Quantum #96
Issue #96 of the weekly HPC newsletter by HMx Labs. Spot pricing on clouds, new GPU VMs, vibe coding, and ideas for efficiency in this week’s roundup.
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Hamza
HPC Cloud Updates WE 25 Jan 2026
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. We get new RTX PRO 6000 VMs from AWS and whole new Google Cloud region this week and IBM Cloud gives us spot pricing.
Improving Utilisation in HPC & AI – Part 2
Part 2 of how to get more from your expensive HPC and AI compute resources without spending more money
Improving Utilisation in HPC & AI – Part 1
The first in a mini series exploring tips on how to improve utilisation rates of your HPC and AI compute resources
Quantum #95
Aliens, sovereign clouds and vibe coding all feature this week in your HPC newsletter. Issue #95 for your reading pleasure.
HPC Cloud Updates WE 18 Jan 2026
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners
Things are quieter this week after a small flurry of releases last week catching up with the holiday break.
Tech Tips for Junior Devs
Just a few things I’ve observed from a number of recent interviews
AI First Coding in HPC
Trying to answer the question: Can AI write mission critical high performance code.