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Lightmatter launches photonic chips to eliminate GPU idle time in AI data centers

Network World

Lightmatter has announced new silicon photonics products that could dramatically speed up AI systems by solving a critical problem: the sluggish connections between AI chips in data centers. Todays AI chips often sit idle waiting for data to arrive, wasting computing resources and slowing down results. Lightmatter, valued at $4.4

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Ethernet roadmap: AI drives high-speed, efficient Ethernet networks

Network World

While the IEEE P802.3dj project is working toward defining 200G per lane for Ethernet by late 2026, the industry is (loudly) asking for 400G per lane yesterday, if not sooner, Jones wrote in a recent Ethernet Alliance blog. subsidiary of Huawei, and the chair of the IEEE P802.3dj 200Gb/sec, 400Gb/sec, 800Gb/sec and 1.6Tb/sec Task Force.

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AMD updates Instinct data center GPU line

Network World

CDNA 3 is based on the gaming graphics card RDNA architecture but is expressly designed for use in data center applications like generative AI and high-performance computing. And in 2026, the AMD Instinct MI400 series will arrive, based on the AMD CDNA “Next” architecture.

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Energy shortages threaten to restrict 40% of AI data centers by 2027

Network World

The rapid expansion of AI and generative AI (GenAI) workloads could see 40% of data centers constrained by power shortages by 2027, according to Gartner. An AI hyperscale data center can consume as much as 100 MW of power.

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Data centers go nuclear for power-hungry AI workloads

Network World

Data center power constraints and burgeoning AI workloads have companies scrambling to find new sources of electricity. That’s why, in an effort to find new energy sources—and in the face of the push to make it clean energy—data center owners are turning to nuclear power. times the 2023 level. times the 2023 level.

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Gartner projects major IT spending increases for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

growth this year, with data center spending increasing by nearly 35% in 2024 in anticipation of generative AI infrastructure needs. Data center spending will increase again by 15.5% in 2025, but software spending — four times larger than the data center segment — will grow by 14% next year, to $1.24

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Gartner: Network automation to increase threefold by 2026

Network World

By 2026, 30% of enterprises will automate more than half of their network activities, according to Gartner. The application of automation across infrastructure and operations will deliver significant gains, according to Gartner. Read more about network automation DIY or commercial network automation?

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