In this episode of the @HPCpodcast, sponsored by Lenovo, Shahin and Doug talk with University of Delaware’s Sunita Chandrasekaran, a rock star in the world of supercomputing software. Chandrasekaran is Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Information Systems and co-directing the AI Center of Excellence at the university.
@HPCpodcast: HPC Software Rock Star Sunita Chandrasekaran on Exascale Programming and the Emergence of the RSE
IBM Reports Accurate Quantum at 100+ Qubits
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced what the company said is a breakthrough in quantum computing, published on the cover of the scientific journal Nature, demonstrating for the first time that quantum systems can produce accurate results at a scale of 100+ qubits “reaching beyond leading classical approaches.” An IBM research team conducted an experiment that […]
IBM Launches $100M Partnership with Tokyo and Chicago Universities to Develop 100,000-Qubit Quantum-Centric Supercomputer
HIROSHIMA — At the G7 Summit in Japan, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100,000 qubits. IBM said it will work over the next decade to advance the underlying technologies for this system, as well as to design and build the necessary components […]
NVIDIA Teams with Microsoft on Enterprise-Ready Generative AI
NVIDIA has announced that it is integrating its NVIDIA AI Enterprise software into Microsoft’s Azure Machine Learning targeting enterprise AI initiatives. The integration will create a secure, enterprise-ready platform that enables Azure customers worldwide to quickly build, deploy and manage customized applications using the more than 100 NVIDIA AI frameworks and tools that come fully […]
RIKEN and Intel Aim for Zettascale in Joint R&D for HPC, AI and Quantum
May 18, 2023 — RIKEN and Intel Corporation have announced joint R&D in the field of advanced computing technologies, such as AI, HPC and quantum computing. As part of the agreement, RIKEN will also engage with Intel Foundry Services to create prototypes of these new solutions. Collaboration areas include technologies in the fields of supercomputers and […]
DDN and Helmholtz Munich Host May 4 Life Sciences Field Day
CHATSWORTH, Calif. – April 13, 2023 – DDN, the artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-cloud data management company, today announced its 2023 Life Sciences Field Day, hosted by Helmholtz Munich on May 4, 2023 at the Helmholtz Munich campus. Registration for the 2023 Life Sciences Field Day on May 4 is now open. For more information and to register, visit […]
LLNL’s Annie Kritcher Named to TIME100 for Fusion Research
Time magazine has named Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) design physicist Andrea “Annie” Kritcher to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world for her role as the principal designer for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) experiment that produced fusion ignition in a laboratory for the first time. The scientific breakthrough, […]
SiPearl: €90M Series A Round Closes to Launch Arm-based Rhea HPC Chip
Maisons-Laffitte, France — April 5, 2023 — SiPearl, the French company building Rhea, the energy-efficient HPC microprocessor, has raised €90m financing for the 1st closing of its Series A will be used to commercialize Rhea in early 2024. SiPearl said Rhea is the first energy-efficient HPC-dedicated microprocessor designed to work with any third-party accelerator (GPU, artificial […]