Sponsored Content “For deep learning to have a meaningful impact and business value, the time to train a model must be reduced from weeks to hours,” observed Ananth Sankaranarayanan, Intel’s director of engineering, analytics and AI solutions. Demonstrating the performance benefits of Intel Xeon and Intel Xeon Phi hardware and new Intel Architecture (IA) optimized software … [Read more...]
SC16 – Chinese Tech Capability Increase Over Last Year Now Matches or Exceeds US HPC Capability
During the press briefing at SC'16, TOP500 luminaries like Jack Dongarra, Horst Simon, Wu Feng, Martin Weuer, and Erich Strohmaier responded to questioning by the Press. The panel was gracious enough to respond to questions from TechEnablement about the state of the Chinese HPC capability along with observations about the state of the Chinese semiconductor, network, and … [Read more...]
Come learn and meet the experts at the 2016 Intel HPC Developer Conference – Just Before SC16!
Sponsored Content Come learn and meet the experts at the Intel 2016 HPC Developer Conference - just before SC16! Arrive early at Supercomputing 2016 and fuel your insight with focused technical sessions and hands-on labs brought to you by your peers, industry experts, academic/governments institutions and Intel technologists. Plus it’s free! Register now for the 2016 … [Read more...]
Inside the IBM POWER Systems 2x Price-Performance over x86 Claims
Today (Sept. 8, 2016) IBM POWER Systems unveiled a new family of servers that IBM claims will transform the economics of the Data Center: purpose-built for AI and machine learning and that can deliver a 2X Price-Performance Advantage over x86-Based Servers. Designed in collaboration with the OpenPOWER Foundation (including some of the biggest and innovative tech companies in … [Read more...]
IBM Linux Servers Designed to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Advanced Analytics
New IBM POWER8 Chip with NVIDIA NVLinkTM Enables Data Movement 5x Faster than Any Competing Platform Systems Deliver Average of 80% More Performance Per Dollar than Latest x86-Based Servers(1) Expanded Linux Server Lineup Leverages OpenPOWER Innovations ARMONK, NY, September 8, 2016 … IBM (NYSE: IBM) today revealed a series of new servers designed to help … [Read more...]
Adaptive Computing Acquired by ALA Services LLC
PROVO, UT (September 2, 2016) - Adaptive Computing, a provider of workload and resource orchestration software, announced it has been acquired by ALA Services LLC (ALA), the investment entity of Arthur L. Allen, founder, former President and CEO of ASG Software Solutions Inc. Art Allen and team bring a wealth of experience in understanding software platforms used for … [Read more...]
The Exascale Project Starts – Announces $39.8M in First-Round Application Development Awards
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sept. 07, 2016 – The Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) today announced its first round of funding with the selection of 15 application development proposals for full funding and seven proposals for seed funding, representing teams from 45 research and academic organizations. The ECP does not yet have a website – but one will be coming … [Read more...]
How Lustre and DAOS Enable Faster Deep Learning
Sponsored Content In this article we will focus on Lustre and DAOS and their implications for distributed machine learning. This is the third in a multi-part series on Faster Deep Learning with the Intel Scalable System Framework (Intel® SSF). Brent Gorda (General Manager, Intel HPC Storage) note, “Lustre currently runs on 9 out of 10 of the world’s largest supercomputers and … [Read more...]
How the Intel® OPA Fabric Facilitates Distributed Training
Sponsored Content In this article we will focus on Intel® Omni-Path Architecture and the implications for distributed machine learning. This is the second in a multi-part series on Faster Deep Learning with the Intel Scalable System Framework (Intel® SSF). Deep learning neural networks can be trained to solve complex pattern recognition tasks - sometimes even better than … [Read more...]
IBM Cloud Offers New NVIDIA Tesla Accelerator to Speed Big Data, Analytics and Visualization
IBM Cloud First To Offer NVIDIA's New “Tesla” Accelerator, Speeding Big Data, Analytics and Visualization for AI and Cognitive Workloads IBM Cloud delivers groundbreaking performance running GPU accelerators for tackling the toughest compute-intensive workloads Las Vegas – May 19, 2016 – IBM has become the first company to offer the latest NVIDIA GPU accelerator—the NVIDIA® … [Read more...]