The exascale- class Frontier supercomputer set a new standard for calculating the number of atoms in a molecular dynamics simulation 1,000 times greater in size and speed than previous simulations of its kind, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where the HPC system is housed. The simulation ….
Exascale: Frontier Supercomputer Used in Molecular Dynamics Simulation of 2M Electrons
July 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment
AMD in $665M Acquisition of Silo AI
July 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
AMD announced it will acquire Helsinki-based Silo AI, which AMD said is the largest private AI lab in Europe, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $665 million. AMD said the acquisition is part of its efforts to deliver end-to-end AI solutions based on open ….
HPC News Bytes 20240701: Silicon Photonics Advance, CPU Thread Count War, Quantum Memory Advantage, Microsoft’s Undersea Data Center
July 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A happy Fourth of July week to you! Here we offer a quick (5:56) run through recent HPC-AI news, including: An “important milestone” in silicon photonics, CPU thread count war heats up, quantum vs. classical HPC ….
Webinar July 17: AMD ROCm 6 Updates and What is HIP?
June 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] AMD will hold a webinar on Thursday, July 17 at 11 am ET on ROCm 6 Updates & What is HIP? This webinar consists of two parts, each addressing crucial aspects of the ROCm™ software ecosystem.
Cerebras to Collaborate with Dell, and AMD, on AI Model Training
June 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Specialty AI processor company Cerebras Systems today announced a collaboration with Dell Technologies to deliver AI compute infrastructure for generative AI. It includes a new memory storage solution powered by Dell and AMD ….
HPC News Bytes 20240603: New Nvidia, AMD Chips at Computex, Industry Heavies Back UALink, Europe’s 2nd Exascale, Approaching AI Bubble?
June 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A good June day to you! What follows is a rapid (7:59) run-though of the latest news from the world of HPC-AI, including: At Computex 2024: Nvidia Rubin and Vera ….
Ultra Accelerator Link Group for Data Center AI Connectivity Formed: AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, HPE, Intel, Meta and Microsoft
May 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
BEAVERTON, Ore.– AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Intel, Meta and Microsoft today announced they have aligned to develop a new industry standard dedicated to advancing high-speed and low latency communication for scale-up AI systems linking in data centers. Called the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink), this initial group will define and establish an […]
At ISC 2024: AMD’s Recent and Upcoming Milestones in AI and HPC
May 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment
At ISC 2024, we caught up with AMD’s Daniele Piccorozzi, senior market development manager for EMEA, to discuss AMD’s strides with its Instinct GPU accelerator and EPYC CPU product lines, how they impact AI and how it all relates ….
AMD Showcases HPC at ISC High Performance 2024
May 15, 2024 by
SANTA CLARA, Calif., – AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) showcased its ongoing high performance computing (HPC) capabilities at ISC High Performance 2024. For the third year in a row, the Frontier supercomputer housed at Oak Ridge National Lab – powered by AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct GPUs – remains the fastest supercomputer in the world with a High-Performance Linpack (HPL) […]
GigaIO Launches SuperNODE with AMD MI300X GPUs
May 15, 2024 by
Carlsbad, California – GigaIO, provider of open workload-defined infrastructure for AI and accelerated computing, today announced that its flagship product, the 32-GPU single node server SuperNODE, is now shipping with AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators. MI300X series accelerators are designed for generative AI workloads and HPC applications. The MI300X’s massively memory capacity, combined with the SuperNODE’s […]
