BROWSING: GPU

Intel doubles performance in new enterprise AI processor portfolio

Intel claims to have doubled the performance and value of its Xeon family of processors for data centres with the introduction of a new sixth-generation Xeon 6 line, plus new Gaudi 3 accelerators. The former – presented as Xeon 6 with P-cores (‘performance’ cores)...

Singtel, SK Telecom prep GPUaaS offerings

While SK Telecom focuses on its home market, Singtel has partnered on GPUaaS in APAC and Europe Singtel and SK Telecom have both recently announced partnerships geared toward GPU-as-a-service (GPUaaS) offerings wherein GPU clusters operated by the companies are made available for third-party AI workloads.  Singtel...

Broadcom on AI infrastructure networking—’Ethernet will be the technology to make this happen’

LAS VEGAS—VMware by Broadcom’s Explore event was headlined with talks on why private cloud using private data to run private AI is the path forward for enterprises. “It’s clear to me that the future of the enterprise is private,” as Broadcom CEO Hock Tan...

Private cloud for private AI—VMware updates on NVIDIA collaboration

LAS VEGAS--At it’s annual Explore event, VMware by Broadcom made the case for bringing (back) IT workloads from the public cloud to on premise data centers. In addition to addressing the cost and complexity of public cloud, the pitch also covered the idea of...

Singtel, Bridge Alliance to offer GPUaaS in Southeast Asia

Singtel noted that Asian telcos AIS, Maxis and Telkomsel are among the alliance’s members who already signaled their interest in the service Bridge Alliance, which is a group of 35 mobile operators, and Singaporean telco Singtel announced a strategic partnership with the aim of bringing...

SoftBank invests to boost computing power for generative AI

SoftBank plans to invest a total of $960 million by 2025 to develop generative AI Japanese operator SoftBank plans to invest a total of JPY150 billion ($960 million) by 2025, with the aim of giving its computing facilities the necessary power needed to develop world-class...

Nvidia earnings fall short on gaming glut

Supply chain issues affected Nvidia’s data center sales, and weak guidance suggests a soft Q3 as well Nvidia announced Q2 earnings after the markets closed on Wednesday, posting revenue of $6.7 billion for the quarter ending July 31, 2022. Net revenue dropped 72% year over year (YoY)...

Are boom times over for Nvidia?

Prelim earnings miss guidance by more than $1 billion After the markets closed on Monday, Nvidia released preliminary financial results for its FY23 second quarter, which ended on July 31, 2022. The news is worse than Nvidia told investors it would be, and even worse than most...

Nvidia announces Arm support for AI-on-5G platform and next-gen DPU

The AI-on-5G platform combines the GPU and the DPU on the same EGX Nvidia AI card At this year’s Mobile World Congress, Nvidia announced that it is extending support for Arm-based CPUs in the Nvidia Aerial A100 AI-on-5G, a platform first revealed in April at...

Verizon Chief Network Officer on edge use cases, standalone 5G

Combo of 5G and GPUs at the edge as enabler of consumer and enterprise XR use cases Verizon is steadily activating mobile 5G using its millimeter wave spectrum with the goal of hitting 30 markets by the end of the year, and recently restarted its...

Verizon eyes enterprise applications of 5G, edge and XR

Pooling GPU compute at the edge translates 5G latency gains into user experience Edge compute is seen as a key piece of delivering monetizable, enterprise-facing 5G services. But what kind of compute in service of which applications has been an open question as carriers are...

Google brings GPUs to virtual machines with preemptible offering

Google announces Preemptible GPUs Google has launched preemtible GPUs, a programmable logic chip made for display functions, which enable users to use virtual machines with GPUs at a 50% discount. Although, it should be noted the company can shut down the use of the service...