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AMD’s Latest Third-Gen Epyc ‘Milan’ CPUs Include AI Implications as Well
A wide range of new third-generation AMD Epyc “Milan” CPUs were unveiled March 15 (Monday) by the chipmaker, from a flagship 64-core model to 8-core versions built for a ...Full Article
Global Chip Shortage Is Negatively Impacting AI Workloads in the Cloud
If you’re finding it harder to get access to GPUs in the cloud to train your AI models lately, you’re not alone. The combination of a global chip shortage ...Full Article
Xilinx Brings ‘Unique’ Composability and Flexibility to its New Alveo SN1000 SmartNIC
FPGA vendor Xilinx has debuted its latest SmartNIC model, the Alveo SN1000, with integrated “composability” features that allow enterprise users to add their own custom networking functions to supplement ...Full Article
AI Career Notes: February 2021 Edition
In this monthly feature we bring you up to date on the latest career developments in the enterprise AI community -- promotions, new hires and accolades: Jill Altruda AI-powered ...Full Article
Qualcomm’s $1.4B Deal for Nuvia a Good Move: Analysts
Qualcomm apparently isn’t letting the bitter memories of its failed $47 billion attempt to acquire NXP Semiconductor in 2018 halt its growth plans. Instead, the company’s latest $1.4 acquisition ...Full Article
Industry Veteran Jim Keller Joins Tenstorrent as President and CTO
Jim Keller has already had a storied career. Over the past few decades, Keller (pictured left) has worked everywhere from AMD to Tesla, helping to develop new chips and ...Full Article
AMD Unveils Speedier Chiplet Design With High-Bandwidth Interconnects
Advanced Micro Devices is accelerating the GPU chiplet race with the release of a U.S. patent application for a device that incorporates high-bandwidth interconnects between processing elements. AMD and ...Full Article
AMD Enlists IBM in Confidential Computing Push
AMD continues to expand its confidential computing initiative launched during the summer with another cloud partnership, this one with an AI twist designed to accelerate and secure workloads running ...Full Article
AMD Expands Roster of Datacenter Server Partners
AMD announced expanded datacenter partnerships with server maker Lenovo and Nutanix Inc. that will use the chip makers Epyc processor to deliver hyperconverged and virtualized infrastructure. The expanded ecosystem ...Full Article
Reports: AMD in Talks to Acquire Xilinx
When reports surfaced during the summer that IP chip vendor Arm Ltd. was on the block, among the potential suitors besides the eventual winner Nvidia were a number of ...Full Article
