Groq Selects Samsung’s Texas Foundry for 4nm

AI systems company Groq has contracted with Samsung’s US-based foundry business to be its silicon partner for Groq’s product roadmap. Groq said its next-gen silicon, to be designed…on its SF4X process (4nm)….

Cornelis Partners with Penguin and Panasas on New HPC-AI Reference Design

WAYNE, PA. — August 22, 2023 – Cornelis Networks, a provider of high-performance networking solutions for data-intensive technical computing (HPC and AI) applications, today announced a partnership with Penguin Solutions, a provider of HPC, AI, and IoT technologies and services; and Panasas, a provider of HPC and AI storage solutions. The three companies have come together to define and […]

NOAA Supercomputing Capacity Expanded for Advanced National Weather Forecasting

FALLS CHURCH, Va. –  The computing capacity of twin supercomputers used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been expanded by 20 percent….

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 […]

DOE Announces $70M in Research Training for Students and Faculty from Historically Underrepresented Institutions

Aug. 21, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $70 million in funding to support research by historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and to diversify leadership in the physical sciences. The funding, through DOE’s Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative, will support internships, training programs, and […]

Red Hat Riposte: CIQ, Oracle and SUSE Create Open Enterprise Linux Association

The ongoing Linux open source controversy took a turn today with the announcement by CIQ, Oracle and SUSE to form the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA), described by the companies as a collaborative trade association intended “to encourage development of distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) by providing open and free Enterprise Linux […]

HPC and AI Workloads Drive Storage System Design

Many organizations are tied to outdated storage systems that cannot meet HPC and AI workload needs. Designing high‑throughput, highly scalable HPC storage systems require expert planning and configuration. The Dell Validated Designs for HPC Storage solution offers a way to quickly upgrade antiquated storage….

IT Services Company phoenixNAP Expands AI and Cloud Services with HPE Ampere-based Servers

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that phoenixNAP, a global IT services provider, is expanding its Bare Metal Cloud platform with cloud-native HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 servers, using processors from Ampere Computing. The expanded services support AI inferencing, cloud gaming and other cloud-native workloads with improved performance and energy efficiency. Enterprise IT today demands mobile-ready, video-intensive, and AI-enabled workloads, which require exceptional performance and consume more power.

DOE Awards $135M for Research by 93 Early Career Scientists

Aug. 4, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 93 early career scientists from across the country who will receive a combined $135 million in funding for research covering a wide range of topics, from artificial intelligence to astrophysics to fusion energy. The 2023 Early Career Research Program awardees […]

Hyro Survey: Generative AI to Transform Healthcare Sector

NEW YORK – August 3, 2023  — Healthcare conversational AI company Hyro today announced the publication of a report, “State of Healthcare Call Centers, 2023.” The report, based on a survey of call center managers, directors and executives at US healthcare providers, offers an overview of the landscape of US healthcare call centers and analysis […]