SoftBank Corp. and Quantinuum today announced a partnership in quantum computing intended to “unlock innovative quantum computing solutions that will overcome the limitations of classical artificial intelligence and realize next-generation technologies.” Terms were not disclosed. SoftBank made news last week at the White House when President ….
Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC) Meeting to be Held Jan. 16-17
January 14, 2025 by
The next meeting of the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC), the federal advisory committee for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s program on Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), will take place on Thursday, January 16 from 10 AM – 5 PM EST, and Friday, January 17 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST via […]
HPC News Bytes 20250106: ‘Beyond’ EUV Lithography, China Chip Sanction Workaround, Microsoft’s $80B AI Build-Out, TSMC 2nm in 2025
January 6, 2025 by
Here’s a rapid (5:54) rundown of recent news from the HPC-AI sector, including: DOE and LLNL lead effort to go ‘beyond’ EUV lithography, report: ByteDance pursues chip trade sanction workaround, Microsoft’s $80B AI ….
HPC News Bytes 20241104: India Rising with AI, HBM an HPC-AI Bottleneck, Novel Accelerator Architectures, CHIPS Act for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography
November 4, 2024 by
A happy first Monday of November to you! The world of HPC-AI was notably active last week, here’s a rapid (7:36) run through: India seen as a rising tech power….
Laser-Based Startup LightSolver Wins €12.5M from European Innovation Council
August 6, 2024 by
TEL AVIV, Israel – August 6, 2024 – LightSolver, maker of a laser-based computing paradigm, today announced that it has been selected for the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Program. The company will receive an initial grant of €2.5 million from the EIC Fund combined with a future equity investment of €10 million, totaling €12.5M. This recognition […]
RFP Opens for ORNL’s Next-Gen HPC, 3-5x Speed-Up over Frontier Expected, Aug. 30 Deadline
July 21, 2024 by
The Department of Energy has released a request for proposals inviting vendors to submit plans for a successor to Oak Ridge National Lab’s exascale supercomputer, Frontier. Vendors have until Aug. 30, 2024 ….
@HPCpodcast: DOE’s Chalk Talks Lab Supercomputing Budgets, ECP’s Legacy and Women in HPC
June 26, 2024 by
The future of supercomputing isn’t what it used to be, and few know that better than Christine Chalk, federal program ….
Dr. Martin Roetteler to Lead IonQ’s Quantum Applications Team
March 26, 2024 by
COLLEGE PARK, MD – March 26, 2024 – Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) today announced the addition of industry veteran Dr. Martin Roetteler as its new head of quantum applications. Roetteler will lead IonQ’s Quantum Applications development team, which identifies commercial applications of IonQ’s world-leading trapped ion quantum computing technologies and delivers business value […]
In-Memory Computing Could Be an AI Inference Breakthrough
February 22, 2024 by
[CONTRIBUTED THOUGHT PIECE] In-memory computing promises to revolutionize AI inference. Given the rapid adoption of generative AI, it makes sense to pursue a new approach to reduce cost and power consumption by bringing compute in memory and improving performance.
UCSD and CEA-Leti Paper: DC-DC Converter Unifies Power Switches on a Single Chip
February 20, 2024 by
SAN DIEGO and GRENOBLE, France – Feb. 20, 2024 – University of California San Diego and CEA-Leti scientists report they have developed a ground-breaking piezoelectric-based DC-DC converter that unifies all power switches onto a single chip to increase power density. This new power topology, which extends beyond existing topologies, blends the advantages of piezoelectric converters […]
