Supermicro Debuts Simply Double SuperStorage Solutions at CeBIT

March 14, 2016

HANNOVER, GermanyMarch 14 — Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing highlights its new 2U Simply Double storage architecture this week at CeBIT 2016 in Hannover Germany. Supermicro’s new Simply Double SuperStorage solutions double the density and capacity in a 2U form factor. The new Simply Double architecture achieves this by incorporating a second set of easy access, external hot-swap drive bays, arrayed in a patented Riser Bay and offer maximum server performance with support for dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 and future processors, up to 1.5TB of DDR4-2133MHz ECC memory and flexible SIOM networking options supporting 1G/10G/25G/40G up to 2x 100G ports for InfiniBand/ Intel Omni-Path Architecture, and Ethernet connectivity. The new Simply Double SuperStorage systems join Supermicro’s complete server, storage and networking products to offer hyper-scale deployments the broadest range of infrastructure platforms for accelerating growth in new digital economies.

Additional CeBIT exhibits include 1U/2U/4U SuperServers supporting 4-12x NVIDIA Tesla GPUs/Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessors, 1U/2U Ultra SuperServers, 2U TwinPro², 4U FatTwin, 4U 36/60/90 hot-swap SuperStorage systems, 3U MicroCloud, 3U/6U MicroBlade, 7U SuperBlade, and edge-to-cloud IoT gateway, embedded servers. Solutions also include Supermicro 1U 10x NVMe with Microsoft SQL Server for OLTP workloads and 4U 90-bay JBOD Lustre on ZFS high-performance parallel file system for HPC and Big Data.

“Supermicro highlights our latest Simply Double storage architecture at CeBIT this year, bringing new innovations in performance, density, capacity and efficiency to Cloud, HPC, Data Center and Enterprise business,” said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. “These new systems expand the advantages of our server, storage, networking and management solutions delivering maximized performance and scalability for any scale application. Combined with our global service and support alongside evolving software-defined solution initiatives we offer exactly the best infrastructure building blocks that greatly accelerate growth and ROI.”

