Sandia National Laboratories has announced the arrival of its newest most unconventional supercomputer. Designed through a collaboration between Sandia and NextSilicon, the “Spectra” prototype ….
Sandia’s Newest and Least Conventional Supercomputer Takes the Stage
December 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
HPC News Bytes 20251201: Hot Chip Startups, TPUs vs NVIDIA, Neoclouds as New Customer Class, DOE’s Genesis Mission
December 1, 2025 by
A good, frosty December day to you! The short holiday week last week produced interesting developments in the world of HPC-AI, here’s a rapid (8:31) run-through of recent news, including ….
DOE Launches HPC-AI-Quantum ‘Genesis Mission’ Research Platform
November 25, 2025 by
The Trump Adminisration today issued an executive order launching the Genesis Mission, described as a Department of Energy-led effort to “transform American science and innovation through the power of AI ….
HPC News Bytes 20251124: SC25 Quick Takes (Thank You St. Louis!), Hyperion HPC-Quantum Market Update, DOE’s New Public-Private Supercomputers
November 24, 2025 by
A happy US Thanksgiving Week to you all! As we decompress from the Supercomputing Conference in St. Louis, here’s a rapid (9:16) run-through of recent news, including: SC25 quick takes ….
AWS to Invest up to $50B in AI Supercomputing for US Government Agencies
November 24, 2025 by
Amazon today announced an investment of up to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing capabilities for Amazon Web Services (AWS) U.S. government customers. This investment, set to break ground in 2026, will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of AI ….
Deploying Inference Services Webinar at ALCF Dec. 3
November 24, 2025 by
Nov. 24, 2025 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold a webinar showcasing the ALCF’s Inference Service on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Registration information can be found here. The facility’s inference services provides cloud-like access to diverse AI models—including large language models (LLMs)—on existing HPC clusters. ALCF’s Benoit Côté will demonstrate how to integrate the […]
ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge Issues 2026 Call for Proposals
November 21, 2025 by
Nov. 21, 2025 — ALCC is soliciting proposals for allocation awards for the 2026-2027 allocation year. For more information: ASCR ALCC Call for Proposals ASCR ALCC Proposal Information High performance computing machines available for the allocation cycle include Aurora, the exascale system at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF); Polaris, the 44-petaflop accelerated system at […]
LLNL, UT Austin and UCSD Collaboration on Tsunami Forecasting Wins ACM Gordon Bell Prize at SC25
November 21, 2025 by
Nov. 21, 2025 — Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Oden Institute and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) on Nov. 20 were awarded the prestigious 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize for developing a real-time tsunami early warning framework powered by the world’s fastest […]
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Application Deadline Is Jan. 15
November 19, 2025 by
Nov. 19, 2025 — Applications for the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) are being accepted through Jan. 15, 2026, with an informational webinar set for Dec. 3, 2025. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who plan full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. at an accredited U.S. university. The […]
Hyperion Research Announces Winners of 2025 HPC Innovation Excellence Awards
November 18, 2025 by
ST PAUL, Minn., November 18, 2025—Hyperion Research announced the recipients of the 21st round of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards at their annual HPC/AI Market Update Breakfast during SC25. The 2025 winners of the HPC Innovation Awards are: Urgent HPC for Earthquakes Applied as a Service – Organizations: Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Mexico’s National Seismological […]
