AWS ParallelCluster 3.3 has been released with bumper new features

We just released version 3.3 of AWS ParallelCluster, and it has a whole bag of new features.

• instance type allocation diversity in your queues;
• separation of shred volumes from the cluster lifecycle
• SLURM ACCOUNTING (this is pretty …

Optimization with a Rydberg atom-based quantum processor

Amazon Braket recently launched the Aquila quantum processing unit (QPU) based on Rydberg atoms by QuEra Computing. In a previous post, we explored how researchers can use Rydberg devices to study problems and quantum phenomena in …

Avoid overspending with AWS Batch using a serverless cost guardian monitoring architecture

Pay-as-you-go resources are a compelling but budget-limited researchers performing HPC workloads need help working within the bounds of their grants. In this post, we show how to build a real-time cost guardian for AWS Batch to help enforce …

Bridging research and HPC to tackle grand challenges

Today we announced the AWS Impact Computing Project at the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) to identify potential solutions that can improve the lives of humans, other species, and natural ecosystems. Deb Goldfarb describes its goals …

Model hosting patterns in Amazon SageMaker, Part 2: Getting started with deploying real time models on SageMaker

Amazon SageMaker is a fully-managed service that provides every developer and data scientist with the ability to quickly build, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models at scale. ML is realized in inference. SageMaker offers four …

How does EFA work?

The Elastic Fabric Adapter was created so HPC and machine-learning customers could scale their tightly-coupled codes and models to thousands (and thousands) of cores without missing any performance. It has some very cool design features …

What is the Elastic Fabric Adapter from AWS?

The Elastic Fabric Adapter was created so HPC and machine-learning customers could scale their tightly-coupled codes and models to thousands (and thousands) of cores without missing any performance. It has some very cool design features …

An Illustrated Introduction to Quantum Networks and Quantum Repeaters

Quantum networks are an emerging technology that distribute entangled quantum bits to geographically separated users. These networks can enable new communication tasks such as the generation of shared cryptographic keys whose security does …