Cray – and the Cray Brand – to Be Positioned at Tip of HPE’s HPC/AI Spear
More so than with most acquisitions of this kind, HPE’s purchase of Cray for $1.3 billion, announced last week, seems to have elements of that overused, often abused term: ...Full Article
Kubernetes Seen Driving Bare-Metal Comeback
Hardware vendors are betting the transition to 5G wireless networks supporting myriad connected consumer and industrial devices also will accelerate the shift to heavy-duty bare-metal servers as a way ...Full Article
Tech Sector Frets Over U.S. Export Controls
As regulators prepare to tighten U.S. export controls with an eye toward restricting technology transfers to China, industry groups are pushing back, arguing that overly restrictive rules would cost ...Full Article
Microsoft Transfers Vector Search To GitHub
Since acquiring GitHub in June 2018, Microsoft has sought to make good on its pledge to retain the project collaboration platform’s “developer-first ethos.” This week it turned over to GitHub ...Full Article
More HPC M&A: HPE to Acquire Cray for $1.3B
Venerable supercomputer pioneer Cray Inc. will be acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise for $1.3 billion under a definitive agreement announced this morning. The news follows HPE’s acquisition nearly three ...Full Article
Looking at AI/ML Edge-Core-Cloud Workflows
Edge computing is emerging as the killer app for AI and ML, with staggering growth predictions. Projections indicate there will be more than 50 billion internet-connected objects and devices ...Full Article
Beware Nuclear Winter: Another on the Way?
Hot as AI is right now, there are growing concerns that technology vendors may cause AI climate change – a new AI winter brought on by hype and unmet ...Full Article
Deep Learning Competitors Stalk Nvidia
There is no shortage of processing architectures emerging to accelerate deep learning workloads, with two more options emerging this week to challenge GPU leader Nvidia. First, Intel researchers claimed ...Full Article
Nvidia Claims 6000x Speed-Up for Stock Trading Backtest Benchmark
A stock trading backtesting algorithm used by hedge funds to simulate trading variants has received a massive, GPU-based performance boost, according to Nvidia, which has announced a 6,250x acceleration ...Full Article
Network Automation: Trust = Visibility
Network virtualization and software-actuated networking are finally moving past the hype stage and it’s likely you’re now considering a real investment in automation. But before you start, consider this: ...Full Article
