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Linux Foundation’s L3AF brings zero-downtime updates to eBPF network management

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The Linux Foundations networking division (LF Networking) is helping to address that challenge with the L3AF project, which is based on eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter ) technology. He explained that L3AF offers deep visibility into network infrastructure components that are usually hidden outside of the Linux kernel.

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Red Hat to acquire Neural Magic

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This will enhance organizations’ abilities to customize large language models, use inference performance engineering for infrastructure efficiency, and partner in the open-source ecosystem to enable broader choices for hardware and chip architecture. “AI

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Red Hat delivers AI-optimized Linux platform

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Open-source powerhouse Red Hat jumped into the generative AI space three months ago, announcing a new AI-focused vision for its Linux operating system at its annual summit. Today, that vision became a reality with the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI. That includes immediate support for Nvidia hardware.

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IBM extends z15 mainframe family, intensifies Linux security

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IBM continued to reshape the mainframe with an eye toward further integrating it within hybrid clouds and securing Linux -based workloads. On the hardware side, IBM rolled out two entry-level, 19” single-frame, air-cooled platforms, the z15 Model T02 and LinuxONE III Model LT2.

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SUSE Edge upgrade targets Kubernetes and Linux at the edge

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Open source and Linux platform vendor SUSE is looking to help organizations solve some of the complexity and challenges of edge computing with the company’s SUSE Edge 3.1 SUSE Edge integrates SUSE Linux Micro, which is an optimized Linux distribution for smaller deployments based on the company’s flagship SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE).

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Astera Labs debuts Scorpio fabric switch to accelerate PCIe for AI, cloud

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fabric switch GPUs and AI acceleration technologies typically connect to a hardware motherboard via a PCIe (PCI Express) slot connection. Astera Labs has not announced plans to build their own physical chassis or rack-level hardware for the Scorpio switch. Scorpio PCIe 6.0 Wireshark 4.4

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IBM Cloud speeds AI workloads with Intel Gaudi 3 accelerators

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The Intel Gaudi 3 instance also supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI image options. In addition, the package can be provisioned as a container worker node, and IBM Cloud said it has plans to deliver Intel Gaudi 3 as a worker node for Red Hat OpenShift AI clusters and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud in early 2025.The

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