Data center provider ScaleMatrix has opened a startup accelerator on its San Diego campus, which includes co-working space and a genomics laboratory to support life sciences and genomics startups.
Insights: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning and artificial intelligence have arrived in the data center, changing the face of the hyperscale server farm as racks begin to fill with ASICs, GPUs, FPGAs and supercomputers. The race to leverage machine learning is led by the industry’s marquee names, including Google, Facebook and IBM. As usual, the battlefield runs through the data center, with implications for the major cloud platforms and chipmakers like Intel and NVIDIA.
AI Computing Boom Drives Growth for NVIDIA
NVIDIA has moved from the desktop to the data center, emerging as a major player in high performance computing – and especially the booming field of artificial intelligence.
Intel Unveils FPGA to Accelerate Neural Networks
Intel today unveiled FPGA-powered hardware targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) market, which has emerged as a focus of investment for the largest data center operators.
Beyond SkyNet: Reframing AI as a Force for Good
Widespread anxiety about artificial intelligence (AI) presents a challenge for companies building the new generation of AI technologies, as well as the data centers that will power them. The tech sector is trying to change that.
Dean Nelson to Head Uber Compute Infrastructure
Uber has hired industry veteran Dean Nelson, the former head of data centers at eBay, as Head of Uber Compute. The hiring suggests Uber is ready to super-size its growing data infrastructure.
How The Nervana Deal Boosts Intel’s Machine Learning Chops
Intel’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Nervana arms the chipmaker with new software and hardware technologies as it seeks to gain more traction in the machine learning market.
Big Sur: A Closer Look at the Engine Powering Facebook’s AI
The Big Sur GPU-powered server is the key to Facebook’s bid to create a smarter newsfeed for its 1.6 billion users around the globe. We see it in action at Facebook’s Oregon data center.
The New Hardware That Will Power the Next Phase of HPC Growth
The ISC16 conference showcased the next generation of hardware to power HPC workloads, including Intel’s Xeon Phi processor, a powerful new GPU accelerator from NVIDIA, and Fujitsu’s embrace of low-power ARM processors for a major supercomputer.
Cisco Targets Data Center Monitoring With Tetration Analytics
Cisco sees an opportunity in the crowded market for data center management tools, and has introduced Tetration, a solution that combines hardware, software, analytics and machine learning to provide better visibility into the data center.
New Technologies Shaping the Data Center Frontier
What will the data center look like in 5 years or 10 years? Here’s a closer look at the Internet of Things, virtual reality and machine learning, and what these new technologies may mean for the data centers that power your business and livelihood.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 15 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.