News Bytes 20250421: Chips and Geopolitical Chess, Intel and FPGAs, Cool Storage, 2nm CPUs in Taiwan and Arizona

Good April morning to you! It’s been an active week in the world of HPC-AI, here’s a quick (8:43) rundown of recent industry news: Nvidia, AMD and China export rules, Intel sells part of FPGA business, storage investments soar, 2nm coming to Taiwan and Arizona

News Bytes 20250407: Tariffs and the Technology Industry, Intel-TSMC Deal?, DARPA Taps Wafer Scale, Sandia and Laser-Based Cooling, Optical I/O News

Good April day to you! It was a wild week for more than the HPC-AI sector last week, here’s a brief (7:39) look at some key developments: U.S. tariffs, the technology sector and advanced chips, Intel-TSMC ….

@HPCpodcast: Dr. Ian Cutress on the State of Advanced Chips, the GPU Landscape and AI Compute, Global Chip Manufacturing and GTC Expectations

…. we welcome special guest and high-powered chip industry analyst Dr. Ian Cutress, Chief Analyst at More Than Moore and host of the popular YouTube ….

TSMC to Invest $100B in 3 New U.S. Fabs, Packaging, R&D

TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its intention to expand its investment in advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the United States by an additional $100 billion. Building on the company’s ongoing $65 billion investment in its advanced chip fabs in Phoenix, TSMC’s total investment in the U.S. is expected to reach US$165 billion. The expansion […]

News Bytes Podcast 20250303: GPUs vs. ASICs for AI Compute, DOGE and Fears at U.S. Science Agencies, Cat Qubits for AWS Quantum

A happy start to March to you! We offer a quick (8:28) run through recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: GPUs versus ASICs for AI accelerated compute, DOGE-led government layoffs ….

News Bytes Podcast 20250217: Arm Selling Its Own Chips to Meta?, Big xAI, Big Power, Big… Pollution?, TSMC in Intel Fab Takeover?, Europe’s Big AI Investment

A happy mid-winter day to you! The HPC-AI world produced its usual extraordinary onslaught of news this past week, here’s a quick (7:27) jaunt through recent developments: Arm to sell its own server CPU – with Meta as first customer?, Big AI, Big Power … Big Pollution?

News Bytes Podcast 20250203: DeepSeek Lessons, Intel Reroutes GPU Roadmap, LANL and OpenAI for National Security, Nuclear Reactors for Google Data Centers

Happy February to one and all! The HPC-AI world was upended last week by AI benchmark numbers from DeepSeek, as the dust settles we offer a brief  commentary on what, at this stage, it may mean ….

Podcast: Intel Unveils Next-gen Solutions with Xeon 6 processors and Gaudi 3 to Tackle Enterprise Needs

Enterprises are increasingly in need of AI infrastructure that is both cost-effective and available for rapid development and deployment. To meet this demand head-on, Intel today launched Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores) and Gaudi 3 AI accelerators, bolstering the company’s commitment to deliver powerful AI systems with optimal performance per watt and lower total cost of ownership.

At 2024 AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit: Vasudev Lal, Principal AI Research Scientist, Cognitive AI, Intel Labs

At the recent 2024 AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit in San Jose, Calif., I caught up with Vasudev Lal, Principal AI Research Scientist, Cognitive AI, Intel Labs, who took us on a tour of the happenings at Intel Labs, specifically around the field of Cognitive AI. He discussed some key projects that the Intel Cognitive AI team is running at this time, and how his team is advancing with Intel Gaudi AI accelerators.

Lenovo Delivers Next Generation of Intel-Based Infrastructure Solutions to Simplify the AI Journey for Businesses of All Sizes

Lenovo announced the Lenovo ThinkSystem V4 portfolio of Intel-based solutions, powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 processors and designed to make AI accessible while flexibly matching the specific workloads needs of any business. The portfolio includes new AI-enabled solutions that ensure the right mix of AI is available to help customers seamlessly integrate AI into their workflows with new servers that are purpose-built and optimized to maximize performance and efficiency for targeted workloads. Additionally, new AI-powered Lenovo Systems Management solutions now use generative AI to automate and simplify deployment and configuration across increasingly distributed computing networks.