SimOps Launches Simulation Operations Automation Initiative

Sunnyvale, CA, September 27, 2024 – SimOps announced the launch of its Simulation Operations Automation initiative, a category the company said is poised to redefine how organizations manage and optimize their engineering simulations and the operation of the underlying infrastructures. As high-performance computing becomes central to innovation across various industries and applications, SimOps provides a […]

@HPCpodcast: DOE’s Chalk Talks Lab Supercomputing Budgets, ECP’s Legacy and Women in HPC

The future of supercomputing isn’t what it used to be, and few know that better than Christine Chalk, federal program ….

How Will El Capitan Run? Software and Storage Solutions Powering NNSA’s First Exascale Supercomputer

El Capitan, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s first exascale supercomputer, will likely be the world’s most powerful computer when the system is deployed in Fall 2024. But answering some of science’s most challenging questions will go beyond simply having cutting-edge hardware. Discover how the software architecture and storage systems that will drive El Capitan’s performance […]

Intersect360 Sizes HPC-AI Market at $85.7B, Up 62% Driven by Hyperscalers

Analyst firm Intersect360 Research has released its annual report placing the worldwide market for scalable computing infrastructure for HPC and AI at $85.7 billion in 2023, up 62.4 percent year-over-year. This was mainly due to a near tripling of spending by ….

SK hynix Partners with TSMC on HBM

Seoul, April 19, 2024 – Memory company SK hynix Inc. announced today a memorandum of understanding with TSMC to produce next-generation HBM and enhance logic and HBM integration through advanced packaging technology. The company plans to proceed with the development of HBM4, or the sixth generation of the HBM family, slated to be mass produced […]

Exascale Day Video: How LLNL’s El Capitan Came to Be

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….

Nimbix Federated: A comprehensive architecture for secure, cloud-managed, multi-site supercomputing-as-a-service

High-performance computing (HPC) is a complex ecosystem that is increasingly being democratized by cloud and cloud-like technologies. This increased accessibility enables engineers and scientists to consume highly advanced resources without extensive IT expertise, advancing the digital transformation of the physical world. Now that industry has had a taste of on-demand supercomputing, the hunger for faster, […]

Argonne Researchers: Tiny Magnetic ‘Whirlpools’ Could Be Game Changer for HPC Memory Technology

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are investigating the possibility that tiny magnetic whirlpools called “skyrmions,” which are magnetic vortices as tiny as billionths of a meter, could transform memory storage in future high performance computers. Skyrmions, the Argonne researchers say, show characteristics that could overcome the shortcomings of microscopic […]

Dell Using HPC in UNICEF Partnership for School Internet Connectivity

ROUND ROCK, Texas – October 03, 2022 —  Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is leveraging high performance computing in a partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) USA to support Giga, a UNICEF-ITU global initiative to connect every school to the internet by 2030 and every young person to information, opportunity and choice.  Dell contributes valuable technical assistance, including […]

Hyperion Research: 2021 HPC Market Growth Up 13.8% Over Previous Year

HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research today announced overall spending for HPC grew from $30.6 billion (USD) in 2020 to $34.8 billion (USD) in 2021, counting both on-premises and cloud spending, an increase of 13.8 percent. Total on-prem HPC server sales for 2021 reached $14.8 billion (USD) reflecting a strong 9.1 percent growth over the […]