Exhibit Highlights

  • New 2U Simply Double 48x 2.5″ NVMe SuperStorage Server (SSG-2028R-NR48N) – supports dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1.5TB ECC DDR4, up to 2133MHz in 24x DIMMs, 2x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x8, SIOM AoC flexible networking options 2 or 4 port 1GbE, 2 or 4 port 10G SFP+, 48x 2.5″ Hot-swap NVMe bays,  2x rear 2.5″ hot-swap drive bays, IPMI 2.0 server remote management, 1600W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) Power Supplies
  • New 2U Simply Double 48x 2.5″ HDD/SSD SuperStorage Server (SSG-2028R-E1CR48N) – supports dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1.5TB ECC DDR4, up to 2133MHz in 24x DIMMs, 2x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x8, SIOM AoC flexible networking options 2 or 4 port 1GbE, 2 or 4 port 10G SFP+, 48x 2.5″ Hot-swap SAS3/SATA3 drive bays, 2x rear 2.5″ hot-swap drive bays, IPMI 2.0 server remote management, 1600W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) Power Supplies
  • New 2U Simply Double 24x 3.5″ HDD SuperStorage Server (SSG-6028R-E1CR24N) – supports dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1.5TB ECC DDR4, up to 2133MHz in 24x DIMMs, 2x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x8, SIOM AoC flexible networking options 2 or 4 port 1GbE, 2 or 4 port 10G SFP+, 24x 3.5″ hot-swap SAS3/SATA3 drive bays, IPMI 2.0 server remote management, 1600W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) Power Supplies
  • 1U 10x 2.5″ NVMe SuperServer (SYS-1028U-TN10RT+) – supports dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1.5TB ECC DDR4, up to 2133MHz in 24x DIMMs, 3x PCI-E 3.0 x8 slots (2x FH 10.5″ L, 1x LP), 2x 10GBase-T ports, 10x 2.5″ hot-swap Drive Bays: 6x NVMe ports (NVMe from CPU 1); 4x NVMe/SAS3 hybrid ports for optional SAS3/SATA3 (NVMe from CPU 2), 1000W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) Power Supplies – Solution Demo: OLTP Workload Demo: Microsoft SQL Server, dramatically improves OLTP workloads while cutting licensing costs in half
  • New 2U Ultra 24x 2.5″ NVMe SuperServer (SYS-2028U-TN24R4T+) – supports dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1.5TB ECC DDR4, up to 2133MHz in 24x DIMMs, 2x PCI-E 3.0 x16 (2x FH, 10.5″ L), 1x PCI-E 3.0 x8 (LP) slots, 4x 10GBase-T ports, 24x NVMe hot-swap 2.5″ hot-swap NVMe bays (4 Hybrid ports – optional SAS3 supported via AOC); 2x rear SATA3 hot-swap 2.5″ drive bays, IPMI 2.0 server remote management, 1600W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) Power Supplies
  • New 1U Ultra SuperServer (SYS-1028U-E1CRTP+) – supports dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1.5TB ECC DDR4, up to 2133MHz in 24x DIMMs, 2x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots (FH, 10.5″ L), 2x PCI-E 3.0 x8 slots (LP, 1 internal), 2x 10G SFP+ and 2x GbE LAN ports, 10x Hot-swap 2.5″ drive bays: 10x SAS3/SATA3 ports via Expander and AOC: AOC-S3108L-H8iR, AOC-S3008L-L8e, AOC-S3008L-L8i, IPMI 2.0 server remote management, 1600W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) Power Supplies
  • 2U WIO SuperServer (SYS-6028R-WTRT) – supports dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 family, 8x 3.5″ Hot-swap SAS/SATA HDD bays, up to 1TB ECC DDR4, up to 2133MHz ; 16x DIMMs, 4x PCI-E 3.0 x8 (2 FHFL, 2 FHHL), 2x PCI-E 3.0 (Low-profile) slots, dual port 10GBase-T, Integrated IPMI 2.0 and KVM with Dedicated LAN, 2x SuperDOM, 1x VGA, 2x COM, TPM 1.2, 6x USB 3.0 (4 rear, 2 via header), 740W Redundant Power Supplies
  • 2U TwinPro² SuperServer (SYS-2028TP-HC0FR) – four hot-pluggable systems (nodes) each node supporting dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1TB ECC LRDIMM, 512GB ECC RDIMM, up to 2133MHz in 16x DIMMs, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16 Low-profile slot,1x “0 slot” (x16), single port IB (FDR, 56Gbps), w/ QSFP connector, dual port GbE LAN, 6x 2.5″ hot-swap SAS/SATA HDD bays, mini-mSATA (half size) support, 2000W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) Power Supplies
