FIRST Championship Results Revealed

May 5, 2014

MANCHESTER, N.H., May 5 — More than 12,000 students from around the globe traveled to St. Louis, Mo., to put their engineering skills to the test at the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, held at the Edward Jones Dome.

The three-day event came down to a heart-pounding conclusion Saturday night in front of a roaring crowd of 20,000 when four teams from San Jose, Calif., Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Dallas, Texas; and Holland, Mich., won the coveted FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship Winning Alliance. In this year’s game, AERIAL ASSIST, FRC teams took to the field, where competing Alliances scored points by throwing balls over a truss, catching balls, and putting as many balls in goals as possible. The more Alliances worked together to score, the more points their Alliance received. This year, 68,175 students on 2,727 FRC teams in 17 countries participated in 98 Regional and District competitions.

In all, more than 12,000 students, ages 6 to 18, participated in the Championship events.

Several other U.S. and international FIRST student robotics teams earned honors for design excellence, competitive play, research, business plans, website design, teamwork, and partnerships. A not-for-profit organization founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST inspires young people’s interest and participation in science and technology.

More than 600 teams from 38 countries competed in the three levels of FIRSTFIRST LEGO League (FLL, grades 4 to 8, 9 to 14-year-olds in the U.S, Canada, and Mexico; 9 to 16-year-olds outside the U.S., Canada, and Mexico); FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC, grades 7 to 12, 12 to 18-year-olds); and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRCgrades 9 to 12, ages 14 to 18). In addition to the high-energy robotics matches, 40 teams of 6 to 9-year-olds participated in the Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL, grades K-3), World Festival Expo.

In addition to the FRC winning Alliance and awards, the Dr. Bart Kamen Memorial Scholarships were given to:

  • Brian Cheng, FIRST Tech Challenge Teams 406, 407, and 408 and FIRST Robotics Competition Team 118 from Parkway South High School in Manchester, Mo.
  • Patrick Demkowicz, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 178 from Farmington Senior High School in Farmington, Conn.
  • Jane Tong, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 75 from Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough, N.J.
  • Vishnu Rachakonda, FIRST LEGO League Alumnus and FIRST Robotics Competition Team 53 from Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Md.

The FIRST Championship honored significant supporters of the FIRST mission:

  • Qualcomm was the recipient of the Founder’s Award, presented each year by FIRST founder Dean Kamen to one organization or individual for exceptional service in advancing the ideals and mission of FIRST. Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, Executive Chairman, accepted the award.
  • Lane Matheson, Director, Tulsa Engineering Academy at Memorial High School; Mentor, Team 932, Circuit Chargers, Tulsa, Okla. was the recipient of the Woodie Flowers Award, founded by Dr. William P. Murphy Jr. to recognize an outstanding engineer or teacher who best demonstrates teaching excellence in teaching science, math and creative design.
  • Amy Kule, Group Vice President, Macy’s Parade and Entertainment Group was the recipient of the Make It Loud Award, given to the person who has contributed the most in increasing the awareness of FIRST to the general public.
  • Lynn Tilton, Founder and CEO, Patriarch Partners LLC was the recipient of the new Trailblazer Award, given to the person who initiates and supports new, innovative ways to engage and retain girls of every age in FIRSTprograms to prepare them for future math, science and engineering careers.
  • Michelle Yang, Alexander Lu, and Valerie Huynh, FRC Team 5212, TAMSformers, Denton, Texas were the recipients of the FIRST Future Innovator Award sponsored by the Abbott Fund for their solar still design.

2014 FIRST Championship Winners

The event included three different robotics challenges; the 2014 winners of the competitions are as follows:

1. FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship – FRC combines sports excitement with the rigors of science and technology. Under strict rules, limited resources, and time limits, teams are challenged to fundraise, design a brand, exercise teamwork, and build and program robots to perform tasks against competitors.

