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How Alibaba Architects Around Massive Graph Complexity
Graph processing at hyperscale has historically been a challenge because of the sheer complexity of algorithms and graph workflows. …
How Alibaba Architects Around Massive Graph Complexity was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Drug Discovery a Sweet Spot for Cerebras CS-2
So far, waferscale systems maker, Cerebras, has had its early success among the HPC centers looking for opportunities in AI and with drug makers, including GSK and AstraZeneca. …
Drug Discovery a Sweet Spot for Cerebras CS-2 was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Mainstream Waferscale Closer Than It May Appear
The term “mainstream” in the context of the largest systems on the planet still only means a select few. …
Mainstream Waferscale Closer Than It May Appear was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Pawsey Makes HPC Storage Connections for Setonix
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Australia, which handles a large portion of Square Kilometer Array (SKA) workloads in addition to other scientific computing initiatives, is preparing to take on more capability than they’ve ever seen. …
Pawsey Makes HPC Storage Connections for Setonix was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Europe’s Evolving View of “Continental Exascale”
Europe is known for taking its own routes in almost every segment and supercomputing is no different. …
Europe’s Evolving View of “Continental Exascale” was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
The Future of Large-Scale CFD
SPONSORED The need for faster, larger, more accurate design cycles, along with the performance and cost advantages of GPUs, are all driving the next generation of CFD applications forward. …
The Future of Large-Scale CFD was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Next-Gen Insurers Are Going to Need (Way) More AI Horsepower
While involving AI/ML in the complex process of insurance claims now might be piecemeal, the future is bright for insurers to speed time to claim resolution by using image-based data and machine learning models to understand the scope of damage to vehicles or eventually, entire geographic regions. …
Next-Gen Insurers Are Going to Need (Way) More AI Horsepower was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
How Etsy Crafts AI/ML Cost, Optimization Balance
Much has changed at online retail giant, Etsy, since 2015 when we talked to the company’s senior VP of technical operations about their adherence to their on-prem datacenters and database-driven approach to handling exponential growth. …
How Etsy Crafts AI/ML Cost, Optimization Balance was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Quantum Takes the Scenic Route in Automotive
The automotive industry has shown keen and early in quantum computing over the last several years, beginning most notably with Volkswagen, which rolled out a traffic simulation system with its hardware partner, D-Wave. …
Quantum Takes the Scenic Route in Automotive was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Google Chips Away at Problems at “Mega-Batch” Scale
As Google’s batch sizes for AI training continue to skyrocket, with some batch sizes ranging from over 100k to one million, the company’s research arm is looking at ways to improve everything from efficiency, scalability, and even privacy for those whose data is used in large-scale training runs. …
Google Chips Away at Problems at “Mega-Batch” Scale was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
HPC Efficiency Gurus Grapple with AMD’s RAPL
Exascale-class energy efficiency cannot be defined by a simple number. Although Green500 energy efficiency HPC rankings provide a one-shot view into performance/efficiency, the complex interplay between large system operating systems, real-world applications, and the various tuning capabilities is worth digging into. …
HPC Efficiency Gurus Grapple with AMD’s RAPL was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
U.S. DoE Pumps Another $73M into Quantum Future
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), the agency with the most sway in how the largest supercomputers are designed and built, has been looking beyond CMOS since well before exascale systems were on the horizon. …
U.S. DoE Pumps Another $73M into Quantum Future was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
With $3.1B Valuation, What’s Ahead for PsiQuantum?
It is clear computing is in for a revolution if a company can have unicorn status with its main product still a few years away. …
With $3.1B Valuation, What’s Ahead for PsiQuantum? was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Microsoft Takes Sharper Aim at On-Prem HPC
Microsoft is intent on bending the supercomputing set its direction. Instead of just focusing on competing with other public clouds, they’re aiming directly at on-prem HPC, showing comparable or better performance to existing top 10 supercomputers, for example. …
Microsoft Takes Sharper Aim at On-Prem HPC was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Getting Hadoop to Jump Through AI/ML Hoops
Just a decade ago, the enterprise IT push was to make Hadoop the platform for storage and analytics. …
Getting Hadoop to Jump Through AI/ML Hoops was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Facilities Investments Loom Large for Exascale Sites
Exascale systems are expensive but for labs retrofitting existing facilities for novel cooling, the compute, storage, network, and software are only the beginning of high costs. …
Facilities Investments Loom Large for Exascale Sites was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
What Are Quantum Hardware Startups Thinking?
Atom Computing adds itself to a growing list of quantum systems makers with pedigreed founders, funding announcements, and a market that even the big players haven’t mastered. …
What Are Quantum Hardware Startups Thinking? was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
A Surprising New Job for ReRAM Technology
Resistive RAM (ReRAM) technology has been waiting for its moment in the sun for several years now. …
A Surprising New Job for ReRAM Technology was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Graphcore Right on the Money in First MLPerf Appearance
When it comes to a silicon startup bringing a product to market in a tough competitive landscape, nothing is easy. …
Graphcore Right on the Money in First MLPerf Appearance was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
On-Prem No Longer Center Stage for Broader HPC Storage
AI/ML, more sophisticated analytics, and larger-scale HPC problems all bode well for the on-prem storage market in high performance computing (HPC) and are an even bigger boon for cloud storage vendors. …
On-Prem No Longer Center Stage for Broader HPC Storage was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.