This morning, Eviden made it official: it has been awarded a contract by Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany to build the modular data center to host the EuroHPC JUPITER supercomputer, Europe’s first exascale system. This is not surprising because….
HPC News Bytes 20240115: RIKEN’s HPC-Quantum Platform, RFP for Post-Exascale, HPE Acquires Juniper, Google: AI Chip Trial, No Cloud Exit Fees
January 15, 2024 by
A happy mid-winter morning to you. Here’s a rapid (5:06) rundown of recent developments in the world of HPC-AI, including: RIKEN’s hybrid quantum-classical HPC platform with Quantinuum, Google in $1.67B AI chip patent trial….
Exascale for ‘Hot Fusion’: Earthly Effort to Produce the Same Energy that Powers the Sun
January 8, 2024 by
Nuclear fusion processes similar to the sun’s have the potential to transform energy production on earth. At least that’s the goal of California-based TAE Technologies, which plans to build the world’s first prototype hydrogen-boron fusion power plant, called Da Vinci, in the early 2030s. With Da Vinci, TAE’s seventh-generation test….
@HPCpodcast: A Parting Look at 2023 — What a Year for HPC-AI!
December 29, 2023 by
As we embark on 2024, Shahin and Doug offer this 2023 Year in Review special edition looking back at one of the most eventful years in the recent history of HPC, AI, quantum computing, open source and other advanced technologies. Throughout the year, major HPC-AI developments lit up technology trade media — and the global business and news media.
HPC News Bytes 20231225: EU Moves Toward Exascale, Neuromorphic AI, Intel to Get ASML Fab Machine, Argonne’s All-Optical Switch
December 25, 2023 by
‘Twas the week before Christmas, but it nevertheless was a busy week for the HPC community. Here’s a brief (5:43) look at recent developments, including: EU moves toward exascale, neuromorphic AI gets active with impressive promised ….
HPE and Univ. of Stuttgart to Build ‘Transitional’ and Exascale Supercomputers at HLRS
December 19, 2023 by
HPE and the University of Stuttgart have announced they will build two new supercomputers at HLRS, the High Performance Computing Centre in Stuttgart. In the first stage, a transitional supercomputer, called Hunter, will begin operation in 2025, followed in 2027 with the installation of Herder, an exascale ….
Exascale Software for Disaster Weather Warnings
December 8, 2023 by
…“the (Exascale Computing Project) software presents an array of possibilities and examples that have proven effective. The accelerated abilities afforded by ECP software give access to faster machines, improve our infrastructure, and give scientists tools that could significantly improve the accuracy of our models by supporting new science.”
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….
@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.
SC23: TOP500 Trends, the AI-HPC Crossover, Chiplet Standardization, the Emergence of UCIe and CXL Advancements
November 29, 2023 by
By Adrian Cockcroft, Partner & Analyst, OrionX Last year the UCIe chiplet standard had just been launched, and since then just about everyone has joined it, about 130 companies. The idea is that to build a complete CPU or GPU you don’t have to put it all on the same chip from the same….
