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 ….

DOE Launches HPC-AI-Quantum ‘Genesis Mission’ Research Platform

The Trump Adminisration today issued an executive order launching the Genesis Mission, described as a Department of Energy-led effort to “transform American science and innovation through the power of AI ….

Hyperion Research Announces Winners of 2025 HPC Innovation Excellence Awards

ST PAUL, Minn., November 18, 2025—Hyperion Research announced the recipients of the 21st round of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards at their annual HPC/AI Market Update Breakfast during SC25. The 2025 winners of the HPC Innovation Awards are: Urgent HPC for Earthquakes Applied as a Service – Organizations: Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Mexico’s National Seismological […]

CPC Welcomes You to the Hyperion Research HPC/AI Market Update Breakfast Briefing at SC25

[SPONSORED GUEST POST]   SC is an unparalleled mix of thousands of scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers, and developers who convene to learn, share, and grow. During SC25, CPC welcomes you to the Hyperion Research HPC/AI ….

Accelerating Breakthroughs in Higher Education & Research with NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition

NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, accelerated by the groundbreaking NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, delivers unparalleled GPU accelerated performance and energy ….

Mumtalakat and SandboxAQ Announce AI Partnership for Bahrain’s Biotech Ecosystem

Manama, 27 October 2025: Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co. BSC(c), the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and SandboxAQ, which is focused on artificial intelligence and quantum techniques, today announced a partnership to support the biotech ecosystem in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Bahrain is licensing SandboxAQ’s quantitative AI to develop targets and therapeutics. The […]

UK’s STFC Launches 24 PLFLOPS AI Supercomputer for Industry

The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Centre has launched a supercomputer designed to help UK industry accelerate innovation through artificial intelligence and advanced computing. A 24.41 petaflop system, it can perform 24.41 quadrillion floating-point calculations per second. The GPU-based system is designed for AI workloads and advanced visualisation. Located within STFC’s £30 million […]

RISA Labs Raises $3.5M to Fight Treatment Delays with AI-Powered Workflow Automation in Oncology

Palo Alto, California – April 17, 2025: RISA Labs has raised a $3.5M funding round to help healthcare organizations eliminate one of the most persistent barriers to timely cancer care: prior authorization delays. RISA Labs has already proven that faster care is possible by dramatically reducing manual workflows and administrative burden. The seed was led […]

Rice Univ. Prof. Lydia Kavraki Elected to National Academy of Engineering for Research in Biomedical Robotics

Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors accorded to an engineer, for her work on “developing randomized motion-planning algorithms for robotics and robotics-inspired methods in biomedicine.” Kavraki is Rice’s Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, and a professor of computer science, […]

AI Beyond LLMs: How LQMs Are Unlocking the Next Wave of AI Breakthroughs

In this contributed article, Dr. Stefan Leichenauer, Vice President of Engineering and lead scientist at SandboxAQ, discusses the profound evolution that is now emerging: Large Quantitative Models (LQMs), designed to tackle complex real-world problems in areas such as healthcare, climate science, and materials design, are set to revolutionize industries and unlock new AI-powered breakthroughs for some of the world’s greatest challenges.