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Leading Supercomputer Sites Choose Cerebras for AI Acceleration

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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
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At Cerebras Systems, our goal is to revolutionize compute, said Andrew Feldman, CEO and co-founder of Cerebras Systems.

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  • At Cerebras Systems, our goal is to revolutionize compute, said Andrew Feldman, CEO and co-founder of Cerebras Systems.
  • LRZ is set to accelerate innovation and scientific discovery in Germany with the CS-2 in its forthcoming AI supercomputer.
  • Coming online this summer, the new supercomputer will enable Germanys researchers to bolster scientific research and innovation with AI.
  • PSC also doubled their AI capacity to 1.7 million AI cores, with two CS-2 systems, powering the centers Neocortex supercomputer for high-performance AI.

QCT Helps Users Accelerate HPC/AI Transformation at ISC High Performance 2022

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Monday, May 30, 2022
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Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a global data center solution provider, will showcase its cutting-edge High-performance Computing (HPC) and AI solutions with vertical applications at the ISC High Performance Conference 2022 , from May 29 to June 2 in Hamburg, Germany at Booth D412.

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  • Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a global data center solution provider, will showcase its cutting-edge High-performance Computing (HPC) and AI solutions with vertical applications at the ISC High Performance Conference 2022 , from May 29 to June 2 in Hamburg, Germany at Booth D412.
  • On top of the infrastructure, QCT has also worked with application ISVs to ensure the solution is pre-configured and pre-validated for HPC applications.
  • High Performance Storage: Enabled by Intel Optane persistent memory, Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage (DAOS) offers dramatic improvements to storage I/O to accelerate HPC, AI, analytics, and cloud projects.
  • QCT is excited to bring our latest HPC solutions built for compute and graphic-intensive workloads to ISC 2022, said QCT President Mike Yang.

ASC22 Student Supercomputer Challenge Preliminary: Large AI Language Model and AI in Scientific Research

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Monday, January 17, 2022
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More than 300 teams around the world compete on challenging tasks like the large AI Language Model Yuan 1.0 and the 2020 Gordon Bell Prize-winning application DeePMD-kit.

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  • More than 300 teams around the world compete on challenging tasks like the large AI Language Model Yuan 1.0 and the 2020 Gordon Bell Prize-winning application DeePMD-kit.
  • In the preliminary round of ASC22, all teams are required to tackle two very advanced tasks: Yuan1.0 - large AI language model, and an excellent combination of AI with advanced scientific application - DeePMD-kit.
  • Training such a large AI model requires massive computing tasks of parallel computing, presenting a real-life test to the student teams for their skills in supercomputing application optimization.
  • The ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge is sponsored and organized by Asia Supercomputer Community and supported by Asian, European, and American experts and institutions.

Fujitsu and RIKEN Claim 1st Place for MLPerf HPC Benchmark with Supercomputer Fugaku

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Thursday, November 18, 2021
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TOKYO, Nov 18, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu and RIKEN today announced that the supercomputer Fugaku took the first place for the CosmoFlow training application benchmark (1), one of the key MLPerf HPC benchmarks for large-scale machine learning processing tasks requiring capabilities of a supercomputer.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Nov 18, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu and RIKEN today announced that the supercomputer Fugaku took the first place for the CosmoFlow training application benchmark (1), one of the key MLPerf HPC benchmarks for large-scale machine learning processing tasks requiring capabilities of a supercomputer.
  • Fujitsu and RIKEN leveraged approximately half of Fugaku's resources (2) to achieve this result, demonstrating the world's fastest performance in this key benchmark.
  • MLPerf HPC measures how many deep learning models can be trained per time unit (throughput performance, 3).
  • MLPerf HPC was designed to assess the performance of large-scale machine learning models requiring the use of supercomputers.

DDN Honored with Multiple Esteemed HPC Awards for Achievements in Supercomputing in Solving the Most Prominent Global Issues

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Thursday, November 18, 2021
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Gathering, accessing and processing this data quickly is imperative," said Dr. James Coomer, senior VP of products, DDN.

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  • Gathering, accessing and processing this data quickly is imperative," said Dr. James Coomer, senior VP of products, DDN.
  • DDN's 2021 HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards include:
    Editors' Choice Best HPC Storage Product or Technology: DDN EXAScaler
    DDN EXAScaler is the most powerful file system for AI, analytics and HPC.
  • DDN extends its leadership in parallel file systems with EXA6 , the foundation for stronger security, enriched data services and end-to-end data management.
  • "Between our worldwide readership of HPC experts and an unparalleled panel of editors, the Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards represent resounding recognition throughout the industry.

