Top 500: Aurora Breaks into Exascale, but Can’t Get to the Frontier of HPC
The 63rd installment of the TOP500 list is available today in coordination with the kickoff of ISC 2024 in Hamburg, Germany. Once again, the Frontier system at Oak Ridge ...Full Article
AI Saves the Planet this Earth Day
Earth Day was originally conceived as a day of reflection. Our planet’s life-sustaining properties are unlike any other celestial body that we’ve observed, and this day of contemplation is ...Full Article
Google TPU v5e AI Chip Debuts after Controversial Origins
The dominance of Nvidia GPUs has companies scrambling to find non-GPU alternatives, and another mainstream option has emerged with Google’s TPU v5e AI chip. The TPU v5e is also ...Full Article
VMware Unveils New Generative AI Tools, Expands Nvidia Partnership
VMware kicked off its Explore event in Las Vegas with a series of announcements geared toward enabling enterprise generative AI development. VMware and Nvidia extended their partnership to unveil ...Full Article
Maximizing GPU Performance Amidst Today’s Increasing Shortages
The default method for accelerating Deep Learning projects is increasing the size of a GPU cluster. However, the cost is increasingly prohibitive. According to Andreessen Horowitz, many companies investing in ...Full Article
GigaIO’s New SuperNode Takes-off with Record Breaking AMD GPU Performance
The HPC user's dream is to keep stuffing GPUs into a rack mount box and make everything go faster. There are some servers that offer up to eight GPUs, ...Full Article
Nvidia Breaks Gaming Tradition With RTX, Turning GPUs Into AI Powerhouses
Nvidia's RTX GPUs were largely known for gaming and graphics, but are being configured and repackaged for enthusiasts interested in trying out AI on desktops. The new GPUs are ...Full Article
Nvidia Launches AI Factories in DGX Cloud Amid the GPU Squeeze
Nvidia is now renting out its homegrown AI supercomputers with its newest GPUs in the cloud for those keen to access its hardware and software packages. The DGX Cloud ...Full Article
Mining Companies Consider Repurposing Idle GPUs to HPC and AI Markets
Crypto companies that loaded up on GPUs in data centers for coin mining are now investigating whether to sell or repurpose the idle hardware to the exploding artificial intelligence ...Full Article
AMD Has a GPU to Rival Nvidia’s H100
If you have not been lucky enough to find Nvidia’s prized H100 GPU in the cloud or off the shelf, AMD has a challenger waiting in the wings that ...Full Article
