Don Clark
Freelance Writer at The New York Times
More than 40 years covering tech, now freelancing on chips and enterprise tech for the New York Times--and playing a lot of music. [email protected]
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4 weeks ago |
thestar.com.my | Don Clark
SAN FRANCISCO: Scientific computing and artificial intelligence were once separate worlds, using different kinds of calculations on distinctly different hardware. But the two fields are steadily merging, as shown by a massive new machine coming to Berkeley, California. On Thursday, the Department of Energy’s laboratory near the University of California, Berkeley, said it had selected Dell Technologies to deliver its next flagship supercomputer in 2026.
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4 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Don Clark
4 hours agoUS supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific researchBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, federal officials said Thursday.
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4 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Don Clark
The new supercomputer shows the increasing desire of government labs to adopt more technologies from commercial artificial intelligence systems. Scientific computing and artificial intelligence were once separate worlds, using different kinds of calculations on distinctly different hardware. But the two fields are steadily merging, as shown by a massive new machine coming to Berkeley, Calif.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
miamiherald.com | Don Clark
SAN FRANCISCO -- SoftBank said Wednesday that it had agreed to pay $6.5 billion for the Silicon Valley chip startup Ampere Computing, doubling down on a bet that technology that originated in smartphones will come to dominate the world’s data centers. The deal also reflects the Japanese conglomerate’s belief that Ampere’s chips can begin to play a significant role in artificial intelligence, where Nvidia has reaped the most rewards.
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Mar 19, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Don Clark
SoftBank said it would operate Ampere as a wholly owned subsidiary under its own name. The sale comes amid a flurry of deals and shifting alliances driven by a furious demand for the chips used to power A.I. applications such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. SoftBank, in particular, has announced a series of transactions in a bid to play a bigger role in the field.
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My colleague Adam Satariano got to visit ASML's headquarters and ask how it feels to be in so many politicians' crosshairs: https://t.co/IZjWadXJoy
Fun with Jensen Huang in Berkeley: https://t.co/gtSVs3wFdn
Intel also admitted that customers said its vaunted 18A production process is not cutting it for many of them, so Intel will offer a modified version of 18A and also use customer input to make its later 14A process better