@HPCpodcast: Live from GTC 2025, Among the Crowds for the New AI Compute Landscape

In what is becoming an annual tradition for the @HPCpodcast, we present “Live from Nvidia GTC 2025,” covering highlights from the Nvidia extravaganza with an AI-everywhere theme.
We review the conference, discussing everything from ….

@HPCpodcast: Dr. Ian Cutress on the State of Advanced Chips, the GPU Landscape and AI Compute, Global Chip Manufacturing and GTC Expectations

Just before GTC (and for the 100th episode of the @HPCpodcast, and this one sponsored by liquid cooling company CoolIT) ….

HPC News Bytes 20250310: TSMC’s $100B for Arizona Fabs, New AGI Benchmarks, JSC’s Quantum-Exascale Integration, Chinese Quantum Reported 1Mx Faster than Google’s

Happy Daylight Savings Time (U.S.) to you! Big things happened in the world of HPC-AI last week….

@HPCpodcast: Dr. Handel Jones on the US-China AI Race and the Shifting Technopolitical Balance

Dr. Handel Jones, an expert on the economic, cultural and technology scene in China as well as a noted technopolitical analyst, joins Doug and Shahin for a second appearance on the @HPCpodcast.

Report: 64,000 Nvidia GB200s for Stargate AI Data Center in Texas

A report from Bloomberg states that some 64,000 of Nvidia’s flagship Blackwell GB200 chips will be purchased by OpenAI and Oracle as part of the Stargate AI data center project announced in January at a ceremony ….

TSMC to Invest $100B in 3 New U.S. Fabs, Packaging, R&D

TSMC today said it will expand its investment in advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. by an additional $100 billion. Building on the company’s ongoing $65 billion investment in its advanced chip fabs in Phoenix, TSMC’s total investment in the U.S. is expected to reach $165 billion.

HPC News Bytes 20250303: DOGE and Fears at U.S. Science Agencies, Cat Qubits for AWS Quantum, GPUs vs. ASICs for AI Compute

A happy start to March to you! We offer a quick (8:28) run through recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: DOGE-led government layoffs and funding disruptions at U.S. ….

SoftBank, ZutaCore and Foxconn Join on Rack-Integrated Solution with Liquid Cooling for NVIDIA H200s

Feb. 28, 2025 — SoftBank Corp., ZutaCore and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) today announced that they implemented ZutaCore’s two-phase direct liquid cooling technology*1 in an AI server using NVIDIA accelerated computing. The companies said this is the first implementation*2 of ZutaCore’s two-phase DLC*1 using NVIDIA H200 GPUs. In addition, SoftBank designed and developed a rack-integrated […]

Quantum Machines Raises $170M Series C

February 25, 2025 — Quantum Machines (QM), a provider of quantum control solutions, today announced it has raised $170 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $280 million. The investment comes as the majority of quantum computing companies now rely on QM’s technology to build and scale their systems, according to […]

Toward 1M Qubits? Microsoft Quantum Chip Is Based on ‘New State of Matter’

Microsoft today said its new quantum chip is the first to be powered by a new Topological Core architecture that “will realize quantum computers capable of solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years ….