World’s first human brain-scale neuromorphic supercomputer is coming

Australian researchers are putting together a supercomputer designed to emulate the world’s most efficient learning machine – a neuromorphic monster capable of the same estimated 228 trillion synaptic operations per second that human brains handle.Cont… Continue reading World’s first human brain-scale neuromorphic supercomputer is coming

Isambard-AI: UK’s New £225m AI Supercomputer to Be Among the World’s Fastest

The new AI supercomputer will be the fastest in the U.K. when it launches in 2024 and will leverage artificial intelligence to drive breakthroughs in cutting-edge science. Continue reading Isambard-AI: UK’s New £225m AI Supercomputer to Be Among the World’s Fastest

Nvidia unveils AI supercomputer that will put you out of a job much faster

While AI systems amaze and alarm the world in equal measure, they’re about to get even more powerful. Nvidia has announced a new class of supercomputer that will train the next generation of AI models, and put us all out of work far faster.Continue Rea… Continue reading Nvidia unveils AI supercomputer that will put you out of a job much faster

How Intel’s bleeding-edge Loihi 2 chips help robots perceive the world

Computers destroy humans at chess, but there’s not a robot in the world you could send into an unfamiliar house and tell it to feed the dog; the general intelligence and adaptability of the human brain remain unrivalled. Intel’s research-grade Loihi 2 … Continue reading How Intel’s bleeding-edge Loihi 2 chips help robots perceive the world

Diamond-based quantum computer paired with supercomputers for first time

Quantum computing may have just taken a major step forward, as a supercomputer facility in Australia becomes the first to have a quantum computer integrated into it. The quantum processor, developed by German-Australian start-up Quantum Brilliance, run… Continue reading Diamond-based quantum computer paired with supercomputers for first time

Frontier breaks the exascale threshold to take top supercomputer spot

The US Department of Energy’s Frontier supercomputer has been crowned world’s fastest at the International Supercomputing Conference 2022 in Hamburg, Germany, and is the first system to enter the exascale era of computing.Continue ReadingCategory: Comp… Continue reading Frontier breaks the exascale threshold to take top supercomputer spot