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Cosine assembles UK coalition for sovereign AI model
AI Security

Cosine assembles UK coalition for sovereign AI model

UK banks, defence contractors and telecoms groups are backing a homegrown AI model designed to run inside customers' own systems.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last month

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Supercomputing stories

Quantum computing used to study chimpanzee conflict
High Performance Computing

Quantum computing used to study chimpanzee conflict

The project could sharpen conservation planning by showing how habitat and food pressures shape violent and peaceful behaviour in primates.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 2 days ago
Google Cloud makes AlphaEvolve generally available
Semiconductors

Google Cloud makes AlphaEvolve generally available

Access to Google Cloud's code-optimisation agent now expands after early tests showed gains in forecasting, routing, chip design and research.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week
QuiX Quantum unveils Dedalo for room-temperature computing
Data centers

QuiX Quantum unveils Dedalo for room-temperature computing

Room-temperature photonic systems could help quantum machines slot into data centres and classical supercomputers without cryogenic cooling.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
HPE extends supercomputing software to ProLiant servers
Network Security

HPE extends supercomputing software to ProLiant servers

It could simplify mixed HPC and AI estates, as pre-validated software now runs on ProLiant servers and shared systems gain tighter tenancy controls.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
SUSE & Openchip back European RISC-V software stack
Virtualisation

SUSE & Openchip back European RISC-V software stack

The tie-up aims to cut Europe's reliance on overseas chip ecosystems by certifying SUSE software for Openchip's RISC-V hardware.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month
Bull & Alice & Bob expand quantum computing tie-up
Data centers

Bull & Alice & Bob expand quantum computing tie-up

The tie-up aims to bring quantum processors into supercomputing workflows, with France, the UK and Germany as the first target markets.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Legrand powers Yerevan State University AI data centre
DataCentre infrastructure

Legrand powers Yerevan State University AI data centre

Armenia's research push gets a boost as a 64-GPU supercomputer is installed in a retrofitted university building.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month
HPE takes six of top 10 spots in supercomputer ranking
Data Analytics

HPE takes six of top 10 spots in supercomputer ranking

Its systems now account for more than 11.4 exaflops of combined performance, strengthening the vendor's grip on the supercomputing elite.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
AMD chips power 191 supercomputers as rankings shift
Semiconductors

AMD chips power 191 supercomputers as rankings shift

Energy-efficient computing is tilting towards AMD, which now powers 191 ranked systems and four of the world's 10 fastest supercomputers.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Bull & Foxconn to make NVIDIA AI systems in Europe
Data Science

Bull & Foxconn to make NVIDIA AI systems in Europe

European cloud and AI customers will gain locally built NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems as Bull and Foxconn shift production to France and the Czech Republic.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Dell launches PowerEdge XE8812 for AI supercomputing
Data centers

Dell launches PowerEdge XE8812 for AI supercomputing

Data centres and research labs could cram larger AI models and simulations in memory, with Dell's new rack scaling to 144 GPUs per rack.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Dell unveils PowerEdge XE8812 for AI & HPC workloads
Data centers

Dell unveils PowerEdge XE8812 for AI & HPC workloads

The rack-ready system targets organisations needing denser, liquid-cooled infrastructure as AI and scientific computing demands surge.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
CIQ launches Fuzzball 4.0 for HPC & AI orchestration
DevOps

CIQ launches Fuzzball 4.0 for HPC & AI orchestration

Research teams can now run HPC and AI workloads without rebuilding storage and cloud stacks, as CIQ adds support for major file systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Parallel Works adds AI governance & token budgeting
Private Cloud

Parallel Works adds AI governance & token budgeting

Rising AI costs and weaker oversight are pushing enterprises to demand tighter controls as token use spreads across clouds and in-house models.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
CIQ's Fuzzball 4.0 adds cloud & storage integration
Hybrid Cloud

CIQ's Fuzzball 4.0 adds cloud & storage integration

Research centres can now keep existing Lustre and GPFS data in place as Fuzzball 4.0 adds Azure support, caching and a registry.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

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Carney unveils AI strategy, $200B in economic growth goal
Data Protection

Carney unveils AI strategy, $200B in economic growth goal

Ottawa's five-year push aims to lift adoption, create 250,000 AI jobs and curb the talent drain as Canada races to catch up.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Last month