The compute power required by AI and HPC is skyrocketing and driving a global transition from 10-15 megawatt data centers to 50-100 megawatt and even gigawatt AI factories. With the next generation AI superchips operating at 2,800 watts and beyond, the amount of heat expected to be generated by a single data center is off the charts.
‘Sparsification’: PNNL Preps Data for Quantum
April 23, 2025 by
Quantum computing holds great promise in such such as computational chemistry and high-speed networking. But they’re so different from classical HPC systems that scientists are working out how to feed them ….
Screening 50B Small Molecules: AI-Driven Cancer Research at Argonne with Aurora Exascale HPC
April 22, 2025 by
At Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago researchers are using AI and high performance computing to develop new methods aimed at accelerating ….
HPC News Bytes 20250421: Chips and Geopolitical Chess, Intel and FPGAs, Cool Storage, 2nm CPUs in Taiwan and Arizona
April 21, 2025 by
Good April morning to you! It’s been an active week in the world of HPC-AI, here’s a quick (8:43) rundown of recent industry news: Nvidia, AMD and China export ….
AMD Announces ‘Venice,’ First HPC Chip on TSMC 2nm Process from Arizona Fab
April 15, 2025 by
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced its next-generation AMD EPYC processor, “Venice,” and said it is the first HPC product to be taped out and brought up on the TSMC 2nm (N2) process technology.
HPC News Bytes 20250407: Tariffs and the Technology Industry, Intel-TSMC Deal?, DARPA Taps Wafer Scale, Sandia and Laser-Based Cooling, Optical I/O News
April 7, 2025 by
Good April day to you! It was a wild week for more than the HPC-AI sector last week, here’s a brief (7:39) look at some key developments: U.S. tariffs, the technology sector and advanced chips, Intel-TSMC ….
LLNL Scientists Use AI to Optimize Antibodies Against Mutations and to Speed Pandemic Preparedness
April 7, 2025 by
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in collaboration with other institutions, have successfully used an AI-driven platform to preemptively optimize an antibody to neutralize a broad diversity of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) ….
ISC 2025: What to Expect at This Year’s Conference in Hamburg, Germany
April 4, 2025 by
The annual ISC High Performance conference, organized by the ISC Group, is just over two months away. It will take place from June 10-13 in Hamburg, Germany. In this interview, we hear from two of the conference organizers about the highlights we can expect ….
Report: TSMC to Operate Intel Fabs under Tentative Joint Venture
April 3, 2025 by
The online technology publication The Information reported today that Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company have reached a tentative agreement to form a joint venture in which TSMC would operate Intel’s chipmaking facilities.
Sandia Labs Tests Laser-Based Photonic Data Center Cooling
April 3, 2025 by
Minnesota-based startup Maxwell Labs has entered into an R&D agreement with Sandia and the University of New Mexico to demonstrate laser-based photonic cooling for computer chips. The company is working to develop the new technology to regulate the temperature of chips, while aiming to lower the power ….