  • The Winning Alliance of the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship was Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs, San Jose, Calif.; Team 469, Las Guerrillas, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Team 2848, The All Sparks, Dallas, Texas; Team 74, Team C.H.A.O.S., Holland, Mich. from the Curie Division.
  • Team 27, Team RUSH, Clarkston, Mich. won the Chairman’s Award, the highest honor given at the FRC Championship, recognizing the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the purpose and goals of FIRST.
  • Winners of the Dean’s List Award included:
    • Kinney Anderson, Team 2486, CocoNuts, Flagstaff, Ariz.;
    • Callie Carbajal, Team 1671, Buchanan Bird Brains, Clovis, Calif.;
    • Bryce Croucher, Team 2471, Team Mean Machine, Camas, Wash.;
    • Michael Foley, Team 1923, The MidKnight Inventors, Plainsboro, N.J.;
    • Alec Kumpf, Team 1311, Kell Robotics, Marietta, Ga.;
    • Alexander Lew, Team 1912, Team Combustion, Slidell, La.;
    • Madeleine Logeais, Team 2177, The Robettes, Mendota Heights, Minn;
    • Simran Parwani, Team 3504, Girls of Steel, Pittsburgh, Pa.;
    • Camron Razdar, Team 27, Team RUSH, Clarkston, Mich.;
    • Anthony Stuart, Team 4201, Vitruvian Bots, Hawthorne, Calif.

Other FRC Awards included:

