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AWS re:Invent: Amazon Nvidia Expand Collaboration
Amazon Web Services and Nvidia expand partnership with new supercomputing infrastructure, software and services for generative AI
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
IBM Breakthrough With 433 Qubit Quantum Processor
Breakthrough development in quantum-centric supercomputing, after IBM unveils its most powerful quantum chip capable of 433-qubit
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 Healthcare
Nvidia's Cambridge-1 is now the UK's most powerful supercomputer, and will offer research capabilities for healthcare and AI
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
Nvidia Builds In-House GPU Supercomputer
Selene supercomputer uses new A100 GPUs and Mellanox InfiniBand interconnects to deliver 1 exaflop, putting it in top 10 performance rankings worldwide
Coronavirus: Folding@Home Volunteers Merge Home PCs For Fastest Supercomputer
Folding@Home volunteers utilise home PCs to create world's fastest supercomputer to help tackle deadly Coronavirus pandemic
Intel Tunes ‘Ponte Vecchio’ GPU For AI, High-Performance Computing
Intel introduces 'Ponte Vecchio', based on its Xe GPU architecture, along with oneAPI open programming model and other supercomputing tech
America Tops Supercomputing Rankings
The United States now has the top two most powerful supercomputers in the world, rankings show
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
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
Lenovo Implements ‘World’s Largest’ Intel-based Supercomputer
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
Welsh Universities Receive Supercomputing Investment
Supercomputing investment of £15m to drive 'world-class scientific research', as well as create jobs and industry partnerships
University Of Edinburgh To Sell Supercomputing Power
The university is to sell access to its new 2,016-core Cirrus system along with support from the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
Report: ARM Targets Supercomputers With New Chip Design
New chip design to extend ARM's ambitions from the data centre and into supercomputer territory
China ‘Leapfrogs’ US With Home-Built Supercomputer
A new research system using China-built chips is more than four times as powerful as the US' top machine
Nvidia ‘Deep Learning’ Supercomputer To Tackle AI Challenges
New supercomputer meets the need of next-generation AI applications, coupled with release of new data centre accelerator
‘First $15 Supercomputer’ Attracts $1.7m Kickstarter Investment
The Pine64 A64 offers 64-bit supercomputing power in a tiny package starting at just $15
CES 2016 – Nvidia Drive PX 2 Is ‘Most Powerful’ Smart Car Supercomputer
DRIVE PX 2 platform uses the equivalent power of 150 MacBook Pros to make intelligent cars a reality, with Volvo already signed up
Cray Rolls Out Urika-XA Hadoop Analytics Appliance
The system, which includes Intel chips and a storage combination that includes SSDs and HDDs, comes two years after Cray's first such appliance
Supercomputing Technology Pilot Launched In Scottish Highlands
The superfast computing hub will connect to England, Wales and Northern Ireland
China Tops Supercomputer List For Third Time
China's Tianhe-2 has yet again led the Top500 supercomputer rankings, but the overall growth in performance has levelled off
Two-Phase Liquid Cooling Bubbles Up
The boiling coolant in SGI's ICE X supercomputer is a sign to Peter Judge that liquid cooling is still evolving
Green500 Supercomputer List Reveals Intel, Nvidia Surprise
Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs are used in the world's top 10 most energy-efficient supercomputers
Huawei Makes First Appearance At US Supercomputing Conference
Huawei show off server, storage and networking offerings at SC '13 supercomputing show in Denver
Nvidia’s CUDA Platform Gets Unified Memory
Nvidia has added unified memory support to CUDA 6, making it easier for programmers to write code for systems that include GPU accelerators