Industries such as railways are moving from traditional inspection methods to using AI and ML to perform automated inspection of railcars. Data streaming from the edge at high rates requires the compute power of a HPC cluster, storage and advanced analytics to return results in real time. The system also must effectively enable remote administration and management to ensure reliable….
Exascale and Industry Innovation at GE Aerospace
August 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Aug. 31, 2023 — GE Aerospace is partnering with French aerospace company Safran … on a next-generation technology demonstration program … that aims to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 20 percent compared to today’s most efficient engine technologies. The high-fidelity modeling and simulation capabilities provided by exascale computing enable researchers ….
ETH Prof. Torsten Hoefler Joins CSCS as Chief Architect for Machine Learning
August 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
August 31, 2023 — As of Sept. 1, ETH Professor Torsten Hoefler will be chief architect for machine learning of the architecture and technology workgroup at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS). Hoefler has headed the Scalable Parallel Computing Laboratory (SPCL) at the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich since 2012.
Arm Introduces Neoverse Compute Subsystems
August 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
At Hot Chips today, Arm introduced the Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS) designed to enable Arm users to build specialized silicon at lower cost, with less risk and faster time-to-market compared to discrete IP. Available today, Arm CSS N2 is a pre-integrated, PPA-optimized configuration of the Neoverse N2….
Sept. 8 Registration Deadline for October ALCF Hands-on HPC Workshop
August 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Aug. 31, 2023 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold Hands-on HPC Workshop on October 10-12, 2023 at the TCS Conference Center at Argonne National Laboratory. Deadline for registration is Friday, Sept. 8. Registration information can be found here. The workshop will provide hands-on time on Polaris and AI Testbeds focusing on porting applications […]
DOE Announces $29M for Research on ML, AI and Data Resources for Fusion Energy Sciences
August 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Aug. 31, 2023 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $29 million in funding for seven team awards for research in machine learning, artificial intelligence and data resources for fusion energy sciences. The funding is for projects lasting up to three years, with $11 million in Fiscal Year 2023 dollars and outyear funding contingent on […]
HPC News Bytes 20230828: Gartner on Composable; An ABI for MPI; AMD Acquires Mipsology; Google Cloud HPC Clone
August 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
A happy Monday morn to you. This week’s HPC News Bytes offers a quick (4:53) run-through of the major news in our sector over the past week. This morning we look at: Gartner predicts accelerated growth for composable computing; Proposed ABI (application binary interface) for MPI to simplify parallel apps; AMD buys AI software company Mipsology – a sign of more AI M&A activity to come?; HPC clone on Google Cloud Platform
Exascale: Pagoda Updates Programming with Scalable Data Structures and Aggressively Asynchronous Communication
August 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
The Pagoda Project researches and develops software that programmers use to implement high-performance applications using the Partitioned Global Address Space model. The project is primarily funded by the Exascale Computing Project and interacts with partner projects….
Sandia: Testing New HPC Technology in Orbit
August 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
A Sandia National Laboratories team is working to create an iterative process that uses the International Space Station (ISS) as a proving ground to rapidly test and mature technology in space. In collaboration with the National Nuclear Security Administration, NASA and commercial space company NanoRacks….
Quantum Startup Oxford Ionics Appoints Former Arm CTO/EVP
August 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Oxford, 30 August 2023: Quantum startup Oxford Ionics has appointed former Arm CTO and EVP Dipesh Patel as a non-executive director. Patel was with Arm before becoming an operating partner at Cambridge Innovation Capital. The announcement follows £2 million in funding from the UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) which Oxford Ionics will use […]
