Quantum #49

Welcome back to another roundup for what happened in HPC last week. Is it just me or is the chatter on the BSky HPC community really fading off? It seemed very promising a few months ago.

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In The News

Updates from the big three clouds on all things HPC. Well there’s only really updates from one of them this week but still….

HPC Cloud Updates WE 02 Mar 2025

Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. Not a lot going on!

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Till last week I hadn’t even heard of Weka,  and here they are again this time working with AWS Parallel Cluster

Advancing Scientific Discovery in High-Performance Compute: WEKA Now Supports AWS ParallelCluster

Today, we’re excited to introduce WEKA support for AWS ParallelCluster, enabling enterprises to accelerate time to value for their High-Performance Compute (HPC) applications.

WEKAUnleashing Breakthrough Innovation: WEKA Now Supports Microsoft Azure CycleCloud

RISC-V really does seem to be gaining popularity, strengthing arguments that the future of HPC is going to be diverse and heterogenous (to my mind).

https://www.hpcwire.com/2025/02/28/alibaba-launches-c930-risc-v-chip-amid-shift-from-western-tech/

This is quite an interesting read on the profitability of selling HPC hardware, which I assumed wasn’t particularly lucratrive, but also AI hardware. Which I thought would have been a gold mine but turns out, not so much.

The Only Thing Worse Than Selling AI Servers Is Not Selling Them

For as long as we can remember, the high performance computing business was one where it has been difficult for the manufacturers that build systems to

The Next PlatformTimothy Prickett Morgan

Intel releases new Granite Rapids Xeon CPUs

Intel Rounds Out “Granite Rapids” Xeon 6 With A Slew Of Chips

It is no secret that chip maker Intel is having a tough time these days on a number of fronts, but it is important to remember that nearly two out of

The Next PlatformTimothy Prickett Morgan

From HMx Labs

To tie in with the Intel news above a little:

Running on Intel? What’s Comes Next?

Are you stuck using only Intel CPUs? Are you wondering what your HPC roadmap looks like over the next few years with all the talk of Intel’s demise?

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What’s it like hiring or looking for a job at the moment?

The AI Hiring Arms Race

We seem to be stuck in an ever escalating battle of recruiter vs applicants using AI tools to get an interview. Is there a better way?

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