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Lees meerExec in charge laments that in defence HPC down under, you can hire a veteran expert for a web dev’s salary Australia’s Defence Science Technology Group will bring a new supercomputer online in the second half of 2024,but when The Register asked for…
Lees meerEmployees feel frustrated by lack of communication and bosses' inability to tell them which offices are open Exclusive Dell's "return to office" mandate has left employees confused about which offices they can use and the future of their jobs – and…
Lees meerHPC satellites less about world domination, more high availability for comms Italy's Ministry of Defense is exploring a "military space cloud" and has commissioned state-backed aerospace contractor Leonardo to test the concept.…
Lees meerWham, bam, hello MRAM, FERAM, and ReRAM Persistent memories can or will soon match DRAM in terms of speed, which could see it eventually replaced in many applications if one of these technologies can scale up and bring the costs down.…
Lees meerMeanwhile, Intel looks set to bag more than $10B GlobalFoundries is pocketing $1.5 billion in CHIPS and Science Act funding from the US government to ensure continued supply of the chips it makes for the automotive, communications, and defense indus…
Lees meerApple ousts Samsung as the people's choice in Q4, and the words 'refresh' and 'cycle' are whispered for 2024 Apple topped the European smartphone marketplace in Q4 as local shoppers opted to buy premium priced handsets.…
Lees meerSpace scarcity and soaring build costs send rent through the roof Demand for datacenter space in Europe outstripped supply in 2023, with hyperscalers snapping up much of the available capacity and construction of new facilities hampered by difficult…
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Lees meerAcademy of Science calls for exascale system, which would cost more than current budgets for all supers Australia needs an exascale computer system, and a refresh of its current HPC fleet, but lacks a plan or the budget for either – and can't expect…
Lees meerIt'll have 10K GPUs! No, 4,608! Err... 2,816? Analysis Nvidia can't seem to make up its mind just how big its Eos supercomputer is.…
Lees meerNetCo hoping to eat some of the pie by opening network plumbing to ISPs UK telco Virgin Media is opening up its fixed line broadband networks to other internet service providers (ISPs) for the first time, setting up a rival national infrastructure p…
Lees meerExpect it to be stable in June, ready for release sometime after July Google has delivered the first developer preview of Android 15.…
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Lees meer3 in 5 workers getting strict orders to return to office and something is going to give If some of you think management started to tighten the screws on return to office this year then you aren't alone – three in five workers say they are feeling th…
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Lees meerRackscale system can be had with up to 2,048 cores, 32TB of RAM, and nearly a petabyte of flash Analysis Over the past few years we've seen a number of OEMs, including Dell, HPE, and others trying to make on-prem datacenters look and feel more like…
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