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Musk promises to deliver ‘the world’s most powerful AI’ by later this year

Musk has stated that Grok 3 will be a huge improvement and topple its competitors when it supposedly launches in late 2024.
An image of a supernova remnant created by Setonix, Australia's newest supercomputer.

Check out this supercomputer’s stunning image of a supernova remnant

A graphic depicting cubic boron arsenide.

Silicon, watch out — researchers found the future of semiconductors

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Supercomputer simulates the entire universe, from Big Bang to now

Meta RSC supercomputer.

New Meta and Nvidia supercomputer has terrifying potential

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Nvidia’s new Polaris supercomputer to tackle climate, cancer, and more

The Perlmutter supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

How this supercomputer will use A.I. to map the universe’s dark energy

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Nvidia is renting out its AI Superpod platform for $90K a month

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Can a supercomputer save us from the coronavirus? We spoke to the man who knows

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An IBM supercomputer called Summit is taking on the coronavirus

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Virtual universe machine models galaxies to learn about dark matter

2016 fastest supercomputers china leads with top two cray supercomputer

HPE’s 145,000-core supercomputer could help manage U.S. nuclear stock

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Nvidia’s mini supercomputer is the fastest single computer humanity has built

Nvidia built a new server platform known as HGX-2 that combines 16 Tesla V100 graphics cards in a single housing. What's extra clever though, is that it allows them all to work as a cohesive unit, making it more powerful than 300 CPU-driven servers when it comes to A.I. and high-level data processing.
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Staff at Russian nuclear facility caught using supercomputer to mine Bitcoins

Whoops. Two Russian engineers at a top-level facility tried to use a supercomputer to mine Bitcoins for their own personal gains, but were immediately caught. How? They apparently forgot about one little restriction.
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Developers use 750 Raspberry Pi boards as supercomputing testbed

During the Super Compute 2017 convention, the Los Alamos National Laboratory introduced a new testing platform using 750 Raspberry Pi boards.
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Scientists use a supercomputer to simulate one of history’s biggest quakes

Hoping to improve quake defenses, researchers have used a supercomputer to carry out a simulation of the giant 2004 earthquake and tsunami.
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The Dragon Spacecraft is carrying precious cargo in the form of a supercomputer

SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft will carry a Hewlett Packard Enterprise supercomputer called the Spaceborne Computer into space.
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Scientists use a supercomputer to build a simulation of the known universe

Researchers at the University of Zurich in Switzerland have used a supercomputer to create a simulation of the entire known universe.
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Scientists re-create a devastating tornado using a supercomputer simulation

Scientists have re-created a supercell that swept through the Great Plains in 2011. Luckily, the new storm touched down only in a simulation.
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The fastest supercomputer in the world may soon come out of Japan

Japan is looking to cement its position at the forefront of digital innovation by building a new supercomputer that aims to be the fastest in the world.
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U.S. Department of Energy preps rival to top Chinese supercomputer

Last week, a Chinese system was named as the world's fastest supercomputer, but the U.S. Department of Energy has plans to regain the top spot.
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China edges past U.S. for the first time in top supercomputer rankings

The latest Top500 supercomputer ranking has been released, and it contains more Chinese hardware than American.
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Nvidia's Drive PX 2 to be used in autonomous racecars for the Roborace Championship

During GTC 2016, Nvidia revealed that its Drive PX 2 supercomputer will be installed in racecars competing in the Roborace Championship.
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Supercomputers have names and NCAR’s new one is named Cheyenne

Named Cheyenne for the Native American tribe and the city in which the research center is located, the new supercomputer will study global climate data.
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China still has the fastest supercomputer, and now has more than 100 in service

Perhaps unsurprisingly, China beat out the United States for the most powerful supercomputer in the world for the sixth time in a row.
2016 fastest supercomputers china leads with top two cray supercomputer

California taps Titan supercomputer to help prepare for the next big quake

A team at the Southern California Earthquake Center are simulating earthquakes using a Titan supercomputer in order to create a hazard map.
IBM Roadrunner Supercomputer

Exaflop supercomputer project begins, thanks to executive order from President Obama

With two pre-exaflop computers already under construction, Nvidia has stepped up to provide GPUs for a new project signed by Obama to reach exaflop scale.
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MIT researchers show off supercomputer that treats NAND storage like RAM

In a recent study, researchers found that in common use cases NAND flash can be used instead of DRAM for competitive speed at a fraction of the energy use.
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China’s supercomputer still the fastest, but the U.S. is catching up

For the fifth time in a row, China's Tianhe-2 is the fastest supercomputer in the world, but the U.S. is set up to make a comeback in the next few years.
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HP Enterprise will unveil prototype of ‘The Machine’ in 2016

HP Enterprise will produce a prototype of their new supercomputer The Machine to assist with pre-release development.
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Scientists developing ‘angry AI’ based on recorded calls of irate bank customers

As artificial intelligence continues its march from fiction into reality, a firm based in New Zealand is working on an angry computer for Australian banks.
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IBM launches incredible z13 mainframe, promises it won’t take over the world

Boasting the world’s fastest processor, 300 percent more memory than most servers and 100 percent more bandwidth, IBM's z13 is a monumental mainframe.
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From Jeopardy champ, to ace chef: Here’s what’s next for IBM’s Watson supercomputer

IBM's Watson supercomputer is already a star, but its story is just beginning. IBM is partnering with firms to help more industries tap into its power.
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What is The Machine, HP’s new super computer?

The Machine is a super computer made by PC manufacturer HP. What exactly is it, and what will it do for computing?