Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced the upgrade of the supercomputer system of Eni, the Italian multinational supermajor energy company. The upgrade of the company’s supercomputer, HPC4, will be delivered as a service through the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform and is intended increase performance and double storage capacity to improve accuracy of image-intensive modeling […]
Google Cloud’s N2D Virtual Machines to Use AMD EPYC 7003 Chips
September 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 30, 2021 — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced Google Cloud is expanding its use of AMD EPYC processors with the preview of N2D Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by AMD EPYC 7003 Series processors. Utilizing the performance capabilities of the latest generation of EPYC processors, the N2D VMs, according to Google Cloud, delivers on […]
CoolIT Systems Launches High-Density HPC and HCI Servers with Gigabyte
September 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Calgary, Alberta. September 16, 2021 – CoolIT Systems Inc., a maker of modular, scalable data center liquid cooling technology, has announced a joint product launch with GIGABYTE Technology, maker of high-performance servers and workstations. Two high-density servers, H262-ZL0 and H262-ZL2, will be equipped with direct liquid cooling for CPUs and more from CoolIT Systems. These cooling […]
Argonne Picks AMD EPYC CPUs for Polaris
August 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Santa Clara — Aug. 30, 2021 — AMD today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has chosen AMD EPYC processors to power the Polaris supercomputer (see earlier coverage), which will prepare researchers for the forthcoming exascale HPC system at Argonne called Aurora. Polaris will use 2nd Gen EPYC processors and then upgrade to 3rd Gen […]
TYAN Highlights AI, Cloud and Storage Server Platforms Powered by AMD EPYC 7003 Series Chips
June 2, 2021 by
Taipei, Taiwan, June 2, 2021 – TYAN, a server platform design manufacturer and a MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation subsidiary, brings a variety of AI, cloud and storage server platforms incorporating the latest AMD EPYC 7003 Series processors in TYAN’s 2021 Server Solutions Online Exhibition beginning June 2. “As the continued growth of using clouds for running […]
Arm Unveils First New Architecture in a Decade – Armv9
March 30, 2021 by
Arm’s ambition to take on the x86 CPUs in HPC, AI and specialized computing workloads took expression today with the introduction of Armv9, the first new Arm architecture in a decade. The launch comes on the heals of AMD’s March 16 introduction of 7nm EPYC “Milan” CPUs and ahead of new Intel 3rd Gen Xeon […]
Gelsinger Speaks: Intel’s New CEO Debuts Today – What Will He Say?
March 23, 2021 by
Speculation abounds about Pat Gelsinger’s first public appearance as CEO of Intel at a webinar (5 pm Eastern Time) today that will capture close attention from a host of the company’s core audiences: customers, business partners, employees, industry and financial analysts – and the HPC community. The webinar, confidently called “Intel Unleashed: Engineering the Future,” […]
Radio Free HPC: Milan, Milan, Milan – and… How Will Intel Respond?
March 17, 2021 by
In this special episode, we break down AMD’s new EPYC 7003 series processor. We talk some speeds, plenty of feeds, look at their security defense, and talk about some world records. All in all, it’s an action-packed and fun episode, suitable for the entire family. In fact, we recommend you gather your family round to listen to this one as we’ll be talking about how the implications of this new CPU. Will it bring AMD back to their Opteron and dual-core glory days? Will it, as Opteron and dual-core did, prompt Intel into mounting a furious comeback? And how about the other chips on the horizon?
