The Financial Times reported that DeepSeek was forced to delay the release of its new R2 large language model due to performance problems with Huawei Ascend processors, “highlighting the limits of Beijing’s push to replace US technology,” according to the FT. The publication cited three sources who said Chinese government officials encouraged DeepSeek to use […]
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 ….
SoftBank, ZutaCore and Foxconn Join on Rack-Integrated Solution with Liquid Cooling for NVIDIA H200s
SoftBank Corp., ZutaCore and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) today announced that they implemented ZutaCore’s two-phase direct liquid cooling technology*1 in an AI server using NVIDIA accelerated computing.