We’re seeing the chip industry’s version of the scientific aphorism: “nature hates a vacuum.” The vacuum is the short supply of – and vast demand for – AI chips, and it’s roiling the semiconductor industry. Chip foundry companies TSMC, Intel and Samsung are straining to expand GPU fab capacity….
GPU-powered HPC Workloads in the Cloud with AWS and NVIDIA
January 22, 2024 by
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] Across industries cloud-based high performance computing (HPC) is on the rise. Find out from AWS and NVIDIA how GPU-accelerated compute is helping organizations run more HPC workloads and AI/ML jobs faster, in a more energy-efficient way.
HPC News Bytes 20231218: Intel’s Emerald Rapids Chip, New York State’s ‘Chips Act,’ Quantum Market Sizing, NVIDIA vs. AMD ‘Benchmarketing’
December 18, 2023 by
A happy Monday morning to you in the run-up to the holidays. Here’s a quick run-down on recent HPC-AI news, including: Intel’s Gen-5 Emerald Rapids chip, New York State’s “Chips Act,” quantum market sizing, GPU “Benchmarketing”: Nvidia vs. AMD
Gelsinger on Intel’s Mojo, its Crowded Roadmap, a Foundry-centric Arm Strategy, and Earning Back Trust
December 15, 2023 by
At an Intel pre-launch media event earlier this month in Hillsboro, OR, Gelsinger made a surprise appearance, and his comments were as interesting for what he said about the company going forward as they were about recent Intel history. Which is to say: ….
Intel Announces AI-Oriented 5th Gen Xeon, Provides Gaudi3 GPU Accelerator Sneak Peak
December 14, 2023 by
Gearing up for what it intends to be a multi-horse race in the exploding AI chip sector, Intel today announced a next-generation Xeon enterprise and data center CPU built with AI inferencing in mind, along with mobile processors targeting “AI PC,” and an advance look from Intel CEO….
HPC News Bytes 20231211: AMD’s MI300, Quantum in the News, Linux Foundation’s 2 New Projects, EU AI Regulations, ISC Extends Deadlines
December 11, 2023 by
A happy deep and dark December morning to you! Here’s a sprint (5:28) through recent HPC-AI news, including: AMD MI300, the Q2B quantum conference and other quantum news, the Linux Foundation’s new projects….
GigaIO’s SuperNODE to Power TensorWave Deployment with AMD MI300X
December 7, 2023 by
San Jose, California, December 6, 2023 – GigaIO, provider of open workload-defined infrastructure for AI and accelerated computing, has announced what the company said is the largest order yet for its SuperNODE utilizing tens of thousands of the AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators. GigaIO’s infrastructure will form the backbone of a bare-metal specialized AI cloud code-named […]
Taking on NVIDIA: AMD Announces Availability of MI300 GPU Accelerators
December 6, 2023 by
After years of NVIDIA having its dominant way in the GPU AI chip market — a market that has exploded over the last 12 months with the emergence of generative AI — AMD today announced the availability of the long-awaited and much previewed MI300X accelerator chip (pictured here) that AMD intends to be a worthy competitor with NVIDIA’s H100….
HPC News Bytes 20231204: The New Yorker on NVIDIA, the Open Benchmark Council, Intel and TSMC, Digital Twins for Hydropower
December 4, 2023 by
Here’s a sprint (5:16) through the latest HPC -AI news, including: NVIDIA’s big feature story in The New Yorker, the Open Benchmark Council’s TOP100 lists, Intel and TSMC’s high-end 3 nanometer fab, digital twins for hydropower at ORNL and PNNL.
@HPCpodcast: Tech Analyst Adrian Cockcroft on Trends Driving Future HPC Architectures
November 30, 2023 by
Along with his article to be found on this site, technology analyst Adrian Cockcroft of OrionX (and former AWS vice president) joins Shahin and Doug after SC23 to discuss TOP500 trends, the AI-HPC crossover, liquid cooling, chiplets, and the emergence of UCIe and CXL – some of the anticipated advancements are truly eye-popping. In this podcast, sponsored by Lenovo, the relentless pursuit of higher performance, the acceleration in the pace of change in high performance processing, is examined.
