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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.


Tech Speeds Quantum Circuit Computation in Quantum Simulator
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Tech Speeds Quantum Circuit Computation in Quantum Simulator

Using a quantum simulator they developed, researchers at Fujitsu have determined how to  boost the computational speed of quantum-classical hybrid algorithms by...

Cat Qubit Error Correction Architecture
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Cat Qubit Error Correction Architecture

A new quantum error-correction architecture could reduce quantum computer hardware requirements.

Frontier Keeps Top Supercomputer Spot
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Frontier Keeps Top Supercomputer Spot

The Frontier system at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory remained the world's top supercomputer on the 60th Top500 list.

Intel Says UCIe to Outpace PCIe in Speed Race
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Intel Says UCIe to Outpace PCIe in Speed Race

Intel has disclosed more information about the Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) standard.

Los Alamos Supercomputers Uncover Subtleties of the X Chromosome
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Los Alamos Supercomputers Uncover Subtleties of the X Chromosome

A new model shows the X chromosome inactivation process, paving the way for drug treatments for gene-based disorders and diseases.

12 European Companies, Research Labs Join Forces to Boost Industrial Quantum Computing Applications
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12 European Companies, Research Labs Join Forces to Boost Industrial Quantum Computing Applications

The NExt ApplicationS of Quantum Computing project hopes to demonstrate practical use cases for the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices that soon will be available...

European Commission Invests €8 Billion  in Supercomputing
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European Commission Invests €8 Billion in Supercomputing

The European Commission is boosting its commitment under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking with a planned €8-billion ($9.4-billion) infusion into developing European...

UT Austin Researchers Use Supercomputing to Study Turning Animals Monogamous
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UT Austin Researchers Use Supercomputing to Study Turning Animals Monogamous

University of Texas at Austin researchers used the Texas Advanced Computing Center's Wrangler supercomputer to examine gene activity across the genomes of 10 species...

Purdue's NEW LIMITS Center to Advance Computer Chip Parts
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Purdue's NEW LIMITS Center to Advance Computer Chip Parts

Purdue University is using funding from the Semiconductor Research Corp. and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology for its NEW LIMITS facility...

Science Application Developers Share Pioneering Strategies For Exascale Computing
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Science Application Developers Share Pioneering Strategies For Exascale Computing

Three U.S. Department of Energy scientists discuss providing scalability and performance portability to prepare for exascale computing. 

U.s. Coalesces Plans For First Exascale Supercomputer
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U.s. Coalesces Plans For First Exascale Supercomputer

The delivery date for the U.S.'s first exascale supercomputing system, Aurora, has been extended from 2018 to 2021, while its target capability has been enlarged...

Kathy Yelick Charts the Promise and Progress of Exascale Science
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Kathy Yelick Charts the Promise and Progress of Exascale Science

ACM Fellow Kathy Yelick of the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the scientific applications fueling exascale computing.

Michio Kaku Sketches Technological Wonderland of the Future at Sc12
From ACM News

Michio Kaku Sketches Technological Wonderland of the Future at Sc12

Imagine a world where a computer chip costs just a penny.

Blue Waters Opts Out of Top500
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Blue Waters Opts Out of Top500

The NCSA Blue Waters system is one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, but it won't appear on the TOP500 list—nor will it be taking part in the HPC Challenge...

Thomas Sterling: 'i Think We Will Never Reach Zettaflops'
From ACM Opinion

Thomas Sterling: 'i Think We Will Never Reach Zettaflops'

As supercomputing makes its way through the petascale era, the future of the technology has never seemed so uncertain.
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