HPC User Forum Updates Speaker Lineup for April 9-10 Meeting in Reston, VA

March 17, 2024 — The HPC User Forum has updated its agenda spotlighting speakers at its upcoming meeting, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9-10, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, VA.  The full agenda and registration information can be found here. Register at: https://www.hpcuserforum.com/hpc-user-forum-spring-2024/ “The forum is a meeting place for the HPC community to […]

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 […]

HPC User Forum: ‘Lawyers Who Use AI Will Replace Lawyers Who Don’t’

“Lawyers who use AI will replace lawyers who don’t.” That was the coda of a presentation given at the recent HPC User Forum in Tucson by Arizona State University law professor Gary Marchant, a graduate of Harvard Law School and a professor at ASU since 1999. Marchant’s presentation at the Forum, hosted by Hyperion Research, was one of the conference’s most talked-about sessions. In this interview, Marchant shares his observations on how generative AI and large language models….

Large Language Models: The Largeness, the Power and the ‘Emergent’ Mystery

Large language models fit the classic model of a red-hot technology in an early stage of commercial viability: there’s more talk about it than knowledge, and FOMO – the fear that your competitors are implementing it at your peril – is helping to drive explosive demand. There’s also an allure and mystery around LLMs: some of the awe-inspiring “zero shot” things they do surprise even the data scientists who trained the models (more on this below). Against this backdrop….

HPC News Bytes 20230911: NVIDIA LLM Inferencing; Honeywell and Quantinuum; TSMC in Silicon Photonics; Microsoft Copilot AI Indemnification

As we reflect on the events of 9/11/2001 (it’s still living hell no matter how long ago it happened), let’s quickly (4:52) review last week’s HPC news highlights, including: NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM for faster AI inferencing; Honeywell integrates quantum-hardened encryption keys from Quantinuum; TSMC enters the silicon photonics arena; Microsoft to defend Copilot AI customers; Hyperion Research hosts HPC User Forum

At the HPC User Forum: 2 Full Days in Tucson of HPC and AI

This week saw HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research host the HPC User Forum, a supercomputing conference with an end-user emphasis held four times a year (two in the U.S. and two internationally) offering two intensive days of presentations and panels involving commercial and government users, along with hardware and software vendors.

Hyperion: Applications Open for HPC Innovation Excellence Awards

Aug. 7, 2023 — Hyperion Research and the HPC User Forum Steering Committee announced that applications are open for the HPC Innovation Excellence Awards, to be presented during SC23 in Denver this November. 11-17 Applications must be submitted by Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 to be eligible for SC23 (submissions past the deadline will be kept on file […]

HPC User Forum to Be Held at Princeton April 18-19, Spotlight on High- and Low-Growth HPC Segments

Feb. 6, 2023 — HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research announced that the HPC User Forum will hold a conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 18-19, at the Princeton, NJ, Marriott at Forrestal. The conference agenda can be found here, more information and registration can be found here. Hyperion Research will provide an HPC market update […]

Hyperion Research Announces Winners of 2022 HPC Innovation Excellence Awards

ST PAUL, Minn., November 29, 2022 — HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research today announced the recipients of the 17th round of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards. The winners are: — For HPC-driven design of innovative functional materials for catalysis, energy conversion, and storage: Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University (contact: Andrey […]

Registration Open for 2022 International HPC User Forums in October

ST PAUL, Minn., August 9, 2022 — HPC-AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research  announced that registration is now open for two International HPC User Forums in October. The first event, hosted by CEA and TERATEC will be held in Paris on Monday and Tuesday, October 3-4, 2022 at the Cercle National des Armées | CNA Paris. […]