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.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ITworld, Network World, its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.
DARPA looks for new NICs to speed up networks
The government agency that gave us the Internet 50 years ago is now looking to drastically increase network speed to address bottlenecks and chokepoints for compute-intensive applications. The Defense Advanced Research Projects...
Intel announces Optane for workstations, higher capacity NAND
At its Memory and Storage Day 2019 in Seoul last week, Intel made several announcements concerning its Optane persistent storage as well as NAND flash capacity. Optane is a new form of non-volatile memory from Intel that has the...
Data center gear will increasingly move off-premises
Cloud and colocation sites will account for half of all data center equipment in just five years, according to 451 Research.
Most enterprise networks can't handle big data loads
As more data moves through the network, efforts to keep up are lagging due to leadership and technology issues.
Samsung introduces SSDs it claims will 'never die'
Samsung introduced a new generation of SSD memory chips that have fail-in-place technology, which allows the chips to gracefully recover from chip failure.
How to decommission a data center
Decommissioning a data center is lot more complicated than shutting down servers and switches. Here’s what you should keep in mind.
Oracle updates Exadata big iron and its cloud commitment
Oracle unveiled the Oracle Exadata X8M, which is designed to accelerate Oracle’s database applications, and announced a massive data center expansion.
Microsoft brings IBM iron to Azure for on-premises migrations
Microsoft has partnered with Skytap to offer IBM Power9 instances on its Azure cloud service to run Power-based systems inside the Azure cloud.
Dell EMC updates PowerMax storage systems
Dell EMC has updated its PowerMax line of enterprise storage systems to offer Intel’s Optane persistent storage and NVMe-over-Fabric, both of which will give the PowerMax a big boost in performance.
Can AMD convert its growing GPU presence into a data center play?
AMD has scored high-performance computing deals recently, but to truly compete with Nvidia it needs to develop an alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA language.
Two AMD Epyc processors crush four Intel Xeons in tests
Tests by ServeTheHome found that a server running two AMD Epyc processors can outperform a four-socket Intel system that costs considerably more.
USB4 gets final approval, offers Ethernet-like speed
USB4 could be a unifying interface that eliminates bulky cables and oversized plugs and provides throughput that satisfies everyone laptop users to server administrators.
Flaw found in Supermicro motherboards could allow for remote hijacking
Eclypsium discovered a vulnerability in three generations of Supermicro motherboards that could allow an attacker to remotely commandeer the server. A fix is already available.
HPE introduces VMware services on GreenLake
HPE partners with VMware to integrate GreenLake and HPE’s Synergy composable infrastructure with VMware Cloud Foundation, offering an integrated cloud infrastructure.
Intel's new 10nm Agilex FPGA will help customers develop IoT, 5G solutions
Intel started shipping its 10nm Agilex FPGAs to early-access customers. It features a high-speed interconnect for IoT and networking use cases.
Mellanox introduces SmartNICs to eliminate network load on CPUs
Mellanox unveiled two processors designed to offload network workloads from the CPU -- ConnectX-6 Dx and BlueField-2 – freeing the CPU to do its processing job.
Semiconductor startup Cerebras Systems launches massive AI chip
Cerebras Systems unveils AI server offering that relies on a single massive processor rather than a slew of small ones working in parallel.
Nvidia rises to the need for natural language processing
As the demand for natural voice processing grows for chatbots and AI-powered interactions, more companies will need systems to provide it. Nvidia says its platform can handle it.
AMD hosts an Epyc party — and everyone wants in
With the release of its second generation of Epyc processors, the Epyc 7002 series, AMD finds it has a lot of new friends -- companies that want to use their technology.
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