A US supercomputer with 8,000 Intel Xeon CPUs and 300TB of RAM is being auctioned — 160th most powerful computer in the world has some maintenance issues though and will cost thousands per day to run

May 5, 2024 by lisa nichols

The Cheyenne supercomputer, based at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne, Wyoming, was ranked as the 20th most powerful computer in the world in 2016 – but now it’s up for sale through the US General Services Administration (GSA). By November 2023, the 5.34-petaflops system’s ranking had slipped to 160th in the world, but … Read more

Lenovo unveils first all-AMD AI ‘supercomputer’ flanked with up to 1.5TB of HBM memory and promises drop-in support for the future AMD EPYC CPU — new ThinkSystem has dual EPYC CPUs and 8 Instinct MI300X GPUs

April 29, 2024 by lisa nichols

Lenovo has taken the wraps off its ThinkSystem SR685a V3 server, which it says is an optimal solution for both enterprise private on-prem AI as well as for public AI cloud service providers. Crafted in tandem with AMD, the server has been specifically engineered to handle the demanding compute needs associated with GenAI and Large … Read more

Want to see what an Exaflop supercomputer looks like (and how it is cooled)? Check out this video of Aurora, the world’s second most powerful HPC ever

March 14, 2024 by lisa nichols

Few people will ever get to see inside a supercomputer for real, but it is possible to take a virtual tour. Nvidia previously opened the doors to Eos, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, and now Department of Energy’s Argon National Laboratory has prepared a short 5-minute video guiding viewers through Aurora, its exascale supercomputer. … Read more

Intel, NVIDIA Supercomputer Centers double AI processing power

February 22, 2024 by miranda cosgrove

The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) has recently unveiled a new high-performance computing (HPC) cluster named Cardinal, which is poised to significantly enhance AI processing power for artificial intelligence (AI) research and education. Developed in partnership with industry giants Intel, Dell Technologies, and Nvidia, Cardinal represents a major step forward in the computational resources available to … Read more

65 ExaFLOP AI Supercomputer being built by AWS and NVIDIA

December 1, 2023 by miranda cosgrove

As the artificial intelligence explosion continues the demand for more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure continues to grow. In response to this need, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NVIDIA have expanded their strategic collaboration to provide enhanced AI infrastructure and services by building a new powerful AI Supercomputer capable of providing 65 ExaFLOPs of processing … Read more

University of Cambridge Dawn Phase 1 Supercomputer powers-up

November 2, 2023 by miranda cosgrove

In a major milestone for the UK’s technological capabilities, Dell Technologies, Intel, and the University of Cambridge have announced the deployment of the Dawn Phase 1 supercomputer, currently the fastest AI supercomputer in the country. This groundbreaking machine, designed to combine artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC), is expected to address global challenges and … Read more