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Stuttgart’s Hawk supercomputer adds 192 Nvidia GPUs to accelerate AI
The High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, known as HLRS, is adding some Nvidia Corp.-powered oomph to its Hawk supercomputer, which is already considered the fastest general-purpose machine for industrial production in Europe. The Hawk was installed earlier this year and is seen as HLRS’ flagship supercomputer. It’s based on a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.-Apollo system and currently ranks ...
IBM Research details big advances in compute architecture and analog AI
IBM Research today heralded what it’s calling a “breakthrough” in compute memory architecture that can achieve a superior performance for artificial intelligence computing workloads in hybrid cloud platforms. The researchers have created what they claim is the first embedded Magnetoresistive Random-Access Memory technology built on a 14-nanometer architecture that it calls Spin Transfer Torque MRAM, or STT-MRAM. The new architecture helps ...
Aviation group Star Alliance says it’s going all-in on Amazon’s cloud
Amazon Web Services Inc. rolled out another marquee customer early today, kicking off the third and final week of its virtual re:Invent event by announcing that Star Alliance is going all-in on Amazon’s cloud infrastructure. Star Alliance, which is the world’s largest aviation industry alliance with 26 airlines, said it’s moving its entire information technology infrastructure ...
Google Workspace gets more Microsoft Office integrations
Google LLC said today it’s adding more Microsoft Office integrations to its Workspace suite in an effort to make people more productive. Google Workspace is a rebranded version of the product that was formerly known as G Suite and includes productivity tools such as Docs, Sheets, Slides and Gmail. In recent months, Google has stepped ...
Google heads up Modern Computing Alliance to promote Chrome in the enterprise
Google LLC said today that it has teamed up with several major technology companies to form a new industry group called the “Modern Computing Alliance” that will try to tackle joint problems around issues such as remote work, performance and security. The other members of the alliance are Box Inc., Citrix Inc., Dell Technologies Inc., ...
Strong cloud sales help Oracle beat earnings targets
Database and business software giant Oracle Corp. beat expectations with its second-quarter financial results today thanks to what it said was strong growth in its cloud services offerings. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of $1.06 per share on revenue of $9.8 billion, up 2% from the same period a ...
Healthcare analytics software firm LeanTaaS lands $130M late-stage funding round
Healthcare software startup LeanTaaS Inc. announced a massive $130 million funding round today at a time when its business is seeing strong growth. The Series D round, which was led by Insight Partners with participation from Goldman Sachs, brings LeanTaaS’s total funding to more than $250 million. Perhaps not surprisingly, LeanTaaS has seen a big surge ...
Manufacturers navigate COVID-19 with AI, cloud and robotics, says Google study
Manufacturing firms around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by accelerating their investments in disruptive digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and cloud platforms, a new study has found. Most manufacturers were caught off-guard the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading across the world, and the vast majority of them were forced to shut ...
Asana stock jumps on first-ever earnings beat
In its first earnings report since going public in September, project management software firm Asana Inc.’s stock got a nice boost today after the company delivered third-quarter financial results that topped Wall Street expectations. Asana reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 34 cents per share on revenue of $58.9 million, up ...
Google focuses Chrome Dev Summit on privacy, app development and performance
Google LLC today provided an update on its efforts to create a more seamless internet experience for both web developers and users, regardless of the browser or device they use. The update came at the kickoff of the company’s virtual Chrome Dev Summit, an annual conference that showcases Google’s latest developer tools. There are also updates coming to ...
