Lambda Launches Grant for AI Researchers, Expands Research Program

SAN JOSE, Dec. 9, 2024 — AI developer cloud Lambda today announced a research grant to power AI researchers’ most GPU-dependent workloads. Applications for the grant are now open and will be accepted on a rolling basis. AI researchers can apply here. Lambda said it expects to sponsor hundreds of researchers in the coming year, […]

Dell Shipping Blackwell-Powered Server Racks as Part of Relationship with CoreWeave for AI at Scale

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announced the expansion of its relationship with AI hyperscaler CoreWeave and reported that it is shipping Dell PowerEdge XE9712 server racks with NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, which Dell said is an industry first, to support CoreWeave’s Cloud Services Platform. CoreWeave will receive1 liquid-cooled Dell IR7000 racks with Dell PowerEdge XE9712 servers, supported by Dell’s AI professional […]

AWS Announces EC2 UltraCluster and GA of Trainium2 Instances

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 3, 2024 — At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services today announced the general availability of AWS Trainium2-powered Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, introduced new Trn2 UltraServers, enabling customers to train ….

Red Hat Signs Agreement with AWS for Virtualization and AI in Hybrid Cloud

RALEIGH, N.C. – Dec. 2, 2024 — Red Hat, Inc., open source solutions provider, today announced it has signed a collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to scale availability of Red Hat open source solutions in AWS Marketplace, building upon the two companies’ long-standing relationship. Red Hat intends to help organizations with leading hybrid cloud platforms, […]

Luminary Cloud Uses NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Real-Time CAE Digital Twins

SAN MATEO, CA (November 18, 2024) – Luminary Cloud today announced that it is demonstrating an interactive virtual wind tunnel that combines its cloud-native NVIDIA CUDA-X-accelerated CFD SaaS with the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for real-time computer-aided engineering digital twins. The AI-powered virtual wind tunnel demonstrates how design engineers of physical products in the automotive, aerospace […]

Transformative Potential of Confidential Computing to be Explored in SC24 Birds of a Feather Session

Atlanta – Nov. 12, 2024 – Sylabs, in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, will host a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session at SC24 titled Integrating Confidential Computing into High-Performance Cloud Workflows. This interactive session is designed to introduce confidential computing—a cutting-edge approach to securing data while it’s actively in use, not just at rest […]

Hyperion Research Announces AI in the Cloud Survey Findings

ST. PAUL, MN, Oct. 1, 2024—HPC-AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research announced the results of their recently completed AI in the Cloud study, entitled, Cloud-based AI Activity for HPC: Widespread but Primarily Exploratory. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the activities and use behaviors of AI users leveraging HPC-centric […]

Nvidia H100s GPUs Available on IBM Cloud for AI and HPC

Oct. 1, 2024 — IBM announced the availability of NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU instances on IBM Cloud. It joins IBM Cloud’s existing lineup of accelerated computing offerings for enterprise’s AI implementation. IBM said that despite increasing interest in generative AI, only 39 percent of organizations surveyed say they are currently implementing or operating gen AI […]

Vultr Offers AMD Instinct MI300X for AI Cloud Platform

West Palm Beach, FL – Sept. 25, 2024 – Cloud computing platform Vultr today announced that the new AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator and ROCm open software are set to be made available within Vultr’s composable cloud infrastructure. The collaboration between Vultr’s composable cloud infrastructure and AMD next-generation silicon architecture is designed to unlock “new frontiers […]

Qumulo Announces Cloud Native Unstructured Data System on AWS

SEATTLE – 10 September 2024 – Cloud data platforms company Qumulo today announced the availability of Cloud Native Qumulo (CNQ) on Amazon Web Services. This release delivers a multi-protocol system designed to manage unstructured data with superior performance, scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency. Now publicly available on AWS, CNQ is set to revolutionize enterprise data […]