  • Engineering Inspiration Award –
    • Archimedes Division: Team 2158, ausTIN CANs, Austin, Texas
    • Curie Division: Team 2468, Team Appreciate, Austin, Texas
    • Galileo Division: Team 384, Sparky 384, Richmond, Va.
    • Newton Division: Team 1710, The Ravonics Revolution, Olathe, Kan.
  • Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Awards –
    • Cynthia Stong, Chief Judge Advisor; Program Manager (retired), The Boeing Company
    • Allen Bancroft, Chief Judge Advisor; Operations Manager, Flexicell, Inc.
  • Championship Finalists – Team 1678, Citrus Circuits, Davis, Calif.; Team 1114, Simbotics, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.; Team 1640, Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown, Pa.; Team 5136, Mechapirates, Santa Ynez, Calif.
  • Division Winners – Archimedes Division: Team 2590, Nemesis, Robbinsville, N.J.; Team 1625, Winnovation, Winnebago, Ill.; Team 1477, Texas Torque, The Woodlands, Texas; Team 3467, The Windham Windup, Windham, N.H. Curie Division: Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs, San Jose, Calif.; Team 469, Las Guerrillas, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Team 2848, The All Sparks, Dallas, Texas; Team 74, Team C.H.A.O.S., Holland, Mich. Galileo Division: Team 67, The HOT Team, Milford, Mich.; Team 973, Greybots, Atascadero, Calif.; Team 2481, Roboteers, Tremont, Ill.; Team 2363, Triple Helix, Newport News, Va. Newton Division: Team 1678, Citrus Circuits, Davis, Calif.; Team 1114, Simbotics, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.; Team 1640, Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown, Pa.; Team 5136, Mechapirates, Santa Ynez, Calif.
  • Division Finalists – Archimedes Division: Team 27, Team RUSH, Clarkston, Mich.; Team 33, Killer Bees, Auburn Hills, Mich.; Team 334, TechKnights, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Team 175, Buzz Robotics, Enfield, Conn.; Curie Division: Team 1718, The Fighting Pi, Armada, Mich.; Team 2451, PWNAGE, Saint Charles, Ill.; Team 573, Mech Warriors, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Team 2016, Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing, N.J. Galileo Division: Team 1153, Robo-Rebels, Walpole, Mass.; Team 4488, ShockWave, Hillsboro, Ore.; Team 1318, Issaquah Robotics Society, Issaquah, Wash.; Team 1218, Vulcan Robotics, Philadelphia, Pa.; Newton Division: Team 971, Spartan Robotics, Mountain View, Calif.; Team 1983, Skunk Works Robotics, Tukwila, Wash.; Team 341, Miss Daisy, Ambler, Pa.; Team 3147, Munster HorsePower, Munster, Ind.
  • Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox –
    • Archimedes Division: Team 900, Zebracorns, Durham, N.C.
    • Curie Division: Team 2451, PWNAGE, Saint Charles, Ill.
    • Galileo Division: Team 2481, Roboteers, Tremont, Ill.
    • Newton Division: Team 25, Raider Robotix, North Brunswick, N.J.
  • Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi –
    • Archimedes Division: Team 4265, Secret City Wildbots, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
    • Curie Division: Team 3476, Code Orange, Dana Point, Calif.
    • Galileo Division: Team 836, The RoboBees, Leonardtown, Md.
    • Newton Division: Team 868, TechHOUNDS, Carmel, Ind.
  • Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 
    • Archimedes Division: Team 2590, Nemesis, Robbinsville, N.J.
    • Curie Division: Team 1714, MORE Robotics, Milwaukee, Wis.
    • Galileo Division: Team 3008, Falcons, Honolulu, Hawaii
    • Newton Division: Team 1305, Ice Cubed, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
  • FIRST 3D Printing Award sponsored by America Makes and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Team 3824, HVA RoHAWKtics, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson –
    • Archimedes Division: Team 4077, M*A*S*H, Edmonds, Wash.
    • Curie Division: Team 2073, EagleForce, Elk Grove, Calif.
    • Galileo Division: Team 2642, Pitt Pirates, Winterville, N.C.
    • Newton Division: Team 1678, Citrus Circuits, Davis, Calif.
  • Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen 
    • Archimedes Division: Team 4013, Clockwork Mania, Orlando, Fla.
    • Curie Division: Team 2169, KING TeC, Prior Lake/Savage, Minn.
    • Galileo Division: Team 5012, Gryffingear, Palmdale, Calif.
    • Newton Division: Team 4481, The Rembrandts, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors 
    • Archimedes Division: Team 399, Eagle Robotics, Lancaster, Calif.
    • Curie Division: Team 1323, MadTown Robotics, Madera, Calif.
    • Galileo Division: Team 1717, D’Penguineers, Goleta, Calif.
    • Newton Division: Team 1986, Team Titanium, Lee’s Summit, Mo.
  • Industrial Safety Award sponsored by UL –
    • Archimedes Division: Team 2341, Sprockets, Shawnee, Okla.
    • Curie Division: Team 624, CRyptonite, Katy, Texas
    • Galileo Division: Team 337, Hard Working Hard Hats, Logan, W.Va.
    • Newton Division: Team 1710, The Ravonics Revolution, Olathe, Kan.
  • Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation 
    • Archimedes Division: Team 1540, Flaming Chickens, Portland, Ore.
    • Curie Division: Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs, San Jose, Calif.
    • Galileo Division: Team 1885, ILITE Robotics, Haymarket, Va.
    • Newton Division: Team 2614, MARS, Morgantown, W.Va.
  • Media & Technology Innovation Award sponsored by Comcast/NBCUniversal – Team 1538, The Holy Cows, San Diego, Calif.
  • Quality Award sponsored by Motorola –
    • Archimedes Division: Team 2202, BEAST Robotics, Brookfield, Wis.
    • Curie Division: Team 3990, Tech for Kids, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Galileo Division: Team 1730, Team Driven, Lee’s Summit, Mo.
    • Newton Division: Team 1114, Simbotics, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
  • Team Spirit Award sponsored by Chrysler –
    • Archimedes Division: Team 1519, Mechanical Mayhem, Milford, N.H.
    • Curie Division: Team 3478, LamBot, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
    • Galileo Division: Team 1023, Bedford Express, Temperance, Mich.
    • Newton Division: Team 340, G.R.R. (Greater Rochester Robotics), Churchville, N.Y.
  • Highest Rookie Seed 
    • Archimedes Division: Team 4911, CyberKnights, Seattle, Wash.
    • Curie Division: Team 5172, Gators, Greenbush Middle River, Minn.
    • Galileo Division: Team 4967, That ONE Team – Our Next Engineers, Belmont, Mich.
    •  Newton Division: Team 5136, Mechapirates, Santa Ynez, Calif.
  • Rookie All-star Award –
    • Archimedes Division: Team 5006, Apophis, Prairie Grove, Ark.
    • Curie Division: Team 5179, Les Sénateurs, Drummondville, Québec, Canada
    • Galileo Division: Team 4917, Sir Lancer Bots, Elmira, Ontario, Canada
    • Newton Division: Team 5291, emperius, Eilat, Israel
  • Rookie Inspiration Award –
    • Archimedes Division: Team 4946, ALPHA DOGS, Bolton, Ontario, Canada
    • Curie Division: Team 5093, Tech – Sets, Culiacan, Mexico
    • Galileo Division: Team 4967, That ONE Team – Our Next Engineers, Belmont, Mich.
    • Newton Division: Team 5190, Green Hope Falcons, Cary, N.C.
  • Judges’ Awards 
    • Archimedes Division: Team 3211, The Y Team, Yeruham, Israel
    • Curie Division: Team 5297, BOLTZAP, Guangzhou, China
    • Galileo Division: Team 973, Greybots, Atascadero, Calif.
    • Newton Division: Team 2081, Icarus, Peoria, Ill.

2. FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship – FTC students learn to think like engineers. Teams build robots from a reusable kit of parts, develop strategies, document their progress, and compete head to head. The object of this year’s game, named FTC BLOCK PARTY!, is to score more points than an opponent by placing plastic blocks into pendulum goals. Teams will be challenged to raise their team alliance flag up a flagpole, raise their robots off the ground using a platform pull-up bar, and end the match with a balanced pendulum to earn extra points.

Approximately 32,000 students on 3,230+ FIRST Tech Challenge teams competed during the 2013/2014 FTC season. The 2013/14 FIRST Tech Challenge Sponsors include Official Program Sponsor for the FIRST Tech Challenge, Rockwell Collins, and FTC CAD and Collaboration Sponsor, PTC.

The FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship Inspire Award, recognizing excellence in robot design and teamwork, went to Team 3141, Bears, Mexico City, Mexico. The Winning Alliance was Team 7013, Hot Wired, Portland, Ore.; Team 5257, Eagles Robotics XPerience, Delray Beach, Fla.; Team 4240, 4-H Techno Clovers, Accident, Md. from the Franklin Division.

The FTC Volunteer of the Year Award winner was Susie Mathieu of St. Louis, Mo. The Compass Award for excellence in coaching/mentoring was awarded to Robert Spath.

Other FTC awards included:

  • Finalist Alliance – Team 4251, Cougar Robotics Team, Columbus, Ohio; Team 724, RedNek Robotics Wun, Sun River, Mont.; Team 4318, Green Machine, Ellicott City, Md. from the Edison Division.
  • Division Winners  Edison Division: Team 4251, Cougar Robotics Team, Columbus, Ohio; Team 724, RedNek Robotics Wun, Sun River, Mont.; Team 4318, Green Machine, Ellicott City, Md. Franklin Division:Team 7013, Hot Wired, Portland, Ore.; Team 5257, Eagles Robotics XPerience, Delray Beach, Fla.; Team 4240, 4-H Techno Clovers, Accident, Md.
  • Division Finalists – Edison DivisionTeam 6433, Neutrinos, Lakeland, Fla.; Team 6424, Oly Cow, Olympia, Wash.; Team 3708, Iron Eagles Optimus, Austin, Texas. Franklin Division: Team 4997, Masquerade, Tampa, Fla.; Team 6299, ViperBots QuadX, Austin, Texas ; Team 4211, The Bombers, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Rockwell Collins Innovate Award – Team 3595, Schrödinger’s Hat, Fairbanks, Alaska
  • Motivate Award – Team 3954, Watts up!, Den Haag, Netherlands
  • Connect Award – Team 4140, Fish in the Boat, Lakeville, Minn.
  • Think Award – Team 5972, Patronum Bots, East Troy, Wis.
  • PTC Design Award – Team 3486, Techno Warriors Advanced, Brandon, Miss.
  • Promote Award – Team 3595, Schrödinger’s Hat, Fairbanks, Alaska
  • Control Award – Team 4092, Nanites, Portland, Ore.
  • Judges’ Awards:
    • Spreading Culture Through FIRST  Team 8357, Desert Matrix, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    • Materials Science Ph.D. – Team 6055, GearTicks, Lincoln, Mass.

FIRST LEGO League (FLL) World Festival – FLL introduces younger children to real-world engineering challenges by conducting research projects and building LEGO-based autonomous robots to complete tasks on a thematic playing surface. FLL teams, guided by their imaginations, discover exciting career possibilities and learn to make positive contributions to society. This year’s challenge, NATURE’S FURY, engaged 228,000+ kids on nearly 23,000 teams to explore the awe-inspiring storms, quakes, waves, and other natural disasters.

