Why JAX Could Be the Next Platform for HPC-AI

So many of Google’s technology developments have had major impacts in the commercial world but the company’s impact on scientific computing has been far less pronounced. …

Why JAX Could Be the Next Platform for HPC-AI was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Lenovo Neptune Makes Weather Supercomputers Cool Again

SPONSORED It is only natural the world’s top supercomputing sites in climate and weather modeling should be leading the charge for more efficient, sustainable, and green datacenter practices. …

Lenovo Neptune Makes Weather Supercomputers Cool Again was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Former Nervana Leads Target Optimal Training Configurations

Ex-Nervana Systems engineers made the jump from a hardware-centric approach to efficient training to pushing better insight into optimization of models and systems. …

Former Nervana Leads Target Optimal Training Configurations was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Raytheon, IBM Partner for Quantum in Defense, Aerospace

In the history of defense technology contracting, two companies continue to loom large: IBM and Raytheon.

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Raytheon, IBM Partner for Quantum in Defense, Aerospace was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

A Clear View on the AI Hardware Mirage

Clear Ventures managed to stay out of the AI chip startup investment fray of the last several years. …

A Clear View on the AI Hardware Mirage was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

When Immersion Cooling is the Only Option

With only one, perhaps two, percent share of the broader datacenter cooling market, immersion and direct liquid cooling are still fringe technologies. …

When Immersion Cooling is the Only Option was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Netflix Boosts Streaming While Reducing Socket Counts

With over 200 million users streaming its video services, the backend CDN servers, storage, and networks at Netflix have to balance performance and efficiency carefully. …

Netflix Boosts Streaming While Reducing Socket Counts was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

A First Look at Intel’s Next-Level Neuromorphic Engine

Intel is still placing bets on neuromorphic computing with its Loihi devices. …

A First Look at Intel’s Next-Level Neuromorphic Engine was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

A Status Check on Global Exascale Ambitions

As we head toward the annual Supercomputing Conference season we wanted to take a moment for a level-set on exascale. …

A Status Check on Global Exascale Ambitions was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Europe Inches Closer to Native RISC-V Reality

The European Processor Initiative (EPI) has pinned its hopes on RISC-V as the path to European semiconductor independence. …

Europe Inches Closer to Native RISC-V Reality was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Mixed Results With A64X Port for Seismic HPC

Seismic processing cloud infrastructure provider, DUG, has enough combined compute power to grace the leading ten systems on the Top 500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, with around 30 petaflops for seismic processing, full waveform inversion, petrophysics, and other HPC applications in oil and gas via many of its own software packages. …

Mixed Results With A64X Port for Seismic HPC was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Despite Disruptions, Oil and Gas HPC Market Steadfast

The last several years have been challenging for the oil and gas industry on nearly all fronts. …

Despite Disruptions, Oil and Gas HPC Market Steadfast was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Why Amazon Might Become the Largest Quantum Consumer

These are still early days for quantum computing, far too soon to talk about domain-specific quantum systems. …

Why Amazon Might Become the Largest Quantum Consumer was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

AWS EC2 Pioneer on Early Days, Next Wave

Dave Brown remembers when Amazon executives would pop into their small office in Cape Town, populated by the entire EC2 team of fourteen, and tell them they would be working for a billion-dollar business one day. …

AWS EC2 Pioneer on Early Days, Next Wave was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Data Reduction is the Next IT Frontier

“Ingest it all, keep everything, find that needle in the haystack,” they exclaimed. …

Data Reduction is the Next IT Frontier was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Ventana Sees Window for Robust RISC-V Server Business

The field is littered with the remnants of Arm and RISC-V server startups. …

Ventana Sees Window for Robust RISC-V Server Business was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

NSA Makes Another Cloud Jump with $2 Billion HPE Deal

Perhaps the National Security Agency (NSA) in the U.S. is over procuring and maintaining some of its on-prem supercomputers. …

NSA Makes Another Cloud Jump with $2 Billion HPE Deal was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

The Graph Neural Network Behind Your ETA

Expect to hear increasing buzz around graph neural network use cases among hyperscalers in the coming year. …

The Graph Neural Network Behind Your ETA was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

Amazon AI Weighs Optimization Options for GNNs

Many of the largest retailers and social networks are seeing a narrowing path for scaling of AI training capabilities. …

Amazon AI Weighs Optimization Options for GNNs was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

The AI Training Chip Tencent Has an Eye On

It is not news that China wants a rich, native, diverse semiconductor ecosystem to feed its largest consumers of compute. …

The AI Training Chip Tencent Has an Eye On was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.