HPE ‘Hunter’ Supercomputer Now in Operation at HLRS Powered by AMD APUs

On the heels of a Bloomberg report that HPE has won a $1 billion deal with Elon Musk’s X (Twitter) social network for AI-optimized servers, a major European supercomputing center announced today the start of operations of an HPE-Cray supercomputer powered by AMD processors …..

AMD’s Papermaster to Deliver ISC 2025 Opening Keynote

HAMBURG, Dec. 16, 2024 — The ISC 2025 conference announced that Mark Papermaster, CTO and EVP of  AMD will present the opening keynote at the conference, Tuesday-Friday, June 10-13. Papermaster will discuss AMD’s vision for the convergence of high performance computing and artificial intelligence, along with insights on how energy efficiency can be enhanced through […]

Optical Interconnect: Ayar Labs Secures Investments from AMD, Intel Capital, NVIDIA in $155M Round

SAN JOSE – Dec. 11, 2024 – Ayar Labs, an optical interconnect company for large-scale AI workloads, today announced it has secured $155 million in financing led by Advent Global Opportunities and Light Street Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to $370 million and raises the company’s valuation to above $1 billion. The strength of the […]

AMD Releases ROCm Version 6.3

Nov. 26, 2024: AMD today announced the release of ROCm Version 6.3 open-source platform, introducing tools and optimizations for AI, ML and HPC workloads on AMD Instinct GPU accelerators. ROCm 6.3 is engineered for a range of organizations, from AI startups to HPC-driven industries, and is designed to enhance developer productivity Features of this release […]

MiTAC Computing Unveils AI/HPC Servers at SC24

Atlanta– SC24 – Nov 19, 2024 – MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation, a server platform design manufacturer and a subsidiary of MiTAC Holdings (TSE:3706), has unveilws its new server lineup at SC24 (booth #2543). MiTAC Computing’s servers integrate the latest AMD EPYC 9005 Series CPUs, AMD Instinct MI325X GPU accelerators, Intel Xeon 6 processors, and professional […]

@HPCpodcast: An Analysis of the New TOP500 List of Top Supercomputers

SC24 here in Atlanta is off to a great start with more than 17,000 attendees (a 21 percent increase over 2023), 480 exhibitors from 29 countries and a new TOP500 list that features a new champion supercomputer!

TOP500 at SC24: El Cap on Top, U.S. Now Has 3 Exascale Supercomputers

Here in Atlanta at SC24, where an anticipated 16,000 attendees are expected to set a conference attendance record, the new TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers reports  that El Capitan, the HPE-Cray/AMD supercomputer at Lawrence ….

The Power of Now: Accelerate the Datacenter

Datacenter service providers currently face a confluence of challenges, which require that they adapt and modernize to cope with upcoming requirements of their principal customers. These include the growth and proliferation of new compute-intensive and storage-intensive workloads and applications, such as those that leverage AI. They also include applications whose viability and success depends on […]

Lamini Chooses SuperMicro GPU Servers for LLM Tuning Offering

Lamini is developing an infrastructure for customers to run Large Language Models (LLMs) on innovative and fast servers. End-user customers can use Lamini’s LLMs or build their own using Python, an open-source programming language. Lamini has developed a software environment for customers that allows them to focus on their business needs and develop innovative AI […]

NEC Wins HPC Order from Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology and National Institute for Fusion Science

Tokyo, November 13, 2024 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has received an order for a next-generation supercomputer system from Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), under the National Research and Development Agency, and the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), part of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences under the Inter-University Research Institute […]