US National Science Foundation awards $20m to NSF CloudBank
Funding will be used to expand cloud computing capacity for science and engineering research
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DCD Podcast - The need for basic science research, with Vint Cerf
One of the fathers of the Internet explains why we need to fund government research
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Computing Research Association warns cutting 12% of US National Science Foundation will undermine IT leadership
Calls DOGE action shortsighted and foolish
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First subsea Internet cable to Antarctica proposed
Cable would aid scientists at the South Pole
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TACC chooses Sabey Data Centers facility for new supercomputer
Horizon to be hosted at SDC Austin
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National Science Foundation to invest $457m in computing facility to house Horizon supercomputer
Horizon will have 100x increase in AI performance over predecessor
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Micron and GlobalFoundries partner with the NSF on semiconductor workforce initiatives
Both chip companies pledged to invest in training schemes under terms of CHIPS Act
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US NSF publishes study on potential subsea fiber cable to Antarctica
Frozen continent a step closer to having its first subsea cable
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NCAR launches 20 petaflops supercomputer in Wyoming
HPE system launches more than a year later than originally planned
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Texas Advanced Computing Center gets new supercomputer
Stampede3 will offer 10 petaflops of computational capability
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White House proposes 2024 US budget allocate $25bn to emerging technologies
US looks to counter the technology threat from China by investing in supercomputers, semiconductors, AI, and quantum computing
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US university data center research group gets more funding
NSF funds next round of Binghamton-led research
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Jetstream2 cloud HPC enters production
Distributed HPC system is primarily located at Indiana University, along with four other sites
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SpaceX's Starlink now serving US Antarctic research station
Starlink serving all seven continents
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San Diego Supercomputer Center's Voyager system enters testbed, features Intel Gaudi chips
A three-year phase for the National Science Foundation supercomputer
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Data center refresh at US Antarctic base pushed back to 2023
Covid-19 delays 11,000 sq ft facility at McMurdo station that was originally due to come online in 2020
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NSF funds $5 million composable supercomputer project
ACES project to be hosted at Texas A&M
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Senate passes $250 billion US Innovation and Competition Act, promises $52bn in chip funding
But it's a step back from the wider goals of the Endless Frontier Act
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TACC to expand Frontera supercomputer for urgent computing workloads
The ninth fastest supercomputer in the world gets a little faster
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Indiana University gets $10m NSF grant for Jetstream 2 cloud
Five supercomputers across the US
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US lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill to pump $100bn into NSF for technological push
The Endless Frontiers Act is aimed squarely at competing with China
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World's fastest academic supercomputer cranks up
Texas system uses Intel CPUs
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GRC details immersion cooling deployment for the US Air Force
Plus, Hill Air Force Base is looking into upgrades
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US quantum initiatives move forward with DOE, NSF funding and House bill
And Google, IBM and Intel are among those visiting the White House as the government reveals its quantum computing strategy
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Texas Advanced Computing Center to build $60m Austin supercomputer
The fastest computer at a US university
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AWS, Google, Microsoft commit $9m in cloud resources to data science
The National Science Foundation will lead the project, having itself pledged $30m
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The University of South Dakota acquires 60 teraflops HPC cluster
Will also be used by the University of North Dakota