The Ultimate Guide to High Performance Computing
A curated Irish edition of IndustrialDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for High Performance Computing (HPC).
What to know about High Performance Computing
High Performance Computing (HPC) is a field that focuses on using advanced computing technologies to solve complex problems and process vast amounts of data rapidly. It encompasses the design and deployment of powerful computing systems, including supercomputers and specialized hardware, to support applications ranging from scientific research and AI development to data analytics and industrial simulations.
Exploring this tag reveals the latest innovations, partnerships, and breakthroughs in hardware, software, and infrastructure that drive HPC forward. Readers can learn about advancements in AI integration, data centre efficiency, cooling technologies, and collaborative efforts among leading technology companies. Staying informed about HPC developments provides insight into how cutting-edge computing power is shaping industries and enabling new capabilities across diverse fields.
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Research and market analysis connected to High Performance Computing
Vultr adds AMD MI455X GPU & Helios rackscale support
Google tops Gartner's AI infrastructure magic quadrant
Neocloud providers set to grab AI cloud market share
Data centre market set to hit USD $1.08 trillion by 2034
IDC says global server revenue hits USD $444.1 billion
Featured News
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
Renewed AI spending is boosting demand for Dell's secure, certified infrastructure as companies chase faster deployment and lower cloud costs.
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Interviews and video coverage from the network
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
How Formula 1 turns data & cyber security into speed
Beyond silicon: AMD evolves AI processor performance, makes play for investment trillions
Recent High Performance Computing News
AI buildout drives USD $120 billion data centre surge
Delivery bottlenecks, rather than demand, are now the main risk as AI-fuelled data centre expansion pushes revenue to USD $120 billion by 2030.
Semtech sets 200G LPO targets for data centre links
Energy savings in dense AI clusters are driving stricter limits on 200G linear pluggable optics, as Semtech targets 10W modules and a 500-metre reach.
Castrol cooling fluids win NVIDIA validation for AI
The validation could help data centre operators choose cooler fluids that cut maintenance risk as AI hardware packs more heat into racks.
AMD says AI energy efficiency rises fourfold by 2026
Data centre operators may gain relief as AMD says its AI systems could use four times less energy per unit of work by mid-2026.
Castrol fluids get NVIDIA validation for AI cooling
Data centre operators gain more assurance as Castrol's PG25 and PG25T pass NVIDIA checks for direct-to-chip AI cooling.
Molex backs CAEPlus cooling tech for AI data centres
Pressure is mounting on data centre operators as AI workloads push chip temperatures higher and make liquid cooling more urgent.
Echelon partners Trinovium on AI data centre cooling
Rising AI heat loads are pushing data centres towards liquid cooling, as Echelon and Trinovium begin work on fluids and monitoring.
Trane & Eaton unveil AI data centre reference design
The combined design could cut installation costs and copper use sharply as operators race to build more efficient AI data centres.
Dell'Oro lifts data centre chip forecast on AI demand
Rising AI infrastructure spending is set to push the global data centre semiconductors market to USD $1.8 trillion by 2030, Dell'Oro says.
Oracle & AWS launch Exadata on Exascale infrastructure
Enterprises can now shift more Oracle workloads into AWS as the joint database service expands to 22 regions with a lower-cost Exadata option.
Nvidia & Wall Street launch $500bn AI funding push
The tie-up could unlock financing for AI data centres as demand for computing power outstrips the balance sheets of cloud providers.
Allianz warns data centre boom reshapes insurer risk
Rising losses and tighter underwriting are forcing insurers to treat data centres as mission-critical infrastructure rather than specialist property.
Zapata partners QuEra to develop quantum use cases
Enterprise users could gain a clearer path to quantum applications as Zapata and QuEra work to bridge today's hardware gap before fault-tolerant systems arrive.
AHEAD opens Reading Foundry as European production hub
Local AI infrastructure deployments in Europe should get faster, with customers able to build, test and ship racks from Reading.
AHEAD opens Reading Foundry as European production hub
The Reading site gives European customers a local hub for AI infrastructure build-outs, cutting deployment risk and delays.
QumulusAI lands Blackwell GPU deal with hedge fund
The deal ties QumulusAI's returns to a hedge fund's trading gains, adding profit sharing to standard compute fees and heightening revenue risk.
Amazon launches runtime instances for Bedrock agents
Production AI agents on Bedrock can now share sessions for up to 14 days, making long-running workflows easier to run and coordinate.
NVIDIA expands open world models for physical AI development
Open models matter because robots and vehicles need task-specific tuning, and Nvidia is betting on Cosmos 3 to fill that data gap.
Mirendil taps Google Cloud AI hypercomputer for research
The startup gains faster access to scarce AI compute as it prepares to scale model training across both TPU and Nvidia systems.
Runware launches modular AI inference pods in weeks
The modular units aim to ease AI compute bottlenecks by bringing 1 megawatt of capacity online in weeks, not years.