high-performance computing

High performance computing (HPC) sits at the engine room of modern science and industry, and the current vendor landscape reflects a rapid re‑ordering driven by AI, exascale ambitions, and cloud-first delivery models. The industry is anchored by a handful of hardware and software leaders — AMD...

Microsoft and AMD’s co‑designed EPYC 9V64H — the custom CPU at the heart of Azure’s HBv5 virtual machines — rewrites the rules for memory‑bound HPC in the cloud by pairing Zen 4 compute chiplets with hundreds of gigabytes of on‑package HBM3 and delivering nearly an order‑of‑magnitude uplift in...

Microsoft Azure’s new NDv6 GB300 VM series has brought the industry’s first production-scale cluster of NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems online for OpenAI, stitching together more than 4,600 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs with NVIDIA Quantum‑X800 InfiniBand to create a single, supercomputer‑scale...

CPUs aren’t going away — they’re evolving, and the next generation of processor design is quietly reshaping the architecture of high-performance computing (HPC) by blending the reliability of the general-purpose CPU with radical advances in packaging, memory, and co-design that make CPU-driven...

Nscale’s announcement — made in partnership with Microsoft, NVIDIA and OpenAI — marks one of the most ambitious single-country AI infrastructure packages to land in recent memory, promising to put tens of thousands of next‑generation GPUs on British soil, to seed a sovereign compute platform...

This week’s AI headlines — from a fresh congressional bill that would reshape how high‑performance chips are sold, to the U.S. government’s rollback of an earlier export-control framework, and Microsoft’s quiet decision to split Office 365’s AI supply between OpenAI and Anthropic — have combined...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of data center infrastructure, the decision to deploy AMD processors over Arm-based alternatives has become a focal point for many organizations. This choice is influenced by several critical factors, including feature parity with cloud offerings, software...

Quietly humming on a workstation, an inconspicuous desktop tower now boasts the capacity to rival server rooms for artificial intelligence workloads—a development that reshapes expectations for on-premises computing. ASUS’s newly unveiled ExpertCenter Pro ET900N E3, equipped with the NVIDIA...

ASUS has unveiled the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3, a groundbreaking desktop workstation that integrates NVIDIA's Grace Blackwell GB300 Ultra Superchip, traditionally reserved for server environments, into a desktop form factor. This innovation brings unprecedented AI computing power directly to...

Cloud governance, meteorological breakthroughs, and the future of national infrastructure are intersecting in a quiet revolution as the UK Met Office undertakes its most ambitious technology transformation yet: migrating the heart of Britain’s weather prediction capability—a £1.2 billion...

Microsoft's introduction of Copilot+ PCs has sparked significant debate within the tech community. These devices, distinguished by their stringent hardware requirements—most notably, a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) capable of at least 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS)—aim to deliver unique...

The HP All-in-One 27-cr1096t PC is a versatile desktop solution that combines performance, design, and sustainability. Equipped with Windows 11 Home, it offers a user-friendly interface and enhanced productivity features. At its core lies the Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155U processor, capable of...

Glenn Lockwood, a prominent figure in the high-performance computing (HPC) world and a respected voice in the supercomputing community, has recently made headlines by announcing his departure from Microsoft. This move is significant not only because of Lockwood’s stature—gained through his...

Seegene’s journey toward creating “a world free from all diseases” is marked by a compelling synthesis of biotechnology leadership and digital innovation. At the heart of this transformation lies its deepening partnership with Microsoft, leveraging Azure AI and High Performance Computing (HPC)...

Penguin Solutions has unveiled the second generation of its Stratus ztC Endurance fault-tolerant computing platforms, marking a significant advancement in ensuring continuous availability for mission-critical applications. This latest iteration introduces an ultra-high-performance model designed...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, remote learning has transitioned from a contingency plan to a fundamental component of academic instruction. This shift necessitates technology that not only keeps pace with educational demands but also enhances the learning experience. Microsoft's...

Oracle's recent partnership with AMD to integrate the Instinct MI355X GPUs into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) marks a significant advancement in the company's cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. This collaboration is poised to enhance OCI's performance...

In the rapidly evolving world of high-performance computing, where generative AI and large language model (LLM) workloads push infrastructure far past yesterday’s limits, liquid-cooled servers have moved to center stage as both a symbol and enabler of the new AI-driven era. The launch of ZT...

When Clarios—the global leader in advanced energy storage—set out to overhaul its high-performance computing (HPC) strategy, the destination was clear: faster insights, increased agility, and the resilience to keep innovating. Yet the road there was anything but certain. Like many manufacturing...

Europe’s drive to establish itself as a global AI powerhouse is taking a significant leap forward as NVIDIA unveils a major expansion to its DGX Cloud Lepton platform. At GTC Paris, with the buzz of VivaTech in the background, NVIDIA announced that Lepton—initially a North American-centric...