Supercomputing stories
QDX opens EXESS quantum chemistry engine to academics
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QDX opens EXESS quantum chemistry engine for free academic use, bundling access with complimentary GPU compute credits via approval.
TELUS study finds Canadians and Americans demand safer AI
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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TELUS survey finds most Canadians and Americans use AI but overwhelmingly want stricter regulation, safety checks and clearer explanations.
Taiwan NCHC joins iRODS data management consortium
Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Taiwan's National Centre for High-Performance Computing joins the iRODS Consortium to bolster secure, scalable research data management.
Riverlane opens Delft AI quantum error correction hub
Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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Riverlane launches an AI-driven quantum error correction hub in Delft, led by Barbara Terhal, bolstering its European R&D footprint.
AMD unveils yotta-scale AI roadmap & USD $150m pledge
Wed, 7th Jan 2026
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AMD maps 'yotta-scale' AI future with Helios platform, new chips across data centre to edge, and a USD $150m education pledge.
HPE dominates TOP500 with trio of exascale leaders
Mon, 22nd Dec 2025
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HPE cements supercomputing lead as its exascale systems take the top three TOP500 spots and half of the Green500's 20 most efficient.
Vultr launches USD $50m AMD AI supercluster in Ohio for growth
Sat, 6th Dec 2025
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Vultr has launched a USD $50m AI supercluster with 24,000 AMD GPUs at its new Ohio data centre, boosting cloud capacity for global AI development.
AMD & HPE team up on open rack-scale AI data centre platform
Wed, 3rd Dec 2025
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AMD and HPE will launch the Helios AI platform in 2026, combining CPUs, GPUs and advanced networking to power large-scale data centres worldwide.
Explained: Trump signs order for national AI platform
Mon, 1st Dec 2025
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President Donald Trump signed an order launching the Genesis Mission, a national AI platform uniting US supercomputers and data to boost innovation and leadership.
Milestone partners with DCAI to boost compliant AI for smart cities
Thu, 27th Nov 2025
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Milestone partners with DCAI to deploy compliant AI models on Europe-based Gefion supercomputer, enhancing smart city and traffic management solutions under EU regulations.
Spectra Logic wins contract for TACC supercomputer data archive
Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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Spectra Logic will provide its tape library technology for TACC's Horizon supercomputer, creating a one-exabyte data archive for open scientific research.
El Capitan remains world's fastest as HPE leads supercomputer race
Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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El Capitan remains the world's fastest supercomputer, marking HPE's eighth consecutive top spot on the TOP500 list in high-performance computing.
In the AI gold rush, data centre infrastructure vendors are selling shovels
Thu, 22nd May 2025
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Schneider Electric leads in liquid cooling tech for AI data centres, tackling heat challenges amid booming demand for high-performance computing infrastructure.
NVIDIA & Foxconn to build AI supercomputer for Taiwan
Mon, 19th May 2025
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NVIDIA and Foxconn partner with Taiwan to build an AI supercomputer using 10,000 Blackwell GPUs, boosting research and innovation across industries.
Google unveils Ironwood TPU for AI inference tasks
Thu, 10th Apr 2025
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Google has launched Ironwood, its most advanced Tensor Processing Unit yet, tailored for AI inference tasks, boosting computational efficiency and performance.
HPE's El Capitan hailed as world's fastest supercomputer
Tue, 19th Nov 2024
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise has claimed the top position on the Top500 list with El Capitan, the world's fastest supercomputer, achieving 1.742 exaflops.
NVIDIA names data centre CPU after computer scientist Grace Hopper
Thu, 15th Apr 2021
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NVIDIA Grace is designed to support artificial intelligence-based supercomputers, natural language processing, and recommender systems.
NVIDIA opens up AI to the enterprise with DGX SuperPOD supercomputer
Tue, 13th Apr 2021
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NVIDIA unveils 'world's first' supercomputer designed for AI market, featuring NVIDIA DGX A100 systems. Available in Q2 2021.
Lenovo DCG backs modernisation of Netherlands supercomputer
Fri, 12th Feb 2021
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The company will become part of an effort to create the 'largest and most powerful' supercomputer in the Netherlands - a project worth €20 million.
HPE awarded $160 million contract to build supercomputer in Finland
Fri, 23rd Oct 2020
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Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has won a $160m contract from EuroHPC JU to build one of the world's fastest supercomputers in Finland.