Here in Atlanta at SC24, where an anticipated 16,000 attendees are expected to set a conference attendance record, the new TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers reports that El Capitan, the HPE-Cray/AMD supercomputer at Lawrence ….
Report: US Outpacing Europe for Data Center Clean Energy Procurement
November 4, 2024 by
Nov. 4, 2024: According to a report from S&P Global Commodity Insights, the rising energy demands of global data centers are driving shifts toward renewable power sourcing with US data centers accounting for half of total US corporate clean energy procurement this year, but only around 20 percent in Europe. The US data center sector […]
Move Over Von Neumann? Sandia to Deploy NextSilicon’s ‘Intelligent Compute Accelerator’
October 30, 2024 by
NextSilicon, the Israel-based startup whose intriguing software-defined hardware has been talked about in concept for years by the company, today unveiled what it said is the first Intelligent Compute Accelerator (ICA).
WEKA Introduces Appliances for Enterprise AI Deployments
October 30, 2024 by
CAMPBELL, Calif., October 30, 2024— AI data platform company WekaIO unveiled two WEKApod data platform appliances today: the WEKApod Nitro for large-scale enterprise AI deployments and the WEKApod Prime for smaller-scale AI deployments and multi-purpose high-performance data use cases. WEKApod data platform appliances provide turnkey solutions combining WEKA Data Platform software with best-in-class high-performance hardware […]
Scality Announces All-Flash Object Store for AI
October 30, 2024 by
SAN FRANCISCO – October 30, 2024 – Storage software company Scality today unveiled RING XP, an all-flash configuration of its RING storage software engineered for extreme performance. Scality said RING XP is the fastest object store with microsecond response-time latencies for small object data, making it ideal for AI model training and fine-tuning. The company said RING XP […]
TELUS and Photonic in Quantum Collaboration
October 28, 2024 by
Vancouver, BC, October 28, 2024 – TELUS announced a collaboration with Photonic Inc. intended to accelerate development of quantum communications in Canada. TELUS will provide Photonic dedicated access to its fibre-optic network, enabling the testing of quantum technologies and solutions. Over the past several years, quantum technology has moved beyond academic research and is entering […]
IDTechEx: Chiplet Market Growth Forecast to $411B by 2035
October 23, 2024 by
Oct. 23, 2024 — A new IDTechEx report, “Chiplet Technology 2025-2035: Technology, Opportunities, Applications,” highlights the transformative potential of chiplets. It predicts the market will reach US$411 billion by 2035, driven by high-performance computing demands across sectors such as data centers and AI. Chiplets break down complex chips into smaller, specialized components, providing enhanced flexibility […]
Nord Quantique Announces Partnerships for Quantum Semiconductor Supply Chain
October 23, 2024 by
SHERBROOKE, Canada (October 23, 2024) – Nord Quantique, a quantum error correction company, today announces two partnerships to secure its long-term chip fabrication supply chain for its quantum computers. Both partners are located within the emerging “Northeast Semiconductor Manufacturing Corridor,” a region dedicated to the production of microelectronics and quantum microchips. This region runs from […]
University of Houston Researchers Awarded Superconductivity Project Funding
October 23, 2024 by
HOUSTON, Oct. 22 – Researchers at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston have received second-year funding from Intellectual Ventures, a global leader in the business of invention, to continue their important study of the retention at atmospheric pressure of high-pressure-induced/enhanced superconductivity. The project, which has been awarded $767,000 to date, is led by […]
Intel Unveils Next-Gen Xeon 6 and Gaudi 3 Aimed at AI
September 24, 2024 by
Amid swirling reports of a multi-billion capital infusion offer from an investment firm along with a reported acquisition attempt, Intel proceeded today with launches of the Xeon 6 CPU and the Gaudi 3 AI GPU, both chips aimed at exploding demand for AI compute — and at competitors Nvidia and AMD. Intel said the Xeon 6 (“Granite Rapids”) with Performance-cores (P-cores) delivers twice the performance of its predecessor and features increased core count, double the memory bandwidth ….
