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May 21, 2024
European labs led by imec to receive $2.7 billion in Chips Act funding
Leading European research labs will receive 2.5 billion euros ($2.72 billion) in funding under the European Chips Act to set up a pilot line to develop and test future generations of advanced computer chips, Belgium's imec said on Wednesday. The European R&D line is intended to help develop future generations of even more advanced chips, and will be outfitted with equipment from European and global equipment and materials firms.
May 21, 2024
European labs led by imec to receive $2.7 billion in Chips Act funding
May 21, 2024
European labs led by imec to receive $2.7 billion in Chips Act funding
Leading European research labs will receive 2.5 billion euros ($2.72 billion) in funding under the European Chips Act to set up a pilot line to develop and test future generations of advanced computer chips, Belgium's imec said on Wednesday. The European R&D line is intended to help develop future generations of even more advanced chips, and will be outfitted with equipment from European and global equipment and materials firms.
May 17, 2024
Datacenters looking to renewables, nuclear, and gas, in quest for more power
Even before the AI revolution (or bubble) took off in 2023, datacenters already used a decent amount of electricity. And the industry's increasing appetite for machine learning will require even more power. All this energy won't be coming from a single source. Datacenters will need to thrive on a "buffet of choices," Uptime Institute analyst Jay Dietrich opined. Those choices will principally include solar, wind, nuclear, and natural gas – each of which has its unique pros and cons.
May 17, 2024
Datacenters looking to renewables, nuclear, and gas, in quest for more power
May 17, 2024
Datacenters looking to renewables, nuclear, and gas, in quest for more power
Even before the AI revolution (or bubble) took off in 2023, datacenters already used a decent amount of electricity. And the industry's increasing appetite for machine learning will require even more power. All this energy won't be coming from a single source. Datacenters will need to thrive on a "buffet of choices," Uptime Institute analyst Jay Dietrich opined. Those choices will principally include solar, wind, nuclear, and natural gas – each of which has its unique pros and cons.
May 14, 2024
Europe can't lag behind in 5G technology - German Chancellor Scholz
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Monday for an expansion of the 5G mobile network in Europe at the Nordic summit on security and competitiveness in Stockholm. He said that Europe should take advantage of having the "the most progressive technology companies in telecommunications in Europe," in a reference to Swedish company Ericsso and its Finnish competitor Nokia, "which are so successful not just in Europe but also globally."
May 14, 2024
Europe can't lag behind in 5G technology - German Chancellor Scholz
May 14, 2024
Europe can't lag behind in 5G technology - German Chancellor Scholz
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Monday for an expansion of the 5G mobile network in Europe at the Nordic summit on security and competitiveness in Stockholm. He said that Europe should take advantage of having the "the most progressive technology companies in telecommunications in Europe," in a reference to Swedish company Ericsso and its Finnish competitor Nokia, "which are so successful not just in Europe but also globally."
May 13, 2024
AI chip shortages continue, but there may be an end in sight
As the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) continues to soar, the infrastructure to support that growth is currently running into a supply and demand bottleneck. The breakneck pace of AI adoption over the past two years has strained the industry’s ability to supply the special high-performance chips needed to run the process-intensive operations of genAI and AI in general.
May 13, 2024
AI chip shortages continue, but there may be an end in sight
May 13, 2024
AI chip shortages continue, but there may be an end in sight
As the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) continues to soar, the infrastructure to support that growth is currently running into a supply and demand bottleneck. The breakneck pace of AI adoption over the past two years has strained the industry’s ability to supply the special high-performance chips needed to run the process-intensive operations of genAI and AI in general.
May 8, 2024
Enterprise sustainability efforts mean pre-used hardware could be the key to reducing e-waste
An overwhelming majority of IT leaders believe a significant portion of enterprise laptop devices will be pre-used within the next decade, according to new research. In a poll conducted by Circular Computing at a recent summit, leaders from Microsoft, Dell, HP, Atos, Lenovo, and others specifically highlighted circulatory practices within the IT sector as a key focus in the coming years.
May 8, 2024
Enterprise sustainability efforts mean pre-used hardware could be the key to reducing e-waste
May 8, 2024
Enterprise sustainability efforts mean pre-used hardware could be the key to reducing e-waste
An overwhelming majority of IT leaders believe a significant portion of enterprise laptop devices will be pre-used within the next decade, according to new research. In a poll conducted by Circular Computing at a recent summit, leaders from Microsoft, Dell, HP, Atos, Lenovo, and others specifically highlighted circulatory practices within the IT sector as a key focus in the coming years.
May 6, 2024
Alternative clouds are booming as companies seek cheaper access to GPUs
As the generative AI boom times continue, so does the demand for the hardware to run and train generative AI models at scale. But installing GPUs is expensive. So most devs and organizations turn to the cloud instead. Incumbents in the cloud computing space — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure — offer no shortage of GPU and specialty hardware instances optimized for generative AI workloads. But for at least some models and projects, alternative clouds can end up being cheaper — and delivering better availability.
May 6, 2024
Alternative clouds are booming as companies seek cheaper access to GPUs
May 6, 2024
Alternative clouds are booming as companies seek cheaper access to GPUs
As the generative AI boom times continue, so does the demand for the hardware to run and train generative AI models at scale. But installing GPUs is expensive. So most devs and organizations turn to the cloud instead. Incumbents in the cloud computing space — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure — offer no shortage of GPU and specialty hardware instances optimized for generative AI workloads. But for at least some models and projects, alternative clouds can end up being cheaper — and delivering better availability.
