Manchester, England, Aug. 7, 2023 — PEAK:AIO, a provider of a software defined storage platform designed for artificial intelligence, today announced a partnership with Stormgrid, a provider of hybrid AI solutions. Together, PEAK:AIO and Stormgrid plan to offer AI infrastructure providing enhanced performance and scalability for Stormgrid’s customer base. “Stormgrid is known for its state-of-the-art solutions […]
HPC News Bytes Podcast for 20230731: AWS’s GPU-Laden P5 Instance; TACC’s Stampede-3; Micron’s 24GB HBM3; Cineca’s ‘White Space’ Infrastructure
July 31, 2023 by
As August beckons let’s take a quick (4:14) look at the highlights of the latest news in HPC, AI, quantum and other advanced technologies. This week, Shahin and Doug discuss: AWS EC2 P5 cloud instance with Nvidia H100 and AMD Milan; TACC’s Stampede-3 mini Intel Aurora with Cornelis Network’s Omni-Path Express fabric; Micron 8-high 24GB HBM3; Cineca’s “white space” supercomputing infrastructure strategy.
Hitachi Vantara Announces Integrated Solution with Microsoft Azure that Transforms Hybrid Cloud Management
July 27, 2023 by
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – July 25, 2023 – Hitachi Vantara, an ifrastructure, data management and digital solutions subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced a collaboration with Microsoft to launch Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) for Azure Stack HCI. The hybrid cloud solution is designed to increase business agility and deliver enhanced cloud management across […]
HPC4EI: DOE Announces Solicitation for Industry to Connect with National Laboratories on Energy Technologies
July 24, 2023 by
Washington, DC — The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a new solicitation to connect industry partners with the high-performance computing (HPC) resources and expertise at DOE’s national laboratories to improve material performance and advance manufacturing processes for an equitable clean-energy future. Through the High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) initiative, selected teams will harness […]
Quantum: Atom Computing and NREL Explore Electric Grid Optimization
July 20, 2023 by
BOULDER, CO, July 20, 2023 – Atom Computing and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced are exploring how quantum computing can help optimize electric grid operations. During this week’s IEEE Power and Energy Society general meeting in Orlando, NREL researchers demonstrated how they incorporated Atom Computing’s atomic array quantum […]
Industry Heavyweights Form Ultra Ethernet Consortium for HPC and AI
July 19, 2023 by
SAN FRANCISCO – July 19, 2023 – A host of industry heavyweights have formed the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), intended to promote “industry-wide cooperation to build a complete Ethernet-based communication stack architecture for high-performance networking” for HPC and AI workloads, the new group said. Founding members include AMD, Arista, Broadcom, Cisco, Eviden (an Atos Business), […]
Intel, NVIDIA to Collaborate on Confidential Computing for AI Workloads
July 7, 2023 by
Chip rivals Intel and NVIDIA have joined in a “coopetition” collaboration for Confidential Computing solutions targeting AI workloads. At the recent Confidential Computing Summit in San Francisco, Intel said it working with NVIDIA to offer “attestation” services for NVIDIA H100 GPUs via Intel Trust Domain Extensions and Intel’s upcoming cloud-based trust service, code-named “Project Amber.” […]
Multiverse Computing, Iberdrola Partner on Quantum Optimization for Power Grids
July 6, 2023 by
SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN, July 6, 2023 – Quantum software company Multiverse Computing today announced a joint project with multinational clean energy firm Iberdrola to modernize electrical grids and facilitate additional green energy sources. Because electrical grids are integrating increasing amounts of renewable generation, electric vehicles and other distributed energy resources, supplemental batteries are playing a […]
UnifyFS Team Wins IPDPS Award for Open Source Software
July 6, 2023 by
Oak Ridge, TN — A research team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories won the first Best Open-Source Contribution Award for its paper at the 37th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, or IPDPS, which was held in St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 15-19. The paper, “UnifyFS: A User-level Shared […]
DOE’s HPC4EI Awards $3.9M for to 13 Clean Energy Projects; Announces Upcoming RFI Solicitation
June 23, 2023 by
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $3.9 million federal investment for 13 projects that will tap into the DOE national laboratories’ HPC resources to connect with industry partners. These short-term, collaborative projects will address manufacturing challenges and are intended to accelerate development of clean energy technologies. Boeing, Ford Motor and General […]