  • New 1U TwinPro SuperServer (SYS-1028TP-DC0R) – two hot-pluggable systems (nodes) each support dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 family, up to 1TB ECC LRDIMM, 512GB ECC RDIMM, up to 2133MHz in 16x DIMMs; 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16 Low-profile slot and 1x “0 slot”, dual port GbE LAN, 4x 2.5″ hot-swap SAS3 drive bays, 1000W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) Power Supplies
  • 4U FatTwin SuperServer (SYS-F618R2-RTPTN+) – 8 hot-plug system nodes each supporting dual socket Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1TB ECC DDR4, up to 2133MHz in 16x DIMMs, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16 (LP), 1x PCI-E 3.0 x8 (Micro Low Profile), 2x 10GBase-T, 6x 2.5″ hot-swap SATA or 4x 2.5″ hot-swap SATA + 2x SATA/NVMe hybrid, 2x Internal NVMe ports (PCI-E 3.0 x4), 2000W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) power supplies
  • 4U FatTwin GPU SuperServer (SYS-F628G3-FT+) – 4 hot-plug system nodes with front I/O each supporting dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 family, up to 1TB ECC DDR4, up to 2133MHz in 16x DIMMs, 3x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots (support 3x double-width NVIDIA Tesla GPU/Intel Xeon Phi cards), 2x PCI-E 3.0 x8 slots, front I/O ports 2x GbE LAN, 2 USB 3.0 and 1 VGA connector, 2x 3.5″ Hot-swap SATA3 HDDs, 2000W Redundant Titanium Level (96%) power supplies
  • 4U 4-Way (SYS-4048B-TRFT/-TR4FT) – supports quad Intel Xeon processor E7-8800 v3 / E7-4800 v3 family (18-Core) with QPI up to 9.6GT/s, 96x DIMM slots support up to 6TB of DDR3 or DDR4 ECC RDIMMs/LRDIMMs, 11x PCI-E 3.0 slots (4 x16, 7 x8), up to 24x 2.5″ Hot-swap SAS3/SATA3 HDD/SSD (selected RAID/HBA cards) 48x 2.5″ hot-swap HDD/SSD optional, dual-port 10GBase-T LAN controller (via AOM), onboard BMC supports IPMI 2.0 + Virtual Media over LAN (via AOM), default HDD connection: 2 SATA3 + 4 SATA2 ports via C602J onboard, up to 4x 1620W hot-swap (N+1) Redundant Platinum Level power supplies
  • 1U 4x GPU SuperServer (SYS-1028GQ-TR/-TRT) – Dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1TB ECC, up to DDR4 2133MHz; in 16x DIMMs, 4x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots (4x NVIDIA Tesla, NVIDIA GRID, Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor cards optional), 2x PCI-E 3.0 x8 (in x16) LP slot, dual port GbE LAN (-TR SKU), dual 10GBase-T (-TRT SKU), 2x 2.5″ hot-swap drive bays, 2x 2.5″ internal drive bays, efficient airflow heavy duty counter-rotating fans with air shroud & optimal fan speed control, 2000W Redundant Platinum Level (94%+) Power Supplies.
  • 2U 4x GPU SuperServer (SYS-2028GR-TR) – Dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1TB ECC, up to DDR4 2133MHz; in 16x DIMMs, 4x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots (4x NVIDIA Tesla, NVIDIA GRID, Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor cards optional), 1x PCI-E 3.0 x8 (in x16) LP slot, dual port GbE LAN, 10x 2.5″ hot-swap drive bays, 2000W Redundant Platinum Level (94%+) Power Supplies.
  • 4U 8x GPU (SYS-4028GR-TR/-TRT) – supports 8x NVIDIA Tesla M40 GPUs, dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 (up to 160W), up to 1.5TB ECC DDR4, 2133MHz in 24 DIMM slots, 24 2.5″ hot-swap SAS2/SATA3 drive bays, 8 PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots (double-width), 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8 (in x16) slots, 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x16) slot, dual 1GbE/10GBase-T (-TRT), and four redundant 1600W Platinum Level (94%+) power supplies
  • 4U/Tower 4x GPU (SYS-7048GR-TR) – supports 4x NVIDIA Tesla M40 GPUs, dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 family, 8x 3.5″ Hot-swap SATA HDD Bays, 3x 5.25″ peripheral drive bays, 1x 3.5″ fixed drive bay, 16x DIMM slots; up to 1TB DDR4 2133MHz reg. ECC memory, 4x PCI-E 3.0 x16 (4 GPU cards opt.), 2x PCI-E 3.0 x8 (1 in x16), and 1x PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8) slot, 2x GbE, 1x Video, 2x COM/Serial, 5x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, Built-in Server management tool (IPMI 2.0, KVM/media over LAN) with dedicated LAN port, redundant 2000W Titanium Level (96%+) power supplies
  • New 4U 60-Bay SuperStorage Server (SSG-6048R-E1CR60N) – supports dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1.5TBECC LRDIMM in 24x DIMMs, 2x PCI-E 3.0 (x16 + 1x PCI-E 3.0 (x8) expansion options, H/W RAID (0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60) with optional SuperCap, SIOM flexible networking options, IPMI 2.0, front 3.5″ LCD status display and redundant 2000W Titanium Level high-efficiency (96%+) power supplies
