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AMD/OpenAI pact means new enterprise IT options

It’s not a matter of being better than Nvidia, because Nvidia chips are becoming virtually impossible to get.

By Evan Schuman

Oct 6, 2025 9 mins

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Nvidia and Fujitsu team for vertical industry AI projects

Nvidia and Fujitsu plan to build an AI infrastructure for healthcare, manufacturing, and robotics

By Andy Patrizio

Oct 6, 2025 2 mins

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Report: AMD could be Intel’s next foundry customer

Intel casting a wide net to make deals government, tech giants and others to survive

By Andy Patrizio

Oct 3, 2025 3 mins

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Cisco: AI demands more reliable optical networking components

AI clusters require top-notch connectivity components given that a single slow GPU link or failed connection can significantly impede performance.

By Michael Cooney

Oct 3, 2025 7 mins

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Altera targets AI edge with updates for its Agilex FPGA portfolio

Altera hardware and developer tools are launched as part of the company's newly established independence.

By Andy Patrizio

Oct 2, 2025 3 mins

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HighPoint offers direct GPU-storage connection to speed AI training, inference workloads

HighPoint’s Rocket 7638D PCIe 5.0 switch card exploits Nvidia's GPUDirect interconnection to communicate with storage, bypassing CPU

By Andy Patrizio

Sep 29, 2025 3 mins

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Microsoft’s new cooling tech targets AI’s thermal bottleneck as hyperscalers hit power ceilings

The microfluidic cooling system tested by Microsoft promises up to 3x better heat removal than cold plates, improved power usage, and reduced operational costs.

By Nidhi Singal

Sep 24, 2025 5 mins

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Who are the winners and losers of the Intel-Nvidia deal?

Nvidia's $5 billion Intel investment will have long-term implications for enterprise data center and networking products.

By Andy Patrizio

Sep 22, 2025 5 mins

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Nvidia reportedly acquires Enfabrica CEO and chip technology license

Nvidia intends to combine Enfabrica’s tech stack with its own hardware and software to offer more efficient training clusters for more powerful frontier models, analysts say.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 19, 2025 4 mins

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Intel will design CPUs with Nvidia NVLink in return for $5 billion investment

The impact for enterprises in terms of chip availability, pricing and functionality is unclear, but it all-but kills worries about Intel’s near-term viability.

By Evan Schuman

Sep 18, 2025 5 mins

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