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HPE welcomes the 'new era' of exascale computing

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.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Aug 2020

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Value of quantum computing uncertain for at least 10 years - research

Significant obstacles will challenge quantum computing developers in the coming years, despite the technology's increasing importance.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 29th Jun 2020

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Australian supercomputer Gadi ranks 25 in Global 500

Australia's fastest supercomputer, 'Gadi' WHERE id = has achieved the country's highest ranking in the Global 500 Supercomputer index.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Jun 2020

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Supermicro announces integrated A100 GPU-powered systems

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.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 18th May 2020

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NVIDIA launches 'world's most advanced AI system' - the DGX A100

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'.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Fri, 15th May 2020

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Fujitsu employee receives award for supercomputer tech

Yuichiro Ajima helped to create a new high-dimensional interconnect technology for the Fugaku, K, and PRIMEHPC FX1000 supercomputers.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 30th Apr 2020

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Lenovo, Intel & Harvard build liquid-cooled supercomputer

Lenovo, Intel, and Harvard University are the driving forces behind an effort to create Harvard's first liquid-cooled supercomputer, nicknamed Cannon.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 21st Nov 2019

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Fujitsu to ship PRIMEHPC supercomputers in March 2020

The Fujitsu PRIMEHPC FX1000 and PRIMEHPC FX700 models both utilize technology of the Fugaku supercomputer, which was jointly developed by Fujitsu and RIKEN.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Nov 2019

Space Technologies

HPE's Aitken supercomputer shoots for the moon

HPE unveils the Aitken supercomputer, designed to support NASA's Artemis programme aiming for the lunar South Pole by 2024, enhancing mission simulations.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 26th Aug 2019

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Fujitsu tapped to upgrade Australia's most powerful supercomputer

The new machine will provide a 10-fold increase in speed and provide Australian researchers with world-class, high-end computing services.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Mon, 29th Jul 2019

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NVIDIA adds CUDA support for Arm

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.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Jun 2019

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How SUSE plans to help customers innovate, compete and grow

SUSE introduces SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, its software-defined storage solution, offering enhanced cloud and data protection capabilities.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 22nd May 2019

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HPE to acquire supercomputing leader Cray

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is set to acquire Cray for $1.3bn in cash, in a move to expand its high-performance computing portfolio.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 20th May 2019

Semiconductors

Google's scalable supercomputers now publicly available

In what it says is a bid to accelerate the largest-scale machine learning (ML) applications deployed today, Google has opened up its supercomputers.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 8th May 2019

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Intel building US's first exascale supercomputer

Intel and the Department of Energy are building potentially the world's first exascale supercomputer, capable of a quintillion calculations per second.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2019