News Bytes Podcast 20250224: Harnessing GPUs on the Internet, France Claims Fusion Record, Microsoft’s Quantum Chip

A good late February morning to you! Here’s a rapid (7:05) review of recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including:

– New in-house-manufactured Microsoft quantum processing unit: Majorana 1

– DARPA’s US2QC quantum program

– (Funding) and harnessing idle GPUs anywhere on the internet

– France’s CEA advances in fusion energy research

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