Compute Archives - The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/category/compute/ 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 Compute Archives - The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/category/compute/ 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 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 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 It’s January: Datacenter Compute Rumors And Moves https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/14/its-january-datacenter-compute-rumors-and-moves/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/14/its-january-datacenter-compute-rumors-and-moves/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:51:32 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145185 As one year ends and another begins, this is often the time when people change jobs and companies change strategies. …

It’s January: Datacenter Compute Rumors And Moves was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/14/its-january-datacenter-compute-rumors-and-moves/feed/ 0 145185 How Long Before Broadcom Makes More AI Compute Engines Than Nvidia? https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/13/how-long-before-broadcom-makes-more-ai-compute-engines-than-nvidia/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/13/how-long-before-broadcom-makes-more-ai-compute-engines-than-nvidia/#comments Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:28:23 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145130 Chip maker and enterprise software player Broadcom announced its financial results for the final quarter of its fiscal 2024 today, which ended on November third, and all we kept thinking about as chief executive officer Hock Tan went over the numbers was the question in the title above. …

How Long Before Broadcom Makes More AI Compute Engines Than Nvidia? was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/13/how-long-before-broadcom-makes-more-ai-compute-engines-than-nvidia/feed/ 4 145130 In GPU We Antitrust https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/09/in-gpu-we-antitrust/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/09/in-gpu-we-antitrust/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2024 21:35:51 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145114 With all of this chatter about China looking into possible violations of antitrust law by Nvidia, and regulators in both the United States and the European Union also having done the same, let’s play the “What if?” …

In GPU We Antitrust was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/09/in-gpu-we-antitrust/feed/ 13 145114 Google Claims Quantum Error Correction Milestone With “Willow” Chip https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/09/google-claims-quantum-error-correction-milestone-with-willow-chip/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/09/google-claims-quantum-error-correction-milestone-with-willow-chip/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:00:14 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145107 There is no shortage of top-name – and even lesser known – companies pursuing the white whale of developing a quantum computer that can run workloads and solve problems that today’s most powerful classical computers simply can’t. …

Google Claims Quantum Error Correction Milestone With “Willow” Chip was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/09/google-claims-quantum-error-correction-milestone-with-willow-chip/feed/ 2 145107 HPE Walks Away From Risky $700 Million AI Deal https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/05/hpe-walks-away-from-risky-700-million-ai-deal/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/05/hpe-walks-away-from-risky-700-million-ai-deal/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:34:46 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145100 This probably happens more than we know, but sometimes OEMs and ODMs walk away from big deals because something is fishy. …

HPE Walks Away From Risky $700 Million AI Deal was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

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