment
August 15, 2024 – New Haven, CT – Quantum Circuits announced it has secured a final Series B investment round of more than $60 million. The company said the funds...
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Ke Fan and Daniel Nichols Win ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships
New York, August 14, 2024 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the IEEE Computer Society announced today that Ke Fan of the University of Illinois...
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NSF: Call for Nominations for $1M Alan T. Waterman Award, Sept. 20 Deadline
Aug. 13, 2024 — The National Science Foundation said it is seeking nominations for candidates that represent the diversity of the U.S. Nominations for the AlanNSF...
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IBM-Developed Algorithms Accepted for Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Aug. 13, 2024 — Two IBM-developed algorithms have been formalized within the world’s first three post-quantum cryptography standards, which...
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EU Launches Cryogenic Quantum Project
Aug. 12, 2024 — The ARCTIC (“Advanced Research on Cryogenic Technologies for Innovative Computing”), an EU project, is intended to establish a European supply chain...
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HPC News Bytes 20240812: UK Cuts Exascale, Big Round for AI Inference, Llama 3.1 and Open AI, SC24 the Biggest Ever?
A good mid-August morn to you! Here's a rapid (6:30) romp through recent HPC-AI developments, including: the UK government cuts more than £1 billion for an exascale...
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DOE Announces 2024 Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows
Four scientists have each been awarded $1 million in direct funding via the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows program...
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CoreWeave Adds Managers from Google, Oracle
ROSELAND, N.J., Aug. 8, 2024 — GPU cloud company CoreWeave today announced the appointment of Chen Goldberg as Senior Vice President of Engineering, as well as Sachin...
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TSMC Reports July Revenue up 45% YoY
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Aug. 9, 2024 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for July 2024: On a consolidated basis, revenue for July 2024...
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NSF National Quantum Virtual Lab Initiates 5 Pilot Projects
Aug. 9 2024 — The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced the initial $5 million investment across five pilot projects taking the first steps toward creating...
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