Inside Rosetta: The Engine Behind Cray’s Slingshot Exascale-Era Interconnect
A dive into the Rosetta ASIC switch, the engine behind Cray’s new Slingshot interconnect powering the upcoming Shasta exascale supercomputers.
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Supercomputers
Japanese AI Startup Preferred Networks Designed A Custom Half-petaFLOPS Training Chip
Japanese AI Startup Preferred Networks has been working on a custom training chip with a peak performance of half-petaFLOPS as well as a supercomputer with a peak performance of 2 exaFLOPS (HP).
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SC19: Aurora Supercomputer To Feature Intel First Exascale Xe GPGPU, 7nm Ponte Vecchio
Intel unveils the node architecture of the Aurora Supercomputer; the system will feature Intel’s first Xe GPGPU for HPC, 7nm Ponte Vecchio.
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Cavium Takes ARM to Petascale with Astra
A look at the Astra supercomputer, the most powerful ARM-based supercomputer being built for Sandia National Labs.
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Fujitsu Completes Post-K ARM CPU Prototype
Fujitsu has completed their Post-K ARM CPU prototype which will power RIKEN’s next-generation Post-K Computer.
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ORNL’s 200-petaFLOPS Summit Supercomputer Has Arrived, To Become World’s Fastest
A look at the 200-petaFLOPS Summit supercomputer which was officially unveiled last Friday by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
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A Look at Cavium’s New High-Performance ARM Microprocessors and the Isambard Supercomputer
Reaching general availability, here is a look at Cavium’s new ThunderX2 family of high-performance ARM microprocessors for the data center.
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Japan cancels contract, kicks out 4th fastest supercomputer amid fraud charges
The future of Japan’s innovative trio of startups – PEZY Computing, ExaScaler, and UltraMemory – is now at risk following the termination of their supercomputer, the world’s fourth-fastest supercomputer amid fraud charges.
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Forschungszentrum Jülich is upgrading its computing power
FZ Jülich has contracted Atos to install their latest supercomputer in Jülich, Germany. The new system will be Germany’s fastest supercomputer and one of the fastest in the world.
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Eni fires up its supercomputer, breaks into the TOP500’s top ten
Eni breaks into the TOP500 with the only private supercomputer to get into the top 10. Utilizing Intel’s latest Skylake-SP processors and packing close to 20 petaFLOPS of computing power, Eni is trying to revolutionize the way exploration & production research is conducted.
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