Nvidia, hot off the festivities of its big GTC conference last week in San Jose, dominates the GPU market with a roughly 95 percent share. But the question remains whether and how other chip suppliers will make inroads into the GPU sector. The top potential inroad-making candidate is AMD with its Instinct MI AI accelerators. […]
Report: Oracle to Deploy AI Cluster with 30,000 AMD MI355X Accelerators
March 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
atNorth Leaders Recognized for Digital Infrastructure
March 21, 2025 by
Reykjavík, Iceland – March 21st, 2025 – atNorth, a Nordic colocation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence service provider, today announced that two of their senior executives have received industry recognition for their contributions to the digital infrastructure sector. Fredrik Jansson, Chief Strategy and Marketing & Communications Officer at atNorth, has been shortlisted for the EMEA Digital Infrastructure […]
@HPCpodcast: Live from GTC 2025, Among the Crowds for the New AI Compute Landscape
March 21, 2025 by
In what is becoming an annual tradition for the @HPCpodcast, we present “Live from Nvidia GTC 2025,” covering highlights from the Nvidia extravaganza with an AI-everywhere theme.
We review the conference, discussing everything from ….
@HPCpodcast: Dr. Ian Cutress on the State of Advanced Chips, the GPU Landscape and AI Compute, Global Chip Manufacturing and GTC Expectations
March 12, 2025 by
Just before GTC (and for the 100th episode of the @HPCpodcast, and this one sponsored by liquid cooling company CoolIT) ….
Data Center Report: Record-low Vacancy Pushing Hyperscalers into Untapped Markets
March 10, 2025 by
In a year when data centers faced their most difficult power challenges, the industry thrived nevertheless. According to the North America Data Center Year-End 2024 Report ….
Report: 64,000 Nvidia GB200s for Stargate AI Data Center in Texas
March 7, 2025 by
A report from Bloomberg states that some 64,000 of Nvidia’s flagship Blackwell GB200 chips will be purchased by OpenAI and Oracle as part of the Stargate AI data center project announced in January at a ceremony ….
Europe, Seeking HPC and AI Autonomy, Launches €240M DARE Project
March 6, 2025 by
A €240 million project has been launched to promote HPC and AI autonomy in Europe. The Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe, Special Agreement 1 (DARE SGA1) project marks “a significant milestone in Europe’s ….
Axelera AI Wins EuroHPC Grant of up to €61.6M for AI Chiplet Development
March 6, 2025 by
AI hardware maker Axelera AI has unveiled Titania, which the company described as a high-performance, low-power and scalable AI inference chiplet. Part of the EuroHPC JU’s effort to develop a supercomputing ….
Intel Unveils Xeon 6 CPUs with P-cores
February 24, 2025 by
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 24, 2025 – Intel today launched its Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores) for data center and networking portfolios. The company said: The Intel Xeon 6700/6500 series processor with P-cores is designed for for modern data centers, offering the perfect balance between performance and energy efficiency. Delivering an average of 1.4x better […]
Toward 1M Qubits? Microsoft Quantum Chip Is Based on ‘New State of Matter’
February 19, 2025 by
Microsoft today said its new quantum chip is the first to be powered by a new Topological Core architecture that “will realize quantum computers capable of solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years ….
