The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/ In-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:33:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.nextplatform.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-PlatformStack-150x150.jpg The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/ 32 32 86113652 How Did DeepSeek Train Its AI Model On A Lot Less – And Crippled – Hardware? https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/27/how-did-deepseek-train-its-ai-model-on-a-lot-less-and-crippled-hardware/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/27/how-did-deepseek-train-its-ai-model-on-a-lot-less-and-crippled-hardware/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:07:35 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145225 Maybe they should have called it DeepFake, or DeepState, or better still Deep Selloff. …

How Did DeepSeek Train Its AI Model On A Lot Less – And Crippled – Hardware? was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/27/how-did-deepseek-train-its-ai-model-on-a-lot-less-and-crippled-hardware/feed/ 3 145225 Brad McCredie Is The Pedal To AMD’s Datacenter GPU Metal https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/24/brad-mccredie-is-the-pedal-to-amds-datacenter-gpu-metal/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/24/brad-mccredie-is-the-pedal-to-amds-datacenter-gpu-metal/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:14:23 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145219 Brad McCredie like engines, and more importantly, he likes to make them go fast. …

Brad McCredie Is The Pedal To AMD’s Datacenter GPU Metal was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/24/brad-mccredie-is-the-pedal-to-amds-datacenter-gpu-metal/feed/ 0 145219 GenAI Boom: Datacenter Spending Forecast Raised Again https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/23/genai-boom-datacenter-spending-forecast-raised-again/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/23/genai-boom-datacenter-spending-forecast-raised-again/#comments Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:28:00 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145212 Economic and technical forces have a kind of momentum that keeps them growing even as any new technology goes through its inevitable hype cycle from innovation to inflated expectations to disillusionment to deployment into productivity. …

GenAI Boom: Datacenter Spending Forecast Raised Again was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/23/genai-boom-datacenter-spending-forecast-raised-again/feed/ 1 145212 How Enterprise AI Can Ease The Data Gravity Burden https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/23/how-enterprise-ai-can-ease-the-data-gravity-burden/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/23/how-enterprise-ai-can-ease-the-data-gravity-burden/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:42:20 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145211 COMMISSIONED:  Among the many tough decisions IT leaders face is where to best host AI workloads. …

How Enterprise AI Can Ease The Data Gravity Burden was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/23/how-enterprise-ai-can-ease-the-data-gravity-burden/feed/ 0 145211 OpenAI Declares Its Hardware Independence (Sort Of) With Stargate Project https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/22/openai-declares-its-hardware-independence-sort-of-with-stargate-project/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/22/openai-declares-its-hardware-independence-sort-of-with-stargate-project/#comments Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:46:27 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145210 The dependency dance between AI pioneer OpenAI and the Microsoft Azure cloud and the application software divisions of its parent company are fascinating to watch. …

OpenAI Declares Its Hardware Independence (Sort Of) With Stargate Project was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/22/openai-declares-its-hardware-independence-sort-of-with-stargate-project/feed/ 1 145210 HLRS Takes First Steps To Exascale https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/21/hlrs-takes-first-steps-to-exascale/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/21/hlrs-takes-first-steps-to-exascale/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:38:16 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145208 The University of Stuttgart’s High Performance Computing Center (HLRS) in Germany tapped Hewlett Packard Enterprise back in December 2023 to build a prototype hybrid CPU-GPU supercomputer nicknamed “Hunter” to pave the way towards an exascale-class machine it is budgeting to have installed in 2027 called “Herder.” …

HLRS Takes First Steps To Exascale was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/21/hlrs-takes-first-steps-to-exascale/feed/ 1 145208 TSMC Can’t Be Caught Or Bought, Only Sought Or Stolen https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/16/tsmc-cant-be-caught-or-bought-only-sought-or-stolen/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/16/tsmc-cant-be-caught-or-bought-only-sought-or-stolen/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:47:27 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145197 It is not hard to figure out who is in the catbird seat in the semiconductor foundry business. …

TSMC Can’t Be Caught Or Bought, Only Sought Or Stolen was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/16/tsmc-cant-be-caught-or-bought-only-sought-or-stolen/feed/ 4 145197 Using NIM Guardrails To Keep Agentic AI From Jumping To Wrong Conclusions https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/16/using-nim-guardrails-to-keep-agentic-ai-from-jumping-to-wrong-conclusions/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/16/using-nim-guardrails-to-keep-agentic-ai-from-jumping-to-wrong-conclusions/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:31:05 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145191 AI agents are the latest evolution in the relatively short life span of generative AI, and while some organizations are still trying to figure out how the emerging technology fits in their operations, others are making strides into agentic AI. …

Using NIM Guardrails To Keep Agentic AI From Jumping To Wrong Conclusions was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/16/using-nim-guardrails-to-keep-agentic-ai-from-jumping-to-wrong-conclusions/feed/ 1 145191 Can Synthetic Data Help Us Scale AI’s Data Wall? https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/16/can-synthetic-data-help-us-scale-ais-data-wall/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:14:44 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145190 COMMISSIONED: As with any emerging technology, implementing generative AI large language models (LLMs) isn’t easy and it’s totally fair to look side-eyed at anyone who suggests otherwise. …

Can Synthetic Data Help Us Scale AI’s Data Wall? was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> 145190 Red Hat Woos VMware Shops With OpenShift Virtualization Engine https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/15/red-hat-woos-vmware-shops-with-openshift-virtualization-engine/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/15/red-hat-woos-vmware-shops-with-openshift-virtualization-engine/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:13:43 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145187 Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware in November 2023 and the subsequent changes to venerable virtualization company’s business model and pricing have rankled many long-time enterprise users, a situation that has been highly publicized despite assertions by Broadcom and VMware executives that such reports are little than FUD – short for fear, uncertainty, and doubt. …

Red Hat Woos VMware Shops With OpenShift Virtualization Engine was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

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