Tag: performance computing
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The Register: Biden administration bars China from buying HBM chips critical for AI accelerators
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/03/biden_hbm_china_export_ban/ Source: The Register Title: Biden administration bars China from buying HBM chips critical for AI accelerators Feedly Summary: 140 Middle Kingdom firms added to US trade blacklist The Biden administration has announced restrictions limiting the export of memory critical to the production of AI accelerators and banning sales to more than a…
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The Register: AI ambition is pushing copper to its breaking point
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/ai_copper_cables_limits/ Source: The Register Title: AI ambition is pushing copper to its breaking point Feedly Summary: Ayar Labs contends silicon photonics will be key to scaling beyond the rack and taming the heat SC24 Datacenters have been trending toward denser, more power-hungry systems for years. In case you missed it, 19-inch racks are…
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AWS News Blog: Amazon FSx for Lustre increases throughput to GPU instances by up to 12x
Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-fsx-for-lustre-unlocks-full-network-bandwidth-and-gpu-performance/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Amazon FSx for Lustre increases throughput to GPU instances by up to 12x Feedly Summary: Amazon FSx for Lustre now features Elastic Fabric Adapter and NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage for up to 12x higher throughput to GPUs, unlocking new possibilities in deep learning, autonomous vehicles, and HPC workloads.…
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Hacker News: AMD Releases ROCm Version 6.3
Source URL: https://insidehpc.com/2024/11/amd-releases-rocm-version-6-3/ Source: Hacker News Title: AMD Releases ROCm Version 6.3 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: AMD’s ROCm Version 6.3 enhances AI and HPC workloads through its advanced features like SGLang for generative AI, optimized FlashAttention-2, integration of the AMD Fortran compiler, and new multi-node FFT support. This release is…
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The Register: China’s tech giants deliver chips for Ethernet variant tuned to HPC and AI workloads
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/global_scheduling_ethernet_china_uec/ Source: The Register Title: China’s tech giants deliver chips for Ethernet variant tuned to HPC and AI workloads Feedly Summary: ‘Global Scheduling Ethernet’ looks a lot like tech the Ultra Ethernet Consortium is also working on Chinese tech giants last week announced the debut of chips to power a technology called “Global…
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Hacker News: Understanding SIMD: Infinite Complexity of Trivial Problems
Source URL: https://www.modular.com/blog/understanding-simd-infinite-complexity-of-trivial-problems Source: Hacker News Title: Understanding SIMD: Infinite Complexity of Trivial Problems Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses advancements and challenges surrounding SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) operations, particularly in the context of high-performance computing for AI applications. The focus is on how to effectively leverage modern…
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The Register: Eviden seals €60M deal for Finnish supercomputer amid Atos turmoil
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/eviden_finland_supercomputer/ Source: The Register Title: Eviden seals €60M deal for Finnish supercomputer amid Atos turmoil Feedly Summary: Despite parent’s financial turbulence, subsidiary continues to secure major contracts Eviden continues to win supercomputer contracts despite the struggles of parent company Atos, announcing a €60 million ($63 million) signing for a Finnish national supercomputer that…
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Hacker News: AMD crafts custom EPYC CPU with HBM3 for Azure: 88 Zen 4 cores and 450GB of HBM3
Source URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-crafts-custom-epyc-cpu-for-microsoft-azure-with-hbm3-memory-cpu-with-88-zen-4-cores-and-450gb-of-hbm3-may-be-repurposed-mi300c-four-chips-hit-7-tb-s Source: Hacker News Title: AMD crafts custom EPYC CPU with HBM3 for Azure: 88 Zen 4 cores and 450GB of HBM3 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has unveiled a new series of high-performance computing (HPC) Azure virtual machines, the HBv5 series, which utilize a custom AMD CPU…
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The Register: Microsoft unveils beefy custom AMD chip to crunch HPC workloads on Azure
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/microsoft_azure_custom_amd/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft unveils beefy custom AMD chip to crunch HPC workloads on Azure Feedly Summary: In-house DPU and HSM silicon also shown off Ignite One of the advantages of being a megacorp is that you can customize the silicon that underpins your infrastructure, as Microsoft is demonstrating at this…
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The Register: Nvidia’s latest Blackwell boards pack 4 GPUs, 2 Grace CPUs, and suck down 5.4 kW
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/18/nvidia_gb200_nvl4/ Source: The Register Title: Nvidia’s latest Blackwell boards pack 4 GPUs, 2 Grace CPUs, and suck down 5.4 kW Feedly Summary: You can now glue four H200 PCIe cards together too SC24 Nvidia’s latest HPC and AI chip is a massive single board computer packing four Blackwell GPUs, 144 Arm Neoverse cores,…