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Inside the UK's £750 Million Supercomputer That Will Simulate Quantum Physics and Earthquakes

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

There aren’t many places on Earth where you’ll find a particle physics simulation running steps away from the lab where scientists once cloned a sheep. But that’s exactly the kind of collision of eras happening in Midlothian, Scotland, where the UK has quietly started building what will become its most powerful computer ever.

Lenovo Warns DRAM Prices May Never Return to Pre-Surge Levels, Even with Massive Capacity Expansion

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:12:00 +0800

At the ISC 2026 conference in Hamburg, Lenovo delivered a sobering forecast for anyone hoping memory prices will eventually crater: they probably won’t. Even if the industry’s largest manufacturers embark on aggressive capacity expansion over the next decade, DRAM and NAND flash pricing is unlikely to revisit the lows seen just a year ago, the company told attendees.

China's 'LingSheng' Supercomputer Tops TOP500 for First Time in 8 Years, Breaks 2 Exaflop/s Barrier

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:52:00 +0800

The June 2026 edition of the TOP500 supercomputer rankings, unveiled at the ISC 2026 conference in Hamburg, Germany, has a new champion. China’s “LingSheng” (灵晟) supercomputer stormed to the number one position with an Rmax of 2.198 Exaflop/s, marking the first time a Chinese system has topped the HPL benchmark in eight years — and the first system anywhere in the world to break through the 2 Exaflop/s ceiling.

Europe Launches Largest AI Supercomputing Build in History with 35 NVIDIA Systems, Serving Over 3 Million Researchers

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:20:00 +0800

NVIDIA has announced the launch of a record-breaking 35 AI HPC supercomputers across Europe, marking the largest single-year supercomputing expansion in the continent’s history. Once operational, the new infrastructure will provide over three million researchers with next-generation computing power to accelerate AI development, scientific discovery, and industrial innovation across the region.