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Supercomputer stories - Page 2

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Value of quantum computing uncertain for at least 10 years - research
Mon, 29th Jun 2020
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digital transformation
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quantum computing
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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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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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ai
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Supermicro boosts AI prowess with new servers harnessing NVIDIA's latest A100 GPUs and HGX tech.
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NVIDIA launches 'world's most advanced AI system' - the DGX A100
Fri, 15th May 2020
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servers
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ai
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nvidia
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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servers
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awards
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fujitsu
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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data centre cooling
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data centre maintenance / management
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servers
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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servers
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satellite
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HPE's 'Aitken' supercomputer set to boost the Artemis moon missions with state-of-the-art simulations.
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Fujitsu tapped to upgrade Australia’s most powerful supercomputer
Mon, 29th Jul 2019
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servers
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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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servers
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nvidia
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NVIDIA unveils Arm CPU support, propelling AI and HPC towards energy-efficient exascale supercomputing.
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How SUSE plans to help customers innovate, compete and grow
Wed, 22nd May 2019
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edge data centre
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servers
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open source
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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edge data centre
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servers
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edge computing
Quadric's technology supposedly enables both high-performance computing and artificial intelligence in a single unified architecture.
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HPE to acquire supercomputing leader Cray
Mon, 20th May 2019
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big data
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data analytics
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is set to acquire Cray for $1.3bn in cash, in a move to expand its high-performance computing portfolio.
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Google’s scalable supercomputers now publicly available
Wed, 8th May 2019
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colocation
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ml
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servers
In what it says is a bid to accelerate the largest-scale machine learning (ML) applications deployed today, Google has opened up its supercomputers.
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Alibaba Cloud discusses past and unveils ‘strategic upgrade’
Fri, 22nd Mar 2019
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cloud services
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iaas
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servers
Alibaba Group's Jeff Zhang spoke about the company’s aim to develop into a more technologically inclusive platform.
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Intel building US’s first exascale supercomputer
Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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hpc
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Intel and the Department of Energy are building potentially the world’s first exascale supercomputer, capable of a quintillion calculations per second.
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Fujitsu building massive supercomputer for the University of Tokyo
Mon, 18th Feb 2019
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hpc
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hp
Fujitsu to power Tokyo Uni with 'Oakbridge-CX' 6.6PFLOPS supercomputer for cutting-edge research.
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Photo gallery: The world's 'most beautiful' data centre
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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colocation
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lenovo
Barcelona's chapel-hosted supercomputer wows as a surprising union of tech and beauty.
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Lenovo flaunts BSC: ‘World’s most beautiful data centre’
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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colocation
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servers
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Lenovo recently held a press event in Barcelona, flying in media representatives from all over Europe to benefit from a content-packed event.
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HPE building new supercomputer with €38m price tag
Thu, 15th Nov 2018
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hpc
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supercomputer
It will be installed at the High Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart and will be the world's fastest for industrial production.
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NZ’s newest $23m supercomputer facility now open
Wed, 7th Nov 2018
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government
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Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Megan Wood comments on the benefits that this technology will bring to the country.
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HPE opens up ‘cloud above the clouds’ for space travel
Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
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colocation
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hpc
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servers
HPE's Spaceborne Computer brings supercomputing to ISS astronauts, enabling data analysis in orbit.
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Diginex and Symbioses deploy decentralised supercomputing network
Mon, 3rd Sep 2018
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colocation
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cryptocurrency
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blockchain
Diginex will provide up to 2,500 nodes at its Switzerland data centre to perform optimised cryptocurrency mining on the Symbioses network.
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HPE to triple performance with new supercomputer for US laboratory
Wed, 15th Aug 2018
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data centre operators
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hpe
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has opted with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for a new supercomputer.