LOS ANGELES, June 10, 2024 — Q-CTRL, a developer of quantum infrastructure software, today announced it is the winner of the Digital Courseware Solution of the Year Award by EdTech Breakthrough for its quantum computing workforce development educational platform, Black Opal for Enterprise. Q-CTRL said that within the EdTech industry, Black Opal for Enterprise offers […]
Taking Liquid Cooling to Next Level: Sandia Researchers Say Direct Immersion May Cut Power Use by 70%
…. by directly submergining electrical circuits and components in fluid that does not conduct electricity, Sandia National Laboratories researchers are taking liquid cooling to another level ….
Livermore Lab and BridgeBio Announce Human Trials for HPC-Discovered Cancer Drug
In what Lawrence Livermore National Lab said is “a substantial milestone for supercomputing-aided drug design,” LLNL and BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics today announced clinical trials have begun for ….
JPMorgan Chase, Argonne and Quantinuum Show Theoretical Quantum Optimization Speedup
June 5, 2024 — In a new paper in Science Advances on May 29, researchers at JPMorgan Chase, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Quantinuum have demonstrated clear evidence of a quantum algorithmic speedup for the quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA). This algorithm has been studied extensively and has been implemented […]
NSF Awards Additional $9.8M to NCSA for Delta, DeltaAI HPC
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications in Illinois was recently awarded $4.9 million of supplemental funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for Delta and an additional $4.9 million for DeltaAI to expand the potential capabilities of the soon-to-launch system by nearly 50 percent. NCSA originally received nearly $25 million from NSF in 2023 to deploy and operate DeltaAI, an advanced […]
Supercomputer Funding for BC Universities in Canada for Research in Health Care and More
June 3, 2024 — The Government of British Columbia and the Digital Research Alliance of Canad are investing over $81M into the supercomputers at Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. SFU will use a combined investment of over $66M to renew the infrastructure of its Cedar system, which is an academic supercomputer that is […]
Montana State Selects ORCA Computing for Distributed Quantum Computing and Communications
LONDON and AUSTIN, June 5, 2024 — ORCA Computing, a quantum computing company, has been selected by Montana State University (MSU) to supply two PT-1 quantum photonics systems, advancing distributed quantum computing and critical quantum capabilities. Funded by the U.S Air Force as part of a new Applied Quantum CORE grant, the ORCA systems will […]
How Will El Capitan Run? Software and Storage Solutions Powering NNSA’s First Exascale Supercomputer
El Capitan, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s first exascale supercomputer, will likely be the world’s most powerful computer when the system is deployed in Fall 2024. But answering some of science’s most challenging questions will go beyond simply having cutting-edge hardware. Discover how the software architecture and storage systems that will drive El Capitan’s performance […]
Consortium for Advancement of Scientific Software (CASS) to Hold 11 Virtual Sessions June 11-13
WASHINGTON, DC. — The recently established Consortium for the Advancement of Scientific Software (CASS) has announced 11 virtual sessions on scientific software, scheduled for June 11 – 13, 2024. The virtual sessions, labeled the 2024 CASS Community Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) Days, are sponsored by CASS and hosted by the Partnering for Scientific Software Ecosystem Stewardship (PESO) project, a member team of […]
HPC News Bytes 20240520: Expanding Exascale Club; Nvidia ‘Paints It Green’ at ISC; Specialty AI Chip News; Student Cluster Competition
A happy May morning to you! In the aftermath of ISC 2024 in Hamburg, we offer this quick (6:21) run-through of recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including ….