  • New 4U 90-Bay SuperChassis JBOD (CSE-946ED-R2KJBOD) – 90x 3.5″ top-load, hot-swap SAS 3.0 12Gb/s HDD JBOD –  Tool-less design features dual hot-swappable expander modules for high-availability, 4x Mini SAS HD ports per module, and redundant 1000W (2+2) Titanium Level high-efficiency (96%) digital power supplies – Solution Demo: Lustre on ZFS high-performance parallel file system for HPC and Big Data
  • 4U 36x 3.5″ HDD/SSD SuperStorage Server (SSG-6048R-E1CR36N) – supports dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3, up to 1.5TBECC LRDIMM in 24x DIMMs, 2x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 3 PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1x PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8) Slot 3 &4 occupied by controller and JBOD expansion port, quad 10GBase-T ports, 36x 3.5″ hot-swap SAS3/SATA3 drive bays (24 front + 12 rear); 4x 2.5″ internal fixed SAS3 drive bays, 1280W Redundant Platinum Level (94%) Power Supplies
  • 3U MicroCloud – High-density, energy efficient modular MicroCloud is available in various configurations to support a wide range of applications in Cloud Computing, Web Hosting, VDI, data analytics, HPC, Video Streaming and CDN applications.
    • 8-Node (SYS-5039MS-H8TRF) – 8x hot-pluggable sleds, 1x node per sled each supporting a single Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v5, 6th Gen Core™ i3, Pentium or Celeron processor, 2x 3.5″ or 2 x 2.5″ with optional kit hot-swap SATA3/SAS drive bays; SAS requires RAID/HBA AOC, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x8 LP slot, up to 64GB DDR4 2133MHz ECC UDIMM in 4x DIMMs slots, 2x GbE LAN ports via Intel i350, 1x dedicated LAN for IPMI Remote Management. Chassis supports 4x 8cm heavy duty fans with optimal cooling zone, 1600W Redundant Titanium Level high-efficiency (96%) digital power supplies.
    • 12-Node (SYS-5039MS-H12TRF) – 12x hot-pluggable sleds, 1x node per sled each supporting a single Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v5, 6th Gen Core i3, Pentium or Celeron processor, 2x 3.5 or 4x 2.5″ SATA3 HDDs, 2 x NVMe support out of 4 x 2.5″ SATA3 HDD; Up to 64GB DDR4 2133MHz VLP ECC UDIMM in 4 DIMM slots, 2x GbE LAN ports via Intel i350, 1x Centralized IPMI Remote Management, Chassis supports 4x 9cm heavy duty hot-swap fans with optimal cooling zone, 2000W Redundant Titanium Level high-efficiency (96%) digital power supplies.
    • 24-Node (SYS-5038ML-H24TRF) – 12x hot-pluggable sleds, 2x nodes per sled each supporting a single Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v3/v4 or Intel 4th/5th Gen Core family processor (up to 80W TDP), 2x 2.5″ SATA3 (6Gb/s) HDDs or 4x 2.5″ Slim SSD with optional kit, up to 32GB DDR3 VLP ECC UDIMM 1600MHz support in 4 sockets, 4x GbE LAN (Intel i350), 1x shared LAN for IPMI Remote Management per sled, shared 1x VGA, 1x COM ports, 2x USB 2.0 (with KVM dongle), Chassis supports 4x 9cm heavy duty hot-swap fans with optimal cooling zone, 2000W redundant Platinum Level high-efficiency (95%) digital power supplies.
  • 3U/6U MicroBlade – designed for best advantages over many industry standard architectures with all-in-one total solution, ultra high density, ultra low power consumption, best performance per watt per dollar, high scalability and best ease of service. The MicroBlade enclosure can incorporate 1 Chassis Management Module, and up to 2x 10/2.5/1GbE SDN switches in 3U or up to 2 Chassis Management Modules, and up to 4 SDN Switches in 6U for efficient, high-bandwidth communications. It can incorporate up to 4 or 8 redundant (N+1 or N+N) 2000W/1600W Titanium/Platinum Level high-efficiency (96%/95%) power supplies with cooling fans.
    • MBI-6219G-T – 56 Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v5 nodes per 6U (up to 392 computing nodes per 42U rack) or 28 nodes per 3U.
    • MBI-6218G-T41X – 56 Intel Xeon Processor D-1541 (Broadwell-DE) nodes per 6U (up to 392 computing nodes per 42U rack) or 28 nodes per 3U.
    • MBI-6118G-T41X – 28 Intel Xeon Processor D-1541 (Broadwell-DE) nodes per 6U (up to 196 computing nodes per 42U rack) or 14 nodes per 3U.
