Supercomputer stories - Page 2
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Fugaku supercomputer tops industry performance rankings
Mon, 5th Jul 2021
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The Fugaku supercomputer, developed by Fujitsu and RIKEN, continues to be one of the most powerful in the world, according to top ranking systems.
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Researchers have switched on the world's fastest AI supercomputer
Mon, 31st May 2021
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data science
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Researchers have switched on the world's fastest AI supercomputer, delivering nearly four exaFLOPS of AI performance for more than 7,000 researchers.
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NVIDIA names data centre CPU after computer scientist Grace Hopper
Thu, 15th Apr 2021
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NVIDIA Grace is designed to support artificial intelligence-based supercomputers, natural language processing, and recommender systems.
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NVIDIA opens up AI to the enterprise with DGX SuperPOD supercomputer
Tue, 13th Apr 2021
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NVIDIA unveils 'world's first' supercomputer designed for AI market, featuring NVIDIA DGX A100 systems. Available in Q2 2021.
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Lenovo DCG backs modernisation of Netherlands supercomputer
Fri, 12th Feb 2021
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The company will become part of an effort to create the ‘largest and most powerful’ supercomputer in the Netherlands - a project worth €20 million.
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HPE awarded $160 million contract to build supercomputer in Finland
Fri, 23rd Oct 2020
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Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has won a $160m contract from EuroHPC JU to build one of the world's fastest supercomputers in Finland.
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HPE to build Pawsey’s newest supercomputer
Wed, 21st Oct 2020
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The new HPE Cray EX supercomputer will deliver 30x more compute power, enabling high-impact research projects on a previously unavailable scale.
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HPE welcomes the 'new era' of exascale computing
Wed, 12th Aug 2020
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HPE's Cray supercomputing line aims to answer the challenges posed by the new exascale era, such as massive data growth, modelling, AI, and more.
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Value of quantum computing uncertain for at least 10 years - research
Mon, 29th Jun 2020
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Significant obstacles will challenge quantum computing developers in the coming years, despite the technology's increasing importance.
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Australian supercomputer Gadi ranks 25 in Global 500
Thu, 25th Jun 2020
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fujitsu
Australia's fastest supercomputer, 'Gadi' WHERE id = has achieved the country's highest ranking in the Global 500 Supercomputer index.
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Supermicro announces integrated A100 GPU-powered systems
Mon, 18th May 2020
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Supermicro launches GPU systems with NVIDIA A100 for AI, boosting performance in deployments from 1U to 10U. CEO Charles Liang touts 5 PetaFLOPS of AI power.
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NVIDIA launches 'world's most advanced AI system' - the DGX A100
Fri, 15th May 2020
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NVIDIA says the first order of the system will be delivered to a lab in the US, which will use the DGXTM A100’s computing power to ‘better understand COVID-19’.
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Fujitsu employee receives award for supercomputer tech
Thu, 30th Apr 2020
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Yuichiro Ajima helped to create a new high-dimensional interconnect technology for the Fugaku, K, and PRIMEHPC FX1000 supercomputers.
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Lenovo, Intel & Harvard build liquid-cooled supercomputer
Thu, 21st Nov 2019
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lenovo
Lenovo, Intel, and Harvard University are the driving forces behind an effort to create Harvard’s first liquid-cooled supercomputer, nicknamed Cannon.
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Fujitsu to ship PRIMEHPC supercomputers in March 2020
Tue, 19th Nov 2019
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The Fujitsu PRIMEHPC FX1000 and PRIMEHPC FX700 models both utilize technology of the Fugaku supercomputer, which was jointly developed by Fujitsu and RIKEN.
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HPE's Aitken supercomputer shoots for the moon
Mon, 26th Aug 2019
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hpe
HPE unveils the Aitken supercomputer, designed to support NASA’s Artemis programme aiming for the lunar South Pole by 2024, enhancing mission simulations.
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Fujitsu tapped to upgrade Australia’s most powerful supercomputer
Mon, 29th Jul 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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intel
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fujitsu
The new machine will provide a 10-fold increase in speed and provide Australian researchers with world-class, high-end computing services.
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NVIDIA adds CUDA support for Arm
Wed, 19th Jun 2019
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hpe
NVIDIA has integrated CUDA support for Arm CPUs, paving the way for exascale supercomputers that are both energy-efficient and AI-enabled, enhancing HPC reach.
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How SUSE plans to help customers innovate, compete and grow
Wed, 22nd May 2019
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SUSE introduces SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, its software-defined storage solution, offering enhanced cloud and data protection capabilities.
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Quadric.io to build supercomputers for edge devices
Mon, 20th May 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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edge computing
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Quadric's technology supposedly enables both high-performance computing and artificial intelligence in a single unified architecture.