Aurora links 63,744 GPUs with Cray Slingshot Interconnects

The Aurora supercomputer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has officially surpassed the exascale threshold, achieving over a quintillion calculations per second, as announced today at the ISC High Performance 2024 conference in Hamburg, Germany.Built by Intel and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Aurora features a groundbreaking architecture, inclusing 63,744 graphics processing units (GPUs), making it  the world's...

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NVIDIA Grace Hopper powers AI Supercomputers

 Nine new supercomputers worldwide are using NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchips to speed scientific research and discovery, including:EXA1-HE, in France, from CEA and Eviden; Helios at Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet, in Poland, from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE); Alps at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, from HPE; JUPITER at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, in Germany; DeltaAI at the National Center for Supercomputing...

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Google and HP to offer Project Starline video conferencing

HP and Google disclosed plans to start commercialization of their Project Starline video conferencing service in 2025.Project Starline leverages AI, 3D imaging, spatial audio, real-time compression and other technologies to create a “magic window” effect with the video service. Google says HP's expertise in computing, combined with their investment in Poly’s collaboration solutions, makes them uniquely positioned to deliver new and innovative...

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Windstream's Beach Route Alliance: Jacksonville to Ashburn

Windstream Wholesale recently activated its dark fiber Beach Route, providing fiber links from Jacksonville, Florida, to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and extending to Raleigh, North Carolina. In a concurrent move, Windstream Wholesale has partnered with Mid-Atlantic Broadband, Tilson Infrastructure, and SummitIG to further expand the dark fiber network. This collaboration, known as the Beach Route Dark Fiber Alliance, extends the route an additional...

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Polar Semi lands funding to become US-owned merchant fab

Polar Semiconductor will receive $120 million in proposed direct funding as part of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act and a $75 million investment from the State of Minnesota expects to expand its manufacturing in Minnesota. In addition, Polar has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Niobrara Capital and Prysm Capital are leading an equity investment of $175 millionOverall, the company said it plans to invest approximately $525 million,...

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Semiconductor Industry Assoc projects expansion in U.S. capacity

 The United States will triple its domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity from 2022—when the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS) was enacted—to 2032, according Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).The study, titled “Emerging Resilience in the Semiconductor Supply Chain,” also projects the U.S. will grow its share of advanced logic (below 10nm) manufacturing to 28% of global capacity by 2032, up from...

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Harmonic unveils Pearl R-OLT module for fiber broadband

Harmonic introduced its Pearl Remote Optical Line Termination (R-OLT) module designed for fiber broadband service delivery, compatible with Harmonic's Ripple and Oyster node enclosures. The Pearl R-OLT module is the latest addition to Harmonic's ecosystem of fiber and DOCSIS edge devices, which are supported by the company's cOS virtualized core.The high-density Pearl R-OLT module is designed to assist operators in streamlining their fiber upgrades,...

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Intel appoints Kevin O’Buckley to head Foundry Services

Intel appointed Kevin O’Buckley as senior vice president and general manager of Foundry Services, the customer service and ecosystem operations division of Intel Foundry. O’Buckley most recently was senior vice president of hardware engineering for the Custom, Compute and Storage Group at Marvell Technologies. He joined Marvell as part of its 2019 acquisition of Avera Semiconductor, where he served as chief executive. He also served as vice...

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