There’s more to the rise in HPC and AI of domain-specific architectures (DSAs), starting with GPUs, than just the superior throughput they can deliver. Yes, the deceleration of Moore’s Law and Dennard scaling are the primary reasons for the CPU’s decline in dominance. But other factors are playing a strong, enabling role for DSAs. Consulting […]
PCI-SIG Exploring PCIe over Optical Interconnects
August 2, 2023 by
BEAVERTON, OR. – August 2, 2023 – PCI-SIG today announced the formation of a workgroup to deliver PCI Express (PCIe) technology over optical connections. The PCI-SIG Optical Workgroup intends to be optical technology-agnostic, supporting a range of optical technologies, while potentially developing technology-specific form factors. “Optical connections will be an important advancement for PCIe architecture as they will […]
ISC 2024 Announces Contributed Program Categories and Committee Leaders
August 2, 2023 by
HAMBURG, August 2, 2023 – The ISC 2024 HPC conference has announced the contributed program categories for next year’s event (May 12-16) in Hamburg along with committee leaders: Research Paper – Jeff Hammond, NVIDIA Finland Research Poster – Rio Yokota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Project Poster – Antonino Tumeo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA […]
Sylabs Partners with Carahsoft on Software Container Services for the Public Sector
August 2, 2023 by
Reno, Nv. – August 2, 2023 – Sylabs, a provider of tools and services for high performance container technologies, announced a partnership with Carahsoft Technology Corp. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Sylabs’ public sector distributor, making the company’s software container technology services, including SingularityPRO and Singularity Enterprise, available through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and […]
Livermore Lab Team Boosts Trust in AI for Science by Making Machine Learning Explainable
August 1, 2023 by
As machine learning techniques become increasingly used in the sciences, a team of researchers in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Computing and Physical and Life Sciences directorates are trying to provide a reasonable starting place for scientists who want to apply machine learning but lack a strong ML background. The goal is to help users understand […]
CIQ Names 5 New VPs
August 1, 2023 by
RENO, Nev., August 1, 2023 — CIQ, a company building software infrastructure for enterprises running data-intensive workloads atop the Rocky Linux enterprise Linux distribution — has expanded its leadership team, announcing today the addition of five seasoned veterans who bring not only deep experience and passion for the technology industry but also a wealth of […]
Oak Ridge Scientists Use Quantum Computer for Solar Cell Research
July 31, 2023 by
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced that researchers at the lab used the Quantinuum H1-1 quantum computer to not only demonstrated best practices for scientific computing on current quantum systems but also produced what the lab said is an intriguing scientific result. The project was funded by DOE’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences. Access to […]
Members of ECP’s Industry Council in Panel at SC23 on Exascale Computing’s Impact on Industry
July 31, 2023 by
July 31, 2023 — At SC23, there will be a panel discussion titled “The Impact of Exascale and the Exascale Computing Project on Industry“ featuring members of Exascale Computing Project’s Industry and Agency Council (IAC), who will discuss how the ECP and the move to exascale computing is impacting industry’s current and planned use of […]
NVIDIA Unveils GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip Platform with HBM3e Processor
July 8, 2023 by
NVIDIA today at the SIGGRAPH conference announced the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper platform — based on a new Grace Hopper Superchip with the first HBM3e processor, according to NVIDIA — built for accelerated computing and generative AI. Built for large language models, recommender systems and vector databases, the new platform will be available in a range of configurations, according to the company. The dual configuration, which delivers up to 3.5x more memory capacity and 3x more bandwidth than the current generation offering, comprises a single server with 144 Arm Neoverse cores, eight petaflops of AI performance and 282GB of the latest HBM3e memory technology.
Supermicro Delivers World Record Performance
March 25, 2021 by
Supermicro’s latest range of H12 Generation A+ Systems and Building Block Solutions®, optimized for AMD EPYC™ processors, offers new levels of application-optimized performance per watt and per dollar, delivering outstanding core density, superior memory bandwidth, and unparalleled I/O capacity.
