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Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AGH launches Poland’s fastest supercomputer built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that it built a new supercomputer for the Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet of the AGH University of Krakow, making it Poland’s fastest system1.

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  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that it built a new supercomputer for the Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet of the AGH University of Krakow, making it Poland’s fastest system1.
  • The new system, called Helios, is Cyfronet’s fifth-generation supercomputer and will be used to advance AI-driven scientific research and innovative commercial applications.
  • The supercomputer delivers a theoretical peak performance of 35 petaflops, which is over four times faster than Cyfronet’s previous flagship system.
  • Helios also has a total of 17.5 petabytes of Lustre file system storage built on the HPE Cray ClusterStor E1000 Storage System.

Panasas Welcomes Experienced HPC and AI Finance Executive Paul Hiemstra as CFO

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Panasas , a leading data solutions provider for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), welcomes Paul Hiemstra as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

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  • Panasas , a leading data solutions provider for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), welcomes Paul Hiemstra as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
  • With a wealth of experience, including his tenure as HPE’s CFO for the HPC and AI Business Unit, Hiemstra’s strategic insights will enhance Panasas’ financial operations and solidify its competitive edge in the HPC and AI storage sectors.
  • “I am thrilled to join a company that is such a crucial pioneer in the HPC and AI space as we know it today,” said Hiemstra.
  • I am excited to help lead Panasas into the next frontier as we take advantage of HPC and AI market opportunities.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Eni Build One of the World’s Most Powerful Enterprise Supercomputers for AI

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced it is building a next-generation supercomputer called HPC6 for Eni, one of the world’s largest energy providers.

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  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced it is building a next-generation supercomputer called HPC6 for Eni, one of the world’s largest energy providers.
  • Eni will use the system to advance scientific discovery and engineering toward accelerating innovation in energy transition.
  • Eni has a long history of using supercomputers to aid its goal of reaching net zero.
  • Once completed, HPC6 will be one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers owned by an enterprise, a notable distinction as the top systems are typically owned by public entities and research institutions.

AMD Delivers Leadership Portfolio of Data Center AI Solutions with AMD Instinct MI300 Series

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced the availability of the AMD Instinct™ MI300X accelerators – with industry leading memory bandwidth for generative AI1 and leadership performance for large language model (LLM) training and inferencing – as well as the AMD Instinct™ MI300A accelerated processing unit (APU) – combining the latest AMD CDNA™ 3 architecture and “Zen 4” CPUs to deliver breakthrough performance for HPC and AI workloads.

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  • “AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators are designed with our most advanced technologies, delivering leadership performance, and will be in large scale cloud and enterprise deployments,” said Victor Peng, president, AMD.
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure plans to add AMD Instinct MI300X-based bare metal instances to the company’s high-performance accelerated computing instances for AI.
  • Dell showcased the Dell PowerEdge XE9680 server featuring eight AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators and the new Dell Validated Design for Generative AI with AMD ROCm-powered AI frameworks.
  • Supermicro announced new additions to its H13 generation of accelerated servers powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ CPUs and AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators.

University of Stuttgart and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Build Exascale Supercomputer

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

The University of Stuttgart and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) have announced an agreement to build two new supercomputers at the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart ( HLRS ).

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  • The University of Stuttgart and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) have announced an agreement to build two new supercomputers at the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart ( HLRS ).
  • Hunter will be based on the HPE Cray EX4000 supercomputer, which is designed to deliver exascale performance to support large-scale workloads across modeling, simulation, AI, and HPDA.
  • We look forward to building on our collaboration to pave the way to exascale for HLRS using the HPE Cray EX supercomputer.
  • We are particularly excited that we have found a globally leading partner for these topics in Hewlett Packard Enterprise, who together with AMD will open up new horizons of performance for our clients.”

Latest Top500 List Highlights Several World's Fastest and Most Efficient Supercomputers Powered by AMD

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ accelerators continue to be the solutions of choice for many of the most innovative, energy efficient and fastest supercomputers in the world.

