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Elon Musk’s xAI Closes $6bn Funding, Plots Colossus AI Supercomputer...
SEC filing reveals that Elon Musk’s AI firm, xAI, has raised another $6 billion, as it pledges to expand Colossus supercomputer
LUMI – The Most Powerful Supercomputer In Europe
Silicon tours the facilities housing Europe's most powerful supercomputer, and the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the world
Government Shelves £1.3 Billion UK Tech, AI Plan
Labour government shelves £1.3bn of funding promised by the Conservatives for tech and artificial intelligence projects
Musk’s xAI ‘To Build Nvidia Supercomputer’
Elon Musk reportedly tells investors in start-up xAI company wants to build massive Nvidia-powered supercomputer by late next year
IBM Unveils Heron Quantum Chip, Plus Quantum System Two
Next generation quantum processor dubbed 'Heron', and the modular IBM Quantum System Two unveiled by Big Blue
AI Safety Summit 2023: UK To Invest £225m For AI Supercomputer
UK government says it will invest £225m ($273m) for AI supercomputer as it seeks to bolster its AI credentials with US and China
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
Start-Up Cerebras Builds Massive AI Supercomputer
California start-up Cerebras builds exaflop supercomputer for AI workloads by linking together 16 of its CS-2 systems
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
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
Coronavirus: Folding@Home Volunteers Merge Home PCs For Fastest...
Folding@Home volunteers utilise home PCs to create world's fastest supercomputer to help tackle deadly Coronavirus pandemic
Google Claims “Quantum Supremacy”, But IBM Disagrees
Google and IBM publicly clash after the former claimed to have achieved a quantum computing breakthrough
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
America Tops Supercomputing Rankings
The United States now has the top two most powerful supercomputers in the world, rankings show
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 Supercomputer Is Big Step Towards Building Tech For Mission To...
HPE and NASA hope Spaceborne computer will work in space for a whole year, paving the way for long range space missions
Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (23 June)
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Lenovo Implements ‘World’s Largest’ Intel-based...
Does size matter? University in Barcelona gains 11.1 petaFLOP supercomputer, as Intel touts its HPC credentials
Tech Firms Handed $258m To Develop Exascale Supercomputer
Large chunk of money handed to tech firms from US government to develop 1,000 petaflop supercomputer
HPE Will Create Intel-Powered Supercomputer To Drive BASF’s...
The supercomputer will aim to reduce research simulations and modeling down from months to days
Japan To Build World’s Fastest AI & Big Data Supercomputer
The AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure is to target machine learning applications and big data analysis for academia, enterprises and start-ups
Nvidia Builds World’s Most Efficient Supercomputer
The SATURNV system is powered by Nvidia's own Tesla P100 GPUs and intended to help build autonomous driving software
Report: ARM Targets Supercomputers With New Chip Design
New chip design to extend ARM's ambitions from the data centre and into supercomputer territory