    • MBI-6128R-T2/-T2X – 28 Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600v3 DP nodes per 6U (up to 196 computing nodes per 42U rack) or 14 nodes per 3U with 1GbE and 10GbE options.
    • MBI-6118D-T2H/-T4H – 28 Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v4 and 4th Gen. Core i3 nodes per 6U (up to 196 computing nodes per 42U rack) or 14 nodes per 3U.
    • MBI-6118D-T2/-T4 – 28 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 and 4th Gen. Core i3 nodes per 6U (up to 196 computing nodes per 42U rack) or 14 nodes per 3U.
    • MBI-6418A-T7H/-T5H – 112 nodes Intel Atom Processor C2000 per 6U (up to 784 computing nodes per 42U rack).
  • 7U SuperBlade – advantages include maximum density, affordability, reduced management costs, lower power consumption, optimal ROI, and high scalability. Modules support latest Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v3 and are available in 20 GPUs/Xeon Phi Blade; 2x NVIDIA Tesla, NVIDIA M40, M60, K1, K2 or Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor cards per blade server (SBI-7128RG-X/-F/-F2), 3x NVIDIA Tesla GPU per blade server (SBI-7127RG3), Data Center Blade (SBI-7428R-C3NSBI-7428R-T3N), TwinBlade (SBI-7228R-T2F/-T2F2/-T2X), Storage Blade with NVMe support (SBI-7128R-C6N), Chassis feature industry’s only hot-swap NVMe solutions, hot-plug switch modules supporting InfiniBand FDR/QDR, FC/FCoE, 1/10 GbE, redundant chassis management module (CMM), Platinum Level 3000W/2500W (N+N or N+1 redundant) hot-plug power supplies.
  • 1U BOX PC (CSE-101i) – Slim, space saving for Mini-ITX form factor (7.68″ x 7.68″ x 2.68″), 1x 2.5″ internal HDD support, VESA/Wall-mount ready
  • New 1U Short-Depth Embedded SuperServer (SYS-5018D-FN8T) – Space-efficient, compact embedded server for Cloud/Virtualization/NAS applications in SOHO, Corporate environments. Supports Intel Xeon processor D-1518 (4-Core, 35W), 1x 3.5″ or 4x 2.5″ SATA3 drive bays;1x PCIe 3.0 x8 slot, M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4, M Key 2242/2280/22110, Mini-PCIe with mSATA support, up to 128GB ECC RDIMM DDR4 2133MHz or 64GB ECC/non-ECC UDIMM in 4 sockets, dual 10G SFP+, six 1GbE LAN, DOM power connector, 200W Low-noise power supply w/ PFC
  • 1U Embedded SuperServer (SYS-1019S-M2) – 1U Rear I/O server optimized for Military, Industrial Automation, Medical application servers. Supports 6th Gen Intel Core i7, Core i5, Core i3, Pentium, Celeron processors, Intel Q170 Chipset
  • Compact Mini-Tower (SYS-5029S-TN2) – Embedded, Compact Mini Tower, supports Intel 6th Gen. Core i7/i5/i3 series, Intel Celeron and Intel Pentium processors. 4x 3.5″ Hot-swap drive bays, 2x 2.5″ fixed drive bays, support total of 5 hard drives, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slot, 1x Mini-PCIe with mSATA support, 1x M.2 (M key 2242/2280 PCI-E 3.0 x4), up to 32GB Unbuffered Non-ECC UDIMM DDR4 2133MHz; 2x DIMMs, 2x GbE LAN, 3x Independent Displays HDMI, DP (Display Port), DVI-I, 250W Flex ATX Multi-output Power Supply
  • Compact Embedded Mini-ITX Box (SYS-E200-9B) – compact embedded mini-ITX Box, supports Intel Pentium Processor N3700, Quad-Core (6W, 4C); Socket FCBGA 1170, 1x 2.5″ internal drive bay, up to 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC SO-DIMM in 2 socket, 1x SuperDOM, 1x mSATA slot, 1x TPM 1.2 header, 4x GbE, 1x HDMI, 1x Display Port, 1x VGA, 1x serial port, 1x IPMI 2.0 w/ dedicated Port & KVM, 2x USB 3.0 & 2x USB 2.0 (rear) ports, 1x 4cm high performance PWM fan, 60W DC power adapter
  • IoT Gateway (SYS-E100-8Q) – Compact, Ultra Low-Power, Fanless Edge to Cloud Mesh Network Device. Supports 2.2W Intel Quark X1021 SoC, 512MB DDR3 ECC memory, 1x Micro SDHC up to 32GB, 2x Mini-PCI-E slots, 1x ZigBee module socket, TPM 1.2, 2x 10/100Mbps RJ45, Operating Temperature 0°C to 50°C
  • 1U Top-of-Rack 48x Port 10/40Gb/s Network Switch (SSE-X3648S/SR) – Layer 2/3 Ethernet Switch, 48x Ten-Gigabit Ethernet ports – SFP+, 6x Forty-Gigabit Ethernet ports – QSFP+, bare metal, Cumulus Linux Ready
  • 1U Top-of-Rack 48x Port 100Gb/s (SSH-C48Q) – supports the 100Gbps Intel Omni-Path Architecture (OPA), 48x 100 Gb/s ports – QSFP28, optional RJ45 1G management port and USB serial console port

