Hamburg, Germany – In the midst of the bustling atmosphere of ISC 2025 in Hamburg, the Nimbus Innovation Awards – SuperComputing Edition 2025 have officially announced this year’s top innovators in high-performance and quantum computing.
Organized by the Nimbus Alliance, a partnership between four leading B2B technology publications in Europe, this year’s edition has recognized excellence in 13 main categories and 3 special categories, with 124 participating companies showcasing their cutting-edge contributions.
The awards were presented at the booths of the winners on the show floor of ISC 2025, with each award personally delivered by the lead editors of the Nimbus Alliance member publications. This intimate and meaningful recognition celebrates innovation where it is being demonstrated and showcased.
The winners of the Nimbus Innovation Awards represent the frontier of performance computing, showcasing the technologies that are redefining what is possible in scientific computing, AI acceleration, exascale infrastructure, quantum error correction, data fabrics, and more. The selection process was guided by editorial expertise, rigorous evaluation, and deep industry insight.
According to the Nimbus Alliance, these awards go beyond impressive specs and focus on vision, execution, and solving real-world computational challenges. From established players to emerging disruptors, the winners represent the best in the performance computing industry.
This event also highlights the Alliance’s commitment to showcasing the world’s most impactful technology developments through editorial excellence. “As a collaborative initiative formed by four of Europe’s most respected B2B technology publications, we are proud to shine a spotlight on the companies shaping the future of computing,” said a spokesperson for the Nimbus Alliance.
Among the winners, the recipients of the Special Categories were IBM for their implementation of qLDPC in the Best SuperComputing Software Innovation Overall category, NVIDIA for their Blackwell GPU Architecture in the Best SuperComputing Hardware Innovation Overall category, and NVIDIA again for the SuperComputing Innovator of the Year award.
For a complete list of winners, please visit the Nimbus Innovation Awards website.
The Nimbus Alliance brings together four renowned B2B technology publications – PRONETIC (Spain), XX / Pro (Germany), Technology Insider Pro (Netherlands), and EDGE9 (Italy). With a focus on enterprise IT, infrastructure, and frontier technologies, the Alliance aims to highlight innovation across borders and give visibility to the companies shaping the future of computing. The Nimbus Innovation Awards are one of its key initiatives, recognizing excellence in areas such as supercomputing, AI, and quantum technologies.
It should be noted that the Nimbus Alliance and the Nimbus Innovation Awards are an independent initiative and are not affiliated with ISC.
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