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Nvidia Builds ‘Grace’ CPU-Powered Supercomputer
Nvidia, known for GPUs, scores with for new Grace CPU in University of Bristol's Isambard 3 supercomputer, to be built with HP Enterprise
Budget 2023: Chancellor Pledges £2.5 Billion For Quantum Computing
With UK predicted to avoid recession, spring budget by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces funding injections into tech sector
Meta Building Fastest AI Supercomputer In The World
Facebook building the world’s fastest AI supercomputer to help detect and moderate offensive posts and content, from among its billions of users
HPE Wins NSA Cloud Contract Worth $2bn
Hewlett Packard Enterprise wins $2 billion cloud services contract with America's top secret intelligence agency, the NSA
UK’s Most Powerful Supercomputer, Cambridge-1, Targets...
Nvidia's Cambridge-1 is now the UK's most powerful supercomputer, and will offer research capabilities for healthcare and AI
Nvidia Unveils Data Centre ARM CPU Dubbed ‘Grace’
New 'Grace' server chip from GPU giant Nvidia is designed to take the fight to Intel and AMD in the data centre CPU segment
US Blacklists Seven Chinese Supercomputing Entities
Entity list additions. US Commerce Department adds seven Chinese supercomputing entities to US blacklist, for working with Chinese military
Supercomputers Across Europe Shut Down After Crypto-Mining Attacks
Hackers break into academic high-performance computing clusters in Edinburgh, Germany and Switzerland to install Monero currency-mining software
Intel Tunes ‘Ponte Vecchio’ GPU For AI, High-Performance...
Intel introduces 'Ponte Vecchio', based on its Xe GPU architecture, along with oneAPI open programming model and other supercomputing tech
HPE Bolsters HPC Credentials With $1.3bn Cray Deal
Veteran supercomputer maker Cray is to be acquired by HPE, to power its HPC push in the years ahead
Initial Design Work Completed On SKA Radio Telescope Supercomputer
The five-year project, led by the University of Cambridge, designs one of the two supercomputers planned to process data from the massive radio telescope
Fujitsu Gives First Details On ARM-Powered Supercomputer Chip
Fujitsu's custom chip, the first to use supercomputing extensions to the ARMv8-A instruction set, is set to come into operation with the post-K supercomputer around 2021
US To Retake Supercomputing Crown With ‘Summit’
The new Oak Ridge National Laboratories system will be used to help build an exascale computer running at 100 petaflops
ARM, HPE, SUSE To Build UK Supercomputer For AI Research
The supercomputer is to be powered by ARM and SUSE Linux and sited in clusters at Edinburgh, Bristol and Leicester universities
Nvidia Unveils Titan V, The World’s Most Powerful GPU
Nvidia returns to its roots with the Ttian V, the world's most powerful GPU for the PC costs a cool $3,000, and delivers 110 teraflops
HPE Targets AI And HPC With New Apollo Platforms
New HPC and storage solutions includes HPE’s first ARM-based HPC system and enhanced tape storage system
IBM To Place 20 Qubit Quantum Computer In The Cloud
Quantum leap forward as IBM offers 20 qubit computer for clients, and develops first working 50 qubit processor
Microsoft To Offer Cray Supercomputers On Azure Cloud Platform
Microsoft and Cray are to link supercomputers directly into Azure data centres, providing high-end scalability for AI workloads
Microsoft Boosts Azure HPC With Cycle Computing Acquisition
Microsoft hopes Cycle Computing deal will make it easier for any company to take advantage of cloud-based HPC on Azure
HPE Boosts HPC With £212m SGI Acquisition
Big data analytics and high performance computing purchase looks to strengthen HPE's market position
IBM Launches DeepFlash 150 For Big Data Workloads
The DeepFlash 150 rounds off IBM's all-flash portfolio
Dell ‘HPC As A Service’ Targets Mainstream Businesses
Dell also launches HPC Systems for Life Sciences, Manufacturing, and Research
Obama Orders Exascale Supercomputer Initiative
World's faster supercomputer. Obama orders creation of computer capable of 1,000 petaflops
Seagate Extends IBM HPC Deal Amidst Revenue Woes
Seagate and IBM work on ClusterStor and Spectrum Scale inter-operability
HP Drags Intel Into HPC Market Push
HP enlists Intel to help with pushing HPC into new markets such as oil & gas and life science
IBM And NVIDIA Launch OpenPOWER Research Centre In France
IBM, NVIDIA and Mellanox say the centre will push research and adoption of Big Data and HPC technologies based on OpenPOWER
Why Data Centre Collaboration Is Key To Success For UK Research
King's College London now shares data centre facilities with five other institutions to pool high performance computing power
Dell, Intel, University Of Cambridge Send High Performance Computing...
Their data analytics and cloud platforms for industrial workloads are helping scientists to cure diseases and examine the beginning of the universe
Supercomputing Technology Pilot Launched In Scottish Highlands
The superfast computing hub will connect to England, Wales and Northern Ireland