“Exascale is a massive accelerator for technology, productivity, engineering, and science.” Outside the high-performance computing (HPC) community, “exascale” may seem more like fodder for science fiction than a powerful tool for scientific research. Yet, when seen through the lens of real-world applications, exascale computing goes from ethereal concept to tangible reality with exceptional benefits. Imagine […]
Exascale Day Video: How LLNL’s El Capitan Came to Be
October 17, 2023 by
With Exascale Day coming up tomorrow, we’re kicking off the annual observance with this video from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Once fully operational, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) first exascale supercomputer will perform critical modeling and simulation functions to support America’s nuclear stockpile. But a system as large and complex….
HPC News Bytes 20231016: China and 300eFLOPS, Samsung’s 3nm Order, Exascale Day, Women and Coding, the Coming GPU Battle
October 16, 2023 by
A happy mid-October morning to you! Today’s HPC News Bytes podcast offers a rapid (5:08) romp through recent HPC developments, including: China’s goal of 300 exaflops in 2025; Samsung’s 3nm chip win; Exascale Day; fewer women computer scientists since 1984; the GPU competition between NVIDIA, AMD and Intel….
AMD MI300 Accelerators Expected to Bring Choice to GPU Market
October 11, 2023 by
[Sponsored Guest Article] If you agree that generative AI signifies a new chapter in IT, then you may also agree there’s a major storm gathering among GPU accelerator chip vendors vying for position in the GenAI market. It’s a competition with the potential to roil not only the microprocessor sector….
China Intends to Exceed 300 Exaflops Aggregate Compute Power by 2025
October 10, 2023 by
The People’s Republic of China, so cagy in recent years regarding its leadership-class supercomputing resources, on Sunday declared its intent to exceed 300 exaflops of aggregate computing power within two years, a 50 percent increase over its current stated capacity of 200 exaflops. This in the face of tightening sanctions imposed by the U.S. on the export of….
Exascale Early Adopter Series Webinar Sept. 27: Optimizing SYCL Workloads on Aurora and Sunspot
September 25, 2023 by
On Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 11 am Central Time, Varsha Madananth, an applications engineer at Intel, will lead an online webinar on optimizing SYCL workloads for PVC on the Aurora exascale system and the Sunspot testbed system. Registration is here, virtual meeting information will follow. This webinar will delve into a range of optimization strategies, […]
Building a Capable Computing Ecosystem for Exascale
September 18, 2023 by
With ECP, working together was a prerequisite for participation. “From the beginning, the teams had this so-called ‘shared fate,’” says Siegel. When incorporating new capabilities, applications teams had to consider relevant software tools developed by others that could help meet their performance targets, and if they didn’t choose to use them….
Sept. 8 Registration Deadline for October ALCF Hands-on HPC Workshop
August 28, 2023 by
Aug. 31, 2023 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold Hands-on HPC Workshop on October 10-12, 2023 at the TCS Conference Center at Argonne National Laboratory. Deadline for registration is Friday, Sept. 8. Registration information can be found here. The workshop will provide hands-on time on Polaris and AI Testbeds focusing on porting applications […]
LLNL: 9,000 Exascale Nodes for Power Grid Optimization
August 9, 2023 by
Ensuring the nation’s electrical power grid can function with limited disruptions in the event of a natural disaster, catastrophic weather or a manmade attack is a key national security challenge. Compounding the challenge of grid management is the increasing amount of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind that are continually added to the […]
Exascale: Pursuing Clean Energy Catalysts with Aurora
July 13, 2023 by
Argonne National Laboratory has announced that researchers are developing exascale software tools to enable the design of new chemicals and chemical processes for clean energy production. Argonne is building one of the nation’s first exascale systems, Aurora. To prepare codes for the architecture and scale of the new supercomputer, 15 research teams are taking part […]