Top honors went to Champion’s Award 1st Place winner, Team 20650, Invicta, Canterbury, United Kingdom;Champion’s Award 2nd Place winner, Team 21450, Fast and Curious, Aley, Lebanon; and Champion’s Award 3rd Place winner, Team 737, S.H.I.E.L.D., Brookfield, Wis.

Other FLL awards included:

  • Robot Performance Award – Team 21550, OMG, of Kaoshiung, Taiwan
  • Strategy & Innovation Award – Team 5515, Oh Boy…These Pickles are Natural Disasters, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Programming Award – Team 3551, M, San Mateo, Calif.
  • Mechanical Design Award – Team 20700, sAPG-Tigers, Mosbach, Germany
  • Research Award – Team 10296, CyberHawks, River Vale, N.J.
  • Presentation Award – Team 21350, DYCI Blue Ocean 10, Bulacan, Philippines
  • Innovative Solution Award – Team 6371, Positive Aftermath, Great Falls, Va.
  • Teamwork Award – Team 8157, The Golden Eaglz, Bear, Del.
  • Inspiration Award – Team 654, MO Peeps, Flint, Mich.
  • Gracious Professionalism Award – Team 21900, Team DAS, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • Outstanding Volunteer Awards – Mark Daniels of New Hampshire and Stephen Scherr of Virginia
  • Young Adult Mentor Awards – Christopher Smith of Flint, Mich., and Akshay “Big” Rathish, of Folsom, Calif.
  • Adult Coach/Mentor Awards – Teofilo A. Gutierrez Gonzales of Peru and Robert and Chris Allsbrooks of Bowie, Md.

Judges’ Awards

  • Team 21650, LEGO King, Amman, Jordan
  • Team 240, The Dream Team, Greenville, S.C.
  • Team 21200, Wild Fire Ciberbots, Toluca, Mexico
  • Team 11616, Robobots, Cary, N.C.

4. Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) World Festival Expo – Jr.FLL introduces children ages 6 to 9 to the exciting worlds of science and technology. Teams of up to six children and one adult Coach take on a real-world Challenge, to be explored through research, critical thinking, and imagination.

In this year’s Jr.FLL Challenge, DISASTER BLASTER, teams took a hands-on approach to the topic of natural disasters. Teams learn how science, technology, engineering, and math impact our everyday lives while they get excited about future innovations.

Jr.FLL awards included:

  • Against All Odds Award –
    • Team 1, SMCESPS, Hong Kong, China
    • Team 2, Lightning, Shenzhen, China
  • Amazing Movement Award –
    • Team 619, Smartie Cats, St. Charles, Mo.
    • Team 798, BRICKFOOTS, Xenia, Ohio
  • Complexity and Decoration Award –
    • Team 1280, Swirly Twirly Girlies, Connersville, Ind.
    • Team 1487, S.H.W.E.E.T., Oklahoma City, Okla.
  • Construction Innovation Award –
    • Team 2219, Blizzard Busters, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
    • Team 251, Camanche team 3, Camanche, Iowa
  • Disaster Blaster Award –
    • Team 1007, LEGO Brothers, North Aurora, Ill.
    • Team 2142, EnegySmart, Somerset, N.J.
  • Effort and Learning Award –
    • Team 1260, Rescue Pandas, Roswell, Ga.
    • Team 2756, LEGO Creators, Stamford, Conn.
  • Explosive Ideas Award –
    • Team 1126, LEGO ROBOTICS, Biloxi, Miss.
    • Team 2007, Storm Busters, Redmond, Wash.
  • Gracious Professionalism Award –
    • Team 1441, Team Tornadoes, Overland Park, Kan.
    • Team 360, LEGO Storm, Plano, Texas
  • Inquiring Minds Award –
    • Team 4, Science Art Center, Shanghai, China
    • Team 456, The Monsters, Alamogordo, N.M.
  • Lil’ Einstein Award –
    • Team 157, Brainstormers, Bayport, N.Y.
    • Team 2380, CCA Robo-Chargers, Hayesville, N.C.
  • Master Programmer Award –
    • Team 2204, Summit Bionical Bison Green, Casper, Wyo.
    • Team 2676, Golden LEGOs, Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Masters of Disaster Award –
    • Team 186, BlockHeads, Cleveland, Tenn.
    • Team 2259, LEGO Brainiacs, Glasgow, Ky.
  • Outstanding Teamwork Award –
    • Team 881, Stormbots, Milwaukee, Wis.
    • Team 3, Hero, Qingdao, China
  •  “Picasso Award” –
    • Team 1831, Greenwood, Greenwood, Ind.
    • Team 484, Tiny Tornadoes, Chicago, Ill.
  • Rising Stars Award –
    • Team 2729, Puppy Power, Lexington, Mass.
    • Team 323, The Water-Sucking Vampires, Mountain View, Calif.
  • Robust Design Award –
    • Team 1953, CES MasterBuilders, Wildwood, Mo.
    • Team 500, Survival Bots, Blaine, Mont.
  • “Simply Awesome Machine” Award –
    • Team 2047, LEGO Builders from Planet X, Fort Collins, Colo.
    • Team 694, The Miners, St. James, Mo.
  • “Solid as a Rock” Award –
    • Team 1460, Natural Disaster Master Blaster, Wilmette, Ill.
    • Team 632, Barstow Bulldogs, Prince Frederick, Md.
  • Synergy Award –
    • Team 5, SEAL Team, Shanghai, China
    • Team 2398, Gear Girls, Henrico, Va.
  • Team Spirit Award –
    • Team 2293, Camdenton 4-H FIRST LASER Jr.FLL HWE 2, Camdenton, Mo.
    • Team 329, Disaster Detectives, Flower Mound, Texas

