High Performance Computing

Proliferation of AI, in combination with cloud platforms making it easier to test the waters, have led more IT organizations to turn to HPC-style infrastructure.

Although HPC systems traditionally come with a high CapEx, clouds now offer a cheaper initial on-ramp – and their ability to handle demanding AI/AL workloads makes them an attractive option.

The usage of cloud-based virtual desktops will help remote employees work from anywhere, collaborate with their co-workers, and protect company data in one fell swoop.

Supercomputing and academic resources to accelerate research into the virus shift gears as vaccines to fight the pandemic might be nearing production.

Toshiba says it has the technology to make such rapid-fire calculations a reality -- not quite quantum computing, but perhaps the next best thing.

The transparency may be laudable, but Intel’s report finds that within job types — not just at the top — white men dominate the highest salary band.

Other Nvidia announcements at SC19 include a GPU-accelerated Arm server design and software that makes GPU clusters faster.