In our continuing series on HPC-AI Vanguards, in which we recognize young members of the HPC-AI community showing potential to become industry leaders of tomorrow, we here profile Si Hammond, Federal Program Manager at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Hammond’s first involvement with HPC and AI occurred in 2005 when he was a master […]
insideHPC Vanguard: NNSA’s Si Hammond and the ‘Almost Impossible’
November 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
AMD Releases ROCm Version 6.3
November 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Nov. 26, 2024: AMD today announced the release of ROCm Version 6.3 open-source platform, introducing tools and optimizations for AI, ML and HPC workloads on AMD Instinct GPU accelerators. ROCm 6.3 is engineered for a range of organizations, from AI startups to HPC-driven industries, and is designed to enhance developer productivity Features of this release […]
Harbor Service, VAST Data Provide Storage Upgrade for NCSA Systems
November 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Nov. 20, 2024: The National Center for Supercomputing Applications and VAST Data are giving supercomputing system Delta and the newly launched DeltaAI a boost in their storage and application performance. NCSA launched Harbor, a service that provides fast storage for global home and software directories across all NCSA open-science resources. Its deployment has led to a 400 percent increase in application launch […]
HPC News Bytes 20241125: SC24 Hit Show in Atlanta, Hyperion’s Booming Market Update, Report: TSMC Tech in Huawei AI Chips
November 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A happy Thanksgiving week to you Americans and a happy last week of November to the rest of the world. Here’s a rapid (6:43) run-through of recent news and trends from the world of HPC-AI, including: SC24 in Atlanta ….
Webinar: ALCF Developer Session on HPC Workflows to Be Held Dec. 11
November 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold a webinar at 11 am Central Time on Wednesday, Dec. 11 covering remote workflows at ALCF. Registration is here. HPC resources like those at ALCF are increasingly becoming integrated with distributed workloads involving data movement and remote orchestration. In this webinar, ALCF’s Christine Simpson will discuss how ALCF […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute Selects IQM Spark Quantum Computer
November 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Taipei, Taiwan, 25th November 2024 – The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) under the National Applied Research Laboratories today announces the procurement of its first full-stack quantum computer from IQM Quantum Computers (IQM). The delivery and installation of the system at TSRI’s premises will take place in the second quarter of 2025. Both TSRI and IQM aim […]
Jan. 5 Registration Deadline for ASC25 Student Supercomputer Challenge
November 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
ATLANTA, Nov. 22, 2024 –The ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge 2025 (ASC25) kicked off its inaugural briefing session at SC24, unveiling a timeline for the upcoming competition. Aspiring undergraduate teams from around the world are encouraged to register by January 5, 2025, through the official website. (http://www.asc-events.net/StudentChallenge/ASC25/Register.php) ASC25 will uphold its renowned format, featuring three key […]
IBM and Pasqal Expand Quantum-Centric Supercomputing Initiative
November 22, 2024 by
Yorktown Heights, New York, and Paris, Nov. 21, 2024 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Pasqal today announced an update to their intended collaboration to build new, integrated frameworks for quantum-centric supercomputing with Qiskit quantum software. The two companies will soon begin developing a unified programming model to facilitate seamless interoperability across different types of quantum computing hardware. […]
Hyperion Announces 2024 HPC Innovation Excellence Awards
November 21, 2024 by
ST PAUL, Minn., Nov. 21, 2024 — Hyperion Research today announced the recipients of the 20th round of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards. Since 2011, these semi-annual innovation excellence awards have been recognized globally as the touchstone for outstanding achievements that were supported by the use of high performance computing. Winners have ranged from government and […]
ACM Presents Winners of Gordon Bell Climate Modelling Prize
November 21, 2024 by
Atlanta, Nov. 21, 2024 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today presented a 12-member team with the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling for their project “Boosting Earth System Model Outputs And Saving PetaBytes in Their Storage Using Exascale Climate Emulators.” The award recognizes innovative parallel computing contributions toward solving the global climate crisis. The members […]
