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UK Researchers: Quantum Can Simulate Catalysts in Chemical Processes, Cut Environmental Impacts

Researchers from Riverlane quantum engineering company and sustainable technology company Johnson Matthey announced they have developed quantum algorithms to simulate the catalysts used in industrial chemical processes. The companies say their work may reduce the environmental impact of everything from fuel cells to petrochemicals and hydrogen production. The research was published in Physical Review Research last […]

Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder and Semiconductor Pioneer, 94

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced that company co-founder Gordon Moore passed away on Friday, March 24 at the age of 94. The foundation reported he died peacefully on Friday, March 24, 2023, surrounded by family at his home in Hawaii. Moore and his longtime […]

Manufacturing Repatriation: How HPC-Class Technologies from Microsoft Azure and AMD Support Manufacturers’ Reshoring Strategies

Geopolitical change is having tectonic impact on the global manufacturing industry. In the U.S., western Europe and other industrialized countries, there is growing emphasis on “manufacturing repatriation,” or reshoring of factory production….

MathWorks and Green Hills Software Develop Integration for Safety-Related Applications Using Infineon AURIX Microcontrollers

NATICK, Mass., and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 14, 2023 — MathWorks, developer of mathematical computing software, and Green Hills Software, an embedded software safety and security company, announced an integration that helps engineers design safety-related applications for the Infineon AURIX TC4x family of automotive microcontrollers using Simulink. Engineers using the new family of microcontrollers automate […]

Microsoft Introduces Generative AI VM on Azure with Scaling up to Thousands of GPUs

Microsoft today introduced the ND H100 v5 VM on the Azure cloud, a virtual machine for development generative AI applications. The VM can scale from eight to thousands of NVIDIA H100 GPUs with Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking, Microsoft said, and the adoption of H100’s, NVIDIA’s latest data center GPUs, will accelerate performance for AI models over […]

SEEQC and BASF to Explore Quantum Computing in Chemical Reactions for Industrial Use

ELMSFORD, N.Y., Feb. 9, 2023 — SEEQC, the digital quantum computing company, and chemical company BASF today announced a partnership to explore the application of quantum computing in chemical reactions. This research will explore the potential of quantum in dissolved catalysts, otherwise known as homogeneous catalysis. Through this partnership, BASF joins the SEEQC-led QuPharma project, […]

Microsoft Announces GA of Azure OpenAI Service, ChatGPT on Way

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service, the result of a partnership with OpenAI whose ChatGPT generative AI application has created a sensation since its late November launch that generated 1 million-plus downloads in its first week. The announcement follows last week’s news that Microsoft was in talks to invest $10 billion […]

General Dynamics Awarded $152M Operations Contract by Alabama Supercomputer Authority

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – General Dynamics Information Technology has announced it was awarded a $152 million contract for the provisioning, management and operation of computer and network systems by the Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA). The contract, which was awarded in December 2022, has a five-year base period with two potential option years. This is the […]

SRC Leads JUMP 2.0 Microelectronics Consortium — Includes DARPA and 7 University Research Centers

Jan. 4, 2023 — DARPA, along with the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and industry and academic stakeholders, is kicking off the Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0 (JUMP 2.0). The SRC-led effort expands on the original JUMP collaboration aimed at accelerating U.S. advances in information and communications technologies. The consortium created under JUMP 2.0 will pursue high-risk, high-payoff […]

Supermicro Announces Ampere ARM-based Servers

SAN JOSE, Dec. 21, 2022 — Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) has announced ARM-based series of servers as part of the MegaDC family. Using Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max processors, the Mt. Hamilton platform leverages a single unified motherboard design, targeting cloud-native applications. In addition, the new servers address several objectives for cloud-native workloads, specifically delivering high performance per […]