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  • AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ accelerators continue to be the solutions of choice for many of the most innovative, energy efficient and fastest supercomputers in the world.
  • AMD now powers 140 supercomputers on the latest Top500 list representing a 39% year-over-year increase.
  • Additionally, AMD powers eight of the top ten most energy efficient supercomputers in the world based on the latest Green500 list .
  • Visit the AMD booth #1117 at Supercomputing 2023 to learn more about AMD solutions for HPC and speak with AMD experts.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise collaborates with NVIDIA to deliver an enterprise-class, full-stack GenAI solution

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced an expanded strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to build an enterprise computing solution for generative AI (GenAI).

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  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced an expanded strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to build an enterprise computing solution for generative AI (GenAI).
  • The offering removes the complexity of developing and deploying GenAI infrastructure with a full-stack AI tuning and inferencing solution from HPE and NVIDIA.
  • The new enterprise computing solution for generative AI is part of an expanded collaboration between HPE and NVIDIA that delivers full-stack, out-of-the-box AI solutions.
  • The enterprise computing solution for generative AI is a smaller form-factor AI solution for enterprise customers that are focused on tuning and inferencing.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Fuels Business Transformation With New AI-Native Architecture and Hybrid Cloud Solutions

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

These solutions bring together HPE’s leadership in hybrid cloud, supercomputing and AI/ML software to enable organizations to become AI-powered businesses.

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  • These solutions bring together HPE’s leadership in hybrid cloud, supercomputing and AI/ML software to enable organizations to become AI-powered businesses.
  • The new offerings reduce the barriers of IT and deliver full-stack AI-native solutions that enable organizations to effectively train, tune and inference their AI models, from edge to cloud.
  • “HPE will bring its market-leading hybrid cloud, supercomputing and AI capabilities more broadly to the enterprise to enable an AI-powered transformation, where customers can develop AI models securely with their proprietary data.
  • Taiga Cloud, a Northern Data Group company, has partnered with HPE to power cloud services using HPE Cray XD supercomputers.

Sauber Motorsport AG Taps HPE GreenLake to Advance Formula One Race Car Aerodynamics

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that Sauber Motorsport AG is partnering with HPE to advance aerodynamics of its Formula One race cars.

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  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that Sauber Motorsport AG is partnering with HPE to advance aerodynamics of its Formula One race cars.
  • Physically installed in the wind tunnel building of Sauber Motorsport AG in Hinwil, Switzerland, HPE delivers supercomputing performance as a service via HPE GreenLake , enabling Sauber’s engineers to quickly adjust capacity in compliance with the rules of the International Automobile Federation (FIA).
  • “HPE GreenLake perfectly matches these requirements because it combines the flexibility of the cloud with the control of an on-premises environment.
  • Moreover, HPE GreenLake helps us reduce our capital expenditure by giving us access to state-of-the art high performance computing technology in a pay-as-you-go model.”

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Accelerates AI Training with New Turnkey Solution Powered by NVIDIA

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Monday, November 13, 2023

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced a supercomputing solution for generative AI designed for large enterprises, research institutions, and government organizations to accelerate the training and tuning of artificial intelligence (AI) models using private data sets.

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  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced a supercomputing solution for generative AI designed for large enterprises, research institutions, and government organizations to accelerate the training and tuning of artificial intelligence (AI) models using private data sets.
  • “To support generative AI, organizations need to leverage solutions that are sustainable and deliver the dedicated performance and scale of a supercomputer to support AI model training.
  • We are thrilled to expand our collaboration with NVIDIA to offer a turnkey AI-native solution that will help our customers significantly accelerate AI model training and outcomes.”
    Software tools to build AI applications, customize pre-built models, and develop and modify code are key components of this supercomputing solution for generative AI.
  • NVIDIA AI Enterprise accelerates organizations to leading-edge AI with security, stability, manageability, and support.