Compute Archives - The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/category/compute/ 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 Compute Archives - The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/category/compute/ 32 32 86113652 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 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 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 When Nvidia Says Hot Chips, It Means Hot Platforms https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/23/when-nvidia-says-hot-chips-it-means-hot-platforms/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/23/when-nvidia-says-hot-chips-it-means-hot-platforms/#comments Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:32:25 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144563 Nvidia hit a rare patch of bad news earlier this month when reports started circulating claiming that the company’s much-anticipated “Blackwell” GPU accelerators could be delayed by as much as three months due to design flaws. …

When Nvidia Says Hot Chips, It Means Hot Platforms was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/23/when-nvidia-says-hot-chips-it-means-hot-platforms/feed/ 1 144563 When You’re Building The Future, The Past Is No Longer A Guide https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/22/when-youre-building-the-future-the-past-is-no-longer-a-guide/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:25:47 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144561 A complex world demands complex systems.

Designing and improving new industrial systems, semiconductors, or vehicles, whether earth or space bound, presents massive engineering and manufacturing challenges. …

When You’re Building The Future, The Past Is No Longer A Guide was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> 144561 Supermicro Financials Get Better As The Company Gets Bigger https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/20/supermicro-financials-get-better-as-the-company-gets-bigger/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/20/supermicro-financials-get-better-as-the-company-gets-bigger/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:32:19 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144541 It’s still Ketchup Week here at The Next Platform, and we are going to be circling back to look at the financials of a number of bellwether datacenter companies that we could not get to during a number of medical crisis – including but not limited to our family catching COVID when we took a week of vacation at a lake in Michigan. …

Supermicro Financials Get Better As The Company Gets Bigger was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/20/supermicro-financials-get-better-as-the-company-gets-bigger/feed/ 2 144541 Why AMD Spent $4.9 Billion To Buy ZT Systems https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/19/why-amd-spent-4-9-billion-to-buy-zt-systems/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/19/why-amd-spent-4-9-billion-to-buy-zt-systems/#comments Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:40:58 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144535 If AMD is willing and eager to spend $4.9 billion to buy a systems company – that is more than its entire expected haul for sales of datacenter GPUs for 2024 – then you have to figure that acquisition is pretty important. …

Why AMD Spent $4.9 Billion To Buy ZT Systems was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/19/why-amd-spent-4-9-billion-to-buy-zt-systems/feed/ 10 144535 AI Pervades The Cisco Stack, But Is Only Starting To Drive Sales https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/15/ai-pervades-the-cisco-stack-but-is-only-starting-to-drive-sales/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/15/ai-pervades-the-cisco-stack-but-is-only-starting-to-drive-sales/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:40:54 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144529 Like many other suppliers of hardware and systems software, Cisco Systems is trying to figure out how to make money on the AI revolution. …

AI Pervades The Cisco Stack, But Is Only Starting To Drive Sales was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

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