DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF 


By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


HUGE, NEW, AI SUPERCOMPUTER HUB IN TEXAS





SOURCE:  Stock and UT AI Center Director Alex Dimakis


  • The University of Texas Austin has opened one of the world's biggest and most powerful AI supercomputer clusters whose #1 priority is achieving medical breakthroughs.  Here are some key facts:
  • The new University of Texas "Center For Generative AI" will be one of the largest generative AI computing centers in the world
  • It's comprised of 600 Nvidia H100s GPUs or graphic processing units
  • The AI system enables rapid math computations, ideal to train AI models
  • It's targeting breakthroughs in the biosciences and healthcare
  • Key Focus: besides health care, also computer vision, natural language processing, materials science and other key disciplines
  • It will offer world-class AI research and AI infrastructure to a wide range of partners
  • Key purpose: create generative AI solutions for pressing world problems
  • Key definer:  the large and powerful size and scale of this AI hub for major innovation breakthroughs is in an academic environment - UT Austin.
PORSCHE PUSHES THE FUTURE OF HYPERCARS

                                                Source:  Porsche


  • Porsche calls their new concept Mission B and it is their vision of the future of hypercars.  Here's what we know:
  • It's an all-electric hypercar concept
  • Fusion of performance and design for road and track
  • Digital creation of designer Zack Fu
  • Electric motors on both axles
  • Sleek aerodynamic design
  • Gull doors
  • Split windshield
  • Vertical stabilizers, air diffusers, inverted wings
  • Unique design is exciting auto lovers globally 
  • Said to be so precisely designed, it's the automotive equivalent of a fighter jet
  • Stay tuned as performance details come from Porsche.

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