From the early days of supercomputing through the success of exascale supercomputing, few HPC luminaries have played as important and integral leadership role in HPC as Dr. Paul Messina. So as we observe Exascale Day today, we are delighted to discuss the exascale journey with someone instrumental to the 10 orders of magnitude of improvement in ….
D-Wave and Satispay Announce Quantum-hybrid Application for European Payment Network
PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., MILAN — October 11, 2023 — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) and Satispay, an Italian fintech company focused on mobile payments, today said they have built a quantum-hybrid application designed to optimize customer rewards initiatives. Using D-Wave’s constrained quadratic model (CQM) hybrid solver, the application showed an improvement of 50 percent in […]
Terra Quantum and Honda Research Institute Europe Develop Quantum ML Method for Disaster Routing
St. Gallen, Munich and Frankfurt, Germany, September 21, 2023 – Quantum computing company Terra Quantum and Honda Research Institute Europe (HRI-EU), a center for advanced research in intelligent systems, collaborated to develop new methods to shorten escape times in emergency situations. In the joint project, they have demonstrated the potential of hybrid quantum computing methods […]
KAUST and Cerebras Named Gordon Bell Award Finalist
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and THUWAL, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 20, 2023 — Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and AI chip developer Cerebras Systems announced that its work on multi-dimensional seismic processing has been selected as a finalist for the 2023 Gordon Bell Prize for outstanding achievements in HPC. By developing a Tile […]
University of Maryland and IonQ Open Quantum Computing Research
COLLEGE PARK, MD – September 19, 2023 – The University of Maryland (UMD) today announced the opening of the National Quantum Laboratory (QLab), a quantum research center developed in partnership with quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ). The QLab enables people from around the world to develop and design quantum technologies on a quantum computer […]
Linux Foundation: Unified Acceleration Foundation Formed for Open Accelerated Compute and Cross-Platform Performance
BILBAO, SPAIN – September 19, 2023 – Today, the Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Unified Acceleration (UXL) Foundation, a cross-industry group focused on delivering an open standard accelerator programming model that simplifies development of performant, cross-platform applications. Hosted by the Linux Foundation’s Joint Development Foundation (JDF), the Unified Acceleration Foundation brings together ecosystem participants to establish […]
QuEra and Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Partner on Quantum in Sejong City, South Korea
BOSTON and SEJONG CITY, South Korea and DAEJEON, South Korea – September 14, 2023 – Neutral-atom quantum comuting company QuEra Computing, the Sejong Special Autonomous City, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) are partnering to establish a quantum industry ecosystem in Sejong City, Korea. The three-way partnership was announced today during the 24th […]
VMware and NVIDIA Partner on Generative AI for Enterprises
August 22, 2023 — VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today announced the expansion of their partnership with a focus on generative AI. The companies said VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA will enable enterprises to customize models and run generative AI applications, including intelligent chatbots, assistants, search and summarization. The platform will feature generative AI…
NVIDIA Announces AI-Ready Servers from Dell, HPE and Lenovo for Generative AI
August 22, 2023 — NVIDIA today announced system manufacturers will deliver AI-ready servers that support VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA, announced separately today, designed to help companies customize and deploy generative AI applications using their proprietary business data. Computer makers are building NVIDIA AI-ready servers, including the Dell PowerEdge R760xa, HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers […]
Zadara Partners with Node4 to Support Veeam BaaS Offering
IRVINE, Calif. August 21, 2023 – Edge cloud services company Zadara today announced it has partnered with Node4, a leading digital transformation and managed services provider (MSP), to deliver a multi-tenanted immutable and secure storage for its Veeam backup and recovery platform via its zStorage Object Storage solution. This new partnership with Node4 complements Zadara’s […]