ALCF Developer Session Feb. 28: Aurora’s Exascale Compute Blade

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold a webinar from 11 am-noon CT on the compute blade of the Aurora exascale supercomputer. Registration for the event can be found here. Led by ALCF’s Servesh Muralidharan, the session will cover details of the blade’s components, and the flow of data between them, […]

HPC User Forum Announces Agenda for April 9-10 Event in Reston, VA

ST PAUL, Minn., February 12, 2024— The HPC User Forum, established in 1999 to promote the health of the global HPC industry and address issues of common concern to user, has published an updated agenda spotlighting its list of featured speakers for its upcoming meeting, on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9-10 at the Hyatt Regency […]

Integrated Research Infrastructure: Argonne Combines HPC and Experiments to Speed Discovery

For over a decade, Argonne has been working to develop tools and methods to connect its powerful computing resources with large-scale experiments. Merging ALCF supercomputers with the APS has been a significant focus of…

Eviden to Deliver Modular Data Center for Europe’s 1st Exascale System

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

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

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!

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

‘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

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

…“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.”