TSMC announced it has signed a preliminary agreement with the U.S. Dept. of Commerce for up to $6.6 billion under the CHIPS and Science Act. TSMC also announced plans to build a third fab at its TSMC Arizona site in Phoenix using 2nm or more processes….
TSMC in the USA: Up to $6.6B in CHIPS Act Funding for 3rd (2nm or More) Arizona Fab
April 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
HPC News Bytes 20240401: A $100B AI Data Center, Eviden Says It’s Healthy, Alibaba’s RISC-V Chip, New Optical Interconnect Group, Nvidia Fights CUDA Translation
April 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Happy April Fool’s Day! It was as always an interesting week in the world of HPC-AI, this edition of HPC News Bytes includes commentary on: Microsoft and….
@HPCpodcast: Matt Sieger of OLCF-6 on the Post-Exascale ‘Discovery’ Vision
March 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
What does a supercomputer center do when it’s operating two systems among the TOP-10 most powerful in the world — one of them the first system to cross the exascale milestone? It starts planning its successor. The center is Oak Ridge National Lab, a U.S. Department….
Achronix FPGAs Add Support for Bluespec’s RISC-V Chips
March 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
March 26, 2024, SANTA CLARA, Calif. & FRAMINGHAM, Mass.– FPGA technology company Achronix Semiconductor Corporation and Bluespec, Inc., a RISC-V tools and silicon IP company, today announced a family of Linux-capable RISC-V soft processors that are available for the Achronix Speedster7t FPGA family. Marking an industry first, Bluespec’s RISC-V processors now integrate into the Achronix 2D […]
At GTC 2024: Liqid UltraStack Servers with up to 20 NVIDIA GPUs
March 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
At GTC 2024 we caught up with Sumit Puri, co-founder of composable computing company Liqid, to discuss the company’s GPU-power UltraStack, which he said transforms 2U servers into high-density GPU systems powered by NVIDIA L40S GPUs.
HPC News Bytes 20240325: Final GTC Thoughts, Intel and CHIPS Act Largesse, Ultra Ethernet Consortium Expands, Samsung’s GPU/HBM Chip
March 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A happy end-of-March morning to you! Here’s a rapid (5:57) run-though of the latest news in HPC-AI, including: final reflections on Nvidia GTC 2024, Intel to receive $8.5 billion via US CHIPS Act, the expanding Ultra Ethernet Consortium, Samsung’s upcoming GPU/HBM blend.
@HPCpodcast at GTC 2024: Taking in the Scene at Nvidia’s Week at the Center of the Tech World
March 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Live from Nvidia’s GTC 2024 AI-everywhere show, Doug and Shahin get together in the usual coffee shop chat of the @HPCpodcast. We cover a wide range of announcements from Nvidia headlined by their new Blackwell GPU architecture, discuss the contrast between the Nvidia model and thoe of other players, and share some observations (including celebrity sitings and a stare-down between a dog and a robot….
Dell Offers NVIDIA-Powered AI Factory Solutions
March 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
NVIDIA GTC 2024 – SAN JOSE – March 18, 2024: Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is strengthening its collaboration with NVIDIA to help enterprises adopt AI technologies. By expanding the Dell Generative AI Solutions portfolio, including with the new Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, organizations can accelerate integration of their data, AI tools and on-premises infrastructure to […]
Nvidia Launches Flagship ‘Blackwell’ GPU at GTC
March 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage for a two-hour GTC keynote event and victory lap, which was held before a sold-out crowd at the 17,500-seat SAP Center, home of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. Today’s news begins with Blackwell, which Nvidia said delivers six….
Survey on AI Infrastructure Spotlights GPU Challenges
March 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO – March 13, 2024 – ClearML today announced new research findings from a global AI survey conducted with FuriosaAI and the AI Infrastructure Alliance (AIIA) called “The State of AI Infrastructure at Scale 2024“: Findings: 96 percent of respondents plan to expand their AI compute infrastructure with availability, cost, and infrastructure challenges weighing on their minds, […]
