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Altair Announces Next-Generation Altair® HPCWorks™ 2024

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

TROY, Mich., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced significant upgrades to Altair® HPCWorks™, its high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud platform. New tools and integrations include an AI-enhanced user portal, next-generation technology for distributed workflows, advanced HPC monitoring and reporting, and easier-than-ever cloud scaling.

Key Points: 
  • "Altair HPCWorks advances Altair's HPC capabilities and helps organizations accelerate innovation by simplifying their resource management, workload management, workflow management, and reporting," said Sam Mahalingam, chief technology officer, Altair.
  • Altair Access provides walltime estimates to Altair® PBS Professional® to optimize scheduling, resulting in significant job throughput gains of 10-15% for real workloads.
  • Altair One™, Altair's cloud innovation gateway powered by Altair HPCWorks, enables teams to seamlessly explore HPC in the cloud and on-premises.
  • To learn more about the latest advancements in Altair HPCWorks, visit web.altair.com/sc23 or visit Altair at Booth #825 at SC23 from November 12-17 in Denver, Colorado.

Altair Announces Next-Generation Altair® HPCWorks™ 2024

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

TROY, Mich., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced significant upgrades to Altair® HPCWorks™, its high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud platform. New tools and integrations include an AI-enhanced user portal, next-generation technology for distributed workflows, advanced HPC monitoring and reporting, and easier-than-ever cloud scaling.

Key Points: 
  • "Altair HPCWorks advances Altair's HPC capabilities and helps organizations accelerate innovation by simplifying their resource management, workload management, workflow management, and reporting," said Sam Mahalingam, chief technology officer, Altair.
  • Altair Access provides walltime estimates to Altair® PBS Professional® to optimize scheduling, resulting in significant job throughput gains of 10-15% for real workloads.
  • Altair One™, Altair's cloud innovation gateway powered by Altair HPCWorks, enables teams to seamlessly explore HPC in the cloud and on-premises.
  • To learn more about the latest advancements in Altair HPCWorks, visit web.altair.com/sc23 or visit Altair at Booth #825 at SC23 from November 12-17 in Denver, Colorado.

NVIDIA Grace Drives Wave of New Energy-Efficient Arm Supercomputers

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Monday, May 22, 2023

HAMBURG, Germany, May 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ISC—NVIDIA today announced a supercomputer built on the NVIDIA Grace™ CPU Superchip , adding to a wave of new energy-efficient supercomputers based on the Arm® Neoverse™ platform.

Key Points: 
  • HAMBURG, Germany, May 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ISC—NVIDIA today announced a supercomputer built on the NVIDIA Grace™ CPU Superchip , adding to a wave of new energy-efficient supercomputers based on the Arm® Neoverse™ platform.
  • It will achieve about 2.7 petaflops of FP64 peak performance and consume less than 270 kilowatts of power, ranking it among the world’s three greenest non-accelerated supercomputers.
  • The Arm-based NVIDIA Grace-powered system will also continue Isambard 2’s work of simulating molecular-level mechanisms to better understand Parkinson’s disease and find new treatments for osteoporosis and COVID-19.
  • These compute-intensive applications benefit from the highest-performing cores, highest memory bandwidth and the optimal memory capacity per core provided by Grace.

Tether and The City of Lugano Announce 1 Bitcoin prize for Plan B Forum Ticket Holders

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Slated to take place from 28-29 October 2022, three lucky ticket holders at the Forum will have the opportunity to win up to 1 Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain ballot prize.

Key Points: 
  • Slated to take place from 28-29 October 2022, three lucky ticket holders at the Forum will have the opportunity to win up to 1 Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain ballot prize.
  • Only ticket holders that check in to the Plan B Forumwill be eligible to receive their share of the Bitcoin ballot prize.
  • Lugano's Plan B is a joint initiative between the City of Lugano and Tether to accelerate the use of and leverage bitcoin technology as the foundation to transform the city's financial infrastructure.
  • The plan will scale blockchain and Bitcoin throughout the city to positively impact all facets of daily life for the residents of Lugano.

Tether and The City of Lugano Announce 1 Bitcoin prize for Plan B Forum Ticket Holders

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Slated to take place from 28-29 October 2022, three lucky ticket holders at the Forum will have the opportunity to win up to 1 Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain ballot prize.

Key Points: 
  • Slated to take place from 28-29 October 2022, three lucky ticket holders at the Forum will have the opportunity to win up to 1 Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain ballot prize.
  • Only ticket holders that check in to the Plan B Forumwill be eligible to receive their share of the Bitcoin ballot prize.
  • Lugano's Plan B is a joint initiative between the City of Lugano and Tether to accelerate the use of and leverage bitcoin technology as the foundation to transform the city's financial infrastructure.
  • The plan will scale blockchain and Bitcoin throughout the city to positively impact all facets of daily life for the residents of Lugano.

