“HPC systems have always been hard to leverage well, but with GPUs and other accelerators in the mix it has become truly daunting. Lowering the barrier to entry … on Kokkos, the ISO C++ committee, and the High Performance Software Foundation is what ….”
Vanguards of HPC-AI: Sandia’s Christian Trott – Lowering the Barriers to HPC-AI Entry
February 28, 2025 by
SoftBank, ZutaCore and Foxconn Join on Rack-Integrated Solution with Liquid Cooling for NVIDIA H200s
February 28, 2025 by
Feb. 28, 2025 — SoftBank Corp., ZutaCore and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) today announced that they implemented ZutaCore’s two-phase direct liquid cooling technology*1 in an AI server using NVIDIA accelerated computing. The companies said this is the first implementation*2 of ZutaCore’s two-phase DLC*1 using NVIDIA H200 GPUs. In addition, SoftBank designed and developed a rack-integrated […]
Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation Condemns Mass Firings of Science Agency Employees
February 27, 2025 by
As the Trump Administration with Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) seeks to cut federal government employee roles, “probationary employees” (those who have not held jobs long enough to garner full civil ….
LLNL Examines Exoplanet Atmospheres with HPC
February 27, 2025 by
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory released this update on researchers’ use of high performance computing resources to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, which are planets beyond our own solar system. The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb ….
Exascale: Argonne-led Team Trains AI to Take on Infectious Threats with Frontier and Aurora
February 26, 2025 by
ASCR, the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, has released a report on the use of exascale -class supercomputers, Frontier and Aurora, using the combination of artificial intelligence tools with genomic data to improve preparedness for potential new pandemics. The large language models (LLMs) used in chat-based […]
Quantum: Toyota Tsusho to Partner with ORCA Computing
February 25, 2025 by
LONDON and AUSTIN, February 25, 2025 — Quantum computing company ORCA Computing and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho), a member of the Toyota Group, delivering to countries around the world a diverse range of products and services, today announced their partnership to provide customers in Japan and across the Asia Pacific region with ORCA Computing’s cutting-edge PT Series […]
Generative Imaging AI Will Use Game Engines and Synthetic Data to Train Models
February 25, 2025 by
By Chris Zacharias, CEO, Imgix Imagine an AI capable of transforming a single photograph into a living, breathing scene. Change the lighting, the weather, or even the camera angle with just a few clicks. This is not a distant dream; it is the future of generative imaging AI — and its foundation lies in an […]
Micron Announces Sample Shipments of 1-gamma DRAM
February 25, 2025 by
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 25, 2025 — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) today said it is the first company to ship samples of its 1γ (1-gamma), sixth-generation (10nm-class) DRAM node-based DDR5 memory designed for next-generation CPUs to ecosystem partners and select customers. The company said “This 1γ DRAM milestone builds on Micron’s previous 1α (1-alpha) and […]
Three LLNL Scientists Honored with Presidential Early Career Award
February 25, 2025 by
Design physicist Kelli Humbird, who has been recognized for her innovative application of machine learning in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) physics, was one of three distinguished LLNL researchers honored with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award. Humbird and LLNL colleagues Tomi Akindele and Holly Carlton were among the nearly 400 […]
Cisco and NVIDIA Expand Networking Partnership
February 25, 2025 by
Cisco [NASDAQ: CSCO] today announced plans for an expanded partnership with NVIDIA to provide AI technology solutions to enterprises. The NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform based on Cisco and NVIDIA silicon is intended to form the foundation for enterprise AI workloads ….
