‘Implicit HPC’: Using HPC for AI, Advanced Analytics – Without Knowing It
With greater capability and improved ease of access, HPC cycles are more commonly being put in the hands of engineers and scientists who aren’t computer experts. The infrastructure under ...Full Article
Alexa Gets a Filter
Amazon’s ubiquitous voice-controlled Alexa home assistant has been re-trained by researchers using Nvidia GPUs designed for AI training and inference. The overhaul resulted in what company and university researchers ...Full Article
In Wake of Nvidia-Mellanox: Xilinx to Acquire Solarflare
With echoes of Nvidia’s recent acquisition of Mellanox, FPGA co-leader (along with Intel) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Solarflare Communications, provider of high performance-low latency networks beloved ...Full Article
IBM’s Watson Retreat Highlights AI Shortcomings for Medical Research
Amid reports of declining sales and growing skepticism about the utility of machine learning for complex medical research, IBM will reportedly end sales of its Watson AI software used ...Full Article
At ASF 2019: The Virtuous Circle of Big Data, AI and HPC
We've entered a new phase in IT -- in the world, really -- where the combination of big data, artificial intelligence, and high performance computing is pushing the bounds ...Full Article
Intel Buys FPGA Vision Specialist
Chip maker Intel has extended its reach into the FPGA arena with the acquisition of Omnitek, a U.K.-based developer of intellectual property cores used to combine FPGAs with AI ...Full Article
Intel, Lenovo Partner with Google on Anthos Cloud
Google is filling out its roster of hardware partners for its new cloud services platform called Anthos as its pushes home-grown technologies like its Kubernetes cluster orchestrator across hybrid ...Full Article
AI and Enterprise Data Centers Boost HPC Server Revenues Past Expectations – Hyperion
Building on the big year of 2017 and spurred in part by the convergence of AI and HPC, global revenue for high performance servers jumped 15.6 percent last year, ...Full Article
Nvidia Doubles Down on Medical AI
Nvidia is collaborating with medical groups to push GPU-powered AI tools into clinical settings, including radiology and drug discovery. The GPU leader said Monday (April 8) it will collaborate ...Full Article
