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Many programming languages such as the Go programming language are designed to make it easy to return several values at once from a function. In Go, it is often used to return an optional error code. The C++ programming language…
From Hackaday.com, this is a neural network simulation of a pet squid.
Autonomous Behavior:
Caesarea, Israel – May 14, 2025 – NeuRealityannounced that its NR1 Inference Appliance now comes preloaded with enterprise AI models, including Llama, Mistral, Qwen, Granite1, plus support for private generative AI clouds and…
Women in HPC has named Sarah Johnston and Khyati Sethia as winners of the 2025 WHPC Travel Fellowships. They will present their research at next month’s ISC high performance computing conference in Hamburg next month. “We are…
This is a weird story:
U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside some…May 15, 2025 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host an overview of key AI frameworks, toolkits, and strategies to achieve high-performance training and inference on the Aurora exascale supercomputer for scientific…
The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO), on behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), has issued a request for information (RFI) seeking…
On April 14, Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced that the United Arab Emirates would begin using artificial intelligence to help write its laws. A new Regulatory Intelligence Office would use the technology…
The National Science Foundation was founded on May 10, 1950, 75 years ago last Saturday. No doubt the NSF has seen better days, but first let's take a look back.
At the end of World War II, Vannevar Bush, Director of the Office…As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to influence nearly every sector of society, institutions across academia, government, and industry are recognizing the need for dedicated leadership to guide the responsible development…
SAN JOSE, May 14, 2025 — Super Micro Computer, Inc. announced updates for to its Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) solution that incorporate new technologies for cooling various server components, accommodate warmer liquid inflow temperatures…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – 13 May 2025 – DataVolt, a Saudi Arabian data center company, today announced the signing of a multi-year partnership agreement with Super Micro Computer Inc. for ultra-dense GPU platforms and rack systems…
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MUNICH and LONDON — ParTec AG, a European developer of AI supercomputers, quantum computing and high-performance computing, and quantum company ORCA Computing today announced their partnership to provide quantum-accelerated HPC…
Doha, Qatar, May 14th, 2025 — Quantinuum is establishing a Qatari-incorporated joint venture with Al Rabban Capital, a division of Qatar-based Al Rabban Holding Company. The venture is intended to accelerate quantum computing…
May 14 2025 — The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has selected 79 PhD students from 56 universities and 29 states for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. A list of the 79 awardees for…
NVIDIA announced a partnership with HUMAIN, the AI subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, to build AI factories in the kingdom. HUMAIN said the partnership will develop a projected capacity of up to 500 megawatts…
AUSTIN, Texas– Anaconda Inc. today announced the release of the Anaconda AI Platform, which the company said is the only unified AI platform for open source that centralizes everything needed to source, secure, build, and deploy…
Traditional rack power distribution was historically treated as a commodity — a passive conduit delivering electrons from wall to machine. That thinking is obsolete. Today’s high-performance computing environments demand visibility…
The case is over:
A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users…A Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors failed to pass.
The New Pope is Pope Leo XIV (pre-Pope name is Robert Prevost).
1) Pope names are one of the few places we still use Roman Numerals. I saw an article that was probably satirical that Americans prefer Roman Numerals (the numbers…In a recent episode of Dr Who, The Well, Deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis plays a Deaf character Aliss. Aliss is a survivor of some, at first unknown, disaster that has befallen a mining colony 500,000 years in the future. TheContinue…
A few weeks ago, I attended a software engineering seminar focused on the role of large language models in programming. The distinguished software engineering professors in attendance were notably skeptical, frequently dismissing…
The video is really amazing.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
COLLEGE PARK, MD – May 7, 2025 – IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a commercial quantum computing and networking company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lightsynq Technologies Inc., a Boston-based…
Paris – May 8, 2025 – Alice & Bob, a fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) company, today announced the construction of a $50 million quantum computing laboratory in Paris to support the development of its products. The company…
This week (5-11th May) is Deaf Awareness Week, an opportunity to celebrate d/Deaf* people, communities, and culture, and to advocate for equal access to communication and services for the d/Deaf and hard of hearing. A recentContinue…
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is excited to announce the release of a new joint whitepaper with CRA-Industry, The Future of Programming in the Age of Large Language Models. A collaborative effort of leading experts…
Edinburgh, 8 May 2025 - Women in HPC (WHPC), in collaboration with ISC High Performance 2025 (ISC), announced the full WHPC schedule of in-person events aimed at celebrating innovation, inclusion, and leadership in supercomputing…