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Latest Top500 List Highlights Several World's Fastest and Most Efficient Supercomputers Powered by AMD

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ accelerators continue to be the solutions of choice for many of the most innovative, energy efficient and fastest supercomputers in the world.

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  • AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ accelerators continue to be the solutions of choice for many of the most innovative, energy efficient and fastest supercomputers in the world.
  • AMD now powers 140 supercomputers on the latest Top500 list representing a 39% year-over-year increase.
  • Additionally, AMD powers eight of the top ten most energy efficient supercomputers in the world based on the latest Green500 list .
  • Visit the AMD booth #1117 at Supercomputing 2023 to learn more about AMD solutions for HPC and speak with AMD experts.

Citadel Securities and Google Cloud Announce High-Performance Computing Study with Harvard University to Advance Heart Disease Research

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

MIAMI and SUNNYVALE, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Citadel Securities and Google Cloud today announced joint sponsorship of a cutting-edge medical research program at Harvard University demonstrating the validity of a novel, minimally invasive approach to unclogging arteries via a large-scale simulation powered by the public cloud. By leveraging high performance computing (HPC) running on cloud infrastructure, Harvard researchers will be able to solve some of the world's most complex calculations and advance heart disease research.

Key Points: 
  • By leveraging high performance computing (HPC) running on cloud infrastructure, Harvard researchers will be able to solve some of the world's most complex calculations and advance heart disease research.
  • Citadel Securities and Google Cloud are jointly funding and bringing top technical talent and technology together to demonstrate the power of scaled complex simulations for medical research.
  • "As a global team of technicians, statisticians, and quantitative problem solvers, Citadel Securities is uniquely positioned to support Prof. Koumoutsakos' visionary research," said Costas Bekas, Research Platform head at Citadel Securities.
  • Harvard's Office of Technology Development and SEAS worked in close coordination with Citadel Securities and Google Cloud to establish the joint sponsored research agreement.

Latest Top500 List Highlights World's Fastest and Most Energy Efficient Supercomputers are Powered by AMD

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

HAMBURG, Germany, May 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) showcased its high performance computing (HPC) leadership at ISC High Performance 2023 and celebrated, along with key partners, its first year of breaking the exascale barrier. AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ accelerators continue to be the solutions of choice behind many of the most innovative, green and powerful supercomputers in the world, powering 121 supercomputers on the latest Top500 list.

Key Points: 
  • AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ accelerators continue to be the solutions of choice behind many of the most innovative, green and powerful supercomputers in the world, powering 121 supercomputers on the latest Top500 list .
  • On the latest Green500 list, AMD powers seven of the top 10 systems on the including spots two through seven with AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct Accelerators.
  • A highlight of energy efficiency is the AMD powered LUMI supercomputer which is the both the fastest supercomputer in Europe and one of the most efficient.
  • Visit the AMD booth #C315 at ISC 2023 to learn more about AMD solutions for HPC and speak with AMD experts.

Leading Supercomputer Sites Choose Cerebras for AI Acceleration

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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

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.