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NVIDIA
NVIDIA became a household name through their graphics cards that gave PCs gamers extra horsepower to make video games run smooth and look gorgeous. Those cards today, with their graphics processing units (GPUs), have become essential components for high performance computing. NVIDIA is a leading manufacturer for GPUs involved in machine learning, cloud computing, and cryptocurrency mining.
Headquarters: Santa Clara, CA
Web: http://www.nvidia.com/
NVIDIA: New Hardware Will Transform Data Centers into AI Factories
NVIDIA today unveiled powerful new GPU hardware to serve as the key building blocks for its vision to transform data centers into “AI factories” unleashing new frontiers in technical computing. That includes the new Hopper architecture and H100 GPUs.
NVIDIA Unveils Tools to Build Virtual Worlds, Accelerate Data Center Networks
NVIDIA sees a future filled with virtual worlds powered with augmented reality and connected by powerful networks. At GTC the company unveiled new tools for world-building, creating 400Gbps Infiniband networks, and making AI more accessible to data center customers.
With AI Launchpad, NVIDIA and Equinix Bring AI Power to Hybrid Clouds
Equinix customers will soon be able to rent NVIDIA-powered servers to run AI workloads on hybrid clouds using bare metal servers. The NVIDIA AI Launchpad service will be available as an on-demand service with hourly billing.
NVIDIA Launches Grace CPU to Bring Arm Efficiency to Massive AI Workloads
NVIDIA is entering the CPU market with an Arm-based processor that will be tightly integrated with its next-generation GPUs. The Grace CPU seeks to bring new levels of power and efficiency to massive AI workloads, and offer a high-end alternative to Intel x86 CPUs.
Designing for Density: AI Brings Denser Racks into Multi-Tenant Data Centers
The growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) poses challenges for data center design, as high-density racks of GPUs require low-latency access to massive datasets, including some in the cloud.
NVIDIA Buys Arm: What It Means for Data Centers, AI and the Server Sector
NVIDIA’s $40 billion acquisition of Arm comes at a dynamic moment for data center hardware. Here’s how analysts see the deal’s implications for servers, AI, the Arm ecosystem and the data center industry.
Intel, NVIDIA Roll Out New HPC Hardware at SC19
Intel and NVIDIA rolled out new offerings around SC19 in Denver, the annual conference for the high performance computing (HPC) community, which provides a showcase for cutting-edge hardware.
NVIDIA to Acquire Mellanox in $6.9 Billion HPC Deal
In a deal underscoring the growing importance of data center networking, technical computing heavyweight NVIDIA has agreed to pay $6.9 billion to acquire networking specialist Mellanox.
NVIDIA Beefs Up Data Center GPUs, Teams with ARM on IoT Devices
NVIDIA today introduced beefier new GPUs, along with a new interconnect fabric to accelerate workloads, and an initiative to extend machine learning capabilities to smartphones and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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