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@HPCpodcast: Former AWS Sustainability VP on the State of Decarbonization in HPC and IT

The growing imperative of ESG- and carbon-related issues in the HPC industry – and in IT generally – is the topic of this week’s @HPCpodcast episode (sponsored by Lenovo). Shahin and Doug speak with Adrian Cockcroft, an analyst colleague of Shahin’s at OrionX and former vice president of sustainability architecture at Amazon Web Services, where he helped customers apply sustainability practices to their businesses. The good news shared by Adrian is that Big Tech companies and IT in general are decarbonizing more effectively than had been expected a few years ago. Even as systems become denser and hotter, data centers increasingly are adopting renewable energy sources, liquid cooling and other measures that reduce usage of carbon-based energy sources. He tells us that on a per-watts basis, the IT industry has plateaued – though, of course, total watts consumed continues to climb.

KKR to Acquire CoolIT Systems

CALGARY, Alberta & NEW YORK– KKR investment firm and CoolIT Systems, a provider of scalable liquid cooling solutions for demanding computing environments, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which KKR will acquire CoolIT. The investment is intended to support the company’s ability to scale and serve its global customers across the data […]

Hyperion Research HPC Market Update Breakfast Briefing to Be Held May 23 During ISC23

ST PAUL, Minn., May 2, 2023 — Hyperion Research, the industry analyst and market intelligence firm for high performance computing (HPC), AI, cloud, quantum, and associated emerging markets, today announced that registration is open for their HPC Market Update Briefing Breakfast during ISC23. The event takes place Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 7:45-9:30 AM at the […]

TSMC Reports Progress on 2nm Technology and 3nm Process at 2023 Technology Symposium

SANTA CLARA, CA, Apr. 26, 2023 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) showcased its latest technology developments at its 2023 North America Technology Symposium, including progress in 2nm technology and new members of its 3nm technology family. These include N3P, an enhanced 3nm process for better power, performance and density, N3X, a process tailored for […]

Intel Announces Deepak Patil to Head Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group

Intel said today that Deepak Patil will serve as corporate vice president and general manager of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics (AXG) group. Patil recently held the position of chief technology and strategy officer of the Data Center and AI Group (DCAI). “Having held senior engineering leadership positions across the high-tech industry, including being […]

Fraunhofer IIS/EAS Selects Achronix Embedded FPGAs (eFPGAs) to Build Heterogeneous Chiplet Demonstrator for HPC

Santa Clara, Calif., and Dresden, Germany, April 25, 2023 – Fraunhofer IIS/EAS, an applied research institute in advanced package solution design, and Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, a supplier of FPGAs and eFPGA IP solutions, announced they are entering today in a partnership to build a heterogeneous chiplet solution to validate performance and interoperability in high-performance system […]

Sony Makes Edge AI Investment in Raspberry Pi

TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, UK, April 12, 2023 — Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (“SSS”) and Raspberry Pi Ltd. (“RPL”) today announced the agreement by SSS to make a strategic investment in RPL to provide a development platform for SSS’s edge AI devices to Raspberry Pi users. “Our goal is to provide new value to a variety of industries and […]

Future Market Insights Report: Global HPC Market to Reach US$62B by 2032

April 12m 2023 — A report on the high-performance computing market by Future Market Insights states that the global HPC market is set to expand at 4.4 percent CAGR in the next 10 years. From US$ 40.0 billion recorded in 2022, it is anticipated to reach US$ 62.0 billion in 2032. Demand would expand with the […]

Oregon Bill Would Penalize Data Centers for Failure to Meet Emissions Requirements Starting in 2027

A bill before the Oregon state legislature would penalize data centers for not meeting emissions standards starting in 2027 and could — if approved in Oregon and similar measures are adopted by other states — have significant implications for hyperscalers and HPC organizations with heavy electrical requirements. A story in yesterday’s The Oregonian reported that […]

Cerebras, Databricks Stoke Generative AI Arena with Open Source LLMs

In few other areas of the global economy are the rounds of creative destruction more rapid and more intense than the HPC-AI sector. We see this today with the generative AI sensation: OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT in November has created a firestorm of competitive responses. At least two companies – Cerebras, maker of the dinner-plate […]