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What is quantum computing good for? XPRIZE and Google offer cash for answers

While practical quantum computing is some way off, it’s time to start thinking about the good uses to which it can be put.

Mar 5, 2024 4 mins

High-Performance Computing Supercomputers

Server news roundup from Supermicro, Dell, Intel and Lenovo

Supermicro and Lenovo are expanding their AI hardware offerings, Intel is previewing chips designed for 5G and AI workloads, and Dell is embracing telecom.

Mar 4, 2024 7 mins

CPUs and Processors Data Center Generative AI

Intel revives Altera name for FPGA spinoff

Almost a decade after it bought the FPGA maker, Intel spins it off as a standalone company with the old brand name.

Mar 1, 2024 4 mins

CPUs and Processors Data Center

AI server market: cloud giants to command 60% demand in 2024

Nvidia, along with AMD and other leading ASIC chip manufacturers, is poised to drive the supply. However, ongoing restrictions on exports to China increased proprietary technologies, and intensified competition may present hurdles.

Feb 29, 2024 4 mins

Servers

SolarWinds amps up observability software with AI

AI-based enhancements enable IT teams to manage on-prem, hybrid, or cloud-native systems with visibility across distributed networks.

Feb 28, 2024 4 mins

Data Center Generative AI Network Management Software

Broadcom sells VMware end-user computing unit to KKR for $4 billion

Broadcom acquired the end-user computing business when it finalized its $69 billion acquisition of VMware in November of last year.

Feb 26, 2024 2 mins

Data Center Virtualization

Lambda raises $320 million for GPU cloud

Cloud service provider Lambda is working to build a GPU cloud for AI workloads.

Feb 26, 2024 3 mins

CPUs and Processors Data Center Generative AI

$15 billion deal with Microsoft boosts Intel’s chipmaking vision

Intel set up a new business unit, Intel Foundry, to make chips for other companies, and Microsoft is its biggest customer so far.

Feb 22, 2024 3 mins

CPUs and Processors Data Center

Error-correction breakthroughs bring quantum computing a step closer

Three startups have announced error-correction breakthroughs that could accelerate enterprise adoption of quantum computing.

Feb 21, 2024 10 mins

Data Center Networking Supercomputers

IBM taps DNS technology to improve load-balancing service

The IBM NS1 Connect global server load-balancing service ties together the company’s DNS technology with real-time user data to speed connectivity and improve failover in distributed enterprises.

Feb 20, 2024 3 mins

DNS Multicloud Network Management Software