TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

NOAA Increasing Supercomputing Capacity With $44.5M Investment

By TechTaffy Desk

NOOA Supercomputing

The National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says it will increase supercomputing capacity to provide more reliable and detailed forecasts. By October 2015, the capacity of each of NOAA’s two operational supercomputers will jump to 2.5 petaflops, for a total of 5 petaflops – a nearly tenfold increase from the current capacity.

The increase in supercomputing capacity comes via a $44.5 million investment using NOAA’s operational high performance computing contract with IBM, $25 million of which was provided through the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy. Cray is expected to serve as a subcontractor for IBM to provide the new systems to NOAA.

[Image courtesy: NOOA]

 

 

Just in

IT

Xerox to acquire Lexmark

Xerox has announced plans to acquire Lexmark from Ninestar, PAG Asia Capital, and Shanghai Shouda Investment Centre for $1.5 billion.
Around the web

ChatGPT search tool vulnerable to manipulation and deception, tests show — The Guardian

OpenAI’s ChatGPT search tool may be open to manipulation using hidden content, and can return malicious code from websites it searches, a Guardian investigation has found; writes Nick Evershed. 
Public Sector

SAIC secures $170.9M cybersecurity contract with Texas Department of Information Resources

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded a $170.9 million contract by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to provide cybersecurity services.
Series A

Infinant raises $15M

Charlotte, NC-based Infinant, a bank platform provider, has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round.
AI

Lockheed Martin partners with IBM to enhance AI tools for defense applications

Lockheed Martin is integrating IBM’s Granite large language models (LLMs) into its AI Factory.