Hardware Strategies for Horizontal and Vertical Scalability – And Why It Matters
Since almost all NoSQL databases have built-in high availability, it is easy to change hardware configuration which involves shutting down, replacing, or adding a server to a cluster while ...Full Article
Microsoft Unveils AI Chip
Microsoft said this week it is developing a new version of an AI-based coprocessor for implementing "deep" neural networks expected to be incorporated into augmented reality goggles. The second ...Full Article
DARPA, Chipmakers Seek Path Beyond Moore’s Law
The U.S. military long ago ceded dominance in electronics innovation to Silicon Valley, the DoD-backed powerhouse that has driven microelectronic generation for decades. With Moore's Law clearly running out ...Full Article
Intel Rolls AI Toolkit
Intel has begun rolling out AI hardware previewed last fall with the release of its Movidius Neural Compute Stick, billed as a self-contained AI accelerator in a USB format ...Full Article
Quantum Computing in the Enterprise: Not So Wild a Dream
This publication examines the migration of HPC technologies from the specialized realms of supercomputing to business-ready solutions for compute- and data-intensive business problems. As such, we don't frequently cover ...Full Article
Survey Sees Major Middleware Overhaul
Among the implications of the enterprise migration to the cloud is a predicted overhaul of middleware platforms over the next several years as the integration of business applications drives ...Full Article
Intersect360 Survey Shows Continued InfiniBand Dominance
There were few surprises in Intersect360 Research’s just released report on interconnect use in advanced scale computing. InfiniBand and Ethernet remain the dominant protocols across all segments (system, storage, ...Full Article
Latest NVM Express Spec Stresses Data
The latest release of a non-volatile memory interface and storage protocol emphasizes the enterprise shift to analytics, virtualization and other data-intensive workloads while riding the coat tails of the ...Full Article
At ISC – Goh on Go: Humans Can’t Scale, the Data-Centric Learning Machine Can
I've seen the future this week at ISC, it’s on display in prototype and Powerpoint form, and it’s going to blow you away. The future is an AI neural ...Full Article
ISC Deep Learning Day: New Computing & Algorithmic Paradigms for Industry and Science
Deep Learning Day, an all-day series of sessions at ISC this week in Frankfurt, looks to offer some of the conference’s most compelling discussions for the excellent reason that ...Full Article
