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What is an AI server? Why artificial intelligence needs specialized systems

Network World

To balance speed, performance and scalability, AI servers incorporate specialized hardware, performing parallel compute across multiple GPUs or using other purpose-built AI hardware such as tensor processing units (TPUs), field programmable gate array (FPGA) circuits and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

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Meta Launches New Custom Artificial Intelligence Chip

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Meta has revealed the latest version of its custom artificial intelligence chip, the Meta Training and Inference Accelerator(MTIA). The post Meta Launches New Custom Artificial Intelligence Chip appeared first on Spiceworks. Learn more about the development and its significance for the social media giant.

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Sustainability, grid demands, AI workloads will challenge data center growth in 2025

Network World

Data centers this year will face several challenges as the demand for artificial intelligence introduces an evolution in AI hardware, on-premises and cloud-based strategies for training and inference, and innovations in power distributionsall while opposition to new data center developments continues to grow.

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IBM z17 mainframe gains AI accelerator, massive workload support

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So what that translated into, from an AI infrastructure perspective, was having the ability to have hardware acceleration that can deliver, in the single-digit millisecond response times, a very high throughput. preview and watson X code assistance In addition to the hardware, IBM previewed z/OS 3.2, IBM z/OS 3.2

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China banks on open source in AI cold war with US

CIO Business Intelligence

After more than two years of domination by US companies in the arena of artificial intelligence,the time has come for a Chinese attackpreceded by many months of preparations coordinated by Beijing. Its approach couldchange the balance of power in the development of artificial intelligence.

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The mainframe’s future in the age of AI

CIO Business Intelligence

If there’s any doubt that mainframes will have a place in the AI future, many organizations running the hardware are already planning for it. Many institutions are willing to resort to artificial intelligence to help improve outdated systems, particularly mainframes,” he says. “AI

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Microsoft to launch zero water consumption cooling for future data centers

Network World

Microsoft has introduced a new design for data centers to optimize artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, implementing a cooling system that it claims will consume zero water. Going forward, Microsoft will replace evaporative systems with mechanical chip-level cooling, Solomon said.