Shippable's Software "Assembly Line" Now Works on ARM Chips

Startup Shippable has ported its continuous integration/continuous delivery software development platform for ARM processors
• The company expects more data centers to run ARM-powered servers in the future
• The chip architecture that powers most of the world’s smartphones is considered a lower-cost and lower-power alternative to x86 chips by Intel and AMD Continue reading Shippable's Software "Assembly Line" Now Works on ARM Chips

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GPUs Increasingly Rule the Supercomputer World

NVIDIA GPUs now power five of the world’s seven fastest systems and 17 of the 20 most energy efficient systems identified by Top500.org, the non-profit that ranks supercomputers • The world’s fastest supercomputer, the Department of Energy’s Summit, utilizes 27,648 Volta Tensor Core GPUs • The rate of performance gains for GPUs far outpaces traditional CPUs Continue reading GPUs Increasingly Rule the Supercomputer World

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HPE and DOE Partner to Build Largest ARM-Based Supercomputer

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise collaborates with Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy to build Astra, the world’s largest ARM-Based supercomputer • HPE says this is a stepping stone on the way to developing exascale computing • The National Nuclear Security Administration will use the system for national security, energy, and science purposes • The system will be liquid cooled and deploy 5184 ARM SoCs Continue reading HPE and DOE Partner to Build Largest ARM-Based Supercomputer

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