Visit Supermicro at CeBIT 2016 in Hannover, Germany March 14th through the 18th at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds, Hall 12, Stand B67, Booth #F16. For more information on Supermicro’s complete range of high performance, high-efficiency Server, Storage and Networking solutions, visit www.supermicro.com.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology is a premier provider of advanced server Building Block Solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/Big Data, HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its “We Keep IT Green” initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.

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In under two minutes, Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, laid out the company's AI plans, which included a plan to build an artificial intelligence system with the eq Read more…

DoD Takes a Long View of Quantum Computing

December 19, 2023

Given the large sums tied to expensive weapon systems – think $100-million-plus per F-35 fighter – it’s easy to forget the U.S. Department of Defense is a Read more…

China Is All In on a RISC-V Future

January 8, 2024

The state of RISC-V in China was discussed in a recent report released by the Jamestown Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. The report, entitled "E Read more…

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AMD’s Horsepower-packed MI300X GPU Beats Nvidia’s Upcoming H200

December 7, 2023

AMD and Nvidia are locked in an AI performance battle – much like the gaming GPU performance clash the companies have waged for decades. AMD has claimed it Read more…

Nvidia’s New Blackwell GPU Can Train AI Models with Trillions of Parameters

March 18, 2024

Nvidia's latest and fastest GPU, codenamed Blackwell, is here and will underpin the company's AI plans this year. The chip offers performance improvements from Read more…

Eyes on the Quantum Prize – D-Wave Says its Time is Now

January 30, 2024

Early quantum computing pioneer D-Wave again asserted – that at least for D-Wave – the commercial quantum era has begun. Speaking at its first in-person Ana Read more…

GenAI Having Major Impact on Data Culture, Survey Says

February 21, 2024

While 2023 was the year of GenAI, the adoption rates for GenAI did not match expectations. Most organizations are continuing to invest in GenAI but are yet to Read more…

The GenAI Datacenter Squeeze Is Here

February 1, 2024

The immediate effect of the GenAI GPU Squeeze was to reduce availability, either direct purchase or cloud access, increase cost, and push demand through the roof. A secondary issue has been developing over the last several years. Even though your organization secured several racks... Read more…

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