Andy Patrizio
Andy Patrizio is a freelance journalist based in southern California who has covered the computer industry for 20 years and has built every x86 PC he’s ever owned, laptops not included.
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AWS launches new chips, replacement for TCP
AWS re:Invent: An Arm-based CPU for high-performance computing, a networking chip that doubles performance of its predecessor, and a TCP protocol replacement to speed up networks in the AWS cloud.
Seagate introduces HDDs as fast as SSDs
Seagates Exos 2X18 features multiple drive heads that enable it to match SATA SSD speeds.
Dell expands data-protection product line
News includes upgrade of Dell’s APEX data storage services to provide more secure backup storage in a pay-per-use consumption model.
AMD partners with Arm developer for exascale computing
Deal involves AMD’s Instinct GPU accelerators, which are also used in Frontier, the fastest supercomputer in the world.
AMD gives new Epyc processors a big launch with help from partners
OEMs including HPE, Dell and Supermicro, along with cloud providers Microsoft and Oracle, showed up for the debut of AMD’s fourth-generation server processor.
HPE launches supercomputers for the enterprise
You can now get a scaled-down and less expensive supercomputer that's based on the same architecture of the machine that broke the exaFLOP barrier.
Intel announces CPUs and GPUs for high-performance computing
Intel's CPU Max and GPU Max HPC chips use high bandwidth memory to solve bottlenecks and underpin supercomputers.
Intel is shipping the next generation of Xeon Scalable processors
The chips were delayed nearly two years due to manufacturing challenges.
Nvidia tests: DPUs can cut the power servers use
The tests are for their technology but the findings can be applied to any DPU.
HPE launches 11th-generation ProLiant servers
HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers are designed with heavy emphasis on security and a hybrid-cloud workloads.
OCP spec for silicon security could help reduce vendor lock-in
The Open Compute Project's Caliptra spec for Root of Trust could lead to better interoperability among cards used in data-center servers.