July 16, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts to move the needle on quantum computing. The MOU establishes a framework for planning and coordinating future research, development, engineering, and test and evaluation activities related to quantum computing. Part […]
Startup Partners with Princeton on DARPA In-Memory AI Chip
March 6, 2024 by
An AI startup co-founded by a Princeton University professor has won an $18.6 million DOD grant to develop an in-memory chip built to deliver faster, more efficient AI inference processing. AI technology company EnCharge AI has announced a partnership with Princeton University supported….
HPC News Bytes 20240103: Gelsinger on Moore’s Law, TSMC 1nm Plans, Huawei Financials, DARPA’s Quantum Project
January 3, 2024 by
All the best to everyone in 2024! A number of interesting things happened in HPC-AI last week, here’s a brief (5:18) run-down: Gelsinger’s updated Intel view on Moore’s Law; TSMC’s 1nm chip plans, Arizona fab labor dispute; Huawei’s improved financials,; DARPA’s “utility scale” quantum….
UCSD Professor Leads COVID-19, Recommendation System Research Using ‘Hyperdimensional Computing’
July 18, 2023 by
Intel Labs has released a case study involving a professor at the University of California-San Diego, who for the past five years has led research efforts into what’s called hyperdimensional computing aimed at solving memory and data storage challenges. Hyperdimensional computing (HD) is a type of machine learning inspired by observations of how humans and […]
DARPA to Sponsor April 11 Webinar on Hybrid Quantum/Classical HPC
March 8, 2023 by
March 8, 2023 — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said today it is sponsoring a live webinar on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, to highlight an Advanced Research Concept (ARC) topic called Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow (IMPAQT). To register, visit: https://events.sa-meetings.com/IMPAQT. Registration closes Friday, April 7, 2023 at noon EDT. For more technical […]
Intel Wins DARPA R&D Contract for Off-Road AV R&D
April 26, 2022 by
April 26, 2022 — DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has awarded Intel Federal LLC a contract to develop advanced simulation solutions for off-road autonomous ground vehicles. The company said Intel Labs will work in partnership with its collaborators, the Computer Vision Center Barcelona, and the University of Texas at Austin. The RACER-Sim (Robotic […]
Former DARPA Program Manager Dr. Al Emondi Named NTT Head of Partner Strategy
April 19, 2022 by
Sunnyvale, Calif. – April 19, 2022 – NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced it has named Dr. Al Emondi head of partner strategy. An organizational and technology leader, Dr. Emondi joined NTT Research last month on a contract basis as part of its leadership advisory team, with responsibilities that include growth and research partner opportunities, […]
DARPA Program Aims to Build Quantum-inspired Solvers
October 5, 2021 by
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Quantum-Inspired Classical Computing (QuICC) program seeks to leverage lessons learned from benchmarking quantum algorithms to develop QI solvers for a range of complex DOD optimization problems, and demonstrate the feasibility of reducing the required computational energy by at least two orders of magnitude over existing techniques. Department of […]
DARPA Announces Teams Qualifying for Subterranean Challenge Virtual Competition Finals
July 15, 2021 by
Twelve teams have qualified for the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge Virtual Competition Final Event, to be held September 21-24, where $1.5-million of prizes are at stake. Their algorithms will guide virtual versions of real robots as they drive or fly through unfamiliar simulated underground courses and locate items of interest such as injured survivors, cell phones, backpacks, […]
DARPA Announces Research Teams to Develop Intelligent Event-Based Imagers
July 6, 2021 by
July 2, 2021 — DARPA today announced that three teams of researchers led by Raytheon, BAE Systems, and Northrop Grumman have been selected to develop event-based infrared (IR) camera technologies under the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program. Event-based – or neuromorphic – cameras are an emerging class of sensors with demonstrated advantages […]
