July 16, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts to move the needle on quantum computing. The MOU establishes a framework for planning and coordinating future research, development, engineering, and test and evaluation activities related to quantum computing. Part […]
HPC News Bytes 20240715: AI Maturity ROI, OpenAI’s 5 Levels of AI, SoftBank Acquires Graphcore
July 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Much has happened of late in the world of HPC-AI, here’s a quick (5:55) run through of the news, including: survey commissioned by Vultr points to AI maturity ROI, OpenAI proposes five levels of AI based on capability, SoftBank ….
QuEra Names Ory Acting CEO
July 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Boston, July 15, 2024 — Neutral-atom quantum computing company QuEra announced today that Alex Keesling will transition from CEO to take on a new role in leading QuEra’s efforts to achieve higher-volume production and “enhance its technology leadership, a critical strategic priority for the company.” The Board of Directors appointed board member Andy Ory as […]
IQM Says It Has Set Quantum Milestones
July 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Espoo, Finland, 15th July 2024 – IQM Quantum Computers said it has reached milestones in superconducting quantum computing, demonstrating improvements in two key metrics characterising the quality of quantum computer. A record low error rate for two-qubit operations was achieved by demonstrating a CZ gate between two qubits with (99.91 +- 0.02) % fidelity, which was […]
Faster AI and HPC Workflows with Quobyte’s New File Query Engine
July 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] What sets Quobyte’s File Query Engine apart is its integration with the file system’s distributed metadata architecture. Unlike solutions that require separate database layers, Quobyte’s engine operates ….
SoftBank Acquires AI Chip Company Graphcore
July 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
July 12, 2024 — Graphcore has confirmed that the Japan-based SoftBank investment firm has acquired the specialty AI chip company. Terms were not disclosed, but news reports estimate the acquisition at roughly $600 million. Graphcore has struggled in recent years, according to a Reuters report, the company was valued at $2.8 billion in 2020, but […]
‘Staggering’: Research Team Sets 402 Tbps Fiber Optics Data Rate Record
July 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
An international research team reports transmitting data at a “staggering” 402 terabits per second (Tbps) using commercial-grade fiber, “the kinds of fiber optic cables that are already in the ground and the oceans” ….
HPE-Nvidia 6 AI Exaflops Supercomputer to Be Installed at AIST Research Organization in Japan
July 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) research organization will integrate thousands of Nvidia H200 Tensor Core GPUs into its HPE-Cray ….
AMD in $665M Acquisition of Silo AI
July 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
AMD announced it will acquire Helsinki-based Silo AI, which AMD said is the largest private AI lab in Europe, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $665 million. AMD said the acquisition is part of its efforts to deliver end-to-end AI solutions based on open ….
Exascale: SUPERLU/STRUMPACK Solvers Get Frontier Upgrade
July 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
“Before (the Exascale Computing Project), both packages had very little support for GPUs. We could get some benefit from running on a single GPU, but without updating the code, even 10 GPUs wouldn’t make it run much faster. We had to redesign a lot of algorithms ….”
