Arm and Meta announced the extension of their partnership to scale AI across multiple layers of compute – spanning AI software and data center infrastructure. The multi-year partnership builds on the ongoing hardware and software co-design efforts between the two companies, combining Arm AI chips with Meta’s AI-driven products, infrastructure, and open technologies. “From milliwatt-scale […]
HPC News Bytes 20250825: Japan’s FugakuNEXT, Fujitsu’s Quantum Strategy, US Equity Stake in Intel, the NVIDIA H20 and Geopolitical Ping Pong
August 25, 2025 by
Good late August day to you! The whitewater world of HPC-AI continued to roil last week, here’s a fast (9:50) overview of recent industry developments ….
RIKEN Teams with Fujitsu and NVIDIA on FugakuNEXT HPC-AI Platform
August 22, 2025 by
RIKEN is collaborating with Fujitsu Limited and NVIDIA on an initiative to develop “FugakuNEXT,” which RIKEN called Japan’s next-generation flagship supercomputer. RIKEN said the system will be the first flagship ….
Report: Qualcomm May Return to Data Center AI Chip Market
August 1, 2025 by
Qualcomm, the $39 billion chip design company, may return to the data center chip market, according to a story in The Register. “Qualcomm has teased a serious run at the data center market for years and in May CEO Cristiano Amon told the Computex ….
SiPearl Tapes-out HPC and AI Chip Rhea1, Closes €130m Series A, for European Tech Sovereignty
July 9, 2025 by
SiPearl, the company building European processors for supercomputing and AI, said it has “completed the conception” of the Rhea1 processor, which the company said has 80 Arm ….
HPC News Bytes 20250623: Fault Tolerant Quantum by 2029?, Quantum Roadmaps, Metrics and M&A, RIKEN and Fujitsu Team on FugakuNEXT
June 23, 2025 by
A good late June morning to you! A healthy portion of recent developments in the world of HPC-AI has focused on quantum computing, here’s a quick (7:09) run-through, including ….
News Bytes Podcast 20250217: Arm Selling Its Own Chips to Meta?, Big xAI, Big Power, Big… Pollution?, TSMC in Intel Fab Takeover?, Europe’s Big AI Investment
February 17, 2025 by
A happy mid-winter day to you! The HPC-AI world produced its usual extraordinary onslaught of news this past week, here’s a quick (7:27) jaunt through recent developments: Arm to sell its own server CPU – with Meta as first customer?, Big AI, Big Power … Big Pollution?
HPC News Bytes: The Next New Big Thing in AI?, UALink and Optical I/O, Arm vs. Qualcomm
December 23, 2024 by
A happy holiday season to you! As we enter Christmas week, here’s a quick (6:14) run-through of recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: long thinking AI – the next new big thing?, UALink and optical I/O – a possible next new big thing in interconnects, Arm vs. Qualcomm ….
HPC News Bytes 20241111: TSMC 2nm Restrictions, AMD-Fujitsu Team on Arm, AMD Passes Intel, US Data Center Green Energy Uptake
November 11, 2024 by
With a salute to our service men and women on this Veteran’s Day, here’s a rapid (6:07) review of recent news ….
Storage Company Xinnor Joins Arm Partner Program
May 29, 2024 by
May 29, 2027 — Xinnor, a provider of high-performance data storage solutions, announced its inclusion in the Arm Partner Program. This collaboration is intended to place Xinnor among a range of industry leaders to enhance its ability to deliver solutions across various markets and geographies. As a qualified Arm partner, Xinnor has access to the […]
