The Ultimate Guide to High Performance Computing
A curated Kiwi edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for High Performance Computing (HPC).
What to know about High Performance Computing
High Performance Computing (HPC) is a field that focuses on using advanced computing technologies to solve complex problems and process vast amounts of data rapidly. It encompasses the design and deployment of powerful computing systems, including supercomputers and specialized hardware, to support applications ranging from scientific research and AI development to data analytics and industrial simulations.
Exploring this tag reveals the latest innovations, partnerships, and breakthroughs in hardware, software, and infrastructure that drive HPC forward. Readers can learn about advancements in AI integration, data centre efficiency, cooling technologies, and collaborative efforts among leading technology companies. Staying informed about HPC developments provides insight into how cutting-edge computing power is shaping industries and enabling new capabilities across diverse fields.
Kiwi High Performance Computing News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Earth Sciences NZ unveils AI supercomputer to boost climate resilience
Earth Sciences New Zealand launches Cascade, an HPE AI supercomputer boosting weather forecasting with triple computational power and green tech for climate resilience.
Asia Pacific at the forefront of AI development
Asia Pacific firms are moving from pilots to GenAI scale-up, with talent shortages and data governance now the main brakes on returns.
Healthcare hurries to get ahead of AI disruption
About two thirds of Asia Pacific healthcare firms expect generative AI to disrupt their business models within 18 months.
Wellington supercomputing conference aims to ignite innovation
This month will see some of the most recognised authorities in computing converging in Wellington for the 5th Multicore World event.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to High Performance Computing
Data centre power market set to hit USD $70.94bn by 2034
Vultr adds AMD MI455X GPU & Helios rackscale support
Google tops Gartner's AI infrastructure magic quadrant
Neocloud providers set to grab AI cloud market share
Frost & Sullivan honours Fujitsu's quantum-inspired tech
Featured News
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
Renewed AI spending is boosting demand for Dell's secure, certified infrastructure as companies chase faster deployment and lower cloud costs.
Expert Columns
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
How Formula 1 turns data & cyber security into speed
Beyond silicon: AMD evolves AI processor performance, makes play for investment trillions
Recent High Performance Computing News
Zapata partners QuEra to develop quantum use cases
Enterprise users could gain a clearer path to quantum applications as Zapata and QuEra work to bridge today's hardware gap before fault-tolerant systems arrive.
Datagrid secures Transpower gear for Southland AI site
A Southland data centre project has moved ahead as Transpower secures long-lead equipment to help Datagrid meet a late-2027 commissioning target.
Fujitsu launches Uvance Wayfinders consulting in Oceania
Pressure is mounting on advisers in Australia and New Zealand as Fujitsu moves to tie strategy to delivery and win more transformation work.
QumulusAI lands Blackwell GPU deal with hedge fund
The deal ties QumulusAI's returns to a hedge fund's trading gains, adding profit sharing to standard compute fees and heightening revenue risk.
Amazon launches runtime instances for Bedrock agents
Production AI agents on Bedrock can now share sessions for up to 14 days, making long-running workflows easier to run and coordinate.
NVIDIA expands open world models for physical AI development
Open models matter because robots and vehicles need task-specific tuning, and Nvidia is betting on Cosmos 3 to fill that data gap.
Sharon AI lifts contract value to USD $8.8 billion
Revenue rose sharply but the Australian AI infrastructure group's loss widened after a USD $400.4 million non-cash hit, despite stronger cash reserves.
Mirendil taps Google Cloud AI hypercomputer for research
The startup gains faster access to scarce AI compute as it prepares to scale model training across both TPU and Nvidia systems.
Runware launches modular AI inference pods in weeks
The modular units aim to ease AI compute bottlenecks by bringing 1 megawatt of capacity online in weeks, not years.
Nvidia opens cuFile APIs to speed AI storage access
The open-source move could cut latency to microseconds as AI systems increasingly need storage to act like part of the compute path.
Bitzero adds Vertiv to data centre partner network
The partnership is meant to ease power and cooling bottlenecks as AI data centre demand forces operators to secure specialist systems earlier.
Sharon AI signs USD $373 million cloud deal in Australia
Most of Sharon AI's Australian AI Factory capacity is now spoken for, with revenue from the USD $373 million deal due from early 2027.
Google expands AI infrastructure with Lustre & C4N
The upgrades are aimed at easing bottlenecks for large AI and machine learning deployments, with clusters now scaling to 15,000 nodes.
Stealthium & Tenstorrent add AI runtime visibility
Enterprises running AI on specialised hardware could gain better control and security as the firms target a visibility gap in runtime operations.
Vertiv marks 10 years of Asia partner summit in Johor
AI and data centre demand is forcing Vertiv's Asian resellers to rethink sales plans as the group marked a decade of partner summits in Johor.
NVIDIA deploys Vera CPU to speed chip design tools
Chip design checks could run up to 50% faster after early tests with Cadence and Synopsys tools on NVIDIA's Vera CPU.
VAST & AMD expand AI inference infrastructure tie-up
The tie-up is aimed at helping cloud providers cut inference costs and improve GPU efficiency as AI demand shifts beyond model training.
Google Cloud time-slices accelerators for RL training
Large language model post-training could get cheaper as idle accelerator time is cut from about 60% to 30% in early tests.
AMD unveils Helios rack-scale AI compute portfolio
Helios racks and new Instinct chips put AMD deeper into AI infrastructure as it courts major customers and challenges Nvidia.
Speedata deploys Arteris FlexNoC in Callisto & Andromeda
The deal underpins Speedata's bid to cut server counts and costs in data-preparation and ETL workloads as analytics chips get more specialised.