Good June morning! It’s been an interesting week in HPC-AI, here’s a quick (6:53) review of the latest news and trends: Clinical trials for cancer fighting drug discovered ….
HPC News Bytes 20240610: Clinical Trials for HPC-Discovered Drug, New Liquid Cooling Technique, CHIPS Act Update, Low Memory-Low Power AI
June 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Taking Liquid Cooling to Next Level: Sandia Researchers Say Direct Immersion May Cut Power Use by 70%
June 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment
…. 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
June 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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 by Leave a Comment
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
June 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
How Will El Capitan Run? Software and Storage Solutions Powering NNSA’s First Exascale Supercomputer
June 4, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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
May 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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
May 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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 ….
HPE Delivers 2nd Exascale Supercomputer, Aurora, to Argonne National Laboratory
May 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
HAMBURG – At ISC High Performance 2024, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced that it has delivered the world’s second exascale supercomputer, Aurora, in collaboration with Intel for the United States Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. Aurora has reached 1.012 exaflops on 87 percent of the system, making it the world’s second-fastest supercomputer as verified […]
ORNL and SLAC Team Up for Breakthrough Biology Projects
May 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Under DOE’s Integrated Research Infrastructure initiative, Frontier will provide high-speed analysis for LCLS-II’s structural biology data output Plans to unite the capabilities of two cutting-edge technological facilities funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science promise to usher in a new era of dynamic structural biology. Through DOE’s Integrated Research Infrastructure, or IRI, initiative, the […]
