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News - HPC & Quantum, Microsoft
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Microsoft unveils Majorana 2 quantum chip
Company says chip puts it on path to achieve scalable quantum computer by 2029
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Microsoft-backed quantum startup Photonic Inc. raises $131m
Round saw investment from the Royal Bank of Canada, Telus, and Microsoft
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Orca partners with PCSS for Nvidia-supported quantum AI integration
Plus some other quantum news from the week
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Rigetti makes its 36-qubit Cepheus-1-36Q quantum computer available in the cloud
Available on firm's own platform, coming soon to Azure
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Microsoft and Atom Computing to build "world’s most powerful quantum computer" in Denmark
The system, named Magne, is expected to be operational by 2027
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Supercomputing expert Glenn Lockwood departs from Microsoft
HPC & AI leader joined from NERSC, but takes paycut to go elsewhere
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Met Office switches to Microsoft Azure-based supercomputer
In the works since 2021
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DARPA announces 15 companies selected for first phase of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
Program to determine if building a fault-tolerant quantum computer within a decade is possible
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Microsoft and Core42 to build sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure for Abu Dhabi
Trio sign multi-year partnership
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Pasqal's quantum computing technology now available on Microsoft Azure
First neutral-atom quantum computer to come to Microsoft Azure
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Microsoft launches DPU and new HSM chips, also launches hybrid infrastructure platform Azure Local
And other Microsoft updates from Ignite 2024
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Ansys and TSMC team up with Microsoft for silicon photonic simulations
Companies speed up simulation using Microsoft Azure NC A100v4-series virtual machines
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Microsoft becomes first cloud to offer Nvidia Blackwell system
Cloud giant adds GB200 AI servers to its mix
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Quantinuum updates product roadmap; announces two industry firsts in collaboration with Microsoft
Company claims it will achieve universal fault-tolerant quantum computing by the end of decade
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Republican lawmakers urge Biden administration to investigate Microsoft's $1.5bn G42 deal
Could another investigation into Microsoft be looming
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Microsoft sued by ParTec for alleged supercomputer patent infringement
ParTec seeking undisclosed amount of damages
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Microsoft and Quantinuum achieve new quantum reliability record
Achievement was made using Quantinuum’s H2 quantum processors
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Microsoft & OpenAI consider $100bn, 5GW 'Stargate' AI data center - report
Enormous supercomputer could launch in 2028
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DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to become Microsoft's head of consumer AI
And takes most of Inflection AI startup with him, putting GPU cluster at risk
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Microsoft partners with Mistral AI in Azure supercomputing deal
Appears similar to arrangement with OpenAI
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AI needs energy breakthroughs including fusion, says OpenAI's Sam Altman
He's also after more nuclear fission along with solar plus storage
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Microsoft and PNNL use AI and HPC for battery materials research
Whittles materials down to just a few options, one in prototype
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HMRC signs £4.4m mainframe deal with Kyndryl
Kyndryl will manage a "proportion" of HMRC's mainframe services
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Microsoft develops HPC AI infrastructure platform for Petronas
Malaysian energy provider looking to improve efficiency with AI
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Microsoft is developing an 'Athena' AI chip for large-language models
Already being tested by OpenAI
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DCD Magazine out now: What generative AI means for data centers, supercomputers, & the cloud
A deep dive into the next wave of compute
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DARPA announces utility-scale quantum computing partnerships
Money and help for "underexplored" quantum avenues
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UK gov paid Atos £24 million to settle Met Office supercomputer lawsuit
French company said procurement process was flawed after missing out on £1 billion contract