HPC News Bytes 20251208: Marvell’s Celestial AI-Optical I/O Buy, ASML’s U.S. EUV Laser Competitor, HPC and Parkinson’s Research at SDSC
A good December day to you! The world of HPC-AI generated a notably colorful array of developments last week, here’s a quick (9:12) run-through of recent news: Marvell in AI with Celestial AI, co-packaged optical I/O, lasers for extreme ultraviolet lithography, SDCS’s HPC-led research for treating Parkinson’s
Sandia’s Newest and Least Conventional Supercomputer Takes the Stage
Sandia National Laboratories has announced the arrival of its newest most unconventional supercomputer. Designed through a collaboration between Sandia and NextSilicon, the “Spectra” prototype ….
The Infrastructure Revolution for AI Factories
Organizations risk being held back not by their compute power but by access to the data needed to fuel it. When input/output performance falls short or data orchestration can’t keep GPUs continuously supplied with data ….
Taking on ASML: U.S. Invests $150M in Gelsinger-Backed EUV Startup
Those machines have been called the most complex in the world, and no wonder. An EUV machine has more than 100,000 parts, they’re the size of a school bus, cost roughly $350 million and weigh around 200 tons.
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HPC News Bytes 20251208: Marvell’s Celestial AI-Optical I/O Buy, ASML’s U.S. EUV Laser Competitor, HPC and Parkinson’s Research at SDSC
A good December day to you! The world of HPC-AI generated a notably colorful array of developments last week, here’s a quick (9:12) run-through of recent news: Marvell in AI with Celestial AI, co-packaged optical I/O, lasers for extreme ultraviolet lithography, SDCS’s HPC-led research for treating Parkinson’s
HPC News Bytes 20251201: Hot Chip Startups, TPUs vs NVIDIA, Neoclouds as New Customer Class, DOE’s Genesis Mission
A good, frosty December day to you! The short holiday week last week produced interesting developments in the world of HPC-AI, here’s a rapid (8:31) run-through of recent news, including ….
HPC News Bytes 20251124: SC25 Quick Takes (Thank You St. Louis!), Hyperion HPC-Quantum Market Update, DOE’s New Public-Private Supercomputers
A happy US Thanksgiving Week to you all! As we decompress from the Supercomputing Conference in St. Louis, here’s a rapid (9:16) run-through of recent news, including: SC25 quick takes ….
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High-performance computing (HPC) has fundamentally changed the world of scientific research. Complex challenges that previously were unapproachable due to compute performance limitations and the massive power demands of legacy platforms can now be effectively addressed via powerful new advances in HPC. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is at the forefront of HPC, pushing its […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Large Language Models
The goal of this book is to help enterprises understand what makes LLMs so groundbreaking compared to previous solutions and how they can benefit from adopting or developing them. It also aims to help enterprises get a head start by outlining the most crucial steps to LLM development, training, and deployment. To achieve these goals, […]
Mastering the Complexities of AI at Scale
Artificial intelligence (AI), one of the most transformative innovations in enterprise IT, will continue to dominate the technology landscape for the foreseeable future. Organizations across industries are leveraging AI to differentiate their offerings and secure their competitive advantage. However, maximizing AI’s potential requires AI-optimized hardware and software as well as the specialized knowledge needed to […]
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$200M HPC Data Center for AI in Wisconsin Launched by DPO and Billerud
Digital Power Optimization, Inc. (“DPO”), a developer and operator of power-dense data centers, today announced it has secured land and a power supply to develop a $200 million high-performance computing facility in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. This project will enable up to 20 megawatts of AI computing. DPO is working in partnership with Billerud subsidiary Consolidated Water Power Company ….
@HPCpodcast Industry View: A Deep Dive into High-Density Data Center Cooling and Efficiency Strategies with DDC Solutions
In this “Industry View” episode of the @HPCpodcast, Chris Orlando of DDC Solutions discusses the rapidly changing landscape of high density data center cooling, monitoring, safety and compliance, hybrid liquid-air solutions and other strategies for data center power efficiency. DDC’s cabinet technology, DCIM real-time monitoring and dynamic ….
@HPCpodcast Industry View: A Deep Dive into High-Density Data Center Cooling and Efficiency with DDC Solutions
Chris Orlando of DDC discusses the rapidly changing landscape of high density data center cooling, monitoring, safety ….
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Webinar: How to Prepare for the Onset of Quantum Computing, with Alice & Bob and Hyperion Research
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Unleashing Power: NVIDIA L40S Data Center GPU by PNY
The NVIDIA L40S Data Center GPU, provided by PNY, represents a significant leap forward in the realm of high-performance computing. This GPU is engineered to meet the demanding needs of modern data centers ….
