Bubbles could block a promising technology that would separate carbon dioxide from industrial emissions, capturing the greenhouse gas before it contributes to climate change. A team of researchers with backing from the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) is out to burst the barrier, using a code that captures the floating blisters and provides insights to deter them. Chemical looping reactors (CLRs) combine fuels such as methane with oxygen from metal oxide particles before combustion. The reaction produces water vapor and carbon dioxide, which can easily be separated to create a pure CO2 stream for sequestration or industrial use. Standard post-combustion separation must pull carbon dioxide from a multigas mixture.
IBM Launches $100M Partnership with Tokyo and Chicago Universities to Develop 100,000-Qubit Quantum-Centric Supercomputer
May 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
HIROSHIMA — At the G7 Summit in Japan, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100,000 qubits. IBM said it will work over the next decade to advance the underlying technologies for this system, as well as to design and build the necessary components […]
CoolIT Systems Introduces Direct Liquid Cooling-Enabled Rear Door Heat Exchanger
May 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Calgary – CoolIT Systems, a provider of liquid cooling solutions for data centers and HPC, announced an expansion of its product portfolio to include what the company said is the industry’s first direct liquid cooling (DLC)-enabled rear door heat exchanger (RDHx). This announcement follows the recent news of KKR’s acquisition of CoolIT. In today’s rapidly […]
At ISC 2023: Hyperion Reports HPC Industry Grew 4% in 2022; AI to Drive Stronger Growth Next and Following Years
May 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
The HPC industry managed to achieve modest overall growth in 2022, but growth of any kind was in doubt right up to the end of the year, according to HPC-AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research, which hosted its bi-annual HPC market update at a breakfast event this week during the ISC 2023 conference in Hamburg. […]
NVIDIA Teams with Microsoft on Enterprise-Ready Generative AI
May 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
NVIDIA has announced that it is integrating its NVIDIA AI Enterprise software into Microsoft’s Azure Machine Learning targeting enterprise AI initiatives. The integration will create a secure, enterprise-ready platform that enables Azure customers worldwide to quickly build, deploy and manage customized applications using the more than 100 NVIDIA AI frameworks and tools that come fully […]
Ayar Labs Adds $25M to its Series C
May 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 24, 2023 – Ayar Labs, a developer of silicon photonics for chip-to-chip connectivity, today announced it has raised an additional $25 million in Series C1 funding, bringing its total Series C raise to $155 million. The oversubscribed up round was led by new investor Capital TEN. VentureTech Alliance also entered the […]
Dell and NVIDIA in Generative AI Initiative
May 24, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) have announced a joint generative AI initiative designed to make it easier for businesses to build generative AI models on premises. Project Helix will offer various solutions with technical support and pre-built tools based on Dell and NVIDIA infrastructure and software. It includes a blueprint to help […]
At ISC 2023: Lenovo Discusses a Decade-Plus of Delivering Sustainable HPC
May 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this interview at ISC 2023 with Lenovo’s Rick Koopman, EMEA Director HPC and AI Emerging Markets, we discuss Lenovo’s mission to stay at the leading edge of sustainable HPC hardware solutions. Lenovo has built out a comprehensive green HPC strategy that extends from liquid cooled HPC servers to carbon-offset programs to Asset Recovery Services […]
AMD-Powered LUMI Supercomputer: In the Vanguard of HPC Performance and Energy Efficiency
May 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] LUMI is a model of both supercomputing and sustainability. It also embodies Europe’s rise on the global HPC scene in recent years. The AMD-powered, HPE-built system, ranked no. 3 on the new TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, also ranks no. 7 on the GREEN500 list of the most energy […]
@HPCpodcast: A Breakdown of the ‘Treasure Trove’ TOP500 List
May 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
We release this special edition of the @HPCpodcast, sponsored by Lenovo, from the ISC conference in Hamburg with a detailed discussion of the new TOP500 list, issued this morning. Shahin, a list advocate, notes that it contains 30-plus years of system data showing the convolutions and evolution of the highest performing HPC architectures – “a treasure trove,” as he puts it. We offer top-line insights from the new list, not just the TOP500 but also the GREEN500, the High-Performance Conjugate Gradient (HPCG) benchmark, and the AI-inspired, mixed-precision HPL-MxP benchmark.
