HPC News Bytes 20241230: China’s ‘Surprising’ AI Progress, Silicon Valley Biggies to Chase Federal Contracts, New Neuromorphic Chips, Farewell to 2024

A happy penultimate day of 2024 to you! We’ll close out the year with this quick (    ) update on news from the world of HPC-AI, including: China’s progress in AI despite GPU import restrictions, AI-driven ….

Palantir and Microsoft Partner on AI for National Security

Aug. 8, 2024 — Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced a next step in their partnership to bring cloud, AI and analytics capabilities to the U.S. Defense and Intelligence Community. The companies said this is an integrated suite of technology that will allow national security missions to operationalize Microsoft’s large language […]

Palantir’s Foundry and AI Platform Certified on Oracle Cloud

Austin, Texas—July 9, 2024 — Oracle today announced that Palantir’s Foundry Platform and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) are certified on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and generally available across all of Oracle’s distributed cloud deployment options. Oracle’s distributed cloud, AI infrastructure, and sovereign AI capabilities, combined with Palantir’s leading AI and decision acceleration platforms, help businesses and governments accelerate their AI initiatives. […]

@HPCpodcast: Ukraine’s Frontline Software Soldiers; the UK’s Exascale Strategy; House Hearing on Global Tech Leadership; Intel’s Revised Roadmap

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….