 About FIRST

Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRSTdesigns accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering. With support from over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than $19 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) for students in Grades 9-12; FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) for Grades 7-12; FIRST LEGO League (FLL ) for Grades 4-8; and Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) for Grades K-3.Gracious Professionalism is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST, go to www.usfirst.org.

Source: FIRST

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January 5, 2024

Reuters reported this week that Baidu, China’s giant e-commerce and services provider, is exiting the quantum computing development arena. Reuters reported � Read more…

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Comparing NVIDIA A100 and NVIDIA L40S: Which GPU is Ideal for AI and Graphics-Intensive Workloads?

October 30, 2023

With long lead times for the NVIDIA H100 and A100 GPUs, many organizations are looking at the new NVIDIA L40S GPU, which it’s a new GPU optimized for AI and g Read more…

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Google Addresses the Mysteries of Its Hypercomputer 

December 28, 2023

When Google launched its Hypercomputer earlier this month (December 2023), the first reaction was, "Say what?" It turns out that the Hypercomputer is Google's t Read more…

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How AMD May Get Across the CUDA Moat

October 5, 2023

When discussing GenAI, the term "GPU" almost always enters the conversation and the topic often moves toward performance and access. Interestingly, the word "GPU" is assumed to mean "Nvidia" products. (As an aside, the popular Nvidia hardware used in GenAI are not technically... Read more…

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Meta’s Zuckerberg Puts Its AI Future in the Hands of 600,000 GPUs

January 25, 2024

In under two minutes, Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, laid out the company's AI plans, which included a plan to build an artificial intelligence system with the eq Read more…

Google Introduces ‘Hypercomputer’ to Its AI Infrastructure

December 11, 2023

Google ran out of monikers to describe its new AI system released on December 7. Supercomputer perhaps wasn't an apt description, so it settled on Hypercomputer Read more…

China Is All In on a RISC-V Future

January 8, 2024

The state of RISC-V in China was discussed in a recent report released by the Jamestown Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. The report, entitled "E Read more…

Intel Won’t Have a Xeon Max Chip with New Emerald Rapids CPU

December 14, 2023

As expected, Intel officially announced its 5th generation Xeon server chips codenamed Emerald Rapids at an event in New York City, where the focus was really o Read more…

IBM Quantum Summit: Two New QPUs, Upgraded Qiskit, 10-year Roadmap and More

December 4, 2023

IBM kicks off its annual Quantum Summit today and will announce a broad range of advances including its much-anticipated 1121-qubit Condor QPU, a smaller 133-qu Read more…

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