Andy Patrizio is a freelance technology writer based in Orange County, California. He's written for a variety of publications, ranging from Tom's Guide to Wired to Dr. Dobbs Journal, and has been on staff at IT publications like InternetNews, PC Week and InformationWeek.
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck fairly close to Taipei, which plays a vital role in the global chip supply chain.
More happened at the Nvidia GTC conference than the Blackwell announcement, including the launch of two new high-speed network platforms.
Stream Data Centers bought 55 homes in a 34-acre subdivision and plans to break ground on a 2 million square-foot data center campus in late 2024.
The DGX SuperPOD features eight or more DGX GB200 systems and can scale to tens of thousands of Nvidia Superchips.
The next-gen Blackwell architecture will offer a 4x performance boost over the current Hopper lineup, Nvidia claims.
New servers and storage services are targeted at high performance workloads, which means AI.
Once optional, GPUs are becoming mandatory in servers. Companies are prioritizing investment in highly configured server clusters for AI, research firm Omdia reports.
Supermicro and Lenovo are expanding their AI hardware offerings, Intel is previewing chips designed for 5G and AI workloads, and Dell is embracing telecom.
Almost a decade after it bought the FPGA maker, Intel spins it off as a standalone company with the old brand name.
Researchers disclosed multiple potential vulnerabilities that may impact some AMD processors, including Zen-based product lines across multiple generations.
Cloud service provider Lambda is working to build a GPU cloud for AI workloads.
Slow distribution of federal funds contributes to a delay in the construction of Intel's Ohio manufacturing facility.
‘Volt Typhoon,’ the China state-sponsored hacking group, targeted outdated switches with poor security as part of a wave of attacks against critical infrastructure.
New fabric aims to simplify the management of interconnection services so enterprise customers can more easily monitor and manage utilization and add or change network services as needed.
The National Science Foundation is leading a project to ensure the US continues to lead in AI research.
The deal is aimed at businesses that want to rapidly deploy generative AI applications but don’t have the infrastructure or in-house skills to do it alone.
New features include single sign-on options and more granular security controls.
IT executives are worried about public cloud security and cyberattacks, but in some instances, they’re not doing enough to prevent them.
The goal is platform neutrality, although Intel still expects to sell its HPC solutions.
Oracle says it has more cloud business than it can handle and is building 100 data centers.
Policies around remote work could add to the tension as Broadcom begins to integrate VMware.
Startup In Bold Print wants to make it as simple to calculate carbon emissions as it is to file your taxes.
New 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors and Core Ultra mobile processor family are aimed at bringing AI to all compute devices.
Dell claims up to a 200% performance improvement for PowerScale systems.
The companies are promising cloud-based AI services at a more affordable cost than the alternatives.
AMD enters the AI acceleration game with broad industry support. First shipping product is the Dell PowerEdge XE9680 with AMD Instinct MI300X.
Western Digital and rival Seagate are finding new ways to pack data onto disk platters, keeping them relevant in the age of solid-state drives (SSD).
A rush to build AI capacity using expensive coprocessors is jacking up the prices of servers, says research firm Omdia.
The companies are extending their AI partnership, and one key initiative is a supercomputer that will be integrated with AWS services and used by Nvidia’s own R&D teams.
Layoffs and executive departures are expected after an acquisition, but there's also concern about VMware customer retention.
Low vacancies and the cost of AI have driven up colocation fees by 15%, DatacenterHawk reports.
Besides Nvidia, who had a great showing on the list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers? Almost everyone.
The nature of their design makes CPUs run hotter than ever, and one AMD executive says heat density is unlikely to decrease with future chips.
Next generation Xeon and Gaudi are among the announcements.
An early adopter of immersion cooling, LiquidStack now plans to offer a second form of hardware immersion.
AI hardware is expensive to acquire and operate, and many enterprise customers may opt to have hyperscalers do it for them.
The goal is to accelerate development of Neoverse CSS-based systems.
PowerMaxOS version 10.1 is aimed at helping enterprises to improve storage efficiency, strengthen cybersecurity and build more energy-efficient data centers.
Standard Power is deploying 24 of NuScale's small modular reactors to power data centers in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The units are designed for edge processing and boast an amazing PUE ratio.
New services and validated designs include blueprints for customization so enterprises can tailor genAI models to accomplish specific tasks with their proprietary data.
The move to split off its programmable chip unit isn't the first time Intel has spun out a specialized business. Last year, it made Mobileye a standalone company.
The power and cooling demands of AI processing are far beyond what standard hardware configurations can deliver, according to Schneider Electric.
Chips from SambaNova are positioned as an alternative to expensive and power-hungry GPUs for AI processing.
The company’s strategy is to accelerate hybrid cloud sales through a new organization.
New managed service from Oracle will support LLMs to help organizations automate business processes.
Cost-optimized products and open-source software stack are among the updates.
HPE Aruba's Instant On product line is aimed at simplifying network deployment and management for small and medium businesses.
Intel detailed new desktop, Xeon, AI, and GPU chips at its annual conference.
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