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  • IBM to Launch Weather Forecasting Model; Mary Glackin Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Launch Weather Forecasting Model; Mary Glackin Quoted

    IBM and its subsidiary The Weather Co. plan to launch this year a weather forecasting model that could have potential applications in the federal government, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. The Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting system is designed to generate short-term weather predictions worldwide by analyzing data from smartphones, aircraft-based sensors and other data sources using POWER9 processors.

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  • IBM Designs Server for AI Workload Processing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Designs Server for AI Workload Processing

    IBM has unveiled a new server platform designed to help enterprise customers process and manage data-intensive artificial intelligence and cognitive computing workloads. AC922 Power Systems are built with IBM’s POWER9 processor and designed to accelerate training on deep learning processes by approximately four times, the company said Dec. 5. The processor currently powers the Energy Department‘s high-performance […] More

  • IBM-Mellanox-Nvidia Team Aims to Complete New DOE Supercomputers in Early 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM-Mellanox-Nvidia Team Aims to Complete New DOE Supercomputers in Early 2018

    A team composed of IBM, Nvidia and Mellanox is scheduled to complete the development of two supercomputing machines at the Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories early next year. The alliance is working to build ORNL’s Summit and LLNL’s Sierra computers through a $325 million project DOE awarded in late 2014. Dave Turek, vice president of exascale systems […] More

  • IBM Unit to Build Supercomputer-Based Global Storm-Scale Forecast Model With UCAR, NCAR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Unit to Build Supercomputer-Based Global Storm-Scale Forecast Model With UCAR, NCAR

    An IBM business has teamed up with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research to develop a global model designed to predict hurricanes, thunderstorms and other weather patterns at both regional and local scales. IBM’s The Weather Company will combine its experience in meteorological science with NCAR’s community model for […] More