NASA's new Athena supercomputer delivers 20 petaflops while cutting energy consumption
Tackling complex challenges in space, aeronautics, and science
Supercomputer articles
The US Air Force used over 1,000 game consoles to build a supercomputer in 2010. Which one did they choose?
Was it an Xbox, PlayStation 3 or Nintendo Wii?
A brain-like supercomputer that fits under your desk just launched in China
The computer can display the reasoning steps behind its outputs
NextSilicon bets on adaptive hardware to outrun traditional CPUs and GPUs
Maverick-2 chip applies adaptive software and real-time hardware reconfiguration to achieve up to tenfold performance gains
Japan's FugakuNEXT marks shift from pure CPU supercomputing to GPU-CPU collaboration
Japan sets sights on zetta-scale supercomputing
Tesla shuts down Dojo supercomputer project, will focus on new AI chip development
Around 20 team members left to join a new startupp
Russia field-testing new AI drone powered by Nvidia's Jetson Orin supercomputer
Follows earlier deployments of similar Russian drones
AMD CTO: power constraints, not compute, will shape tomorrow's supercomputers
Papermaster predicts modular, versatile supercomputers will shape the future
Dell, Nvidia, and Department of Energy join forces on "Doudna" supercomputer for science and AI
Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform anchors the ambitious project
Nvidia shifts AI supercomputer production to the US for the first time
Nvidia to produce $500 billion worth of AI infrastructure in Arizona and Texas
Frontier sets fluid dynamics speed record, cutting simulation time from 38.5 to 1.5 hours on AMD GPUs
Using GPU cores instead of CPUs provides a massive boost to computational speed
Gigabyte is offering access to a $300K supercomputer for free, but there's a catch
In a nutshell: Gigabyte has an intriguing offer for those who need access to a supercomputer. Through its Giga Computing subsidiary, the company offers qualified users the opportunity to test drive one of the world's most advanced supercomputers for free. Of course, as with all "free" offers, there is a catch.
World's fastest supercomputer, "El Capitan," goes online to safeguard US nuclear weapons
Featuring AMD EPYC Genoa CPUs and CDNA3 GPUs
An Nvidia supercomputer has been improving DLSS non-stop for the past six years
Powered by thousands of Nvidia GPUs
Tesla is eyeing HBM4 chips from Samsung and SK Hynix to power its Dojo supercomputer
SK Hynix leads but Samsung chases with 4nm node
In a nutshell: Tesla finds itself at the forefront of a heated competition between South Korean semiconductor giants Samsung and SK Hynix. The electric vehicle manufacturer has reportedly reached out to both companies, seeking samples of their upcoming HBM4 memory chips.
AMD-powered supercomputer El Capitan takes the global performance crown
Do It Super: AMD's resurgence in the chip industry is influencing the specialized high-performance computing market as well. A few years after unveiling the world's fastest supercomputer, the US chipmaker is once again making headlines by bringing another HPC powerhouse online.
NEC's 40.4-petaflop supercomputer unites Intel Xeon CPUs and AMD Instinct accelerators
Combining blue, red, and even a little green
Elon Musk's supercomputer with 100,000 Nvidia GPUs uses proprietary Spectrum-X networking platform
All these GPUs need a proper switching technology for lag-free AI hallucinations
Jensen Huang and the King of Denmark power up 'Gefion' – the country's first AI supercomputer
The goal is to drive research in drug discovery, quantum computing, and green energy
Elon Musk's xAI built a 100,000-GPU supercluster in just 19 days - normally takes years
A "superhuman" achievement, according to Jensen Huang
Japan to build the world's first zeta-class supercomputer, promising 1,000-fold speed increase
Why it matters: In the global race for high-performance-computing dominance, Japan has positioned itself as a leader with its plans to build a zeta-class supercomputer. If it manages to achieve this feat, the advanced computational capabilities will significantly boost its economic competitiveness. First, though, Japan has to figure out how to meet the monumental energy requirements.
Japanese supercomputer Fugaku is now a software stack for virtual HPC instances on AWS
Super Cloud: The Fugaku supercomputer was at the forefront of high-performance computing development just a few years ago. Now, the Japanese technology has been turned into a software stack that could "democratize" supercomputing applications around the world.
US military can now remotely access powerful supercomputer resources in the cloud
Scientific research and analysis today, HPC electronic warfare tomorrow?