OpenAI and NVIDIA today announced a partnership to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems for OpenAI’s AI infrastructure to train its models in puruit of superintelligence. NVIDIA intends to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI ….
Ceremony Marks Launch of the Exascale Supercomputer JUPITER
September 5, 2025 by
Sept. 5, 2025 — The JUPITER exascale-class supercomputer was unveiled to the public today at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany in front of guests from politics, science, and industry. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst were among the attendees. The system, designed by the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) and in […]
@HPCpodcast: Live from GTC 2025, Among the Crowds for the New AI Compute Landscape
March 21, 2025 by
In what is becoming an annual tradition for the @HPCpodcast, we present “Live from Nvidia GTC 2025,” covering highlights from the Nvidia extravaganza with an AI-everywhere theme.
We review the conference, discussing everything from ….
HPC News Bytes 20250120: Trump and the CHIPS Act, Quantum Stocks, Intel’s Potential Buyer, HPE’s $1B Deal
January 20, 2025 by
A happy Inauguration / Martin Luther King Jr. Day to you! The HPC-AI world continues to produce major news,here’s a quick (6:06) review: the Trump Administration’s reported CHIPS Act softening, quantum computing stocks take hit after Jensen-Zuck statements, Intel’s mystery acquirer, HPE’s $1 billion win
@HPCpodcast at GTC 2024: Taking in the Scene at Nvidia’s Week at the Center of the Tech World
March 21, 2024 by
Live from Nvidia’s GTC 2024 AI-everywhere show, Doug and Shahin get together in the usual coffee shop chat of the @HPCpodcast. We cover a wide range of announcements from Nvidia headlined by their new Blackwell GPU architecture, discuss the contrast between the Nvidia model and thoe of other players, and share some observations (including celebrity sitings and a stare-down between a dog and a robot….
@HPCpodcast: The GTC Cornucopia
April 1, 2022 by
Last week’s rendition of NVIDIA’s bi-annual GTC extravaganza unveiled a raft of new HPC/AI announcements, the latest public performance of a company in its prime led by a leather-clad CEO generally regarded as a master marketer. Ok, roll your eyes at that gushing statement if you like, but it reflects the sentiment of Wall Street, which pushed NVIDIA stock up 10 percent the day CEO Jensen Huang delivered his GTC keynote, and of most (if not all) in the HPC industry analyst community. In this episode of the @HPCpodcast….
NVIDIA’s Huang to Unveil AI Technologies, Products at Virtual GTC, Nov. 8-11
September 29, 2021 by
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2021 — NVIDIA today announced that it will host a global, virtual GTC from Nov. 8-11, featuring a keynote by NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang and talks from AI research and industry leaders. Agenda and registration information can be found here. Huang’s keynote will be livestreamed on Nov. 9 […]
HPC/AI in the Spotlight: Jensen Huang Named to Time Magazine’s Most Influential People List
September 15, 2021 by
Estranged royalty, movie stars and Olympic athletes have influence, sure, but if you want to build a list of people with lasting impact then Time magazine got it right when it named Jensen Huang to its list of the 100 most influential people of 2021. The CEO of Nvidia, whose GPUs are highlighted by Time […]
NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang to Receive Semiconductor Industry’s Noyce Award
August 13, 2021 by
WASHINGTON — Aug. 12, 2021 — The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA with a focus on building accelerated computing platforms, is the 2021 recipient of the industry’s Robert N. Noyce Award. SIA said it presents the Noyce Award annually “in recognition of a leader who has […]
