SoftBank, ZutaCore and Foxconn Join on Rack-Integrated Solution with Liquid Cooling for NVIDIA H200s

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 […]

SambaNova Reports Fastest DeepSeek-R1 671B with High Efficiency

Palo Alto, CA – Generative AI company SambaNova announced last week that DeepSeek-R1 671B is running today on SambaNova Cloud at 198 tokens per second (t/s), “achieving speeds and efficiency that no other platform can match,” the company said. DeepSeek-R1 has reduced AI training costs by 10X, but its widespread adoption has been hindered by […]

@HPCpodcast: Addison Snell on the Present and Future of HPC-AI, Quantum, DeepSeek, Interconnects, Leadership Supercomputing

We delve into current market sizing for HPC-AI (the conjoining of the two being a relatively new focus), a look ahead at the rest of the year and the decade, the impact of hyperscalers on AI ….

LBNL Leads Quantum Data Storage, Visualization Project

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has announced that national lab and university researchers recently released two papers introducing new methods of data storage and analysis to make quantum computing more practical and exploring how visualization helps in understanding quantum computing. “This work represents significant strides in understanding and harnessing current quantum devices for data encoding, processing, and visualization,” […]

NVIDIA Reveals Eos Supercomputer: 4,600 H100 GPUs for 18 AI Exaflops

NVIDIA Thursday released a video that offers the first public look at Eos (pictured here), a monster 18.4 exaflops FP8 AI supercomputer powered by 576 DGX H100 systems… NVIDIA said Eos would be ranked no. 9 on the TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers, according….

Federated GPU Infrastructure for AI Workflows

[Sponsored Guest Article] With the explosion of use cases such as Generative AI and ML Ops driving tremendous demand for the most advanced GPUs and accelerated computing platforms, there’s never been a better time to explore the “as-a-service” model to help get started quickly.  What could take months of shipping delays and massive CapEx investments can be yours on demand….

HPC and AI Workloads Drive Storage System Design

Many organizations are tied to outdated storage systems that cannot meet HPC and AI workload needs. Designing high‑throughput, highly scalable HPC storage systems require expert planning and configuration. The Dell Validated Designs for HPC Storage solution offers a way to quickly upgrade antiquated storage….

Improving Product Quality with AI-based Video Analytics: HPE, NVIDIA and Relimetrics Automate Quality Control in European Manufacturing Facility

Manufacturers are using the power of AI and video analytics to enable better quality control and traceability of quality issues, bringing them one step closer to….

PNY Now Offers NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation for High Performance Computing (HPC) Workloads

The latest generation of graphics processing units (GPUs) from NVIDIA, based on their Ada Lovelace architecture, is optimized for high performance computing (HPC) workloads. The NVIDIA RTX™ 6000 Ada Generation, available from PNY,  is designed….

Intel Launches Intel Agilex 7 FPGAs

March 6, 2023 — Intel has launched new FPGAs, the Agilex 7 FPGAs with F-Tile, equipped with what the company said are the fastest FPGA transceivers on the market. Designed to address bandwidth-intensive environments such asdata centers and high-speed networks, the FPGAs deliver up to 116 gigabits per second (Gbps) and hardened 400 gigabit Ethernet […]