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New Server Hardware Boosts Data-Crunching for AI, Cloud

By Rich Miller - May 31, 2017 2 Comments

A four-rack "pod" of Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and supporting hardware inside a Google data center. (Photo: Google)

The rise of specialized computing is bringing powerful new server hardware into the data center, a trend seen in new tech from Google, NVIDIA, AMD, ARM, Intel and Microsoft.

Tagged With: AMD, ARM, Artificial Intelligence, FPGAs, Google, GPUs, Intel, NVIDIA

Microsoft Boosts Hopes That ARM Servers Can Power The Cloud

By Rich Miller - March 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

Leendert Van Doorn, a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, holds up an ARM motherboard during his keynote at the Open Compute Summit. (Photo: Rich Miller)

At last week’s Open Compute Summit, Microsoft confirmed that it is test-driving ARM cloud servers from Qualcomm and Cavium in its data centers.

Tagged With: ARM, Cavium, Microsoft, Open Compute, Qualcomm

The New Hardware That Will Power the Next Phase of HPC Growth

By Rich Miller - June 23, 2016 Leave a Comment

The Sunway Taihulight supercomputer is the new champion of the Top500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. (Photo: Top500)

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.

Tagged With: ARM, HPC, Intel, NVIDIA, Supercomputing

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How Automation is the Precursor to AI in the Data Center

How Automation is the Precursor to AI in the Data Center A guest article from CoreSite asserts automation is shifting data centers from reactive to preventative on the way to predictive. Brenda Van der Steen, VP of Marketing at CoreSite, explores how automation acts as not only a precursor to artificial intelligence, but a crucial "step in the journey."

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The Hyperscale Data Center Drives the Global Cloud Revolution

The hyperscale data center is reshaping the global IT landscape, shifting data from on-premises computer rooms and IT closets to massive centralized data center hubs. Explore further how cloud campuses will continue to enable hyperscale operators to rapidly add server capacity and electric power.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Aggregation: How to Add Value Back into Your Network and Maximize ROI

As a network grows and an enterprise needs to monitor either a large number of network segments, or a large, distributed network, the need for aggregation arises. Securing and monitoring the network is the ultimate goal. Download the new report from Garland Technology that highlights how visibility solutions and aggregators can best unlock the ROI in your network.  

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