Tag: supercomputing
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The Register: Eviden seals €60M deal for Finnish supercomputer amid Atos turmoil
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/eviden_finland_supercomputer/ Source: The Register Title: Eviden seals €60M deal for Finnish supercomputer amid Atos turmoil Feedly Summary: Despite parent’s financial turbulence, subsidiary continues to secure major contracts Eviden continues to win supercomputer contracts despite the struggles of parent company Atos, announcing a €60 million ($63 million) signing for a Finnish national supercomputer that…
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The Register: Microsoft unveils beefy custom AMD chip to crunch HPC workloads on Azure
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/microsoft_azure_custom_amd/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft unveils beefy custom AMD chip to crunch HPC workloads on Azure Feedly Summary: In-house DPU and HSM silicon also shown off Ignite One of the advantages of being a megacorp is that you can customize the silicon that underpins your infrastructure, as Microsoft is demonstrating at this…
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The Register: HPE goes Cray for Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs, crams 224 into a single cabinet
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/hpe_cray_ex/ Source: The Register Title: HPE goes Cray for Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs, crams 224 into a single cabinet Feedly Summary: Meanwhile, HPE’s new ProLiant servers offer choice of Gaudi, Hopper, or Instinct acceleration If you thought Nvidia’s 120 kW NVL72 racks were compute dense with 72 Blackwell accelerators, they have nothing on HPE…
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The Register: ParTec expands supercomputer patent fight from Microsoft to Nvidia
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/partec_expands_supercomputer_patent_fight/ Source: The Register Title: ParTec expands supercomputer patent fight from Microsoft to Nvidia Feedly Summary: Wants injunction on GPUs that use what it alleges is its own IP German HPC vendor ParTec is taking legal action against Nvidia for alleged patent infringement, seeking an injunction to stop its GPUs being sold in…
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The Register: Nvidia CEO whines Europeans aren’t buying enough GPUs
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/nvidia_gpus_europe/ Source: The Register Title: Nvidia CEO whines Europeans aren’t buying enough GPUs Feedly Summary: EU isn’t keeping up with US and China investments, AI arms dealer says European nations need to invest more in artificial intelligence if they want to close the gap between the US and China, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang…
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The Register: India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/india_nvidia_collaboration/ Source: The Register Title: India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip Feedly Summary: Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work India’s government is reportedly in talks with Nvidia to co-develop AI silicon.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: India’s government is…
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The Register: UK’s Arm-based Isambard 2 supercomputer powers off for good
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/02/isambard_2_retired/ Source: The Register Title: UK’s Arm-based Isambard 2 supercomputer powers off for good Feedly Summary: Isambard 3 and AI sibling set to pick up the torch The UK’s Isambard 2, one of the early Arm-based supercomputers, has officially retired after just a few years of operation. It is superseded by the more…