# ssd (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ssd. Page: Feed: --- ## [Argonne: Making LLMs Safer for Scientific Applications](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/argonne-making-llms-safer-for-scientific-applications/) _2026-08-21 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ New framework lays the groundwork for secure scientific AI. Aug. 21, 2026 — Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly becoming capable of acting as ​“AI scientists,” helping manage many stages of the research process — from experiment design and data analysis to interpreting results and drafting publications. As these systems take on larger roles in scientific \[…\] The post Argonne: Making LLMs… ## [LRZ Brings TPC26 Conference to Europe with Garching Satellite Event](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/lrz-brings-tpc26-conference-to-europe-with-garching-satellite-event/) _2026-08-21 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ Aug. 21, 2026 — On June 2, 2026, the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Garching, Germany, hosted the TPC26 Satellite Event, bringing the Trillion Parameter Consortium (TPC) annual conference closer to the European AI for science community. The event gave researchers, practitioners, industry representatives and research organizations from across Europe the opportunity to engage with the \[…\]… ## [UC San Diego Receives DOE Genesis Mission Award to Fund New Scientific AI Tools](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/uc-san-diego-receives-doe-genesis-mission-award-to-fund-new-scientific-ai-tools/) _2026-08-21 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ Aug. 21, 2026 — University of California San Diego researchers will lead one of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) new Genesis Mission projects focused on accelerating fundamental physics and quantum computing by deploying intelligent AI agents. Aobo Li, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at the Halıcıoğlu \[…\] The post UC San Diego… ## [SUNY Poly Partners with Rice on NSF Autonomous Laboratory Initiative](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/suny-poly-partners-with-rice-on-nsf-autonomous-laboratory-initiative/) _2026-08-21 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ Aug. 21, 2026 — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) is playing a key role in a new national research initiative led by Rice University, which has received a $19.9 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project will use artificial intelligence, robotics, and cloud-based laboratories to accelerate the discovery and manufacturing of next-generation electronic \[…\] The post… ## [It’s Not an HPC System, But Cerebras’ New CS-4 Is An AI Monster](https://www.hpcwire.com/2026/08/20/its-not-an-hpc-system-but-cerebras-new-cs-4-is-an-ai-monster/) _2026-08-20 · Alex Woodie · HPCwire_ Cerebras builds the biggest, most powerful chips in the industry with its Wafer Scale Engine 3, and so it’s not surprising to see that the company dunking on GPU makers with the CS-4 system it officially unveiled this week. The CS-4 is a veritable monster, with 750 PFLOPS of AI compute and 129.6 petabytes per \[…\] The post It’s Not an HPC System, But Cerebras’ New CS-4 Is An AI Monster appeared… ## [What Hyperscalers Should Know About CXL](https://www.hpcwire.com/2026/08/20/what-hyperscalers-should-know-about-cxl/) _2026-08-20 · Jin Kim · HPCwire_ The AI infrastructure conversation has shifted as AI inference becomes a larger part of workloads around the world. The cost of compute is no longer the only constraint. The real bottleneck is increasingly memory, as supply is tightening into 2027, if not longer, according to Counterpoint Research. HBM remains expensive and capacity-limited. Scaling out with \[…\] The post What Hyperscalers Should… ## [Micron Establishes Boise Research Hub for Memory and AI](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/micron-to-build-10b-memory-research-network-based-in-boise/) _2026-08-20 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 20, 2026 — Micron Technology, Inc. today unveiled Micron Research Labs, a U.S.-based long-horizon premier research institution headquartered in Boise and backed by a planned $10 billion investment over the next decade. Building on Micron’s technology and manufacturing leadership, the new hub will bring together customers, academia, government and the broader semiconductor \[…\]… ## [DOE Selects Fermilab-led AI Initiative to Advance Particle Accelerator Performance](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/doe-selects-fermilab-led-ai-initiative-to-advance-particle-accelerator-performance/) _2026-08-20 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ Aug. 20, 2026 — In a project selected for funding by the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and partners from other national laboratories, universities and industry will apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable precise and adaptive resonance control in particle accelerators. Their work aims to lower operating costs by millions \[…\] The… ## [ORNL: Quantum Computing User Forum Highlights Advances in Research](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/ornl-quantum-computing-user-forum-highlights-advances-in-quantum-research/) _2026-08-20 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ Annual forum highlights ORNL’s leadership in advancing hybrid quantum-HPC technologies and building the future quantum computing workforce Aug. 20, 2026 — Researchers, software developers and technology leaders from across the global quantum computing ecosystem gathered at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in July for the seventh annual Quantum Computing User… ## [NCSA Joins iDLab Effort to Simplify Access to Supercomputing Resources](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/ncsa-joins-idlab-effort-to-simplify-access-to-supercomputing-resources/) _2026-08-20 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ Aug. 20, 2026 — The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is one of five institutions assisting a new national initiative headed by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to “create a unified environment for research computing, data and scientific applications across several U.S. National Science Foundation-supported national computing centers and two cloud platforms.”… ## [100,000 Bonus Points Await You (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MAE2g37c4W7r) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. ## [Cloudera and NVIDIA Partner to Lower Cloud Compute Spend and Accelerate Apache Spark Pipelines](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/cloudera-and-nvidia-partner-to-lower-cloud-compute-spend-and-accelerate-apache-spark-pipelines/) _2026-08-20 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ New NVIDIA GPU acceleration for Apache Spark in Cloudera Data Engineering delivers zero-code performance gains, lower cloud costs, and faster AI-ready data pipelines SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 — Cloudera today announced native GPU acceleration for Apache Spark 4.1 in Cloudera Data Engineering, enabled by the NVIDIA CUDA-X library, cuDF. The NVIDIA cuDF plug-in \[…\] The post Cloudera and NVIDIA… ## [SimOps Framework Reveals Strong Alignment of Open OnDemand with Simulation Operations Best Practices](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/simops-framework-reveals-strong-alignment-of-open-ondemand-with-simulation-operations-best-practices/) _2026-08-20 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 — The SimOps Foundation today announced the results of its evaluation of Open OnDemand against the SimOps Best Practices Framework. The open-source HPC access platform, developed by the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), is recognized as SimOps Compliant and joins the SimOps Software Stack for engineering simulation and High-Performance Computing (HPC). \[…\] The post… ## [Cornelis and NEC Expand Collaboration to Advance AI and HPC Infrastructure in Japan](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/cornelis-and-nec-corporation-expand-collaboration-to-advance-ai-and-hpc-infrastructure-in-japan/) _2026-08-20 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ WAYNE, Pa. and TOKYO, Aug. 20, 2026 — Cornelis and NEC Corporation have announced an expanded collaboration that builds on the companies’ successful work together in Europe and will help organizations across Japan and the broader Asia-Pacific region deploy next-generation AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure using Cornelis high-performance networking solutions. The expanded… ## [Q2B Copenhagen to Bring Global Quantum Leaders to Denmark](https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/q2b-copenhagen-to-bring-global-quantum-leaders-to-denmark/) _2026-08-20 · Andrew Jolly · HPCwire_ COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 20, 2026 — QC Ware, the organizer of Q2B conferences and a developer of computational chemistry and quantum computing software, has announced that the 2026 Q2B Copenhagen Conference will take place on September 9-10, 2026, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference is presented in joint partnership with a Danish Consortium comprising the Ministry \[…\] The post Q2B Copenhagen…