Aug. 26, 2024 — The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin announced it has chosen Sabey Data Centers (SDC Austin) as its colocation partner for the Horizon supercomputer. Horizon is part of the nation’s newly announced National Science Foundation-funded Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF), which will revolutionize America’s computational research for the next […]
HPC News Bytes Podcast 20240826: Hot Chips, NM Senate Race and LANL, Underground Nuclear Power for AI, AMD Buys ZT Systems
August 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Good August morning to you! We offer a quick (5:32) round-up of HPC-AI news: Hot Chips 2024, LANL exascale power needs enters NM politics, underground nuclear power for AI, AMD-ZT Systems deal
ALCF In-Person HPC Workshop, Oct. 29-31
August 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host an in-person hands-on HPC workshop from Tuesday, Oct. 29 to Thursday, Oct. 31, at the TCS Conference Center at Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL. The deadline to register is Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. For late registration, email alcfevents@alcf.anl.gov. The workshop will provide hands-on time on the Polaris supercomputer […]
Sandia and Arizona State to Integrate Photonics and Light-Wave Frequency for Quantum Processing
August 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Aug. 22, 2024 — SandiaNational Laboratories and Arizona State University are collaborating to combine quantum technology and large-scale optical systems into integrated microsystems. Nils Otterstrom, a Sandia physicist specializing in integrated photonics, is working on scaling down optical systems to the size of a chip, which is intended to offer performance advantages and scalability for […]
HPE ‘Kestrel’ Supercomputer Operational at NREL
August 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced it has completed the buildout of its Kestrel supercomputer, slated to reach 44 petaflops of computing power focused on renewable energy and energy efficiency research. Built by Hewlett ….
Aug. 21 Argonne Webinar on chipStar: a HIP implementation for Aurora Exascale
August 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Aug. 20, 2024 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold a webinar tomorrow from 11 am to noon Central Time covering chipStar, a HIP implementation for Aurora, the exascale-class supercomputer housed at Argonne. Registration information can be found here. ALCF Performance Engineering Team Lead Brice Videau will present chipStar, Argonne’s implementation of HIP, and […]
GPU Boost: $5M NSF Enhancement for PSC’s Bridges-2 HPC
August 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A $4.9-million award from the National Science Foundation has funded an upgrade to the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s flagship Bridges-2 supercomputer. The grant allows the center to add Nvidia H100 ….
NSF: Call for Nominations for $1M Alan T. Waterman Award, Sept. 20 Deadline
August 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Aug. 13, 2024 — The National Science Foundation said it is seeking nominations for candidates that represent the diversity of the U.S. Nominations for the Alan T Waterman Award will be accepted until Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. Visit here for nominations requirements and to access the nomination portal. The Alan T. Waterman Award recognizes an […]
DOE Announces 2024 Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows
August 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Four scientists have each been awarded $1 million in direct funding via the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellows program. The 2024 DOE Office of Science Distinguished Fellows ….
Palantir and Microsoft Partner on AI for National Security
August 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Aug. 8, 2024 — Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced a next step in their partnership to bring cloud, AI and analytics capabilities to the U.S. Defense and Intelligence Community. The companies said this is an integrated suite of technology that will allow national security missions to operationalize Microsoft’s large language […]
