The Barcelona Supercomputing Center’s AI Factory took center stage at Mobile World Congress’s 4YFN showcase, unveiling a catalog of 24 AI‑driven services organized into six strategic pillars. By January 2026 the factory had already delivered 505 services, trained 314 participants and evaluated 92 EuroHPC initiatives, aiming to serve 2,000 clients with 3,000 services by March 2028. The booth featured 16 partner startups presenting solutions in health, quantum computing, urban intelligence and sustainability, alongside an interactive climate‑digital‑twin experience. The event underscored BSC’s role in translating supercomputing excellence into commercial AI impact across Europe.
Welinq and Pasqal have deepened their partnership to accelerate networked quantum computing using neutral‑atom processors. Backed by a €4 million InterQo grant from Île‑de‑France Region and BPI France, the two firms will integrate photonic interconnects into Pasqal’s QPUs and deploy Welinq’s...
Xanadu Quantum Technologies and Mitsubishi Chemical have published a pre‑print detailing quantum simulation algorithms aimed at improving extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, a key step in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. The approach models the quantum‑driven radiation‑induced blur that limits pattern fidelity, using...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched the Next Generation Data Centers Institute (NGDCI) to tackle the exploding electricity demand of AI‑driven data centers. The institute will combine ORNL’s strengths in energy science, high‑performance computing, cybersecurity and grid research to make...
Broadcom announced the start of shipments for the industry’s first 2nm custom compute SoC built on its 3.5D eXtreme Dimension System in Package (XDSiP) platform. The chip leverages Face‑to‑Face (F2F) 3D integration to combine 2.5D and 3D‑IC techniques, delivering unprecedented...
CIQ announced Rocky Linux from CIQ Pro (RLC Pro), a commercially supported Enterprise Linux subscription that bundles long‑term support, FIPS 140‑3 validation, indemnification and direct bug‑fix services. The offering targets AI, high‑performance computing and regulated industries, promising 3‑5 year lifecycle stability without forced...
Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has doubled the high‑memory CPU nodes on its Setonix system from eight to sixteen, each equipped with dual 64‑core AMD EPYC 7763 processors and 1 TB of shared RAM. The expansion responds to a user‑survey‑identified demand for...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers unveiled a thermodynamic computing prototype that harnesses thermal noise to generate simple images, mimicking generative AI behavior. By exploiting fluctuations instead of suppressing them, the system flips conventional digital logic and operates via Langevin dynamics....
Silicon photonics is emerging as a viable alternative to copper interconnects for high‑performance computing (HPC) systems that power agentic AI workloads. Nvidia’s NVL72 uses copper‑based NVLink, but its bandwidth and latency are straining under next‑generation inference demands. French startup Scintil...
Supermicro unveiled its MicroBlade platform, the industry’s first blade server built around AMD’s EPYC 4005 series and delivering the highest compute density on the market. The 6U chassis can host up to 40 nodes, while a standard 48U rack can...
NCC Croatia partnered with Lürssen Design Centre Kvarner to embed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and high‑performance computing (HPC) into superyacht ventilation design. Engineers received hands‑on training and used OpenFOAM on NCC’s supercomputer to model a real‑world duct network. The simulations...
Ciena introduced the Vesta 200 6.4T CPX, a pluggable co‑packaged optical (CPO) engine that delivers the industry’s highest density and up to 70% lower power consumption. The module supports 200 Gb/s per lane, retimer‑free linear‑drive operation and a 20 dB electrical loss budget, enabling...
Simon Fraser University has signed memoranda of understanding with Cerio, Corix and Moment Energy to deepen the sustainability of its Cedar Supercomputing Centre, Canada’s most powerful academic HPC system. The centre already runs on clean hydroelectric power and boasts a...
Marvell Technology announced it will showcase a PCIe 8.0 SerDes operating at 256 GT/s during DesignCon 2026 in Santa Clara. The demo, presented at booth #904, uses the TE Connectivity AdrenaLINE Catapult connector and the Alaska P PCIe 6.0 retimer platform. PCIe 8.0, slated for finalization...
QEC4QEA, a new Quantum Excellence Centre funded by EuroHPC JU and Horizon Europe, receives roughly €4.9 million to accelerate quantum‑enhanced application development across Europe. The centre links end‑users with quantum developers, experts and computing providers, offering guidance, tools, training and hybrid quantum‑HPC resources....
Cadence announced the completion of its acquisition of Hexagon AB’s Design and Engineering (D&E) business for an approximate €2.7 billion, paid 70% in cash and 30% in Cadence stock. The deal expands Cadence’s multiphysics portfolio and positions it to leverage the...
Aliro announced a $15 million oversubscribed funding round led by Gutbrain Ventures, with participation from Cisco Investments, Argon Ventures, and Wonderstone Ventures, the corporate VC of Murata. The capital will support expanded deployments and ecosystem partnerships for its physics‑based network...