JUPITER supercomputer to leverage NVIDIA Grace Hopper, Infiniband

JUPITER, an exascale supercomputer being built at the Forschungszentrum Jülich facility in Germany, will be powered by the NVIDIA Grace Hopper accelerated computing architecture. NVIDIA says it be the world’s most powerful AI system when completed in 2024, able to deliver extreme-scale computing power for AI and simulation workloads. JUPITER, which is owned by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and contracted to Eviden and ParTec, is being built...

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NVIDIA debuts HGX H200 Tensor Core GPU

NVIDIA launched its H200 Tensor Core GPU based on its Hopper architecture and designed with advanced memory to handle massive amounts of data for generative AI and high performance computing workloads.The NVIDIA H200 is the first GPU to offer HBM3e — faster, larger memory to fuel the acceleration of generative AI and large language models, while advancing scientific computing for HPC workloads. With HBM3e, the NVIDIA H200 delivers 141GB of memory...

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U.S. outlines National Spectrum Strategy

 The White House published a National Spectrum Strategy that aims to expand access to advanced wireless broadband networks and technologies, whether terrestrial-, airspace-, satellite- or space-based, for all Americans. The 23-page paper was developed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in collaboration with the FCC and in coordination with other Federal agencies.The Strategy has four pillarsPillar...

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HPE tunes its supercomputing solutions for Gen AI

At Supercomputing 23 in Denver, HPE announced a supercomputing solution for generative AI designed for large enterprises, research institutions, and government organizations to accelerate the training and tuning of artificial intelligence (AI) models using private data sets.Key elements:AI/ML acceleration software – A suite of three software tools will help customers train and tune AI models and create their own AI applications.HPE Machine Learning...

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Utah’s Strata Networks picks Ekinops for optical network

 Ekinops has been selected by Strata Networks, Utah's largest telecommunications cooperative, to upgrade its optical transport network using the Ekinops360 with FlexRate technology. Strata Networks, based in Roosevelt, Utah, extends its network throughout the Uintah Basin, into the Wasatch Front, and to Denver, serving a diverse demographic including mid-sized urban and remote rural areas. Strata also chose Ekinops' advanced network management...

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Linux Foundation to form the High Performance Software Foundation

 The Linux Foundation announced an intention to form the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) with an aim to build, promote, and advance a portable software stack for high performance computing (HPC.HPSF intends to leverage investments made by the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Exascale Computing Project (ECP), the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, and other international projects in accelerated HPC to exploit the performance of...

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O-RAN Alliance awards $200K to Northeastern University

 The O-RAN ALLIANCE (O-RAN) has awarded $200,000 in seed funding to the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University for their proposal to develop an O-RAN digital twin platform based on the Colosseum network emulator, with the capability to automate end-to-end AI/ML development, integration, and testing.The funding initiative was led by O-RAN ALLIANCE's next Generation Research Group (nGRG). Its objective is to provide a forum to facilitate O-RAN related 6G research efforts and determine how O-RAN may evolve to...

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Arm appoints Ami Badani as Chief Marketing Officer

Arm appointed Ami Badani as chief marketing officer (CMO).Badani joins Arm from NVIDIA where she held the role of Vice President of Marketing and Developer Products. At NVIDIA, her responsibilities included cultivating the developer ecosystem for Data Processing Units (DPUs), driving the data strategy for Generative AI, and leading the company’s product and technical marketing efforts for the data center portfolio, one of NVIDIA’s largest growth...

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Utah’s Strata Networks picks Ekinops for optical upgrade

Ekinops has been selected by Strata Networks, Utah's largest telecommunications cooperative, to upgrade its optical transport network using the Ekinops360 with FlexRate technology. Strata Networks, based in Roosevelt, Utah, extends its network throughout the Uintah Basin, into the Wasatch Front, and to Denver, serving a diverse demographic including mid-sized urban and remote rural areas. Strata also chose Ekinops' advanced network management...

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Arelion activates PoP at DataVerge interconnect in Brooklyn

Arelion established a point-presence for its Internet backbone, AS1299, at DataVerge, the owner and operator of the only carrier-neutral interconnection facility in Brooklyn. This provides DataVerge customers access to Arelion’s portfolio of leading connectivity services, including high-speed IP Transit, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), Cloud Connect, Global 40G Ethernet Virtual Circuit (VC), IPX, and DDoS Mitigation services. High availability is guaranteed by dual entry points and diverse paths into the DataVerge Datacenter.https://www.areli...

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