Compute
AMD Strikes A Balance – And Strikes Back – With Zen
Being too dependent on one source for a key component is not just a bad idea because of supply chain risks, but because it can result in higher prices. …
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Intel’s VP of Datacenter Group on “AI—and More—on IA”
Rajeeb Hazra, VP of Intel’s Datacenter Group, is a car buff. …
AI
Nervana CEO on Intel Acquisition, Future Technology Outlook
Following yesterday’s acquisition of deep learning chip startup Nervana Systems by Intel, we talked with the company’s CEO, Naveen Rao, about what plans are for both the forthcoming hardware and internally developed Neon software stack now that the technology is under a much broader umbrella. …
Compute
A Fresh Look at Gaming Devices for Supercomputing Applications
Over the years there have been numerous efforts to use unconventional, low-power, graphics-heavy processors for traditional supercomputing applications—with varying degrees of success. …
Compute
Knights Landing Will Waterfall Down From On High
With the general availability of the “Knights Landing” Xeon Phi many core processors from Intel last month, some of the largest supercomputing labs on the planet are getting their first taste of what the future style of high performance computing could look like for the rest of us. …
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Competition Heats Up In Cluster Interconnects
Any time a ranking of a technology is put together, that ranking is always called into question as to whether or not it is representative of reality. …
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OpenPower Developers Primed for Big Wins at IBM Hackathon
IBM has created a virtual hackathon for all you lovely developers to test drive your data-intensive applications on the OpenPOWER server, GPU and accelerator platform. …
Compute
Inside Look at Key Applications on China’s New Top Supercomputer
As the world is now aware, China is now home to the world’s most powerful supercomputer, toppling the previous reigning system, Tianhe-2, which is also located in the country. …
AI
HPC is Great for AI, But What Does Supercomputing Stand to Gain?
As we have written about extensively here at The Next Platform, there is no shortage of use cases in deep learning and machine learning where HPC hardware and software approaches have bled over to power next generation applications in image, speech, video, and other classification and learning tasks. …
Compute
Intel Knights Landing Yields Big Bang For The Buck Jump
The long wait for volume shipments of Intel’s “Knights Landing” parallel X86 processors is over, and at the International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt, Germany is unveiling the official lineup of the Xeon Phi chips that are aimed at high performance computing and machine learning workloads alike. …