Quantum #35

Ah the calm before the HPC storm of news that’s bound to wash over us at SC24.

HPC Club is almost sold out so if you don’t have your place booked yet, what are you wating for!? The agenda is set (see below) as well as a general theme for the meet. Get your thinking caps on and bring your tough questions. There will be lots of smart people there to help answer them. Well, you weren’t expecting any kind of insight from me, were you? I’m just going for the free food 😆

In The News

Updates from the big three clouds on all things HPC.

HPC Cloud Updates WE 11 Nov 2024

Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners

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IBM offers NVIDIA H100s in its cloud

IBM Brings Enhanced Performance and Efficiency for AI and HPC with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing

NVIDIA H100s Tensor Core GPU instances now globally available on IBM Cloud Despite increasing interest in generative AI, only 39 percent of organizations surveyed say they are currently…

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Still stuck on Intel? AMD is now selling more than Intel even in the sever space.

For the first time ever, AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter space

But both fall far behind sales of Nvidia’s AI GPUs.

Tom's HardwareAnton Shilov

and looks like they’re taking aim at NVIDIA too

On Paper, AMD’s New MI355X Makes MI325X Look Pedestrian

Advanced Micro Devices has detailed two new GPUs that unambiguously reinforce it as the only legitimate GPU alternative to Nvidia. AMD shared new facts on its next-generation GPU MI355X, based […]

HPCwireDoug Eadline

More news on the increase of e-waster due to the GPU boom 😦

The Growing E-Waste Footprint of GenAI

The rapid advancement of digital technologies has led to the proliferation of electronic devices and systems, resulting in an alarming increase in electronic waste (e-waste). GenAI, in particular, requires substantial […]

HPCwireDoug Eadline

From HMx Labs

Using benchmarks for HPC? Do they really represent your workload?

Benchmarks & Goodhart’s Law

Make sure you understand your workload. Putting your faith in benchmark results may lead you astray.

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Theme and Agenda for HPC Club on 27 Nov

HPC Club in the Cloud

Theme and agenda for the first HPC Club meet.

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What’s the first rule of HPC Clubs? Turns out it might be “don’t talk about HPC Club” after all

HPC Club Rules

What’s the first rule of HPC Club?

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