On the hardware side, the next frontier for deep learning innovation will be in getting the performance, efficiency, and accuracy needed for inference at scale. … “Self-Creating Neural Networks That Explain Themselves”
A high-end supercomputer consumes nearly as much energy as a small city, which creates significant budgetary concerns for organizations that deploy and manage these systems. … “Slashing HPC Energy Costs With Automated, Dynamic Optimization”
A working group formed on behalf of the Exascale Computing Project (ECP) in the U.S. … “The State of MPI for Future Exascale Systems”
Enterprises that want to leverage the huge amounts of data they are generating to gain useful insights and make faster and better business decisions are going to have to use machine learning at scale for modeling and training. … “Bringing Machine Learning Within Reach Of Enterprises”
As the rubber begins to meet the road for quantum computing, the conversation is shifting from one about the practicality of hardware to how future users will interface with quantum systems. … “Toward Open, Extensible Quantum Programming”
When it comes to building extreme scale computing platforms, there are plenty of system design options but in supercomputing, the only practical choice for an OS is Linux. … “Replacing Linux with a Database System”
There is no way to predict which quantum system will garner system share in the next years, but most large chip, system, and software companies are hedging their bets and establishing a quantum research effort in the form of hardware, simulations, or software stacks. … “Microsoft Builds Quantum Strategy Around Q#”
No matter what language or techniques are being applied, there are enough similarities between data science approaches that some broad parallels can be drawn. … “Why an Active Ontology Matters for Data Science”
HPC luminary Jack Dongarra (University Distinguished Professor University of Tennessee) presented a new direction for math libraries at the International Supercomputing conference (ISC) in Frankfurt Germany in his presentation “Numerical Linear Algebra for Future Extreme-Scale Systems (NLAFET)”. … “A New Direction for HPC Math Libraries”
Nuclear fusion, the opportunity to harness the power of the stars, has been a dream of humanity from around the time of the Manhattan Project. … “Cracking Nuclear Fusion With Supercomputers And Smart Code”
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