NVIDIA Hopper in Full Production

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GTC—NVIDIA today announced that the NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU is in full production, with global tech partners planning in October to roll out the first wave of products and services based on the groundbreaking NVIDIA Hopper™ architecture.

Key Points: 
  • A five-year license for the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software suite is now included with H100 for mainstream servers.
  • For customers who want to immediately try the new technology, NVIDIA announced that H100 on Dell PowerEdge servers is now available on NVIDIA LaunchPad , which provides free hands-on labs, giving companies access to the latest hardware and NVIDIA AI software.
  • NVIDIA Base Command and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software power every DGX system, enabling deployments from a single node to an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD supporting advanced AI development of large language models and other massive workloads.
  • To learn more about NVIDIA Hopper and H100, watch Huangs GTC keynote .

Top Global Systems Makers Accelerate Adoption of NVIDIA Grace and Grace Hopper

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Monday, May 30, 2022

Across climate science, energy research, space exploration, digital biology, quantum computing and more, the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip and Grace Hopper Superchip form the foundation of the worlds most advanced platform for HPC and AI.

Key Points: 
  • Across climate science, energy research, space exploration, digital biology, quantum computing and more, the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip and Grace Hopper Superchip form the foundation of the worlds most advanced platform for HPC and AI.
  • The NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip features two Arm-based CPUs, connected coherently through the high-bandwidth, low-latency, low-power NVIDIA NVLink-C2C interconnect.
  • The Grace Hopper Superchip pairs an NVIDIA Hopper GPU with an NVIDIA Grace CPU in an integrated module connected with NVLink-C2C to address HPC and giant-scale AI applications.
  • The NVIDIA Grace-powered systems will run the portfolio of NVIDIA AI and NVIDIA HPC software for full-stack, integrated computing.

Tachyum Launches Its German Website to Expand Business Development in the Region

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Tachyum, a semiconductor company with roots in Europe, is essential for the digital and technological sovereignty of the EU.

Key Points: 
  • Tachyum, a semiconductor company with roots in Europe, is essential for the digital and technological sovereignty of the EU.
  • Today, the European Union is heavily dependent on non-EU chip suppliers since it has only 10% of the global fabrication market.
  • Tachyums Prodigy, the worlds first universal processor, will help the EU achieve a leading position in the technology, supercomputing, and data center markets.
  • Prodigys ability to seamlessly switch among these various workloads dramatically changes the competitive landscape and the economics of data centers.

The City of Lugano, Switzerland, and Tether Operations Limited Commit to Building a Center of Excellence for Blockchain Adoption in Europe

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

LUGANO, Switzerland, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tether Operations Limited (Tether), the technology company supporting the blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalisation (USD₮), in collaboration with the vibrant Swiss city of Lugano today announced the establishment of a center of excellence for blockchain adoption in Europe.

Key Points: 
  • Together, Tether and the City of Lugano will work toward the shared goal of scaling the city's blockchain capabilities and promote Lugano as a major hub for European blockchain adoption.
  • Lugano's ecosystem allows Tether to stretch beyond most current blockchain implementations and work hand-in-hand with Lugano for the first full-scale urban practical use case.
  • Lightning Network will be one of the solutions that the City, with the support of Tether, will integrate into the services.
  • The city hosts an important financial center and vibrant pharmaceutical, commodity trading and fashion hubs and remains a sought-after tourist destination.

The City of Lugano, Switzerland, and Tether Operations Limited Commit to Building a Center of Excellence for Blockchain Adoption in Europe

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, March 3, 2022

LUGANO, Switzerland, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tether Operations Limited (Tether), the technology company supporting the blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalisation (USD₮), in collaboration with the vibrant Swiss city of Lugano today announced the establishment of a center of excellence for blockchain adoption in Europe.

Key Points: 
  • Together, Tether and the City of Lugano will work toward the shared goal of scaling the city's blockchain capabilities and promote Lugano as a major hub for European blockchain adoption.
  • Lugano's ecosystem allows Tether to stretch beyond most current blockchain implementations and work hand-in-hand with Lugano for the first full-scale urban practical use case.
  • Lightning Network will be one of the solutions that the City, with the support of Tether, will integrate into the services.
  • The city hosts an important financial center and vibrant pharmaceutical, commodity trading and fashion hubs and remains a sought-after tourist destination.