Data Center Explorer
AMD unveils exascale data-center accelerator at CES
The Instinct MI300 server accelerator from AMD looks like an absolute beast on paper, with eight times the performance of its predecessor.
Gigabyte spins off its enterprise business to better serve enterprises
Giga Computing Technology is a new Gigabyte subsidiary focused on supporting servers and other enterprise gear as well as liquid cooling.
Supermicro launches Arm-powered servers
New Arm-based Mt. Hamilton servers target a range of use cases, from traditional server workloads to cloud and AI.
Server supply chain undergoes shift due to geopolitical risks
TrendForce believes core parts of the server supply chain will shift to Southeast Asia and the Americas as a result of geopolitical risks and trade disputes.
Intel splits GPU group into two separate units
Restructuring move puts Intel's gaming and data center products into separate categories to better serve both markets.
HPE expands GreenLake private cloud offerings
GreenLake enhancements include expanded container deployment options and workload-optimized instances for compute, memory, and storage.
Equinix’s fix for high power bills? Hotter data centers
Equinix is considering a multi-year project to run its data centers at higher temperatures to conserve energy.
Meta considers liquid to cool its hard drives
Tests by Meta and Iceotope find that new, sealed hard disk drives can be given precision liquid cooling that is more even than air cooling.
Intel Xeons to offer on-demand special functionality
Intel's new server chips will have special functions locked away and available to turn on—for a fee.
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.
