IBM Bets on Hybrid Cloud, Spinning Off IT Unit
In April, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna emphasized the company’s hybrid cloud offerings upgraded through its 2018 acquisition of Red Hat and its OpenShift platform. Hybrid cloud was among the ...Full Article
Nvidia Alliances Hinted at Arm Deal
In anticipation of closing its landmark deal to acquire chip IP vendor Arm Ltd., Nvidia is highlighting its partner ecosystem as it seeks to extend its considerable reach beyond ...Full Article
AWS Reduces GPU Pricing for SageMaker
Amazon Web Services is cutting prices on its SageMaker managed service for machine learning and deep learning as it attracts more financial services, healthcare and retail customers building and training ...Full Article
Nvidia’s Huang Vows to Protect Arm’s IP Model
Arm Dev Summit -- The CEOs of Nvidia and Arm made the case this week for regulatory approval of a proposed mega-merger, arguing the combined chip maker would preserve ...Full Article
Nvidia Expands Its DPU Family, Unveils New Datacenter on Chip Architecture
Nvidia GTC 2020 – Nvidia kicked off its GTC 2020 GPU Technology Conference with a wide range of intriguing AI announcements, from the introduction of its latest Bluefield-2 Data ...Full Article
AI Triage Model Predicts COVID Oxygen Needs
Among the first steps when COVID-19 patients are hospitalized is a blood oxygen test used to determine whether they require supplemental oxygen. Given the “wildfire” nature of the pandemic ...Full Article
Intel Unpacks Its 5G Portfolio
Intel Corp. unveiled a batch of 5G networking components this week, joining a growing list of chip and hardware vendors targeting the estimated $25 billion silicon market for next-generation ...Full Article
Microsoft and Shell Launch Strategic Alliance to Share AI, Carbon Emissions Expertise
Microsoft Corp. has helped the Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd. integrate the power of AI into a wide range of internal and consumer-facing applications and uses over the last ...Full Article
LinkedIn Spotlights GDMix, Its New Open-Source Deep Ranking Framework
LinkedIn’s 706 million members and hundreds of billions of posts pose a clear challenge for a social network that aims to provide busy professionals with the most useful information ...Full Article
AI, Big Data Propelling Chip Design
AI and big data generating those algorithms are transforming chip design in unexpected ways, accelerating fundamental tasks like finding the optimal design tradeoffs between performance and power consumption “Chips ...Full Article