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New CMU AI Poker Bot – Pluribus – Humbles the Pros Again

Remember Libratus, the Carnegie Mellon University developed AI poker bot that’s been humbling poker professionals at Texas hold’em for a couple of years. Well, say hello to Pluribus, an upgra …

By John Russell

Super-Connecting the Supercomputers – Innovations Through Network Topologies

In the article “Super-Connecting the Supercomputers” published on June 10, 2019 in HPCwire, we discussed the different interconnect pillars, namely the connectivity pillar, the network pillar …

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Quantum Start-up Rigetti Acquires QxBranch; Bolsters App Dev Capability

Quantum startup Rigetti Computing announced today it acquired QxBranch, a quantum computing and data analytics software startup. The latest move marks what has been a busy year for Rigetti. Rough …

By John Russell

Mellanox Partners with Storage Startups

As GPU leader Nvidia closes its $6.9 billion acquisition of Mellanox Technologies announced earlier this year, the HPC network interconnect specialist’s venture arm remains active, investing …

By George Leopold

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Nvidia, Google Tie in Second MLPerf Training ‘At-Scale’ Round

July 10, 2019

Results for the second round of the AI benchmarking suite known as MLPerf were published today with Google Cloud and Nvidia each picking up three wins in the at Read more…

By Tiffany Trader

Google Strikes Quantum Research Partnership with Forschungszentrum Jülich

July 8, 2019

IT giant Google and German research center Forschungszentrum Jülich today announced a research partnership to develop quantum computing technology. The joint w Read more…

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Berkeley Lab’s John Shalf Ponders the Future of HPC Architectures

June 27, 2019

What will scientific computing at scale look like in 2030? With the impending demise of Moore’s Law, there are still more questions than answers for users and Read more…

By Kathy Kincade

U.S. Blacklists Sugon, 4 Others from Access to Advanced Technology

June 21, 2019

Just as ISC19 wrapped up yesterday, showcasing the latest in supercomputing technology, the U.S. added five Chinese entities including Sugon to its blacklist pr Read more…

By John Russell

ISC Keynote: Thomas Sterling’s Take on Whither HPC

June 20, 2019

Entertaining, insightful, and unafraid to launch the occasional verbal ICBM, HPC pioneer Thomas Sterling delivered his 16th annual closing keynote at ISC yesterday. He explored, among other things: exascale machinations; quantum’s bubbling money pot; Arm’s new HPC viability; Europe’s... Read more…

By John Russell

IBM Claims No. 1 Commercial Supercomputer with Total Oil & Gas System

June 20, 2019

IBM can now boast not only the two most powerful supercomputers in the world, it also has claimed the top spot for a supercomputer used in a commercial setting. Read more…

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Nvidia Embraces Arm, Declares Intent to Accelerate All CPU Architectures

June 17, 2019

As the Top500 list was being announced at ISC in Frankfurt today with an upgraded petascale Arm supercomputer in the top third of the list, Nvidia announced its Read more…

By Tiffany Trader

Jack Wells Joins OpenACC; Arm Support Coming

June 17, 2019

Perhaps the most significant ISC19 news for OpenACC wasn’t in its official press release yesterday which touted growing user traction and the notable addition Read more…