HPC News Bytes 20241111: TSMC 2nm Restrictions, AMD-Fujitsu Team on Arm, AMD Passes Intel, US Data Center Green Energy Uptake

With a salute to our service men and women on this Veteran’s Day, here’s a rapid (6:07) review of recent news ….

Immersion Cooling for Transportable HPC

In this sponsored post from our friends over at One Stop Systems, Product Marketing Manager, Braden Cooper discusses how the latest high-performance computing systems for AI applications generate more heat than ever before. Datacenters have begun adoption of immersion cooling solutions that immerse the temperature-sensitive electronics in a non-conductive fluid which efficiently dissipates the heat.

Berkeley Lab Scientists Say Barium Titanate Could Revolutionize Low-Power Microelectronics

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  have turned a century-old material, barium titanate, into what the lab today said is “a next-gen, thin-film material that shows potential for achieving the memory storage properties necessary for developing low-power microelectronics.” “We’ve known about barium titanate for the better part of a century and we’ve known how to […]

Energy Efficiency Comparison: Air-Cooling vs Liquid Cooling

In this sponsored article, David Craig, CEO of Iceotope, discusses how a paradigm shift, from air to liquid cooling has become the favoured solution – already the standard for high performance computing (HPC). The discussion for all workloads has moved on from whether to stick with traditional air-cooling systems to one of how to practically evolve to precision immersion liquid-cooling.

Supermicro Contributes to the MN-3 Supercomputer Earning #1 on Green500 List

Supermicro and Preferred Networks (PFN) collaborated to develop the most efficient supercomputer anywhere on earth, earning the #1 position on the Green500 list. This supercomputer, the MN-3, is comprised of Intel® Xeon® CPUs and MN-Core™ boards developed by Preferred Networks. In this white paper, read more about this collaboration and how a record-setting supercomputer was developed.

Supermicro and Preferred Networks (PFN) Collaborate to Develop the World’s Most Efficient Supercomputer

Supermicro and Preferred Networks (PFN) collaborated to develop the most efficient supercomputer anywhere on earth, earning the #1 position on the Green500 list. This supercomputer, the MN-3, is comprised of Intel® Xeon® CPUs and MN-Core™ boards developed by Preferred Networks. In this white paper, read more about this collaboration and how a record-setting supercomputer was developed.

Paper: Initial Explorations of ARM Processors for Scientific Computing

As anticipation grows for using ARM processors in HPC, a new paper from a team of LHC researchers is showing promising results.

Seeking Nominations: Brill Awards for Efficient IT

The Uptime Institute has announced a new awards program, the Brill Awards for Efficient IT, continuing the late Mr. Brill’s vision of sharing best practices and new ideas to improve data center and IT efficiency.

Power Savings – the Quest for Green MPI

This presentation investigates whether power savings on the processor and system level can be obtained while an MPI rank is waiting (blocking) for incoming data.