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Network World
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Even as demand for data infrastructure surges to an all-time high, Equinix is planning to lay off 3% of its workforce, suggesting a growing skills mismatch in the industry. According to Goldman Sachs , data center demand in the US alone is projected to nearly triple by 2030, driving more than $1 trillion in investment.
Network World
APRIL 1, 2025
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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Network World
JUNE 4, 2024
The MI325X uses AMD’s CDNA 3 architecture, which the MI300X also uses. 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. The MI350X will come with 288 GB of HBM3e, like the MI325X.
Network World
JUNE 17, 2024
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disclosed the company’s next-generation AI-accelerating GPU platform, set for release in 2026, during his keynote address at Computex as the massive tradeshow wrapped up earlier this month. Next year, we’ll see Blackwell Ultra with its performance boost for AI architecture. Our company has a one-year rhythm.
Network World
JUNE 26, 2024
Apollo is believed to be the first large-scale deployment of optical circuit switching (OCS) for data center networking. Apollo has served as the backbone of all Google data center networks, having been in production for nearly a decade, supporting all data center use cases.
Network World
MAY 30, 2024
By creating an interconnect based on open standards, UALink supporters believe this will enable system OEMs, IT professionals and system integrators to create a pathway for easier integration, greater flexibility and scalability of their AI-connected data centers. Nvidia tapped high-speed networking technology it gained in its $6.9
Network World
DECEMBER 16, 2024
billion in 2026 though the top use case for the next couple of years will remain research and development in quantum computing. The company outlined a three-year roadmap that calls for a computer with 10 logical qubits in 2024, 30 in 2025 using magic state distillation, and 100 logical qubits by 2026. The trade-off is speed.
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