Tag: high-performance computing (HPC)
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		The Register: HPE goes Cray for Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs, crams 224 into a single cabinetSource 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: Fujitsu, AMD lay groundwork to pair Monaka CPUs with Instinct GPUsSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/01/amd_fujitsu_monaka_instinct/ Source: The Register Title: Fujitsu, AMD lay groundwork to pair Monaka CPUs with Instinct GPUs Feedly Summary: Before you get too excited, Fujitsu’s next-gen chips won’t ship till 2027 Fujitsu and AMD announced plans on Friday to develop a new, more energy-efficient AI and HPC compute platform that will pair the Japanese… 
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		The Register: Infrastructure giant Schneider Electric powers up with $850M liquid cooling dealSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/schneider_850m_stake_motivair/ Source: The Register Title: Infrastructure giant Schneider Electric powers up with $850M liquid cooling deal Feedly Summary: Snags controlling stake in Motivair Corporation, rest to come by 2028 Schneider Electric is taking a controlling interest in Motivair Corporation, a specialist in liquid cooling and thermal management tech for high-performance computing (HPC) systems.…… 
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		The Register: TSMC revenue up 36% as world+dog demands AI and smartphone chipsSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/tsmc_q3_2024/ Source: The Register Title: TSMC revenue up 36% as world+dog demands AI and smartphone chips Feedly Summary: Biggest semi contract manufacturer – and Nvidia supplier – building out capacity in US and Europe Taiwan’s semiconductor giant TSMC has reported a good third quarter with revenue up 36 percent over a year ago, due… 
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		The Register: AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debutSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/amd_epyc_turin/ Source: The Register Title: AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut Feedly Summary: Just not on the same chip, of course Intel’s 128-core Granite Rapids Xeons are barely two weeks old and AMD has already fired back with a family of fifth-gen Epycs that… 
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		The Register: Fujitsu teams up with Supermicro on Arm-based server CPUSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/03/fujitsu_arm_supermicro1/ Source: The Register Title: Fujitsu teams up with Supermicro on Arm-based server CPU Feedly Summary: Liquid cooling on the mind Fujitsu and server maker Supermicro are jointly working on a platform featuring Fujitsu’s upcoming Arm-based high-performance MONAKA processor, as well as liquid cooling systems.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The collaboration… 
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		The Register: Oracle boasts zettascale ‘AI supercomputer,’ just don’t ask about precisionSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/11/oracle_zettascale_supercluster/ Source: The Register Title: Oracle boasts zettascale ‘AI supercomputer,’ just don’t ask about precision Feedly Summary: Cluster of 131,072 Blackwell GPUs up for grabs starting H1 2025 Comment Oracle says it’s already taking orders on a 2.4 zettaFLOPS cluster with “three times as many GPUs as the Frontier supercomputer."… AI Summary and…