A happy final day of September to you! Chips news dominated most of the developments coming out of the world of HPC-AI, including: Intel Xeon 6, Gaudi 3, MRDIMM, AMX; Intel 3 Fab, TSMC, Samsung, Chip subsidies; AMD Turin ….
HPC News Bytes 20240930: New Intel and AMD Chips, Advanced Chip Subsidies and a Quantum Update
September 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Oracle Cloud Supercluster Supports 16,000 AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs
September 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
AMD today announced that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has chosen AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs with ROCm open software to power its newest OCI Compute Supercluster instance … For AI models comprised of hundreds of billions of parameters ….
Vultr Offers AMD Instinct MI300X for AI Cloud Platform
September 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
West Palm Beach, FL – Sept. 25, 2024 – Cloud computing platform Vultr today announced that the new AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator and ROCm open software are set to be made available within Vultr’s composable cloud infrastructure. The collaboration between Vultr’s composable cloud infrastructure and AMD next-generation silicon architecture is designed to unlock “new frontiers […]
Intel Unveils Next-Gen Xeon 6 and Gaudi 3 Aimed at AI
September 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Amid swirling reports of a multi-billion capital infusion offer from an investment firm along with a reported acquisition attempt, Intel proceeded today with launches of the Xeon 6 CPU and the Gaudi 3 AI GPU, both chips aimed at exploding demand for AI compute — and at competitors Nvidia and AMD. Intel said the Xeon 6 (“Granite Rapids”) with Performance-cores (P-cores) delivers twice the performance of its predecessor and features increased core count, double the memory bandwidth ….
HPC News Bytes 20240923 Podcast: Intel-Qualcomm, Responses to AI Energy Crisis, HPC-AI Beyond GPUs
September 23, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A belated happy autumnal equinox to you! The white-water HPC-AI world produced major news over the past week, including: previously unthinkable Intel M&A reports, chips and software ….
HPC News Bytes Podcast 20240916: Zettascale AI Supercluster, GPU Competition, AI’s Impact on IT Infrastructure, Euro Exascale Install
September 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A good mid-September morn to you! In this week’s HPC News Bytes, Shahin and Doug offer a rapid (6:27) run-through of recent developments in the ….
Nvidia, AMD, Intel and Google Debut Chips in MLPerf Inference Benchmark for GenAI
August 28, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Today, MLCommons announced new results for its industry-standard MLPerf Inference v4.1 benchmark suite, which delivers machine learning (ML) system performance benchmarking in an architecture-neutral, representative, and ….
HPC News Bytes Podcast 20240826: Hot Chips, NM Senate Race and LANL, Underground Nuclear Power for AI, AMD Buys ZT Systems
August 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Good August morning to you! We offer a quick (5:32) round-up of HPC-AI news: Hot Chips 2024, LANL exascale power needs enters NM politics, underground nuclear power for AI, AMD-ZT Systems deal
Upping the AI Ante: AMD to Acquire Data Center Server Company ZT Systems for $5B
August 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
In a vertical integration move, AMD today announced an agreement to acquire data center and hyperscale systems supplier ZT Systems for nearly $5 billion. The acquisition underscores the high-stakes competition AMD is waging ….
AMD Announces ROCm 6.2 Software Stack for GPU Programming
August 8, 2024 by Leave a Comment
AMD has released a version 6.2 of its ROCm software stack for GPU programming. Global AI GPU Product Marketing Manager Ronak Shah wrote a blog in support of the announcement: Whether you’re working on cutting-edge AI models, developing next-gen AI applications, or optimizing complex simulations, this new release brings amazing performance, efficiency, and scalability enhancements. […]
