IT Brief Asia - Technology news for CIOs & IT decision-makers

Supercomputing stories - Page 3

Gettyimages 1159581586

HPE welcomes the 'new era' of exascale computing

Wed, 12th Aug 2020
#
storage
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
data analytics
HPE's Cray supercomputing line aims to answer the challenges posed by the new exascale era, such as massive data growth, modelling, AI, and more.
Gettyimages 1193095471  1

Value of quantum computing uncertain for at least 10 years - research

Mon, 29th Jun 2020
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
digital transformation
#
hyperscale
Significant obstacles will challenge quantum computing developers in the coming years, despite the technology's increasing importance.
Screen shot 2020 05 18 at 11

Supermicro announces integrated A100 GPU-powered systems

Mon, 18th May 2020
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
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.
Servers

NVIDIA launches 'world's most advanced AI system' - the DGX A100

Fri, 15th May 2020
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
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'.
Gettyimages 500147019

Fujitsu employee receives award for supercomputer tech

Thu, 30th Apr 2020
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
Yuichiro Ajima helped to create a new high-dimensional interconnect technology for the Fugaku, K, and PRIMEHPC FX1000 supercomputers.
Gettyimages 1025742564

Lenovo, Intel & Harvard build liquid-cooled supercomputer

Thu, 21st Nov 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
Lenovo, Intel, and Harvard University are the driving forces behind an effort to create Harvard's first liquid-cooled supercomputer, nicknamed Cannon.
Gettyimages 1092965510

Fujitsu to ship PRIMEHPC supercomputers in March 2020

Tue, 19th Nov 2019
#
semiconductors
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
The Fujitsu PRIMEHPC FX1000 and PRIMEHPC FX700 models both utilize technology of the Fugaku supercomputer, which was jointly developed by Fujitsu and RIKEN.
Gettyimages 186354622

HPE's Aitken supercomputer shoots for the moon

Mon, 26th Aug 2019
#
spacetech
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
HPE unveils the Aitken supercomputer, designed to support NASA's Artemis programme aiming for the lunar South Pole by 2024, enhancing mission simulations.
Gettyimages 1058048498  1

NVIDIA adds CUDA support for Arm

Wed, 19th Jun 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
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.
Gettyimages 901787704

How SUSE plans to help customers innovate, compete and grow

Wed, 22nd May 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
edge computing
SUSE introduces SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, its software-defined storage solution, offering enhanced cloud and data protection capabilities.
Thinkstockphotos 889231034

Quadric.io to build supercomputers for edge devices

Mon, 20th May 2019
#
semiconductors
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
Quadric's technology supposedly enables both high-performance computing and artificial intelligence in a single unified architecture.
Gettyimages 521607192

HPE to acquire supercomputing leader Cray

Mon, 20th May 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
data analytics
#
hyperscale
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is set to acquire Cray for $1.3bn in cash, in a move to expand its high-performance computing portfolio.
Screen shot 2019 05 08 at 10

Google's scalable supercomputers now publicly available

Wed, 8th May 2019
#
semiconductors
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
In what it says is a bid to accelerate the largest-scale machine learning (ML) applications deployed today, Google has opened up its supercomputers.
Screen shot 2019 03 21 at 11

Alibaba Cloud discusses past and unveils 'strategic upgrade'

Fri, 22nd Mar 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
Alibaba Group's Jeff Zhang spoke about the company's aim to develop into a more technologically inclusive platform.
Screen shot 2019 03 19 at 9

Intel building US's first exascale supercomputer

Tue, 19th Mar 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
Intel and the Department of Energy are building potentially the world's first exascale supercomputer, capable of a quintillion calculations per second.
Gettyimages 879720340

Fujitsu building massive supercomputer for the University of Tokyo

Mon, 18th Feb 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
Fujitsu is set to build a supercomputer, Oakbridge-CX, for the University of Tokyo, boasting a performance peak of 6.6 petaflops via 1,368 servers.
9 min

Photo gallery: The world's 'most beautiful' data centre

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
Nestled in a former chapel, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, housing MareNostrum, stuns with its beauty and power, reaching 13.7 petaflops.
Screen shot 2019 01 30 at 3

Lenovo flaunts BSC: 'World's most beautiful data centre'

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
#
semiconductors
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
Lenovo recently held a press event in Barcelona, flying in media representatives from all over Europe to benefit from a content-packed event.
High performance computing center stuttgart and hewlett packard enterprise collaborate to build world s fastest supercomputer for industrial production 1600x900

HPE building new supercomputer with €38m price tag

Thu, 15th Nov 2018
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
dc
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.
Screen shot 2018 10 31 at 10

HPE opens up 'cloud above the clouds' for space travel

Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
#
spacetech
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
HPE has launched a supercomputer on the ISS, enabling astronauts to analyse data in space, speeding up research without Earth-based delays.