The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/ In-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 01:18:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.nextplatform.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-PlatformStack-150x150.jpg The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/ 32 32 86113652 TACC Fires Up “Vista” Bridge To Future “Horizon” Supercomputer https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/09/04/tacc-fires-up-vista-bridge-to-future-horizon-supercomputer/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/09/04/tacc-fires-up-vista-bridge-to-future-horizon-supercomputer/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:38:12 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144647 The Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Austin is the flagship datacenter for supercomputing for the US National Science Foundation, and so what TACC does – and doesn’t do – is a kind of bellwether for academic supercomputing. …

TACC Fires Up “Vista” Bridge To Future “Horizon” Supercomputer was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/09/04/tacc-fires-up-vista-bridge-to-future-horizon-supercomputer/feed/ 1 144647 The First AI Benchmarks Pitting AMD Against Nvidia https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/09/03/the-first-ai-benchmarks-pitting-amd-against-nvidia/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/09/03/the-first-ai-benchmarks-pitting-amd-against-nvidia/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:21:49 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144643 Rated horsepower for a compute engine is an interesting intellectual exercise, but it is where the rubber hits the road that really matters. …

The First AI Benchmarks Pitting AMD Against Nvidia was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/09/03/the-first-ai-benchmarks-pitting-amd-against-nvidia/feed/ 3 144643 Dell’s AI Server Business Now Bigger Than VMware Used To Be https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/30/dells-ai-server-business-now-bigger-than-vmware-used-to-be/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/30/dells-ai-server-business-now-bigger-than-vmware-used-to-be/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 23:08:36 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144622 We have been watching the big original equipment manufactures like a hawk to see how they are generating revenues and income from GPU-accelerated system sales. …

Dell’s AI Server Business Now Bigger Than VMware Used To Be was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/30/dells-ai-server-business-now-bigger-than-vmware-used-to-be/feed/ 0 144622 Reduce Manual Effort, Achieve Better Coverage With AI And Formal Techniques https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/29/reduce-manual-effort-achieve-better-coverage-with-ai-and-formal-techniques/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:52:48 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144616 PARTNER CONTENT  Given the size and complexity of modern semiconductor designs, functional verification has become a dominant phase in the development cycle. …

Reduce Manual Effort, Achieve Better Coverage With AI And Formal Techniques was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> 144616 Nvidia Says “Blackwell” GPU Issues Are Fixed, Ramp Starts In Fiscal Q4 https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/28/nvidia-says-blackwell-gpu-issues-are-fixed-ramp-starts-in-fiscal-q4/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/28/nvidia-says-blackwell-gpu-issues-are-fixed-ramp-starts-in-fiscal-q4/#comments Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:21:44 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144614 Welcome to the most important earnings call in history, with the weight of the aggregate stock markets of the entire world hanging on what Nvidia says and doesn’t say. …

Nvidia Says “Blackwell” GPU Issues Are Fixed, Ramp Starts In Fiscal Q4 was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/28/nvidia-says-blackwell-gpu-issues-are-fixed-ramp-starts-in-fiscal-q4/feed/ 3 144614 Interview: Post-Earnings Insight With Nvidia CFO Colette Kress https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/28/in-depth-post-earnings-review-with-nvidia-cfo-colette-kress/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/28/in-depth-post-earnings-review-with-nvidia-cfo-colette-kress/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:53:08 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144612 After Wall Street closed the markets for the day and Nvidia reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2025, we had the opportunity to chat with Colette Kress, chief financial officer of the accelerated computing giant. …

Interview: Post-Earnings Insight With Nvidia CFO Colette Kress was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/28/in-depth-post-earnings-review-with-nvidia-cfo-colette-kress/feed/ 2 144612 VMware Wants To Redefine Private Cloud With VCF 9 https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/vmware-wants-to-redefine-private-cloud-with-vcf-9/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/vmware-wants-to-redefine-private-cloud-with-vcf-9/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:14:39 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144600 We all had been wondering what VMware would look like when it became part of Broadcom’s massive universe following the semiconductor giant’s $69 billion acquisition of the virtualization juggernaut. …

VMware Wants To Redefine Private Cloud With VCF 9 was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/vmware-wants-to-redefine-private-cloud-with-vcf-9/feed/ 0 144600 IBM Shows Off Next-Gen AI Acceleration, On Chip DPU For Big Iron https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/ibm-shows-off-next-gen-ai-acceleration-on-chip-dpu-for-big-iron/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/ibm-shows-off-next-gen-ai-acceleration-on-chip-dpu-for-big-iron/#comments Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:41:40 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144588 Big Blue might be a little late to the AI acceleration game, but it has a captive audience in its System z mainframe and Power Systems servers. …

IBM Shows Off Next-Gen AI Acceleration, On Chip DPU For Big Iron was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/ibm-shows-off-next-gen-ai-acceleration-on-chip-dpu-for-big-iron/feed/ 2 144588 Nvidia Rolls Out Blueprints For The Next Wave Of Generative AI https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/nvidia-rolls-out-blueprints-for-the-next-wave-of-generative-ai/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/nvidia-rolls-out-blueprints-for-the-next-wave-of-generative-ai/#comments Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:00:08 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144595 Hardware is always the star of Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference, and this year we got previews of “Blackwell” datacenter GPUs, the cornerstone of a 2025 platform that includes “Grace” CPUs, the NVLink Switch 5 chip, the Bluefield-3 DPU, and other components, all of which Nvidia is talking about again this week at the Hot Chips 2024 conference. …

Nvidia Rolls Out Blueprints For The Next Wave Of Generative AI was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/nvidia-rolls-out-blueprints-for-the-next-wave-of-generative-ai/feed/ 2 144595 Get Your Data House In Order To Unlock Your Generative AI Strategy https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/27/get-your-data-house-in-order-to-unlock-your-generative-ai-strategy/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:13:39 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144587 COMMISSIONED  Organizations must consider many things before deploying generative AI services, from choosing models and tech stacks to selecting relevant use cases. …

Get Your Data House In Order To Unlock Your Generative AI Strategy was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

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