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Eviden places a second supercomputer in the world's 10 most powerful supercomputers

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

PARIS, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eviden, the Atos Group business leading in advanced computing today announces that it now has 48 systems in the TOP500, the official listing of the world's most powerful supercomputers, out of which 11 are in the TOP100 and two in the TOP10.

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  • Eviden, the Atos Group business leading in advanced computing today announces that it now has 48 systems in the TOP500.
  • Eviden has also been awarded the reader's choice from HPCwire as "The Top Supercomputing Achievement" for the MareNostrum5 supercomputer.
  • This award comes as a recognition of the system delivery, by the Eviden-led consortium composed of IBM, Intel, Lenovo, NVIDIA and ParTec.
  • With its commitment to deploying high-end, energy-efficient, secure technologies to boost innovation and research around the world for more than 20 years, Eviden demonstrates its leading position as a top global HPC manufacturer."

InspireSemi To Participate in RISC-V Workshop and BoF Panel Discussion at SC23

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

The following day Doug will participate on a Birds of a Feather panel that will discuss the RISC-V ecosystem’s extraordinary recent growth and potential to revolutionize supercomputing.

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  • The following day Doug will participate on a Birds of a Feather panel that will discuss the RISC-V ecosystem’s extraordinary recent growth and potential to revolutionize supercomputing.
  • As part of the discussion, he will highlight the benefits of RISC-V and how it can best support current and future HPC & AI research and development.
  • Joining InspireSemi on the panel are representatives from Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Los Alamos National Lab (LANL), Codeplay Software, Tactical Computing Laboratories, and Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC).
  • Additional details related to the event are available at: https://sc23.supercomputing.org/presentation/?id=bof145&sess=sess360

Lenovo Ships One Million Units from Its First European In-House Manufacturing Facility in Hungary

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Over 180 customers have visited the site, enabling deeper collaboration, transparency and understanding with Lenovo customers across the EMEA region.

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  • Over 180 customers have visited the site, enabling deeper collaboration, transparency and understanding with Lenovo customers across the EMEA region.
  • Szabolcs Zolyomi, Factory Site Leader at Lenovo, commented: “Opening the Hungary facility was an important milestone for Lenovo, extending our international manufacturing operations and representing significant economic potential for both the private and public sectors in the country.
  • The achievement of shipping one million units is testament to the past year of internal and external collaboration with our employees and customers.
  • Lenovo is widely recognized for its global hybrid manufacturing model that includes a mix of both in-house and contract manufacturing.

Weather 20/20 Releases Hurricane Season 2023 Predictions

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

KANSAS CITY, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today Weather 20/20 LLC released its 2023 hurricane season disaster predictions. The upcoming Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be more active than 2022. The forecast includes 14-18 named tropical storms, near to above the average of 14. Of these named storms, 6-8 will become hurricane strength and three to four will be classified as major hurricanes. Most of the activity will not strike the USA coastline with 3 to 5 named storms predicted to make a USA landfall this year.

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  • After nailing their 2022 hurricane season forecast, Weather 20/20 releases their hurricane predictions for 2023.
  • KANSAS CITY, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today Weather 20/20 LLC released its 2023 hurricane season disaster predictions.
  • The upcoming Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be more active than 2022.
  • Become a premium member at the Weather 20/20 Substack and get access to the full hurricane report.

IQM Quantum Computers to Deliver Quantum Processing Units for the First Spanish Quantum Computer

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Monday, March 6, 2023

IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), the European leader in quantum computers, announced today it has been selected to deliver quantum processing units for the first Spanish quantum computer to be installed at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and integrated into the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer, the most powerful in Spain.

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  • IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), the European leader in quantum computers, announced today it has been selected to deliver quantum processing units for the first Spanish quantum computer to be installed at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and integrated into the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer, the most powerful in Spain.
  • Dr. Jan Goetz, CEO and Co-founder of IQM Quantum Computers, said, “This is a significant announcement for IQM.
  • We have the right background and experience in developing quantum processors, computers, and national quantum ecosystems.
  • “We are delighted to include the expertise of a great player such as IQM to support us developing this innovative system, that will be purely based on Spanish and European technology.

Lenovo Unveils new Smarter Tech Innovations to Define the Future of the Digital World

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Lenovo unveiled new concepts, solutions, and emerging innovations that will define the way we work, learn, and engage in the digital world.

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  • Lenovo unveiled new concepts, solutions, and emerging innovations that will define the way we work, learn, and engage in the digital world.
  • Lenovo unveiled innovations including the first public showing of rollable proof of concepts for smartphones and laptop PCs.
  • For that purpose, Lenovo is doubling our investment in R&D to use smarter technology to empower a rapidly changing world.
  • Lenovo Chairman and CEO, Yuanqing Yang delivered the Tech World 22 keynote speech and shared insight into how Lenovos smarter technology is empowering people everywhere to change their world for the better.

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.

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  • 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 .

Florida Poly expands European footprint with presidential visit to Spain

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Monday, June 20, 2022

BARCELONA, Spain, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Randy K. Avent, president of Florida Polytechnic University, strengthened European ties and shared the University's approach to producing career-ready STEM graduates in a visit to Spain that concludes today.

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  • BARCELONA, Spain, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Randy K. Avent, president of Florida Polytechnic University, strengthened European ties and shared the University's approach to producing career-ready STEM graduates in a visit to Spain that concludes today.
  • The trip positions Florida Poly for greater international stature and collaboration.
  • "This visit will help establish a presence for Florida Poly in Europe," Avent said.
  • For the most recent University news, visit Florida Poly News .

Tachyum and Barcelona Supercomputing Center Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Collaboration

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Tachyum today announced it has entered into a MOU with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) in Spain with the intent to collaborate on open supercomputing projects, scientific research, and innovations in AI.

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  • Tachyum today announced it has entered into a MOU with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) in Spain with the intent to collaborate on open supercomputing projects, scientific research, and innovations in AI.
  • Under the MOU, BSC can evaluate the Tachyum Prodigy Processor and Tachyum reference architecture for future HPC infrastructure.
  • The signing of the MOU follows Tachyum founder and CEO Dr. Radoslav Danilaks visit to BSC in October last year.
  • Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) is the national supercomputing center in Spain.

The Future of Tech: 2022 Technology Predictions Revealed

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

"With the 2022 Technology Predictions from the Computer Society, we share our insights on the future of computing research and technology and the impact these advances will have on society."

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  • "With the 2022 Technology Predictions from the Computer Society, we share our insights on the future of computing research and technology and the impact these advances will have on society."
  • Highlights include:
    The top three tech trends that are anticipated to dominate in 2022 are datacentric AI, remote medicine, and health, safety, and wearable biomedical technologies.
  • The 2022 Technology Predictions provides a deep dive into each prediction with analysis of specific problems and current demands; the opportunities for the technology; the impact the technology will have on the public, products, services, and related technologies; and the sustainable solutions and business opportunities that it could potentially inhibit and/or enable.
  • Commoditization of Space Technology: More companies are sending technology to space, and the barriers to entry are decreasing rapidly.