March 6, 2023 — Intel has launched new FPGAs, the Agilex 7 FPGAs with F-Tile, equipped with what the company said are the fastest FPGA transceivers on the market. Designed to address bandwidth-intensive environments such asdata centers and high-speed networks, the FPGAs deliver up to 116 gigabits per second (Gbps) and hardened 400 gigabit Ethernet […]
inside HPC-Hyperion Research Interview: NSF’s Manish Parashar on the CHIPS and Science Act
March 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
As part of insideHPC’s series of interviews on behalf of HPC analyst firm Hyperion Research, we spoke with Manish Parashar, National Science Foundation director of the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC). Our topic: the NSF’s role in the implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act, the $280 billion bill enacted last year by the U.S. government to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors. This interview is based on a presentation Parashar gave at a special Hyperion event recently held in Washington. Highlights include….
DARPA to Sponsor April 11 Webinar on Hybrid Quantum/Classical HPC
March 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
March 8, 2023 — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said today it is sponsoring a live webinar on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, to highlight an Advanced Research Concept (ARC) topic called Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow (IMPAQT). To register, visit: https://events.sa-meetings.com/IMPAQT. Registration closes Friday, April 7, 2023 at noon EDT. For more technical […]
Vertiv Introduces Chilled Water Thermal Wall for Slab-Floor Data Centers in EMEA
March 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
London — March 07, 2023 — IT infrastructure vendor Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) has introduced the Vertiv Liebert CWA, a thermal management system for slab floor data centres. For decades, hyperscale and colocation providers have used raised floor environments to cool their IT equipment. Simplifying data centre design with slab floors enables the construction of new white […]
@HPCpodcast: The AI Gold Rush, Virtual Quantum, an Advance for Silicon Photonics and Nuclear Energy for Future Supercomputers
March 7, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In what may become a regular segment of the @HPCpodcast, Shahin and Doug cover important recent developments in HPC and AI that signal changes in markets and policies. Always, we keep an eye on where these developments fit into the big picture, what it all means. This time, we look at what may be AI’s “iPhone moment” (you guessed it: ChatGPT) and the ensuing AI gold rush that’s been gaining massive investment momentum since about 2015, much to the happiness of NVIDIA shareholders; virtual quantum computers; and how advances in silicon photonics could change the chip – and therefore the technology – industry….
ClearML Certified to Run NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software Suite
March 7, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Tel Aviv — March 7, 2023 – ClearML, an open-source MLOps platform, today announced it has been certified to run NVIDIA AI Enterprise, an end-to-end platform for building accelerated production AI. ClearML said the certification makes its MLOps platform more efficient across workflows, enabling optimization of NVIDIA GPUs. It also ensures that ClearML is compatible with and optimized for NVIDIA DGX […]
Green Revolution Cooling Onboards Castrol to ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program for Immersion Cooling
March 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
AUSTIN and LEWISTON, NY – March 6, 2023 – Immersion cooling company GRC (Green Revolution Cooling) announced today that lubricant company Castrol will join GRC’s ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program, a platform designed to advance the performance of single-phase immersion cooling fluids. GRC’s ElectroSafe range of liquid coolants are deployed in 22 countries. The range is intended […]
Intel Alters HPC-AI Roadmap: ‘Rialto Bridge’ GPU Discontinued
March 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
After business hours on Friday, Intel released information on a “streamlined and simplified” data center GPU roadmap with direct impact on HPC and AI. The new plan calls for the discontinuation of the “Rialto Bridge” GPU, which was to have succeeded the Ponte Vecchio chip that itself was delayed several years before shipments began last […]
IQM Quantum to Deliver Quantum Processing Units for Spain’s 1st Quantum System
March 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Barcelona — 6th March 2023 – European quantum computing company IQM Quantum Computers announced today it has been selected to deliver quantum processing units for the first Spanish quantum computer to be installed at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and integrated into the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer, the most powerful in Spain. IQM is a member […]
Human Brain Project Spin-off SpiNNcloud Wins Grant for Energy-efficient AI
March 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
March 6, 2023 — The European Innovation Council (EIC) has recently announced that it will award a Transition grant to SpiNNcloud Systems GmbH, a deep-tech startup based in Saxony, Germany. The team from SpiNNcloud, a spin-off from Professor Christian Mayr’s research group at Technische Universität Dresden, is receiving a grant of 2.5 million euros for […]
