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Oracle offers price-performance boost with Exadata X11M update

Oracle says its new Exadata database compute platform will run generative AI workloads faster for the same price as the old version.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 8, 2025 1 min

Cloud Computing Servers

Dell adds to PowerEdge server lineup

New PowerEdge servers are aimed at accelerating enterprise AI adoption.

By Andy Patrizio

Nov 25, 2024 4 mins

Data Center Servers

Cerebras claims record in molecular dynamics simulations, says it’s 748x faster than Frontier supercomputer

Is one massive chip more powerful than hundreds of smaller chips? Cerabras would argue yes.

By Andy Patrizio

Nov 25, 2024 4 mins

Data Center High-Performance Computing Servers

Musk’s xAI shifts AI server business from struggling Supermicro to Dell

The move highlights the growing capability of leading server companies to support AI workloads at scale.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Nov 19, 2024 4 mins

Data Center Servers

IBM preps Power servers with AI support, new processor

IBM lays out Power product roadmap for 2025 and beyond.

By Michael Cooney

Nov 13, 2024 6 mins

CPUs and Processors Data Center Servers

Supermicro in hot water on the accounting front, but enterprise customers more likely to care about products

The hardware provider’s stock is down nearly 20%, its auditor quit last week, and it’s facing delisting. But this has all happened before, and enterprise customers aren’t likely to be fazed, analysts say.

By Taryn Plumb

Nov 7, 2024 6 mins

Enterprise Storage Servers

Supermicro’s problems aren’t tech buyers’ problems – yet

So far, the Supermicro saga is tied to accounting, not products. How deep it goes remains to be seen.

By Andy Patrizio

Nov 6, 2024 4 mins

Data Center Servers

Cisco takes aim at developing quantum data center

Cisco points to quantum network orchestrator, security, and management research.

By Michael Cooney

Oct 31, 2024 5 mins

High-Performance Computing Networking Servers

Gartner: GenAI spurs 9.3% increase in IT spending for 2025

Worldwide spending is expected to reach $5.74 trillion next year, with server sales tripling since 2023 and software and IT services also growing, thanks to AI-related projects.

By Denise Dubie

Oct 30, 2024 3 mins

Generative AI Industry Servers

Cisco unveils AI server, ‘Pods’ to simplify AI infrastructure deployments

Cisco rolled out a UCS rack server built on the Nvidia HGX platform and introduced plug-and-play infrastructure stacks tailored for specific AI use cases.

By Michael Cooney

Oct 29, 2024 5 mins

Data Center Generative AI Servers