SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN, July 6, 2023 – Quantum software company Multiverse Computing today announced a joint project with multinational clean energy firm Iberdrola to modernize electrical grids and facilitate additional green energy sources. Because electrical grids are integrating increasing amounts of renewable generation, electric vehicles and other distributed energy resources, supplemental batteries are playing a […]
UnifyFS Team Wins IPDPS Award for Open Source Software
Oak Ridge, TN — A research team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories won the first Best Open-Source Contribution Award for its paper at the 37th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, or IPDPS, which was held in St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 15-19. The paper, “UnifyFS: A User-level Shared […]
DOE’s HPC4EI Awards $3.9M for to 13 Clean Energy Projects; Announces Upcoming RFI Solicitation
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $3.9 million federal investment for 13 projects that will tap into the DOE national laboratories’ HPC resources to connect with industry partners. These short-term, collaborative projects will address manufacturing challenges and are intended to accelerate development of clean energy technologies. Boeing, Ford Motor and General […]
DDN and Helmholtz Munich Receive 2023 AI Breakthrough Award
CHATSWORTH, Calif. – June 21, 2023 – High performance data storage and management company DDN today announced it has been selected alongside Helmholtz Munich as a winner of the 2023 AI Breakthrough Awards for the “Best AI-based Solution for Life Sciences” category. DDN and Helmholtz Munich were recognized for their work in accelerating AI-driven discoveries that deliver benefits […]
GenAI: Intel Labs Introduces AI Diffusion Model for 360-Degree Images from Text Prompts
Intel Labs, in collaboration with Blockade Labs, has introduced Latent Diffusion Model for 3D (LDM3D), a diffusion model that uses generative AI to create 3D visual content. Intel said LDM3D is the industry’s “first model to generate a depth map using the diffusion process to create 3D images with 360-degree views that are vivid and […]
@HPCpodcast: HPC Software Rock Star Sunita Chandrasekaran on Exascale Programming and the Emergence of the RSE
In this episode of the @HPCpodcast, sponsored by Lenovo, Shahin and Doug talk with University of Delaware’s Sunita Chandrasekaran, a rock star in the world of supercomputing software. Chandrasekaran is Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Information Systems and co-directing the AI Center of Excellence at the university.
IBM Reports Accurate Quantum at 100+ Qubits
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced what the company said is a breakthrough in quantum computing, published on the cover of the scientific journal Nature, demonstrating for the first time that quantum systems can produce accurate results at a scale of 100+ qubits “reaching beyond leading classical approaches.” An IBM research team conducted an experiment that […]
IBM Launches $100M Partnership with Tokyo and Chicago Universities to Develop 100,000-Qubit Quantum-Centric Supercomputer
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 […]
NVIDIA Teams with Microsoft on Enterprise-Ready Generative AI
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 […]