NVIDIA previews its first data center CPU, due in 2023

NVIDIA unveiled its first data center CPU, an Arm-based processor featuring a new memory architecture and designed for the most complex AI and high-performance computing workloads.The forthcoming "Grace" CPU, which is named in honor of Grace Hopper, the U.S. computer-programming pioneer — is a highly specialized processor targeting workloads such as training next-generation NLP models that have more than 1 trillion parameters. When tightly coupled...

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NVIDIA outlines roadmap for BlueField data processing units (DPUs)

NVIDIA outlined a roadmap for the next two generations of its BlueField data processing unit (DPU) chips.The current generation, BlueField-2, is now shipping and features dual 100Gb/s Ethernet or InfiniBand network ports and up to eight Arm cores. The BlueField-2 DPU includes accelerators for software-defined storage, networking, security, streaming, line rate TLS/IPSEC cryptography, precision timing for 5G telco and time-synchronized data centers...

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NVIDIA builds an ecosystem for its AI-on-5G platform

NVIDIA announced partnerships with Fujitsu, Google Cloud, Mavenir, Radisys and Wind River to develop solutions for its AI-on-5G platform.NVIDIA's AI-on-5G platform combines its Aerial software development kit with its BlueField-2 A100 — a converged card that combines GPUs and DPUs including NVIDIA’s “5T for 5G” solution.“In this era of continuous, accelerated computing, network operators are looking to take advantage of the security, low latency...

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NVIDIA: Q1 revenue ahead of expectations

NVIDIA announced that first quarter revenue for fiscal 2022 is tracking above its previously provided outlook, with outperformance in each of its market platforms.“While our fiscal 2022 first quarter is not yet complete, Q1 total revenue is tracking above the $5.30 billion outlook provided during our fiscal year-end earnings call. We are experiencing broad-based strength, with all our market platforms driving upside to our initial outlook,” said...

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Samsung releases PCIe Gen4 Client SSD

Samsung Electronics released the first OEM-qualified PCIe Gen4 NVMe Client SSD. Engineered specifically for OEM applications and incorporating Samsung’s own NAND, controller, and firmware into the compact M.2 form factor, the PM9A1 is the first device of its type to be integrated into an OEM producer’s laptop.The new PM9A1 SSD provides sequential read speeds of 7,000 MB/s for 50% faster file operations and boosts random read speeds by 50 percent...

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Biden nominates National Cyber Director and CISA Director

 President Biden will nominate Chris Inglis as the firstNational Cyber Director and Jen Easterly as the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency. John Chris Inglis is a former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency.Jen Easterly is a former Army intelligence officer and currently Head of Firm Resilience and the Fusion Resilience Center at Morgan Stanley.https://www.whitehouse.g...

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NEC to deliver 5G core running Red Hat OpenShift

NEC Corporation will deliver 5G core solutions built on Red Hat OpenShift, the leading enterprise Kubernetes platform. Michio Kiuchi, senior vice president , NEC, states: “We are pleased to collaborate with Red Hat to help CSPs and DSPs stay competitive in this increasingly demanding global 5G market, especially on the cloud-native front. Through our long-term and continued collaboration with Red Hat, we are working to build an open industry...

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