Southern California Earthquake Center Receives Award for Best Use of High-Performance Computing in the Physical Sciences

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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For decades now, SCEC researchers have used HPC resources to simulate how the ground would shake following major earthquakes in California.

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  • For decades now, SCEC researchers have used HPC resources to simulate how the ground would shake following major earthquakes in California.
  • These simulations allow experts to evaluate how earthquakes (large and small) affect the built environment and help decision-makers and communities to best prepare to survive and recover.
  • Announced at the 2021 Supercomputing Conference ( SC21 ), the HPCwire award recognizes the important contributions of dozens of researchers and computer scientists working together under the SCEC umbrella to advance earthquake science.
  • The HPCwire award was primarily motivated by this year's suite of computations completed on Frontera that generated earthquake sequences across California and ground motion products for specific events.

Registration for ASC22 Student Supercomputer Challenge Now Open

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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Registration for the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge 2022 (ASC22) is underway.

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  • Registration for the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge 2022 (ASC22) is underway.
  • The session will be hosted by Vangel Bojaxhi, Executive Director of ASC, who will introduce the competition system, schedule, tasks, etc.
  • The ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge is the worlds largest student supercomputing competition.
  • The ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge is sponsored and organized by Asia Supercomputer Community and supported by Asian, European, and American experts and institutions.

TYAN Showcases HPC and AI Optimized Server Platforms at SC21

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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TYAN, an industry-leading server platform design manufacturer and a subsidiary of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation, features a range of HPC and AI server platforms powered by 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, which are optimized for enterprises and data centers, at SC21 virtual event through November 18th.

Key Points: 
  • TYAN, an industry-leading server platform design manufacturer and a subsidiary of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation, features a range of HPC and AI server platforms powered by 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, which are optimized for enterprises and data centers, at SC21 virtual event through November 18th.
  • TYAN HPC and AI platforms give enterprises the right foundation of scalability and performance to build their data centers.
  • The Thunder HX FT65T-B5642 is a 4U single-socket pedestal server built for smaller HPC workloads that need large computing power at the deskside.
  • Please watch this video about TYAN 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor servers designed to accelerate performance for HPC and AI.

AMD Processors Accelerating Performance of Top Supercomputers Worldwide

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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Finally, AMD EPYC 7003 series processors, which launched eight months ago, are utilized by 17 of the 75 AMD powered supercomputers in the list, demonstrating the rapid adoption of the latest generation of EPYC processors.

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  • Finally, AMD EPYC 7003 series processors, which launched eight months ago, are utilized by 17 of the 75 AMD powered supercomputers in the list, demonstrating the rapid adoption of the latest generation of EPYC processors.
  • AMD is engaged broadly across the HPC industry to deliver the performance and efficiency of AMD EPYC and AMD Instinct products, along with the ROCm open ecosystem, to speed research.
  • The first partition is based on next-generation AMD EPYC processors code named Genoa and the second partition is based on 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct MI250x accelerators.
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratorys Frontier exascale computer which is powered by optimized 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct MI250x accelerators.

OSS Unveils New Flagship AI Transportable Compute Server for the Edge at SC21

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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ESCONDIDO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One Stop Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSS), a leader in AI Transportable solutions on the edge, will unveil today its new flagship AI Transportable compute server, Rigel Edge Supercomputer, at SC21 , the international conference for high performance computing being held in person in St. Louis, Missouri, November 15-18.

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  • ESCONDIDO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One Stop Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSS), a leader in AI Transportable solutions on the edge, will unveil today its new flagship AI Transportable compute server, Rigel Edge Supercomputer, at SC21 , the international conference for high performance computing being held in person in St. Louis, Missouri, November 15-18.
  • AI Transportables meet stringent, mil-spec requirements for shock and vibration, redundancy, operating temperature ranges, altitude ranges and uninterrupted power.
  • As our most compact and powerful AI Transportable compute server, we believe the Rigel Edge Supercomputer will transform the use of real-time AI for the most demanding vehicle, maritime and aerospace applications at the edge.
  • Visitors to SC21 can see Rigel and the full line of OSS AI on the Fly systems at booth #3019.