HIROSHIMA — At the G7 Summit in Japan, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100,000 qubits. IBM said it will work over the next decade to advance the underlying technologies for this system, as well as to design and build the necessary components […]
IBM Launches $100M Partnership with Tokyo and Chicago Universities to Develop 100,000-Qubit Quantum-Centric Supercomputer
May 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
NVIDIA Teams with Microsoft on Enterprise-Ready Generative AI
May 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
NVIDIA has announced that it is integrating its NVIDIA AI Enterprise software into Microsoft’s Azure Machine Learning targeting enterprise AI initiatives. The integration will create a secure, enterprise-ready platform that enables Azure customers worldwide to quickly build, deploy and manage customized applications using the more than 100 NVIDIA AI frameworks and tools that come fully […]
AMD-Powered LUMI Supercomputer: In the Vanguard of HPC Performance and Energy Efficiency
May 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] LUMI is a model for both world-class supercomputing and sustainability. It also embodies Europe’s rise on the global HPC scene in recent years. The AMD-powered, HPE-built system, ranked no. 3 on the new TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, also ranks no. 7 on the GREEN500 list of the most […]
RIKEN and Intel Aim for Zettascale in Joint R&D for HPC, AI and Quantum
May 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
May 18, 2023 — RIKEN and Intel Corporation have announced joint R&D in the field of advanced computing technologies, such as AI, HPC and quantum computing. As part of the agreement, RIKEN will also engage with Intel Foundry Services to create prototypes of these new solutions. Collaboration areas include technologies in the fields of supercomputers and […]
DDN and Helmholtz Munich Host May 4 Life Sciences Field Day
April 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
CHATSWORTH, Calif. – April 13, 2023 – DDN, the artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-cloud data management company, today announced its 2023 Life Sciences Field Day, hosted by Helmholtz Munich on May 4, 2023 at the Helmholtz Munich campus. Registration for the 2023 Life Sciences Field Day on May 4 is now open. For more information and to register, visit […]
LLNL’s Annie Kritcher Named to TIME100 for Fusion Research
April 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Time magazine has named Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) design physicist Andrea “Annie” Kritcher to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world for her role as the principal designer for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) experiment that produced fusion ignition in a laboratory for the first time. The scientific breakthrough, […]
insideHPC-Hyperion Research Interview: ITIF’s Ezell Says Global HPC-AI Leadership Is ‘Up for Grabs’
April 6, 2023 by
As we enter supercomputing’s exascale era, global HPC leadership is “up for grabs,” according to the ITIF’s Stephen Ezell, and in several ways the U.S. has relinquished leadership in the development of “feeder streams” that will supply the country’s supercomputing industry in future decades. To address this, Ezell outlines several recommended policies and initiatives the U.S. should take in the face of increasing global HPC competition.
SiPearl: €90M Series A Round Closes to Launch Arm-based Rhea HPC Chip
April 5, 2023 by
Maisons-Laffitte, France — April 5, 2023 — SiPearl, the French company building Rhea, the energy-efficient HPC microprocessor, has raised €90m financing for the 1st closing of its Series A will be used to commercialize Rhea in early 2024. SiPearl said Rhea is the first energy-efficient HPC-dedicated microprocessor designed to work with any third-party accelerator (GPU, artificial […]
DOE/ASCR Picks 3 National Labs for HPC and Post-Exascale Software Sustainability
April 3, 2023 by
April 3, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science today announces the selection of six collaborations focused on scientific-software sustainability. DOE said the collaborations will explore the stewardship and improvement of the software ecosystem for high-performance and scientific computing, including the software ecosystem developed through the Exascale Computing Project (ECP), in order […]
Quantum on Wall Street: JPMorgan Chase and QC Ware Report on ‘Deep Hedging’ with Quantum-Classical
March 30, 2023 by
New York and Palo Alto, CA — March 30, 2023 — JPMorgan Chase and quantum and classical computing software and services company QC Ware announced today they have completed a study of quantum “deep hedging” that they say “(paves) the way for future increased risk mitigation capabilities in financial services.” A paper released today describes […]
