In few other areas of the global economy are the rounds of creative destruction more rapid and more intense than the HPC-AI sector. We see this today with the generative AI sensation: OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT in November has created a firestorm of competitive responses. At least two companies – Cerebras, maker of the dinner-plate […]
Cerebras, Databricks Stoke Generative AI Arena with Open Source LLMs
March 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Dell: Threats and Opportunities for U.S. HPC Leadership
March 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] Driving the development and leveraging the use of supercomputing technologies and systems is a critical strategic advantage for geopolitical players. The U.S. Council on Competitiveness, which champions entrepreneurship and commercialization of innovative ideas, coined the phrase “To Out-compute is to Out-compete” for describing the place of supercomputing as a centerpiece of competitive strategies across science, business and national defense. In fact, the U.S., having been at the forefront of supercomputing for more than 50 years, is under increasing international pressure as more countries and regions increase their investments in HPC and associated areas, including AI, applications development and optimization, and workforce development and retention.
UK Researchers: Quantum Can Simulate Catalysts in Chemical Processes, Cut Environmental Impacts
March 27, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Researchers from Riverlane quantum engineering company and sustainable technology company Johnson Matthey announced they have developed quantum algorithms to simulate the catalysts used in industrial chemical processes. The companies say their work may reduce the environmental impact of everything from fuel cells to petrochemicals and hydrogen production. The research was published in Physical Review Research last […]
HPE DoD Webinar April 27: Bringing Exascale HPC to the Masses
March 27, 2023 by Leave a Comment
There will be an HPE DoD webinar on Thursday, April 27 from 2-3 pm ET entitled “Bringing Exascale to the Masses.” The speaker will be Steve Heibein, public sector AI chief technologist, HPE. For registration information, go here. This webinar will present the latest hardware platforms bringing exascale features to rack-scale, server-scale and the tactical […]
insideHPC-Hyperion Research Interview: Argonne’s Rick Stevens on the Future of Everything – U.S. Post-Exascale Strategy, AI for Science, HPC in 2040 and an Aurora Install Update
March 24, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this interview conducted on behalf of HPC analyst firm Hyperion Research, we spoke with Argonne National Laboratory’s Rick Stevens about the present and future of HPC. The starting point for this conversation is a presentation Stevens gave at a Hyperion event in Washington related to implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act and includes his insights on the post-exascale build-out of an integrated network of U.S. supercomputing capacity (the Integrated Research Infrastructure, or IRI). We then look at AI for science and the use of data-driven modeling and simulation, which shows the potential to deliver major performance gains for researchers….
@HPCpodcast: Ukraine’s Frontline Software Soldiers; the UK’s Exascale Strategy; House Hearing on Global Tech Leadership; Intel’s Revised Roadmap
March 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Soon after the one-year observance (Feb. 24) of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal ran an article by Shyam Sankar, CTO at big data and machine learning company Palantir, on the vital role of Ukrainian software engineers cum front line soldiers in the country’s war effort. It’s a remarkable story of technology entrepreneurship brought to the battlefield, one that helps explain how Ukraine, a country with less than 25 percent the population of Russia, has successfully pushed the invaders back from their early territorial gains. Sankar’s article compelled Shahin and Doug to reflect on the new type of war Ukraine is waging….
TACC: Simulation Reveals Secrets of Exotic Electrons
March 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
March 22, 2023 — The Texas Advanced Computing Center has announced that simulations on TACC’s Frontera supercomputer have helped scientists map for the first time the conditions that characterize exotic electrons, called polarons, in 2D materials, the thinnest materials ever been made. “A new leaf has turned in scientists’ hunt for developing cutting-edge materials used in […]
Mitsui and NVIDIA Announce Generative AI Supercomputer for Pharma
March 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
March 21, 2023 — Japanese business conglomerate Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA on Tokyo-1 — an initiative for Japan’s pharmaceutical industry with technology, including high-resolution molecular dynamics simulations and generative AI models for drug discovery. Announced today at the NVIDIA GTC global AI conference, the Tokyo-1 project features an NVIDIA DGX AI supercomputer that […]
Women in HPC Invites Early Career Poster Authors for ISC23
March 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
March 22, 2023 — The Women in HPC Planning Committee for ISC23 has announced that this year’s Early Career Posters for Women in HPC is now accepting submissions. ISC will be held in Hamburg, German, May 21-25. The posters will be on display May 22 – 24 and will be the focal point for the Diversity […]
PNY Now Offers NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation for High Performance Computing (HPC) Workloads
March 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
The latest generation of graphics processing units (GPUs) from NVIDIA, based on their Ada Lovelace architecture, is optimized for high performance computing (HPC) workloads. The NVIDIA RTX™ 6000 Ada Generation, available from PNY, is designed with the latest technology that provides superior performance and efficiency. The new RTX 6000 features an enhanced Gen-4 Tensor Core design for HPC use cases involving AI, including a new FP8 precision that delivers up to twice the performance of prior GPUs.
