Nvidia announced its new Vera Rubin superchip platform at CES 2026, featuring six new chips designed for large-scale AI computing, aimed at hyperscalers like Microsoft and Google. The chips are expected to improve AI efficiency significantly, with the Vera Rubin superchip combining a CPU and GPUs. While the release date remains uncertain, Nvidia assured the chips will launch later this year, marking a major development in AI hardware.
A new study using supercomputers has produced the most detailed simulations to date of how stellar-mass black holes consume and eject matter, incorporating complex physics and general relativity, revealing insights into the behavior of accretion disks, jets, and magnetic fields around black holes.
A new study using supercomputers has produced the most detailed simulations to date of how stellar-mass black holes consume and eject matter, incorporating complex physics and general relativity, which could also apply to supermassive black holes and help explain recent astronomical observations.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang highlighted a partnership with the Energy Department to build supercomputers and credited former President Trump for advocating manufacturing and AI advancements, emphasizing national security and job creation. Huang also plans to meet with Trump in South Korea amid international tech and economic events.
AMD has secured a $1 billion deal in the U.S. to supply energy solutions for next-generation supercomputers, highlighting its growing role in high-performance computing infrastructure.
AMD has partnered with the US Department of Energy to develop two new supercomputers, Lux and Discovery, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with a $1 billion investment aimed at advancing AI and scientific research.
Google's Quantum AI team reports that their quantum processor, Willow, ran a complex physics algorithm called Quantum Echoes, based on Out-of-Time-Order Correlators (OTOCs), which solved a real-world problem thousands of times faster than the world's most powerful supercomputers, marking a significant step toward practical quantum advantage.
Google announced a breakthrough in quantum computing by developing an algorithm that outperforms supercomputers in a specific task, marking a significant milestone towards practical quantum applications, though widespread use is still years away due to hardware limitations.
NASA and Japanese researchers used supercomputers to estimate that Earth's surface will become uninhabitable for all life by around the year 1,000,002,021, due to the sun's increasing heat, with humans facing earlier environmental collapse from climate change and atmospheric changes. The study emphasizes the importance of preparing for Earth's eventual uninhabitability, including exploring space colonization options.
Scientists using supercomputers through the EQSIM project are simulating earthquake dynamics with unprecedented detail, revealing that smaller quakes can sometimes cause more damage than larger ones due to geological factors, and providing critical data to improve infrastructure resilience and disaster preparedness in earthquake-prone areas.
NASA-supported research using supercomputers has revealed that melting glaciers in Greenland, particularly the Jakobshavn Glacier, are releasing nutrients that boost phytoplankton growth, which could impact marine food webs and carbon cycling, with broader implications for understanding climate change effects on ocean ecosystems worldwide.
The article explores America's secret nuclear weapons labs, detailing how advanced experiments like laser fusion at NIF and powerful supercomputers like El Capitan are used to maintain and develop nuclear arsenals, especially as testing is restricted, highlighting the technological and strategic importance of these facilities in modern deterrence and energy research.
Nvidia is advancing its role in scientific and quantum computing by building supercomputers and AI labs worldwide, including Europe's fastest exascale supercomputer and a new AI lab in the UK, aiming to accelerate scientific discovery and industrial innovation.
The 65th TOP500 list highlights the continued dominance of the El Capitan supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as the top system, with the US leading in Exascale systems alongside Frontier and Aurora. The list also features new advancements like the JUPITER Booster in Germany and updates on energy efficiency and benchmark performance, reflecting ongoing progress in high-performance computing.
Physicists used antimatter, supercomputers, and giant magnets to resolve a 20-year-old mystery about the muon's magnetism, which could have indicated new physics related to dark matter. Recent experiments and simulations have clarified the discrepancy, but the question of potential new particles like the dark photon remains open, offering clues about dark matter.
