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Redefining datacenter connectivity with open source networking

SPONSORED FEATURE: The face of modern networking is changing dramatically in parallel with the exponential increase in the volume of data traffic over the last several years. …

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Arrow Hits the Mark for Petabyte-Class Analytics Problems

When we first talked to Voltron Data following their launch in early 2022, we had to take care to explain why Apache Arrow was worth paying attention to and why it might warrant the level of enterprise support the startup promised. …

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Meta Sees Little Risk in RISC-V Custom Accelerators

Many have waited years to hear someone like Prahlad Venkatapuram, Senior Director of Engineering at Meta, say what came out this week at the RISC-V Summit:

“We’ve identified that RISC-V is the way to go for us moving forward for all the products we have in the roadmap. …

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If You Want To Sell AI To Enterprises, You Need To Sell Ethernet

Server makers Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Lenovo, who are the three largest original manufacturers of systems in the world, ranked in that order, are adding to the spectrum of interconnects they offer to their enterprise customers. …

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If You Want To Sell AI To Enterprises, You Need To Sell Ethernet was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

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How AWS Can Undercut Nvidia With Homegrown AI Compute Engines

Amazon Web Services may not be the first of the hyperscalers and cloud builders to create its own custom compute engines, but it has been hot on the heels of Google, which started using its homegrown TPU accelerators for AI workloads in 2015. …

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The Bespoke Supercomputing Architecture That Stood the Test of Time

In the history of computing, there has been an endless push and pull between the need for general-purpose versus fine-tuned custom systems and software. …

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Finding NeMo Features for Fresh LLM Building Boost

This week Nvidia shared details about upcoming updates to its platform for building, tuning, and deploying generative AI models. …

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Finding NeMo Features for Fresh LLM Building Boost was written by Nicole Hemsoth Prickett at The Next Platform.

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What’s Inside China’s New Homegrown “Tianhe Xingyi” Supercomputer?

Note: We will be updating this story with more information once our contacts in China are awake:

China is using a domestic processor as the backbone for double the performance of the Tianhe-2 system, which topped the Top 500 starting in 2013 and running through late 2015 before being overshadowed by the Sunway system in recent years. …

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Accelerate time to insight for AI and HPC

SPONSORED FEATURE: So, you’re finally ready to jump on the AI bandwagon. …

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Accelerate time to insight for AI and HPC was written by Martin Courtney at The Next Platform.

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Locking down the edge

SPONSORED POST: Edge security is a growing headache. The attack surface is expanding as more operational functions migrate out of centralized locations and into distributed sites and devices. …

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AMD Is The Undisputed Datacenter GPU Performance Champ – For Now

There is nothing quite like great hardware to motivate people to create and tune software to take full advantage of it during a boom time. …

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The Tidal Wave Of Rising GPU TAM Raises All Boats

The world has gone nuts for generative AI, and it is going to get a whole lot crazier. …

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A Platform For Securely Scaling Operations At The Edge

COMMISSIONED: Innovation at the edge is happening at light speed. Everywhere you turn, organizations are seeking to shift their center of data processing gravity from central locations like head offices and datacenters to the outer limits of the operation – to factory floors, hospital wards, truck fleets and smart cities. …

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A Platform For Securely Scaling Operations At The Edge was written by Martin Courtney at The Next Platform.