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Why would Arm’s owner want to buy a rival to AMD and Intel? I can think of one reason
Softbank is apparently looking to buy Ampere Computing Japanese tech giant already owns Graphcore and Arm Experts say Softbank’s ambition would be to rival global hyperscalers SoftBank, the majority stakeholder in Arm, is reportedly in talks to acquire Ampere Computing (via Bnnbloomberg). Ampere, known for its data center chips built…
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Here’s why 100TB+ SSDs will play a huge role in ultra large language models in the near future
Kioxia reveals new project called AiSAQ which wants to substitute RAM with SSDs for AI data processing Bigger (read: 100TB+) SSDs could improve RAG at a lower cost than using memory only No timeline has been given, but expect Kioxia’s rivals to offer similar tech Large language models often generate…
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AI energy efficiency monitoring ranks low among enterprise users, survey by inference CPU specialists finds
Swimlane survey finds many businesses aren’t keeping on top of AI energy needs Nearly three quarters are aware of the dramatic energy demands needed to train AI models Just 13% actively monitor AI energy consumption, which may indicate most used off-premise facilities As the transition from simple algorithms to advanced…
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I am so looking forward to get rid of my slow USB 3.2 portable SSDs thanks to these faster USB 4 models
Corsair Memory and others show off USB 4 portable SSDs at CES 2025 USB 4 is as fast as Thunderbolt 3/4 and twice as fast as USB 3.2 Gen2x2 It allows for far more demanding storage requirements like 8K RAW storage Working with a slow SSD can be highly frustrating…
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HPE may have been beaten Supermicro and Dell to win a $1bn AI contract, but it’s not for the Colossus supercomputer
Bloomberg reports the contact is for Elon Musk’s X social media platform xAi’s Colossus uses 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPU and doesn’t seem to be part of the contract Supermicro has had troubles, but is still a major player in AI hardware The rising demand for computing power to support AI…
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Racing against time on a menacing caldera: survey finds majority of organizations take days to tackle critical vulnerabilities, each of them a potential open goal for cybercriminals
Survey finds nearly 70% of orgs leave critical vulnerabilities unresolved for 24 hours or more Managing vulnerability fog is a major challenge, as AI promises to make it easier for criminals to identify targets Zero-day and unpatched legacy vulnerabilities remain a major cause of cybercriminal proliferation Over two-thirds (68%) of…
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