Nicole Hemsoth Prickett, Author at The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/author/nicole/ In-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:04:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.nextplatform.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-PlatformStack-150x150.jpg Nicole Hemsoth Prickett, Author at The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/author/nicole/ 32 32 86113652 Ford Lead Says HPC, GPUs, AI Are Keys to Driving Progress https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/22/ford-lead-says-hpc-gpus-ai-are-keys-to-driving-progress/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/22/ford-lead-says-hpc-gpus-ai-are-keys-to-driving-progress/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:04:26 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145046 Like all auto manufacturers, Ford is pursuing what can only be described as a profound digital transformation. …

Ford Lead Says HPC, GPUs, AI Are Keys to Driving Progress was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/22/ford-lead-says-hpc-gpus-ai-are-keys-to-driving-progress/feed/ 0 145046 NSF Comes to SC24 With Money Map, AI Blueprint https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/22/nsf-comes-to-sc24-with-money-map-ai-blueprint/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/22/nsf-comes-to-sc24-with-money-map-ai-blueprint/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:09:41 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145039 You’d be forgiven for thinking the annual Supercomputing Conference (SC24) was a global AI-specific event this year. …

NSF Comes to SC24 With Money Map, AI Blueprint was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/22/nsf-comes-to-sc24-with-money-map-ai-blueprint/feed/ 1 145039 Cloud-Based HPC To Improve Performance And Save Resources https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/02/13/head-cloud-based-hpc-to-improve-performance-and-save-resources/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/02/13/head-cloud-based-hpc-to-improve-performance-and-save-resources/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:07:11 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143647 PARTNER CONTENT: Trillion-dollar industries are exploring new ways of increasing high performance computing (HPC) performance, while saving resources and reducing costs. …

Cloud-Based HPC To Improve Performance And Save Resources was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/02/13/head-cloud-based-hpc-to-improve-performance-and-save-resources/feed/ 2 143647 What’s Inside China’s New Homegrown “Tianhe Xingyi” Supercomputer? https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/06/everything-we-know-about-chinas-new-tianhe-xingyi-supercomputer-at-guangzhou/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/06/everything-we-know-about-chinas-new-tianhe-xingyi-supercomputer-at-guangzhou/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 19:13:59 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143370 China is using a domestic processor as the backbone for double the performance of the Tianhe-2 system, which topped the Top 500 starting in 2013 and running through late 2015 before being overshadowed by the Sunway system in recent years. …

What’s Inside China’s New Homegrown “Tianhe Xingyi” Supercomputer? was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/06/everything-we-know-about-chinas-new-tianhe-xingyi-supercomputer-at-guangzhou/feed/ 5 143370 Finding NeMo Features for Fresh LLM Building Boost https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/05/finding-nemo-features-for-fresh-llm-building-boost/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/05/finding-nemo-features-for-fresh-llm-building-boost/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2023 18:00:17 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143351 This week Nvidia shared details about upcoming updates to its platform for building, tuning, and deploying generative AI models. …

Finding NeMo Features for Fresh LLM Building Boost was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/05/finding-nemo-features-for-fresh-llm-building-boost/feed/ 2 143351 The Bespoke Supercomputing Architecture That Stood the Test of Time https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/04/the-bespoke-supercomputing-architecture-that-stood-test-of-time/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/04/the-bespoke-supercomputing-architecture-that-stood-test-of-time/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2023 20:15:22 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143347 In the history of computing, there has been an endless push and pull between the need for general-purpose versus fine-tuned custom systems and software. …

The Bespoke Supercomputing Architecture That Stood the Test of Time was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/04/the-bespoke-supercomputing-architecture-that-stood-test-of-time/feed/ 7 143347 Meta Sees Little Risk in RISC-V Custom Accelerators https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/01/meta-sees-little-risk-in-risc-v-with-custom-accelerators/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/01/meta-sees-little-risk-in-risc-v-with-custom-accelerators/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:00:29 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143330 Many have waited years to hear someone like Prahlad Venkatapuram, Senior Director of Engineering at Meta, say what came out this week at the RISC-V Summit:

“We’ve identified that RISC-V is the way to go for us moving forward for all the products we have in the roadmap. …

Meta Sees Little Risk in RISC-V Custom Accelerators was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/01/meta-sees-little-risk-in-risc-v-with-custom-accelerators/feed/ 4 143330 Arrow Hits the Mark for Petabyte-Class Analytics Problems https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/11/30/arrow-hits-the-mark-for-petabyte-class-analytics-problems/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/11/30/arrow-hits-the-mark-for-petabyte-class-analytics-problems/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:19:14 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143327 When we first talked to Voltron Data following their launch in early 2022, we had to take care to explain why Apache Arrow was worth paying attention to and why it might warrant the level of enterprise support the startup promised. …

Arrow Hits the Mark for Petabyte-Class Analytics Problems was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/11/30/arrow-hits-the-mark-for-petabyte-class-analytics-problems/feed/ 1 143327 Billion-Dollar AI Promise a Bright Spot in Gloomy Quarter for Cisco https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/11/16/billion-dollar-ai-promise-a-bright-spot-in-gloomy-quarter-for-cisco/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/11/16/billion-dollar-ai-promise-a-bright-spot-in-gloomy-quarter-for-cisco/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:06:46 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143266 Cisco navigated a rocky road in its first quarter of the year as evidenced by the dips in share price for the networking giant this morning. …

Billion-Dollar AI Promise a Bright Spot in Gloomy Quarter for Cisco was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/11/16/billion-dollar-ai-promise-a-bright-spot-in-gloomy-quarter-for-cisco/feed/ 2 143266 Sky-High Hurdles, Clouded Judgements for IaaS at Exascale https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/09/27/sky-high-hurdles-clouded-judgements-for-iaas-at-exascale/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/09/27/sky-high-hurdles-clouded-judgements-for-iaas-at-exascale/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:49:07 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143047 Back in 2009, I was the editor of a mini-side publication from supercomputing magazine, HPCwire, called HPC in the Cloud. …

Sky-High Hurdles, Clouded Judgements for IaaS at Exascale was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

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