US defense contractor Northrop Grumman awarded $7m for diamond-cooled chip technology
Funding was awarded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
News - Government & Military, Charlotte Trueman, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Trump signs EO imposing 15% tariff on chip and solar panel material polysilicon
Comes into effect on December 6
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NSF plans $100m AI Infrastructure Hubs program to boost science R&D
Initiative aims to address lack of AI infrastructure access in some parts of the US
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EU puts out call for tender for seven supercomputing clusters
The Union says its ‘AI gigafactory’ project will unlock at least €20 billion in private investment
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Nvidia-powered AI supercomputer goes live at Naval Postgraduate School in California
The DGX GB300 system will support weather prediction, cybersecurity, and disaster resilience and response planning applications
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EuroHPC JU puts out call for tender for Italian industrial supercomputer dubbed Innovate
Tender has an estimated value of €11.6m
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US gov’t eases AI chip export controls on UAE following country’s support in Iran war
UAE-based companies will now have unrestricted access to purchase advanced AI chips from the US
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Chip industry group warns US government against interventionist approach to memory chip shortage
SEMI argues that policies that “distort” pricing and capacity decisions risks prolonging downturn
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Supermicro publishes open letter clarifying details of reported Taiwanese raids
Company said its office was not raided but four employees have been questioned by authorities
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Supermicro's Taiwan office raided in ongoing Nvidia smuggling probe, more employees detained by prosecutors – report
Follows announcement last month that company was working with authorities to stop illegal shipments of AI servers
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AFRL unveils 14 petaflops Flyer supercomputer
System will support the US Department of Defense
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European Commission unveils Chips Act 2.0 to further strengthen chip industry across the continent
Builds on progress made by legislation the bloc first introduced in 2023
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UCAR wins injunction against US gov’t’s attempts to transition management of Wyoming supercomputing center
Judge ruled that despite gov’t saying no final decision has been made, comments and documentation demonstrate otherwise
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Supermicro says it is working with Taiwanese authorities to stop illegal shipments of its servers to China
Collaboration resulted in the seizure of 50 servers, company claims
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Quantum startup Alice & Bob partners with LANL and others for $3.9m rare-earth-free permanent magnet project
Funding awarded under DOE’s Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry program
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University of Galway and EuroHPC JU publish invitation for tender for Irish supercomputer CASPIr
Deadline for participation requests is May 5
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China’s SMIC shipping chipmaking equipment to Iranian military – report
US-sanctioned chipmaker is believed to have been shipping tools to Iran for about a year
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Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs funds $8.1m AI supercomputer at NASK research institute
Nvidia-powered system will be available to government and enterprises
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Trump administration to launch Pax Silica-linked $4 trillion investment fund to support energy projects and chip supply chain
US gov’t will contribute $250m towards the investment
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EuroHPC JU signs contract with HPE to deploy HammerHAI supercomputer at HLRS in Stuttgart, Germany
System expected to be operational in the latter half of 2026
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Italian court suspends €47m quantum computing contract with IBM following tender process appeal
Unsuccessful bidder Tea Tek claims procedural process was unfair
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University of Wyoming to submit proposal for management of NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center
National Science Foundation would not confirm other potential candidates
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NSF to transition management of Wyoming supercomputing center to third party
Trump official previously accused research lab of being “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country”
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Applied Materials reaches $252m settlement with US gov’t over illegal shipments to Chinese chipmaker SMIC
Penalty is twice the value of the illegal shipments made by the company
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Trump considering tariff carve-out for hyperscalers linked to Taiwanese chip investments – report
The proposed agreement would allow Taiwanese companies to allocate tariff exemptions to US-based customers importing chips
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EuroHPC JU signs contract with Fsas Technologies and Telefónica for MareNostrum 5 AI Upgrade project
Installation expected to take place in the first half of 2026
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US Army Engineer R&D Center deploys supercomputer at Mississippi lab
System named after WWII Medal of Honor recipient
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US House Foreign Affairs Committee advances bill to give Congress AI chip export authority
Bipartisan legislation passed the House 42-2