Photonic Inc. Selected for DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Stage A

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 3, 2025 — Photonic Inc., a leader in distributed quantum computing, is pleased to announce its selection for Stage A of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). In this effort, Photonic intends to demonstrate to DARPA that its large-scale quantum computing approach will reach industrial scale. Open to […]

DARPA Taps Cerebras and Ranovus for Military and Commercial Platform

AI compute company Cerebras Systems said it has been awarded a new contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a system combining their  wafer scale technology with wafer scale co-packaged optics of Ottawa-based Ranovus to deliver ….

HPC News Bytes 20250224: Microsoft Reports Quantum Advancement, DARPA’s Quantum Program, Harnessing GPUs on the Internet, France Claims Fusion Record

A good late February morning to you! Here’s a rapid (7:05) review of recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: New in-house-manufactured Microsoft QPU ….

DOE and DARPA in Quantum Research Agreement

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

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

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’

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 — 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 — 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

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, […]