Category: High Performance Computing

April 23, 2024

Quantum in Context: Quantinuum and the Quest for More 9s

Quantinuum Announced a Dramatic Improvement in Error Rates that Should Lead to Faster Adoption of Quantum Error-Correcting Codes

The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor discusses Quantinuum’s announcement of achieving better than 99.9% 2-qubit gate fidelity and what this means for quantum error correction.

Advanced Computing, Emerging Technologies, High Performance Computing, Open Source, Quantum Computing

April 17, 2024

Dr. Bob Sutor

Research Note

Quantum in Context: The Case for On-Premises Quantum Computers

The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor uses the news of IBM’s installation of a Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York to discuss why putting a quantum computing system on-premises is becoming a reasonable strategy.

Advanced Computing, Emerging Technologies, High Performance Computing, Open Source, Quantum Computing

April 11, 2024

Dr. Bob Sutor

Research Note

AI in Context: UXL to Be an Open-Source Alternative to NVIDIA’s CUDA?

The UXL Foundation Has Been Getting Attention Lately as It Plans to Provide an Open-Source Alternative to NVIDIA’s CUDA GPU Coding Platform

The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor discusses the UXL’s plan to create a “multi-architecture multi-vendor software ecosystem for all accelerators,” competing with NVIDIA’s CUDA platform for GPUs. Does it stand a chance of overcoming NVIDIA’s lead?

Advanced Computing, AI, AI and Data Analytics, High Performance Computing, Quantum Computing

April 5, 2024

Dr. Bob Sutor

Research Note

Quantum in Context: Microsoft & Quantinuum Create Real Logical Qubits

Microsoft and Quantinuum Have Clarified the Notion of a Logical Qubit and Demonstrated a True Implementation

The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor discusses Microsoft and Quantinuum’s creation of two pairs of error-corrected and entangled logical qubits.

Advanced Computing, Emerging Technologies, High Performance Computing, Quantum Computing

April 4, 2024

Dr. Bob Sutor

Analyst Insight

Quantum in Context: A Qubit Primer

Qubits Are the Physical Instantiation of the Units of Information in Quantum Computers—This Article Introduces the Key Ideas and Concepts of Qubits

The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor demystifies the ideas and terminology involving quantum bits, aka qubits.

Advanced Computing, Emerging Technologies, High Performance Computing, Quantum Computing

March 27, 2024

Dr. Bob Sutor

Research Note

Quantum in Context: Extreme Software Optimization with Superstaq

The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor recounts the webinar he hosted of Infleqtion’s software team members discussing how their Superstaq product performs optimization of quantum circuits and applications to run significantly faster on quantum hardware.

Advanced Computing, Emerging Technologies, High Performance Computing, Quantum Computing

March 25, 2024

Dr. Bob Sutor

Research Note

Quantum in Context: Quantum Software Development Kit Qiskit Turns 1.0

The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor examines the recent release of the Qiskit 1.0 quantum software development kit and discusses its importance for enabling applications on the next generation of quantum computing systems.

Advanced Computing, Emerging Technologies, High Performance Computing, Open Source, Quantum Computing

March 1, 2024

Olivier Blanchard

Research Note

HP Q1 2024 Earnings: The Calm Before the Start of the AI PC Supercycle

HP Q1 2024 Earnings Could Be Hiding a Demand Easter Egg Ahead of the Impending AI-Driven PC Refresh Cycle Reset

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on HP Q1 2024 earnings, which send mixed messages about PC demand ahead of the impending PC segment’s refresh cycle reset, driven by the new AI PCs.

AI, Business Information, Collaboration Devices and Services, Digital Transformation, High Performance Computing, PCs and Devices

January 15, 2024

Mitch Lewis

Research Note

Weka Achieves NVIDIA DGX BasePod Certification

Weka Achieves NVIDIA DGX BasePod Certification and Aims for DGX SuperPod Certification

Mitch Lewis, Research Analyst at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on Weka’s NVIDIA DGX BasePod certification.

AI, Data Storage and SAN, High Performance Computing

December 18, 2023

Dave Raffo

Research Note

Lenovo Expands HCI, Servers, and Services Based on New Intel Chips

New ThinkAgile and ThinkSystem Improve AI and Hybrid Cloud Capabilities

Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, adds his insights to Lenovo’s new ThinkAgile HCI, ThinkSystem server, and TruScale services launched to take advantage of Intel’s latest AI-enhanced CPUs.