Justin Hotard Leaves Intel, Named CEO and President of Nokia

Intel’s long-term high turnover rate of senior managers holding HPC and AI-related responsibilities continues apace with today’s news that Justin Hotard, EVP/GM of the company’s Data Center and AI Group, is leaving Intel after a year to become CEO and president of Nokia.

HPC News Bytes 20250210: Big AI CAPEX Binge, More Data Center SMRs, Euro-Origin Quantum, Softbank Eyes Ampere

Good post-Super Bowl morning to you! The past week was somewhat calm relative to the riotous preceding period in the world of HPC-AI, but still, important developments emerged. Here’s a fast (5:52) overview: the four “Big AI” behemoths’ land grab, more nuclear for data centers, Euro-origin quantum, Softbank eyes Ampere.

@HPCpodcast: Addison Snell on the Present and Future of HPC-AI, Quantum, DeepSeek, Interconnects, Leadership Supercomputing

We delve into current market sizing for HPC-AI (the conjoining of the two being a relatively new focus), a look ahead at the rest of the year and the decade, the impact of hyperscalers on AI, the future of leadership computing ….

IQM, Riverlane and Zurich Instruments to Launch Quantum Error Correction Platform

Cambridge, UK; Espoo, Finland; Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 6, 2025 – IQM Quantum Computers, Riverlane, and Zurich Instruments have announced the launch of the SurgeonQ project, a collaboration to create what they said is the first quantum computing platform capable of running multiple real-time quantum error correction operations. The project represents progress towards commercially viable quantum […]

Vanguards of HPC-AI: Oak Ridge Lab’s Verónica G. Melesse Vergara — Unleashing ‘Breakthrough Science’

“One of the most fun aspects of HPC engineering is that you get to solve a broad range of problems getting an application to run well and run at scale – sometimes to even run at all. There is always something new to learn and the feeling of finding a solution ….”

Supermicro Launches Rack-Scale Systems with NVIDIA Blackwell

San Jose, Calif. – February 5, 2025 – Supermicro, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI) announced full availability of its AI data center Building Block Solutions  accelerated by the NVIDIA Blackwell platform. The Supermicro Building Block portfolio provides the core infrastructure elements necessary to scale Blackwell solutions. The portfolio includes a broad range of air-cooled and liquid-cooled systems […]

With Accelerator SOC, South Korean Institute Says Country on Track to Become 5th HPC Manufacturer

The ETRI said that after its commercialization, this technology “will be a game-changer for Korea to become the world’s fifth nation to manufacture supercomputers,” after the U.S., China, Japan and the E.U. (France).  The system-on-a-chip is named “K-AB21” ….

HPC News Bytes 20250203: DeepSeek Lessons, Intel Reroutes GPU Roadmap, LANL and OpenAI for National Security, Nuclear Reactors for Google Data Centers

The HPC-AI world was upended last week by DeepSeek AI benchmark numbers, as the dust settles we offer commentary on what it may, at this stage, mean: Five lessons from DeepSeek, Intel GPU rack scale architecture ….

Women in HPC and Alces Flight Announce Move the Needle Project Results

Feb. 3, 2025 — The team at Alces Flight, a UK-based company specializing in high performance computing and volunteers from Women in HPC announced the final report and facilitation guide from the Move the Needle Project, which ran throughout 2024 and examined practical approaches to goal-setting, accountability, and continuous improvement focused on the people side […]

Los Alamos and OpenAI Partner on National Security

Los Alamos National Laboratory has entered a partnership with OpenAI to install its latest o-series models — which the lab said are capable of expert reasoning for complex scientific problems — on the lab’s Venado supercomputer, which uses NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, to conduct national security research. “As threats to the nation become ….