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Mechanical Orchard taps gen AI for mainframe-to-cloud modernization

Mechanical Orchard's Imogen platform uses generative AI to recreate mainframe operations as a digital twin in the cloud.

Apr 3, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Architecture Mainframes

New MLCommons benchmarks to test AI infrastructure performance

The improved benchmarks will help enterprises select hardware for AI workloads, but are still no substitute for measuring real-world performance.

Apr 3, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence High-Performance Computing Machine Learning

Roundup: AMD closes ZT Systems deal, teams with Rapt for AI development, bands with Oracle

AMD says its ZT acquisition will further the combination of AMD CPU, GPU and networking silicon, and its deal with Rapt will bolster AI inference and training applications.

Apr 1, 2025 3 mins

CPUs and Processors Computer Components Servers

Lightmatter launches photonic chips to eliminate GPU idle time in AI data centers

The silicon photonics startup has announced new products to tackle interconnect bottlenecks costing enterprises millions in wasted computing power.

Apr 1, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence CPUs and Processors Data Center

Silicon Motion rolls SSD kit to bolster AI workload performance

Silicon Motion MonTitan SSD promises 14GB/s speeds, 3.3M IOPS, and AI-optimization

Mar 31, 2025 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Enterprise Storage Servers

Kyndryl extends Google Cloud partnership for AI-based mainframe modernization

Kyndryl/Google Cloud service offers customers Generative AI-driven help to migrate mainframe applications to cloud.

Mar 27, 2025 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Generative AI Mainframes

Former Arista COO launches NextHop AI for customized networking infrastructure

NextHop AI takes on hyperscale networking challenges with $110 million investment.

Mar 27, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing High-Performance Computing

Google Cloud partners with mLogica to offer mainframe modernization

The partnership is designed to help enterprises derisk mainframe modernizations, the companies said.

Mar 27, 2025 2 mins

Mainframes

Microsoft abandons data center projects as OpenAI considers its own, hinting at a market shift

Based on the easing of exclusivity by the two companies, analysts say these moves aren’t surprising, but they do have broader market implications.

Mar 26, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Center

Red Hat’s AI portfolio evolves to address enterprise deployment challenges

Red Hat has expanded its AI portfolio with tools designed to simplify the transition from experimentation to production environments.

Mar 26, 2025 5 mins

Data Center Operating Systems Servers