MLCommons Releases MLPerf Inference v5.0 Benchmark Results

Today, MLCommons announced new results for its MLPerf Inference v5.0 benchmark suite, which delivers machine learning (ML) system performance benchmarking. The rorganization said the esults highlight that the AI community is focusing on generative AI ….

DARPA Taps Cerebras and Ranovus for Military and Commercial Platform

AI compute company Cerebras Systems said it has been awarded a new contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a system combining their wafer scale technology with wafer scale co-packaged optics of Ottawa-based Ranovus to deliver ….

NVIDIA Open Sources Run:ai Scheduler

Today, NVIDIA posted a blog announcing the open-source release of the KAI Scheduler, a Kubernetes-native GPU scheduling solution, now available under the Apache 2.0 license. Originally developed within the Run:ai platform, KAI Scheduler is now available to the community while also continuing to be packaged and delivered as part of the NVIDIA Run:ai platform. NVIDIA […]

News Bytes 20250401: Oracle’s Big AMD GPU Buy, ASML in China, Quantum in the News, the Award Winning Hoefler

Happy April Fool’s Day to you! Here’s a quick (8:42) review of recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: AMD MI355X to debut with a 30,000-GPU Oracle cluster, in the face of U.S. trade policy, ASML to open repair hub in China, EuroHPC-JU’s ….

Palantir and Databricks Announce AI Product Partnership

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2025 — Databricks and Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR), provider of enterprise operating systems, today announced a strategic product partnership that combines Palantir’s AI operating system and Databricks’ platform for AI, data warehousing and data engineering. The partnership will provide an open and scalable data architecture that combines Palantir’s powerful Ontology System with Databricks’ processing scale and […]

CIQ Delivers Technical Preview of Security-Hardened Enterprise Linux

RENO, Nev—March 11, 2025— Software infrastructure company CIQ announced the availability of a preview of Rocky Linux from CIQ – Hardened, a version of Enterprise Linux that is optimized for environments with stringent security requirements, such as stronger password policies, memory corruption detection, kernel integrity checking and SSH restrictions. The product delivers Rocky Linux via […]

Data Center Report: Record-low Vacancy Pushing Hyperscalers into Untapped Markets

In a year when data centers faced their most difficult power challenges, the industry thrived nevertheless.  According to the North America Data Center Year-End 2024 Report from real estate and investment management ….

Nexla Expands AI-Powered Integration Platform for Enterprise-Grade GenAI

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 04, 2025 — AI-powered integration company Nexla announced a major update to the Nexla Integration Platform, expanding its no-code integration, RAG pipeline engineering, and data governance capabilities with the intent to make enterprise-grade GenAI more accessible. The Nexla integration platform is the first integration platform powered by AI and built to […]

Penguin Solutions Expands its AI Management Software Platform and Launches AI Service

Milpitas, Calif. – March 4, 2025 – Penguin Solutions, Inc. (Penguin Solutions; Nasdaq: PENG) today announced the expansion of its ICE ClusterWare software platform, (formerly Scyld ClusterWare) with multi-tenancy support, streamlined workflows and enhanced controls to help enterprises build ptimized AI ecosystems that scale seamlessly—known as Intelligent Compute Environments, the company said. Additionally, Penguin Solutions unveiled its ICE ClusterWare […]

News Bytes Podcast 20250303: GPUs vs. ASICs for AI Compute, DOGE and Fears at U.S. Science Agencies, Cat Qubits for AWS Quantum

A happy start to March to you! We offer a quick (8:28) run through recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: GPUs versus ASICs for AI accelerated compute, DOGE-led government layoffs ….