high performance computing (HPC)

IBM To Build First ‘Large Scale’ Quantum Computer In 2029

Big Blue lays out roadmap for the world's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, after years of research and development

2 weeks ago

Nvidia And Partners To Build $500 Billion Of AI Infrastructure In US

Nvidia to partner with TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron, Amkor and SPIL to build $500 billion (£377 billion) worth of AI infrastructure…

2 months ago

IBM Wins Lawsuit Against LzLabs Over Mainframe Patents

Court ruling. Big Blue lawsuit filed in London had alleged IP theft of mainframe technology by Switzerland-based LzLabs

4 months ago

Amazon Joins Quantum Race With New ‘Ocelot’ Chip

Amazon Web Services says new quantum computing chip Ocelot is a breakthrough in building fault-tolerant quantum computers

4 months ago

Microsoft’s Quantum Chip Utilises New Matter State

Creation of quantum computers is years away, not decades, says Microsoft, as it unveils quantum chip called Majorana 1

4 months ago

Schneider Electric Bolsters Data Centre Credentials With Motivair Acquisition

A controlling stake in data centre cooling firm Motivair has been acquired by industrial giant Schneider Electric

8 months ago

IBM Unveils Heron Quantum Chip, Plus Quantum System Two

Next generation quantum processor dubbed 'Heron', and the modular IBM Quantum System Two unveiled by Big Blue

2 years ago

AI Safety Summit 2023: UK To Invest £225m For AI Supercomputer

UK government says it will invest £225m ($273m) for AI supercomputer as it seeks to bolster its AI credentials with…

2 years ago

IBM Breakthrough With 433 Qubit Quantum Processor

Breakthrough development in quantum-centric supercomputing, after IBM unveils its most powerful quantum chip capable of 433-qubit

3 years ago

ARM Launches New Chip Design For Data Centre, Cloud

British chip designer ARM Holdings reveals its next generation data centre chip design, dubbed Neoverse V2

3 years ago

AMD Closes $50 Billion Xilinx Acquisition

HPC boost for chip giant AMD, as it completes its drawn out acquisition of FPGA specialist Xilinx for approximately $50…

3 years ago

Meta Building Fastest AI Supercomputer In The World

Facebook building the world’s fastest AI supercomputer to help detect and moderate offensive posts and content, from among its billions…

3 years ago

HPE Wins NSA Cloud Contract Worth $2bn

Hewlett Packard Enterprise wins $2 billion cloud services contract with America's top secret intelligence agency, the NSA

4 years ago

UK’s Most Powerful Supercomputer, Cambridge-1, Targets Healthcare

Nvidia's Cambridge-1 is now the UK's most powerful supercomputer, and will offer research capabilities for healthcare and AI

4 years ago

AMD Targets Data Centres With $35 Billion Purchase Of Xilinx

More competition for Intel, as AMD signals deepening push into data centre market with $35 billion purchase of US-based Xilinx

5 years ago

Coronavirus: Folding@Home Volunteers Merge Home PCs For Fastest Supercomputer

Folding@Home volunteers utilise home PCs to create world's fastest supercomputer to help tackle deadly Coronavirus pandemic

5 years ago

HPE Bolsters HPC Credentials With $1.3bn Cray Deal

Veteran supercomputer maker Cray is to be acquired by HPE, to power its HPC push in the years ahead

6 years ago

Volkswagen Uses Google Quantum Computer For Research

Volkswagen to carry out traffic optimisation, material, and machine learning research on Google quantum computer

8 years ago

Lenovo Targets Data Centre And PC Market With Expanded Portfolio

Expanded data centre offerings as Chinese PC maker reinvigorates HPC portfolio with two new brands

8 years ago

Welsh Universities Receive Supercomputing Investment

Supercomputing investment of £15m to drive 'world-class scientific research', as well as create jobs and industry partnerships

8 years ago

Obama Orders Exascale Supercomputer Initiative

World's faster supercomputer. Obama orders creation of computer capable of 1,000 petaflops

10 years ago

National Data Centre Launched For Researchers

The UK launches a data centre tailored especially for academic and medical research communities

11 years ago

HPC Market Slides In 2013 – IDC

After a record year in 2012, the high-performance computing (HPC) market experienced a tougher year in 2013

11 years ago

Intel Opens Parallel Computing Centres And Seeks Partners

Intel establishes Parallel Computing Centres around the world as it seeks to drive HPC hardware improvements

12 years ago

SGI To Bolster Big Data Credentials

SGI is making use of its supercomputer expertise to help companies tackle their big data needs

12 years ago

Cray Tweaks CS300 For Large Memory Workloads

Cray creates two new configurations of its CS300 machine to cope with high-memory workloads

12 years ago

Cray Touts Low-Cost XC30-AC Supercomputer

Cray is offering customers a more affordable supercomputer solution as demand shows no sign of a slowdown

12 years ago

Compuware APM For Mainframe Offers Transaction Control

Compuware is offering new management tools to provide IT departments with deep transaction management

13 years ago