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Nvidia releases reference architectures for AI factories

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Nvidia has been talking about AI factories for some time, and now it’s coming out with some reference designs to help build them. The chipmaker has released a series of what it calls Enterprise Reference Architectures (Enterprise RA), which are blueprints to simplify the building of AI-oriented data centers.

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

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Lightmatters solution includes two products: the Passage L200 co-packaged optics (CPO) and the Passage M1000 reference platform. Customers can expect the M1000 reference platform in the summer of 2025, allowing them to develop custom GPU interconnects. The L200, coming in 2026, will be available in 32 Tbps and 64Tbps versions.

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Vertiv and Nvidia define liquid cooling reference architecture

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AI factories are specified data centers emphasizing AI applications as opposed to traditional line of business applications like databases and ERP. Nvidia has partnered with hardware infrastructure vendor Vertiv to provide liquid cooling designs for future data centers designed to be AI factories.

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Linux Foundation Networking shares new AI projects, milestone releases

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Project Salus is a responsible AI toolkit, while Essedum is an AI framework for networking applications. Top AI applications : Network automation leads at 57%, followed by security at 50% and predictive maintenance at 41%. LF Networking also announced the CAMARA Spring25 Meta-Release advancing the open-source telecom-focused platform.

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Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 expands cloud-native networking

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integrates what Red Hat refers to as VM-friendly networking. With OpenShift 4.18, Red Hat is integrating a series of enhanced networking capabilities, virtualization features, and improved security mechanisms for container and VM environments. In particular, OpenShift 4.18

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

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The Ethernet Alliances roadmap references the consortiums 2024 Technology Exploration Forum (TEF), which highlighted the critical need for collaboration across the Ethernet ecosystem: Industry experts emphasized the importance of uniting different sectors to tackle the engineering challenges posed by the rapid advancement of AI.

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Keysight network packet brokers gain AI-powered features

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Keysight can now filter network traffic to detect the presence of AI-based applications. Were just making sure we can find traffic of interest by developing the application signatures that find those applications, Taran Singh, vice president, product and strategy at Keysight, told Network World.

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