HPC
Nvidia Reportedly Backing Away From its Proposed $40B Arm Acquisition
For GPU-maker Nvidia, it was not supposed to end this way, with the company giving up on its grandiose plans to acquire chip IP vendor, Arm Ltd. But after ...Full Article
Facebook Parent Company Meta Builds Massive AI Supercomputer
Fresh off its rebrand last October, Meta (née Facebook) is putting muscle behind its vision of a metaversal future with a massive new AI supercomputer called the AI Research SuperCluster ...Full Article
Nvidia Acquires Bright Computing for its HPC Cluster Management Software
GPU-maker Nvidia is broadening its enterprise software portfolio by buying HPC cluster management company Bright Computing for an undisclosed sum. Unlike Nvidia’s ongoing effort to purchase semiconductor IP company ...Full Article
Quantum-based Cryptographic Key Service Debuts – Could This Be a Quantum Advantage?
Quantum Origin, a service to deliver “completely unpredictable cryptographic keys” that are based on random numbers generated by a quantum computer, has been unveiled by the newly-created quantum computing ...Full Article
At SC21, Focusing On the Ethics of Mainstreamed HPC
As the panelists gathered onstage for SC21’s first plenary talk, the words of the so-called Peter Parker principle – “with great power comes great responsibility” – cycled across the background ...Full Article
Cerebras Systems Expanding its Wafer-Scale Computing Tech with $250M in New Funding
Wafer-scale compute vendor Cerebras Systems has raised another $250 million in funding – this time in a Series F round that brings its total funding to about $720 million. ...Full Article
Cerebras Brings Its Wafer-Scale Engine AI System to the Cloud
Five months ago, when Cerebras Systems debuted its second-generation wafer-scale silicon system (CS-2), co-founder and CEO Andrew Feldman hinted of the company’s coming cloud plans, and now those plans ...Full Article
The State of AI and the HPC Connection: A Talk with Hyperion Research’s Steve Conway
Looking for an AI refresher to beat the Summer heat? In this Q&A, Hyperion Research Senior Adviser Steve Conway surveys the AI and analytics landscape in a time of ...Full Article
New $35M AI Research Center at Indiana University Created to Grow AI Education
With the use of AI exploding in business, healthcare, research and other fields, Indiana University is opening a new $35 million AI center that aims to train more students ...Full Article
Ferrari Revs Up the Performance of Its Sports Cars and Racing Team with AWS Cloud Services
Ferrari, the legendary Italian sports car builder with some 239 race victories in Formula 1, has signed a deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bolster the performance and ...Full Article
