Tag: Supercomputer

Canberra weighs refresh of Australia’s ageing supercomputer fleet

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s top science and technology advisers are finalising advice on Australia’s high performance computing and data needs amid warnings that local researchers are now begging international partners...

Australia and Japan team on hybrid quantum research

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian and Japanese researchers will collaborate on quantum-classical computing using some of the world’s fastest systems under a new tie-up announced on Thursday. The deal commits the nations to...

Defence’s powerful new supercomputer comes online

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new Defence supercomputer almost a decade in the making is now up and running in Adelaide, delivering machine learning and AI capabilities to defence scientists. Defence declared the...

Scientists push government for $2bn supercomputing plan

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s top science body is ramping up pressure on the federal government to commit to a multi-billion dollar, decade-long overhaul of the country’s “oversubscribed” and near end-of-life supercomputers. The...

BoM’s new supercomputer comes online as IT overhaul ends

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s new supercomputer for weather forecasting has gone live, with the Bureau of Meteorology bringing the system into service after experiencing delays related to its seven-year IT overhaul. Australis...

DUG digs deep to solve supercomputing disruptions

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Perth-based company DUG was on the hunt for a way to make its supercomputers more environmentally-friendly and efficient. The company had designed and operated a network of some of...

A leading nation needs supercomputing to match

Posted on   |  by Mark Stickells
Australia is blessed with many natural and human resources and often our geology and agricultural productivity has been the backbone of our economy. But modern economies, and indeed societies,...

Pawsey’s $48 million supercomputer ‘step change’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Western Australia has unveiled the first stage of a $48 million public research supercomputer billed as the fastest in the Southern Hemisphere. Early adopter...