Eviden builds modular data center for first European exascale supercomputer
Eviden will build the modular data center for the Jupiter supercomputer. This will be the first exascale supercomputer to be located in Europe.
To build the modular data center, Eviden, part of Atos, contracted with Jülich Supercomputing Centre. This is a German research institute, as the firs... Read more
‘European AI start-ups need guidance on how to use supercomputers’
The European plan to give AI start-ups access to supercomputers first appears to face another challenge. It appears the start-ups lack the knowledge to harness the capabilities of a supercomputer.
In September, Europe launched the initiative to make supercomputers accessible for AI start-ups fr... Read more
Belgium makes new supercomputer available to all scientists
Belgium is getting a new Tier-1 supercomputer. It will be placed in Brussels but can be accessed by all Flanders scientists.
It will take until the fall of 2025 before the supercomputer becomes available. It will be at the Green Energy Park of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. It involves a total... Read more
Intel and Dell build fastest UK AI supercomputer
Intel, Dell Technologies and the University of Cambridge have built the fastest AI supercomputer in the United Kingdom. The new computing power is aimed at addressing "academic and industrial challenges."
Although the exact specs have not been disclosed, the parties involved are already framing ... Read more
Eviden to build first European exascale supercomputer for 273 million
European plans for a supercomputer are taking shape. Eviden, an Atos subsidiary, will start work on it from the beginning of 2024.
The contract was awarded by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), which will also cover half the cost to turn the project into a re... Read more
EU launches plan to give AI startups access to supercomputers
To give AI startups in Europe a better chance, the European Union is making supercomputers available. However, AI startups must comply with the upcoming AI Act to use the devices.
European Union supercomputers will soon be deployable by a wider audience. Namely, startups can use the devices to ... Read more
Lack of supercomputers postpones breakthroughs in medical world
Supercomputers should enable new research opportunities for the medical world. That is however currently not the case. Researchers' ideas are piling up, while the accessibility of supercomputers is still vastly limited.
One researcher at Harvard dealt with the shortage of supercomputers innovat... Read more
Fujitsu and NetApp help build supercomputer DelftBlue from TU Delft
TU Delft is getting help building the supercomputer DelftBlue. Fujitsu and NetApp are coming to the rescue, providing an 85 percent performance boost over previous supercomputers from the Dutch university.
Fujitsu and NetApp are helping tinker with TU Delft's supercomputer, DelftBlue. By integ... Read more
Microsoft unveils its roadmap to a quantum supercomputer
The company is taking steps to "accelerate scientific discovery" and says it has already reached its first milestone.
This week Microsoft announced its plans to create a quantum supercomputer over the next several years. The development of the supercomputer rests on the work that Microsoft compl... Read more
IBM launches 10-year plan for giant quantum supercomputer
IBM will develop a quantum supercomputer over the next 10 years, in cooperation with universities in Tokyo and Chicago. This supercomputer should eventually consist of 100,000 qubits.
Among other things, the collaborative project, for which an amount of $100 million will be allocated, should fur... Read more