In a vertical integration move, AMD today announced an agreement to acquire data center and hyperscale systems supplier ZT Systems for nearly $5 billion. The acquisition underscores the high-stakes competition AMD is waging ….
SiFive Announces RISC-V Datacenter Processor
August 14, 2024 by
Santa Clara, Calif., Aug. 14, 2024 – Today RISC-V computing company SiFive announced its SiFive PerformanceTM P870-D datacenter processor for highly parallelizable infrastructure workloads including video streaming, storage, and web appliances. When used in combination with products from the SiFive Intelligence product family, datacenter architects can also build a high-performance, energy efficient compute subsystem for […]
Chip Sector under Fire: DOJ Probes Nvidia, Big Intel Layoff
August 2, 2024 by
It’s been a rough week for Big Tech, both on Wall Street and at the U.S. Department of Justice, with share prices in the chip sector taking major hits and, now, the DOJ opening two antitrust probes into Nvidia, according to an article in The Information. Intel’s stock ….
Micron Introduces PCIe Gen5 Data Center SSD
July 23, 2024 by
BOISE, Idaho, July 23, 2024 — Micron Technology, Inc. today announced availability of the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD – which Micros said is the fastest data center SSD for AI performance and power efficiency.1 The SSD integrates its own controller, NAND, DRAM and firmware into one product. The Micron 9550 SSD delivers best-in-class performance with […]
DOE and DARPA in Quantum Research Agreement
July 16, 2024 by
July 16, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts to move the needle on quantum computing. The MOU establishes a framework for planning and coordinating future research, development, engineering, and test and evaluation activities related to quantum computing. Part […]
Pinecone Names Lauren Nemeth COO and Bob Muglia as Board Member
June 3, 2024 by
NEW YORK, June 3, 2024 – Vector database AI company Pinecone today announced that Lauren Nemeth and Bob Muglia have joined the company as chief operating officer (COO) and board member, respectively. This comes as Pinecone celebrates its five-year anniversary and the GA of its flagship offering, Pinecone serverless, a vector database designed to make […]
Quantum: Photonic Demonstrates Distributed Entanglement between Modules
May 30, 2024 by
VANCOUVER, BC, May 30, 2024—Photonic Inc., a distributed quantum computing in silicon company, today announced what the company said is a milestone on the path to commercial quantum systems. While many existing quantum architectures achieve entanglement within modules, Photonic has demonstrated entanglement between modules. In this way, Photonic’s architecture provides a unique solution to one […]
Ultra Accelerator Link Group for Data Center AI Connectivity Formed: AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, HPE, Intel, Meta and Microsoft
May 30, 2024 by
BEAVERTON, Ore.– AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Intel, Meta and Microsoft today announced they have aligned to develop a new industry standard dedicated to advancing high-speed and low latency communication for scale-up AI systems linking in data centers. Called the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink), this initial group will define and establish an […]
Report: TSMC’s ASML Chip Machines Can Be Remotely Shut Down if China Invades Taiwan
May 24, 2024 by
An invasion of Taiwan by China is unthinkable in multiple ways: it could lead to a regional war between China, U.S. allies in southeastern Asia and possibly the U.S. itself. It would be tragic for the people of Taiwan. It would be ….
ClearML Announces AI Infrastructure Orchestration and Compute Management
May 17, 2024 by
May 17, 2024 — Open source AI platform company ClearML today announced the release of an AI orchestration and compute management capabilities, making it the first AI platform to support Kubernetes, Slurm, PBS and bare metal for seamless orchestration of AI and machine learning workloads. ClearML now offers the broadest support for AI and HPC workloads […]
