1. The document discusses the top 5 stories highlighting what's hot in high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). The stories include new CPUs from Intel and AMD providing upgrades for data centers, a new Australian supercomputer using NVIDIA GPUs for deep learning capabilities, NVIDIA's Volta GPUs powering HPC and AI, a partnership between NVIDIA and Atlassian to build Europe's largest AI accelerator, and new quick start guides for GPU-accelerated applications like Abaqus and MXNet.

1. HPC TOP 5 STORIES
Weekly Insights into the World of
High Performance Computing

2. HPC AND AI HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR
GROUNDBREAKING DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE,
MEDICINE, AND OTHER FIELDS…

3. PROVING THAT AI IS THE FUTURE OF
SUPERCOMPUTING…

4. HERE ARE THE “TOP FIVE’ STORIES
HIGHLIGHTING WHAT’S HOT IN HPC AND AI
TOP 5

5. TOP 5
1. Intel, AMD Just Delivered Two Great Reasons to Upgrade Your Data Center
2. New Supercomputer Brings Deep Learning Capabilities to CSIRO
3. NVIDIA Volta GPUs Power HPC & AI at ISC 2017
4. NVIDIA and Atlassian to Power Europe’s Largest AI Accelerator
5. New GPU Ready App Quick Start Guides: Abaqus Standard and MXNet

6. INTEL, AMD JUST DELIVERED TWO GREAT REASONS TO
UPGRADE YOUR DATA CENTER
Think of it as a multiple choice test, with no wrong
answers. Intel last week launched its new Skylake Xeon
CPUs. AMD last month launched their next-generation
EPYC CPU. These are both great options that strengthen
the case for upgrading your server infrastructure now.
Whichever path you choose, the latest CPU
improvements bring a boost to the value of accelerated
computing. Fast CPUs let the work that should be done
on serial processors get done quickly and not be limiting
to the overall application performance.
This allows your GPU to handle all the number crunching
without being held up.
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7. NEW SUPERCOMPUTER BRINGS DEEP LEARNING
CAPABILITIES TO CSIRO
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Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization (CSIRO) has deployed a Dell EMC
supercomputer outfitted with NVIDIA’s P100 GPUs. The
system, known as “Bracewell,” will nearly double the
computational power available to CSIRO researchers.
The new machine was built by Dell EMC for $4 million,
and is comprised of 114 PowerEdge C4130 servers
hooked together with EDR InfiniBand. Aggregate
memory across the entire system is 29 TB. Each server is
equipped with four NVIDA P100 GPUs and two Intel Xeon
14-core CPUs. The GPUs alone represent over 2.4
petaflops of peak performance.
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8. NVIDIA VOLTA GPUS POWER HPC & AI AT ISC 2017
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In this video from ISC 2017, Keith Morris from NVIDIA
describes how the company’s next-generation Volta GPU
technology will drive HPC and AI applications to new levels of
performance.
“AI is not defined by any one industry. It exists in fields of
supercomputing, healthcare, financial services, big data
analytics, and gaming. It is the future of every industry and
market because every enterprise needs intelligence, and the
engine of AI is the NVIDIA GPU computing platform. NVIDIA
Volta is the new driving force behind artificial intelligence.
Volta will fuel breakthroughs in every industry. Humanity’s
moonshots like eradicating cancer, intelligent customer
experiences, and self-driving vehicles are within reach of this
next era of AI.”

9. NVIDIA AND ATLASSIAN TO POWER EUROPE’S LARGEST
AI ACCELERATOR
Europe-focused accelerator Rockstart has confirmed
that graphics processing giant Nvidia, Atlassian and
Volksbank, as well as Jheronimus Academy of Data
Science, are among partners at its new accelerator.
Last month, we reported that Rockstart was about to
kick off an AI-focused accelerator in the Dutch city of
Den Bosch, with generous supports for European start-
ups.
‘AI is the greatest technology force in human history –
it’s already impacting every industry and application’
– SERGE LEMONDE
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10. NEW GPU READY APP QUICK START GUIDES:
ABAQUS STANDARD AND MXNET
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The NVIDIA GPU-Ready App Quick Start Guides
helps you get up and running fast on GPUs with
a simple set of instructions for a wide range of
accelerated applications. We work directly with
respective application developers to ensure
that we deliver simple and optimized
instructions.
Abaqus/Standard runs up to 3.7X faster on
NVIDIA GPU accelerated systems compared to
CPU-only systems and MXNet is also accelerated
by NVIDIA Pascal GPUs.
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