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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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Supermicro launches GPU systems with NVIDIA A100 for AI, boosting performance in deployments from 1U to 10U. CEO Charles Liang touts 5 PetaFLOPS of AI power.
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NVIDIA launches 'world's most advanced AI system' - the DGX A100

Fri, 15th May 2020
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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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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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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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HPE unveils the Aitken supercomputer, designed to support NASA's Artemis programme aiming for the lunar South Pole by 2024, enhancing mission simulations.
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Fujitsu tapped to upgrade Australia's most powerful supercomputer

Mon, 29th Jul 2019
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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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NVIDIA has integrated CUDA support for Arm CPUs, paving the way for exascale supercomputers that are both energy-efficient and AI-enabled, enhancing HPC reach.
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How SUSE plans to help customers innovate, compete and grow

Wed, 22nd May 2019
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SUSE introduces SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, its software-defined storage solution, offering enhanced cloud and data protection capabilities.
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HPE to acquire supercomputing leader Cray

Mon, 20th May 2019
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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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Photo gallery: The world's 'most beautiful' data centre

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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Nestled in a former chapel, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, housing MareNostrum, stuns with its beauty and power, reaching 13.7 petaflops.
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Lenovo flaunts BSC: 'World's most beautiful data centre'

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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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 opens up 'cloud above the clouds' for space travel

Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
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HPE has launched a supercomputer on the ISS, enabling astronauts to analyse data in space, speeding up research without Earth-based delays.
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HPE to triple performance with new supercomputer for US laboratory

Wed, 15th Aug 2018
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has opted with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for a new supercomputer.
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HPE to provide supercomputer for Swiss brain research initiative

Tue, 10th Jul 2018
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HPE has won a supercomputer bid for a Swiss brain research initiative that employs futuristic data centre technology.
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NVIDIA's GPU supercomputer for the office

Thu, 14th Jun 2018
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The DGX Station is a quiet, compact GPU-powered deep learning supercomputer that is quiet and small enough to sit next to a desk.
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Inside MareNostrum, the most beautiful data center in the world

Mon, 19th Mar 2018
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Up a side street on the edge of Barcelona, a stone path weaves through a park of old oak trees and flowers, to the steps of the Torre Girona Chapel.
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Cosmologists turn to HPE to tackle some of humanity's toughest questions

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Some of the worlds leading scientists brought together by Stephen Hawking have turned to Intel & HPE to crunch extraordinary amounts of data.
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Microsoft to offer Cray supercomputing via Azure data centers

Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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Microsoft and Cray have teamed up to enable customers to run workloads on dedicated Cray supercomputers in select Azure data centers.