White House Launches National HPC Strategy
Yesterday’s executive order by President Barack Obama creating a National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) is not only powerful acknowledgment of the vital role HPC plays in modern society but is...
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“In order to maximize the benefits of HPC for economic competitiveness and scientific discovery, the United States Government must create a coordinated Federal strategy in HPC research, development,...
View ArticleGlimpse into NSCI Workshop at the White House
Perhaps self-evident but among the benefits flowing from National Strategic Computing Initiative discussions are clarification of specific obstacles in the path to exascale and the forcing of specific...
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Trump Administration and NIST Issue AI Standards Development Plan
Efforts to develop AI are gathering steam fast. On Monday, the White House issued a federal plan to help develop technical standards for AI following up on a mandate contained in the Administration’s...
View ArticleNOAA Budget Request Undercuts Its HPC Announcements, Needs
As governments realize the urgent need for (and utility of) powerful weather and climate supercomputing, 2020 has seen a boom in major supercomputer announcements for that sector: the UK announced a...
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Facing a Dark Winter, the COVID-19 HPC Consortium Doubles Down on Triage
In March, IBM, the U.S. Department of Energy and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy launched an unprecedented initiative: the COVID-19 HPC Consortium. The wide-ranging consortium,...
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Biden to Nominate Jennifer Granholm for Energy Secretary
President-Elect Joe Biden has announced that Jennifer Granholm, former two-term governor of Michigan, will be his nominee for secretary of energy. The secretary of energy leads the U.S. Department of...
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2020 HPCwire Awards Honor a Year of Remarkable COVID-19 Research
During SC20 in November, the HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice awards program celebrated its 17th year of honoring outstanding achievements in high-performance computing. Unlike other years,...
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The Blueprint for the National Strategic Computing Reserve
Over the last year, the HPC community has been buzzing with the possibility of a National Strategic Computing Reserve (NSCR). An in-utero brainchild of the COVID-19 High-Performance Computing...
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US CHIPS and Science Act Signed Into Law
Just a few days after it was passed in the Senate, the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act has been signed into law by President Biden. In a ceremony today, Biden signed and lauded the ambitious piece of...
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