Animationsinstitut Deploys Hammerspace as Data Platform for Distributed Campus Infrastructure

SAN MATEO, Calif.  – May 5, 2025 – AI data platform company Hammerspace today announced that the Animationsinstitut, an academic institutions for animation, visual effects, technical directing and interactive media, has chosen Hammerspace as the data platform for students and faculty across its distributed campus. The Animationsinstitut is part of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (FABW) in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and […]

AI Inference: Meta Collaborates with Cerebras on Llama API

Sunnyvale, CA — Meta has teamed with Cerebras on AI inference in Meta’s new Llama API, combining  Meta’s open-source Llama models with inference technology from Cerebras. Developers building on the Llama 4 Cerebras model in the API can expect speeds up to 18 times faster than traditional GPU-based solutions, according to Cerebras. “This acceleration unlocks […]

GigaIO and d-Matrix to Build Inference Platform for Enterprise AI

CARLSBAD, Calif.– Edge-to-core AI platform company GigaIO today announced the next phase of its partnership with d-Matrix to deliver an inference solution for enterprises deploying AI at scale. Integrating d-Matrix’s Corsair inference platform into GigaIO’s SuperNODE architecture creates a solution designed to eliminate “the complexity and performance bottlenecks traditionally associated with large-scale AI inference deployment.” […]

NCSA’s Gropp, Argonne Researchers among Winners of 3 ACM Technical Awards

The Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the recipients of three prestigious technical awards. This year’s awardees are recognized for groundbreaking innovations ….

Fivetran to Acquire Census for AI Data Movement Platform

Oakland, Calif., May 1, 2025 — Data movement company Fivetran today announced an agreement to acquire Census, a company focused on reverse ETL, data activation and operational analytics. With this acquisition, Fivetran said it becomes the only fully managed platform that enables enterprises to move governed, automated and real-time data across their entire stack, from […]

Oracle Cloud Deploys NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs

Nvidia said Oracle has stood up its first wave of liquid-cooled NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 racks in its data centers. NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs are now being deployed on NVIDIA DGX Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to develop ….

DDN and Nebius Cloud Collaborate on AI Infrastructure for Enterprise

CHATSWORTH, CA – April 30, 2025 – AI and data management company DDN has partnered with AI cloud provider Nebius  for enterprise AI workloads. By integrating DDN Infinia and EXAScaler into its AI cloud, Nebius offers enterprises a solution tailored to the demands of next-generation AI, the companies said. Nebius said that as an AI […]

How GenAI Is Changing Work at a National Lab

At science organizations like national laboratories, the use of generative AI has the potential to accelerate scientific discovery in critical areas. But with new tools come new questions: How can science organizations ….

GigaIO Reports on Interconnect Technology Performance

Carlsbad, California, April 29, 2025 – Edge-to-core AI platform GigaIO has unveiled AI training, fine-tuning, and inference benchmarks that demonstrate the performance, cost and power efficiency of GigaIO’s AI fabric compared with RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE). According to the company, results include 2x faster training and fine-tuning and 83x better time to first token […]

HPC News Bytes 20250428: Zettascale at the Salishan Conference, TSMC’s A14 Fab, Intel’s New CEO: ‘We Need to Change’

Good end-of-April to you! Here’s a quick (8:05) review of recent doings in the world of HPC-AI, including: the Salishan ….