2 days agoLANL Moves Seven Production HPC Clusters to OpenCHAMI
Los Alamos National Laboratory moved seven production clusters, with more than 11,000 compute nodes, to the open-source OpenCHAMI management stack. The reported reductions in upgrade downtime and support for mixed-vendor environments point to demand for HPC integration, operations, and security expertise, but no active solicitation or contract value was disclosed.
2 days agoTexas Awards $19.1 Million for Texas Tech Semiconductor Computing Cluster
Texas announced a $19,108,579 Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant to Texas Tech University for a next-generation computing cluster in Lubbock. The grant could create downstream needs for high-performance computing infrastructure, integration, and research support, but no open solicitation or contractor award was identified.
12 days agoSaab Tests Aircraft AI on Gripen E, Eyes Future Unmanned Programs
Saab has tested in-house AI agents aboard the Gripen E and is considering their use in future aircraft programs, including unmanned systems. Sweden’s Sferical AI initiative points to domestic computing capacity as a supporting capability, but the reporting identifies no award, solicitation, funding amount, or immediate bid opportunity.
22 days agoNOAA Targets Cloud-Based Weather Computing by 2027
NOAA is shifting high-performance computing, weather-data storage and forecasting applications from on-premises systems to cloud platforms, with Google Cloud the primary provider for WCOSS modernization. The schedule points to near-term needs in cloud engineering, migration and operational support, but no solicitation, contract value or open bid opportunity has been identified.
39 days agoDOE Invests in Quantum Computing with New ORNL Pathfinder Deployment
The U.S. Department of Energy has deployed a 20-qubit IQM Quantum Computer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This deployment signals a significant federal investment aimed at enhancing quantum computing capabilities integrated with high-performance computing, paving the way for future software opportunities.
67 days agoDARPA Announces Proposers Day for Hubble Biological Research Initiatives
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is hosting a Proposers Day to discuss its Hubble project aimed at advancing biological sciences and high-performance computing. This event is a pivotal opportunity for contractors and researchers to gain insights and prepare competitive proposals ahead of funding opportunities.