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'Brain-inspired' supercomputer with no GPUs or storage switched on
By Aaron Klotz published
Sandia National labs has allegedly turned on its own SpiNNaker 2 server sporting a whopping 175,000 CPU cores, and 2.3TB of LPDDR4 memory.

China’s Hygon and Sugon merge to form a vertically integrated supercomputing giant
By Mark Tyson published
A highly impactful vertically integrated supercomputing giant may have just been born in China.

MSI to unveil desktop AI supercomputer at Computex 2025, powered by Nvidia DGX
By Stephen Warwick published
MSI will unveil a new desktop AI supercomputer at Computex 2025.

Supercomputer beats human four sextillion to 13 in ‘Super Keisan Battle’ at Japanese tech show
By Mark Tyson published
Fugaku stars in the calculation battle that 'no one can win' during the Nico Nico Super Conference.

Cadence releases new AI supercomputer — uses Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 GPUs to improve simulation run time
By Jowi Morales published
Cadence is releasing a new supercomputer that takes advantage of Nvidia's latest AI chips.

Elon Musk’s Nvidia-powered Colossus supercomputer faces pollution allegations from under‐reported power generators
By Jowi Morales published
xAI's Colossus supercomputer at Memphis, Tennessee, is accused of spewing excess pollution to get the power it needs to run all its GPUs.

AMD sets new supercomputer record, runs CFD simulation over 25x faster on Instinct MI250X GPUs
By Jowi Morales published
Ansys Fluent leveraged 1,024 AMD Instinct MI250X GPUs to 25X supercharge its CFD simulation.

Aurora supercomputer is now fully operational, available to researchers
By Anton Shilov published
Intel's Ponte Vecchio-based Aurora is now available for a broad range of researchers
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