For over a decade, Argonne has been working to develop tools and methods to connect its powerful computing resources with large-scale experiments. Merging ALCF supercomputers with the APS has been a significant focus of…
Integrated Research Infrastructure: Argonne Combines HPC and Experiments to Speed Discovery
January 31, 2024 by
HPC News Bytes: Eni’s Monster HPE Supercomputer, Intel’s New Mexico Fab, NSF’s AI Research Resource, D-Wave and IonQ Quantum Advancements
January 29, 2024 by
A good January morning to you! It was an interesting week in HPC-AI, here’s a rapid (6:07) rundown of the latest doings, including: Italy energy giant Eni’s 600 PFLOPS HPE supercomputer, Intel opens….
@HPCpodcast: The State of Quantum with DOE’s Dr. Travis Humble
January 25, 2024 by
In this conversation, Dr. Humble discusses how quantum computing works, how far along toward commercial viability the technology is, how to sort through the various quantum modalities under development, quantum’s relationship with AI, the key….
NSF to Launch Advanced Computing National AI Research Resource Pilot
January 24, 2024 by
January 24, 2024 — Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation and collaborating agencies launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot, which the NSF called “a first step towards realizing the vision for a shared research infrastructure that will strengthen and democratize access to critical resources necessary to power responsible AI discovery and innovation.” […]
ALCF Developer Series: Visualization on Polaris, Jan. 31
January 23, 2024 by
Jan. 23, 2024 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold an online webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 31 from 11 am – noon Central Time providing an overview of visualization on ALCF’s Polaris system. Presenters will be the ALCF Visualization and Data Analysis Team: Joseph Insley, Silvio Rizzi, Victor Mateevitsi and Janet Knowles. Registration and […]
Eviden to Deliver Modular Data Center for Europe’s 1st Exascale System
January 23, 2024 by
This morning, Eviden made it official: it has been awarded a contract by Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany to build the modular data center to host the EuroHPC JUPITER supercomputer, Europe’s first exascale system. This is not surprising because….
DOE Office of Science: $100M Funding Opportunity for Energy Frontier Research Centers
January 22, 2024 by
January 22, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program, is issuing a $100 million funding opportunity announcement for new and renewing Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs). BES is soliciting new applications for basic science in two topical areas: 1) co-design of materials and processes to revolutionize fabrication for microelectronics […]
HPC News Bytes 20240122: Synopsis-Ansys Deal, Meta’s Billions for NVIDIA GPUs, OpenAI’s New Chips and Fabs, Quantum in the News
January 22, 2024 by
Happy mid-winter morn to you! Here’s a quick (6:05) trip through the latest in HPC-AI: Synopsys-Ansys, Meta’s billions for NVIDIA GPUs, OpenAI to build new chips and fabs, quantum partnerships, Quantinuum raises $300M.
Q-CTRL and US Geological Survey in Quantum Partnership
January 16, 2024 by
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 — Quantum software company Q-CTRL announced it has entered a partnership with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to explore potential quantum computing and sensing applications for geological sciences. USGS is a scientific agency that researches Earth systems. Its mission is to make scientific data available to help people understand […]
HPC News Bytes 20240115: RIKEN’s HPC-Quantum Platform, RFP for Post-Exascale, HPE Acquires Juniper, Google: AI Chip Trial, No Cloud Exit Fees
January 15, 2024 by
A happy mid-winter morning to you. Here’s a rapid (5:06) rundown of recent developments in the world of HPC-AI, including: RIKEN’s hybrid quantum-classical HPC platform with Quantinuum, Google in $1.67B AI chip patent trial….
